Suffolk Youth Justice Service

At the Suffolk Youth Justice Service (SYJS) we:

• specialise in early intervention work, including diversion and working with young people who have received a youth conditional caution or court order
• have adopted a multi-agency approach to help make Suffolk a safer place
• work to improve the life opportunities of the young people we work with

Our initiatives include an emphasis on:

• reducing the number of children and young people coming into the youth justice system (first time entrants)
• reducing re-offending by children and young people
• reducing the number of young people going into custody, either as sentenced or remand prisoners
• ensuring young people make amends to victims of youth crime - taking a restorative approach to our work with young people is a priority in all our activities

If you are worried about a child or young person, you can refer them to the Suffolk Youth Justice Service through the diversion programme. More information and a referral form can be found on our website suffolkyos.co.uk/diversion.

Visit suffolkyos.co.uk for more information about the Youth Justice Service in Suffolk.

Contact details

We have three teams.