Youth Offending Service Update: COVID-19

On 19th March 2020, the Welsh government imposed measures to help to stop the spread of Covid-19. Due to this, we have had to close the Youth Offending Service office at Mamhilad House.

Staff are continuing to work from home mainly, but are completing face to face to contacts where necessary on the basis of risk and safeguarding (using social distancing), for Court Duty, Appropriate Adult requirement and urgent administrative duties. Our telephone lines have been re-directed so that Business Support can answer all calls, if anyone needs to contact us.

Young people and their families involved with the Youth Offending Service have all been contacted. Plans have been put in place to continue with their Court Orders, Out of Court Disposals, Community Resolutions and Prevention interventions safely whilst ensuring that appointments, reports and safeguarding are continuing despite the different format.

Our service has adapted by increasing the use of technology, being pro-active and creative to deliver a service to support young people and their families/carers during this time. For example, virtual panels and meetings have been taken place.

If you need to contact us, please ring our main office telephone 01495 768300 or email us on Youthoffendingservice@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Please follow the Welsh Government Guidelines regarding COVID-19 https://gov.wales/coronavirus

Stay Safe,

Monmouthshire and Torfaen Youth Offending Service

RANDOMZ

Randomz is a Social Enterprise and Sport based social inclusion programme based in Torfaen. The programme works with some of the most hard to reach young people across Torfaen’s most disadvantaged and deprived areas, and uses Sport as one of the main engagement tools to gain positive outcomes for young people.

Randomz provide Training, Skills and Support to help young people move towards, seek or gain employment, or set up their own business/social enterprise. They provide a wide range of services that are in constant development to meet the ever changing needs of young people. Examples are, employment skills and training that provide young people with the support they need to help them acquire the knowledge and skills to secure employment. These include basic skills, training, employability training, work based learning qualifications and traineeships.

The innovative and creative opportunities offered to young people include the following:

  • Skills, Education, Employment and Enterprise Academy
  • Creative Industries Academy
  • Sports and Healthy Living Academy
  • Vulture Design & Upcycling

Randomz have also developed a Mentoring programme that provides 1:1 support for young people who are on the verge of or have been excluded from mainstream or alternative education providers. There are different mentoring packages available that have been especially developed for young people to be able to access. Again Sport is used as the main engagement tool to allow staff to offer young people the most appropriate support. Levels of support will vary according to the needs of the young person.

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