The Merton Youth Justice Service (YJS) aims to prevent and reduce youth offending within the borough. It’s a partnership made up of these agencies:
- London Probation Trust
- Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
- Metropolitan Police
- Connexions
- Merton Council’s Children, Schools and Families Department
- Safer Merton
- Wimbledon youth court
- Voluntary groups
- What we do
- Supervise young people who are subject to Court Orders and on release from Detention and Training Orders
- Support young people who’ve been arrested for first-time on low-level offences to prevent re-offending
- Support high risk 8-17 year olds and their families to prevent the onset of youth offending and anti-social behaviour through the
Turnaround Family Services (TFS)
- Provide services to parents to help them manage the behaviour of their children
- Assess and manage young people who are at risk of reoffending or causing harm
- Provide services at courts including presenting court reports to magistrates and judges, giving advice on remands, risk and bail assessments and community orders
- Provide programmes and actions to young people who have offended or at risk of offending
- Provide young offenders with unpaid community work designed to repair the harm they’ve caused
- Give victims the chance to explain the impact of a crime to the offender through restorative justice approaches
- Co-ordinate joint multi-agency initiatives in response to government policy and directives
- Provide volunteers who ensure young people held in custody at Wimbledon Police Station are treated in accordance with their rights and understand what is happening
See the
Merton Youth Justice Service leaflet
Contact us
Youth Justice Service, 2nd Floor Annex, Civic Centre, London Road, Morden SM4 5DX
Telephone: 020 8274 4949
