More than half of the full-time staff have been cut from a juvenile offenders justice program with a success rate of 98 per cent.

But the cuts have been defended by the Newman government as being in the interest of victims.

Sixty-five full-time equivalent positions will be cut from a pool of 119.65 in the coming months as the cost of stopping courts referring juvenile offenders to the Youth Justice Conferencing Program.

The program brings offenders together with their victims and family members for mediation through a police officer and has garnered praise for its effectiveness.

Official figures from the Children's Court of Queensland show 95 per cent of participants reach an agreement in the conference, 98 per cent of participants being satisfied with the resolution reached and 97 per cent would tell a friend to undergo a similar process.