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 September 2008)
- Young People and the Legal System: an Overview
- Police Powers and Your Rights (updated September 2008)
- Police move-on directions (updated March 2009)
- Attending Police Interviews with an Under 18 Year Old
- Criminal Procedure: an Overview (updated April 2008)
- The Young Offenders Act
- Bail (updated April 2008)
- Preparing a Court Report
- Non-Association and Place Restriction Orders
- Convictions and Criminal Records
- Getting a Security Licence (updated March 2009)
- Fines (updated September 2008)
- Fines Step-by-step (updated September 2008)
- Fines Kit (updated September 2008)
- Common Offences: Drugs (updated March 2006)
- Drug Premises (updated March 2006)
- Common Offences: Sex Work
- Common Offences: Graffiti (updated April 2009)
- Common Offences: Weapons and Implements (updated February 2006)
- 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 April 2009)
- The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act (currently being updated)
- Children and the Family Law Act (currently being updated)
- Children and Medical Treatment (updated March 2006)
- Domestic Relationships (currently being updated)
- Housing (currently being updated)
- Social security (currently being updated)
- Employment Law (currently being updated)
- Discrimination
- Confidentiality and Privacy for Youth Workers (updated April 2008)
- 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/.
