Restorative Justice Worker
Location: Oxfordshire Youth Justice & Exploitation Service
Salary: £33,366.00 to £36,124.00 per annum
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 02/01/2025
About the Role The role involves: Working directly with people who have been harmed by youth crime and the children being supervised by youth justice case-managers on pre-Court and post-Court disposals. Meeting both parties individually to hear about what happened, exploring their needs and wishes, and offering opportunities for carefully facilitated communication to address the harm caused by the offence/s. Facilitating restorative meetings between children who have offended and those harmed by their crime, and for those who don’t wish to meet, supporting indirect forms of communication (for example through letters, shuttle mediation, practical reparation activities etc). Most of the face-to-face contact is in people’s homes and the YJES works county-wide across Oxfordshire, so you will expect to travel around the county as part of this role. You will have the privilege of hearing both sides of deeply personal stories and will be uniquely placed to empower people to find their own way to resolve the issues leading to and arising out of crime. Full training to Restorative Justice Facilitator level and Practitioner Registration will be provided, with future opportunities to join the pool of County Council trainers in Restorative Justice. This role would afford you the opportunity to provide support in wider contexts such as applying restorative approaches in children’s homes between staff members in teams and schools. About you Restorative justice is based on a set of values with a specific ethos, language and skill set. When people in conflict come together in a restorative meeting it can be a very powerful and transformative experience for both participants and facilitators. We need someone who likes a challenge, who is passionate, persistent and highly self-motivated. You will need to be relational, have strong interpersonal communication skills and be lead by values of empathy, respect and inclusivity. For more information and to apply for this role, please see here. |