North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service

North Yorkshire youth justice is a specialist element within the county's 0-19 years prevention service who work with all young people involved in the criminal justice system across North Yorkshire. Our expert staff comprises of a range of different skills, professions and agencies, including seconded workers from the police, probation and health.  

Youth justice services are arranged into local delivery teams across the county (Harrogate, Selby, Hambleton and Scarborough), each led by a practice manager. Each delivery team comprises case-holding youth justice officers and some specialist support staff.

We are always interested in hearing from new volunteers. We understand that people volunteer for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from a general interest in helping young people, to a need to build up work experience for new career possibilities.

Volunteers give whatever time they can depending on their own commitments and the youth justice service offers a flexible approach to this. There are opportunities across North Yorkshire. As a volunteer we offer you comprehensive training programmes and quality support and supervision, so you can make a real difference to the lives of young people.

We use volunteers in two key roles: