We promote Children’s Rights and ensure that children and young people have a good, positive, and meaningful experience of participation. We are innovative and creative in our service delivery. Contribute to the Local Authority’s delivery of early. intervention, prevention, and support within the county. Have well-trained staff, volunteers and peer leaders who can offer a range of services to children, young people, young adults and families in Welsh and English.
Use restorative approaches in what we do. Engage with families and carers for better outcomes.
The team includes school-based youth workers in all county secondary schools and Coleg Sir Gâr, as well as peripatetic School Engagement Project staff.
Staff work with children in all secondary schools, as well as those aged 10-16 who are educated other than at school
The team supports children and young people at key transition stages from primary school to secondary school, as well as in relation to further and higher education and employment
A variety of approaches are offered with 1-1 support
Staff offer groupwork which may include accredited opportunities such as ASDAN or John Muir award, as well as non-accredited formal groupwork programmes such as the STAR programme (Safety Trust and Respect) and less formal, issue-based group learning opportunities
Parents and carers can also be offered support and advice
The 10-18 Team consist of School Lead and Support Youth Workers who are based across the secondary school provision within Carmarthenshire. The Youth Workers offers support to children and young people identified as in need. This can be through more informal drop in type provision to more targeted 1-1 or group work provision as well as promotion of school attendance.
Responsible for the delivery of a range support for children, young people and young adults aged 16-25 years and their families. The team works with individuals, families and groups who are be affected by a broad range of issues associated with:
Family relationships. Emotional and mental health issues. Homelessness. Not being engaged in in education, employment or training.
Community outreach and post-16 youth work
We identify and support vulnerable young people (16-25), including those who are NEET, young people leaving care, young people known to the Youth Justice, accommodation issues and those who require other forms of support. We work with vulnerable young people on an individual and group basis.
Our team delivers a range of personal support for families and young people to tackle multiple barriers to entry into education, employment and training. We are available to enable and support progression to education, employment and training.
Community Drop-Ins
We operate community drop-ins that are open to young people across the County.
Vulnerable young people aged 16-25 and their families who may require other forms of support.
Carmarthenshire Youth Justice Team works with children between the ages of 10 and 17 who have been in trouble with the police or appeared before the Youth Courts.
We support children so that we can prevent re-offending. We also offer a prevention of offending scheme to prevent children between the ages of 8 and 17 becoming involved in anti-social behaviour or crime.
We also work with parents or carers, the victims of crime, volunteers and the local community. The team is made up of staff from Dyfed-Powys Police, the Probation Service, Children’s Services, Education and Health, all working together to reduce youth crime in Carmarthenshire as well working to promote school attendance.
Our Approach
When supervising children, we have to balance their wellbeing with managing risk to the community.
Central to our approach and intervention is the understanding of what our children have experienced in their lives, in particular the impact of trauma on their development, as a response to intense or chronic stress factors.
Our work focuses on trauma-informed practice, which balances the need to create boundaries for their behaviour; promote desistence from future offending whilst protecting people from harm.
We focus on the child’s individual needs and offer a child-first approach. We complete comprehensive assessments, which seeks to identify safety and wellbeing concerns, safety concerns to others and the likelihood of reoffending, leading to providing personal intervention plans that respond to children’s individual needs and risks.
We recognise that children who have experienced inconsistent and unstable environments need support to develop good problem-solving skills and impulse control and we work with them to help them learn and practice new skills. We try to help them regulate the behaviour that might have arisen from their experience of trauma, by teaching them to recognise their triggers and responses when they are in situations they perceive as challenging.
Responsible for open access provision including..
