Work In The Community/Reparation / Direct Reparation / Indirect Reparation
Work In The Community/Reparation
Reparation is the act or process of making amends. The aim of reparation is to help prevent a young person from further offending by understanding the consequences of their actions and taking responsibility for what they have done. Reparation requires a young person to repair the harm caused by their offence either directly to the victim or indirectly to the community.
Direct Reparation
Direct reparation is work that is carried out that benefits the victim of an offence, for more information about direct reparation and how we work with the victims of crime please click here.
Indirect Reparation
Indirect Reparation is unpaid work which benefits the community as a whole. It has to be work that would not otherwise be done, as the aim – as well as being a means of punishment is to give young people skills and experience, not to create cheap labour to put someone else out of a job.
All reparation work is risk assessed and supervised by trained staff. Each session lasts 2-3 hours and can take place in the evenings or weekends.