Tiffany Case, a child diversion officer assigned to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, is urging justices of the peace (JPs) to volunteer as mentors in the National Child Diversion Programme as part of the overall effort to rehabilitate children who come into conflict with the law.

Case, a Clarendon-based JP, made the appeal to her colleagues, citing the need for them to become directly involved in guiding vulnerable children toward positive life choices.

“My favourite part of the Child Diversion Programme is the mentorship aspect. This is where I’m going to beg and plead with all our justices online to come on board and become a mentor,” she said, while speaking Thursday during a Legal Aid Connection Forum hosted by the ministry under the theme ’Know the Law, Save a Child: Under-16 Sexual Offences and Bullying’.