Legal information for youth workers
We can arrange training sessions to suit individual agencies. Unfortunately we cannot usually travel beyond the Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Illawarra areas.
We also have a series of legal information sheets. To download these, you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, download it from the Adobe site. These cover the following topics:
- Driving and the law: Traffic fact sheets (updated July 2007)
- Young People and the Legal System: an Overview
- Police Powers and Your Rights (updated May 2007)
- Police move-on directions (updated May 2007)
- Attending Police Interviews with an Under 18 Year Old
- Criminal Procedure: an Overview
- The Young Offenders Act
- Bail (updated March 2006)
- Preparing a Court Report
- Non-Association and Place Restriction Orders
- Convictions and Criminal Records
- Getting a Security Licence (New! November 2006)
- Fines (updated June 2007)
- Fines Kit (New! May 2006)
- Common Offences: Drugs (updated March 2006)
- Drug Premises (updated March 2006)
- Common Offences: Sex Work
- Common Offences: Graffiti
- Common Offences: Weapons
- Apprehended Violence Orders (updated July 2007)
- Victims Compensation (updated May 2007)
- Mental Health (updated March 2006)
- Mental Health and Intellectual Disability - Criminal Proceedings in Local and Children's Courts (updated March 2006)
- The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act
- Children and the Family Law Act
- Children and Medical Treatment (updated March 2006)
- Domestic Relationships
- Housing
- Social security
- Employment Law
- Discrimination
- Confidentiality and Privacy for Youth Workers
- Age of Consent for Youth Workers (NEW)
To find out more about training sessions, or to receive copies of legal information sheets, please contact us by email, telephone, fax or post.
For more information about young people and the law, you may wish to order a copy of Youth Justice: your guide to cops and court in NSW. Click on the link to find out about the latest edition or order a copy using this order form.
The Youth Action and Policy Association also has a range of very helpful legal and policy information for youth workers. These can be found at www.yapa.org.au/.
