Services and Partnerships
Commissioned Services
Useful Contacts
Partners
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 states: “Commissioners have a duty to work with partners to prevent and tackle crime”
The key partnership duties include:
- Community safety duty; a reciprocal duty to work together to reduce crime and disorder, antisocial behaviour, re-offending and substance misuse
- Criminal justice duty; to provide an efficient and effective Criminal Justice System for the police area
- Safeguarding; responsible for safeguarding children & young people and promoting their welfare
Local Criminal Justice Board
Additional support
Youth Justice Teams
- Carmarthenshire County Council
- Ceredigion County Council
- Pembrokeshire County Council
- Powys County Council
The Police and Crime Commissioner has provided grant funding to each of the Youth Justice Teams within Dyfed-Powys to support with the resource costs of a Youth Restorative Justice Caseworker.
The Regional Youth Justice Victim and Restorative Justice Project will provide support to victims and enable their voice to be heard at each stage of the Youth Justice System and support the delivery of the Police & Crime Plan (PCP) priorities from 2025 to 2029.
The project ensures that restorative approaches are used in a way that would benefit the child, the victim and the wider community. The focus on reparative activity includes:
- helping young people to recognise the positive contribution it can have for themselves and others
- helping to build the young person’s sense of self-worth by identifying something they would be good at
- noticing and praising the young person’s positive skills, qualities, attributes and talents
- helping young people to reflect on their behaviour and understand that actions have consequences
- offering opportunities to support young people in developing constructive interests and widen their horizons
Youth Justice Teams link with partners including Dyfed-Powys Police and Local Authority departments (family support, children’s services, youth services, education departments and community safety partnerships) as part of service delivery.
Further detail of the Youth Justice Team activity can be found on their website links below:
Youth Justice Team - Carmarthenshire County Council
Youth Justice Service (YJS) – - Ceredigion County Council
Youth Justice Team (YJT) - Pembrokeshire County Council
Powys Youth Justice Service - Powys County Council