Youth Care For Juvenile Offenders And Young Offenders Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply principles of youth development and trauma-informed care to support juvenile and young offenders.
• Analyze the legal and ethical frameworks governing the care of young offenders in South Africa.
• Implement individualized care plans that address the psychological, social, and educational needs of young offenders.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies in promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.
• Demonstrate effective communication and conflict resolution skills when interacting with young offenders.
• Design a safe and supportive environment that fosters positive behavior change and reintegration.

Target Audience

This course is designed for youth care workers, correctional officers, social workers, and other professionals working with juvenile and young offenders in detention centers, correctional facilities, or community-based programs.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide supervised hands-on experience in conducting assessments, designing care plans, and applying intervention techniques with simulated young offender cases. Learners will practice key skills in a safe environment to build competence and confidence.

Practical Activities

• Assessment Simulation — Learners conduct a mock assessment of a young offender using standardised tools and write up a preliminary report. (4h)
• Care Plan Development — Based on the assessment, learners develop an individual care plan with goals, interventions, and review milestones. (4h)
• Intervention Role-Play — Learners role-play a counselling session using motivational interviewing and a life skills activity with a simulated young offender. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.