Step up Youth Diversion Project

Step Up Project

The Step UP Project is a Youth Diversion Project that works with young people aged 8 -17 years old from Cabra and surrounding areas.
The aim of the YDP is to divert people living in these areas away from crime/anti-social behaviour and support wider preventative work within the community and with families at risk.

As part of the Youth Justice Strategy we also engage with young people from 8-11 years of age as part of our Early Intervention Programme.

Step Up is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF+ co-funded Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training Operational Programme 2021-2027.

WHO WE ARE

Relationship building is key to the way youth justice practitioners work with young people Our practitioners aim to ‘be fully committed, communicate with empathy, make connections and advocate, be flexible, practice use of self and reflection, be honest and challenge constructively and, guide, inspire hope and build agency‘ (Guidance on Effective Relationship Building REPP team, University of Limerick).

WHAT WE DO

This work is done through

One to one work
Small group work
Individual interventions that look at offending behaviour, substance misuse, peer relations, family relationships, education/training, attitudes, behaviours and leisure time.

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