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Volunteering opportunity

Appropriate Adults to support young people being interviewed by police

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Sue Nash
on 24th March 2021

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Topic
  • Community action
  • Youth justice
Community
  • All Wiltshire
Help type
  • Advocacy
Theme
  • Children & young people
  • Offenders & ex-offenders

Wiltshire Youth Justice Service (YJS) works with children who are involved in, or at risk of offending behaviour. We do this by working with children, their parents or carers, the victims of crime, volunteers and the local community.

The YJS is made up of staff from a range of organisations including the Police, Probation Service, education and Children's Social Care, all working together to support children. We also have specialist workers within the YJS who can support with health, restorative processes and education. 

Appropriate Adults - The volunteer is available to support and look after the interests of young people who are being interviewed by the police when a parent is not available.

Skills required:

  • Good communicator
  • Reliable
  • Open minded and non-judgemental
  • Respectful
  • Available for shifts
  • Engage with young people
  • Patient and calm
  • 18 or over
  • Available to travel to Melksham Police Station.

For more information please click the 'volunteer to this' button to contact us.

Location

Melksham Police Station

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When :

This is run on a rota basis and is required everyday of the year.

Provided by Community Involvement Team

Contact name
Sue Nash
Email address
Telephone
07789940970 07789940970

Provided by Sue Nash


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