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Head of Youth Justice – Manchester City Council

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Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester

Salary: Grade 12 £52,716 to £56,178 (Bar at £55,007) per annum

Position Type: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 22nd October 2021

Details:

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to help us accelerate our improvement journey at Manchester City Council Children’s Services. We’re improving all the time and at pace – and we want candidates with a strong record of leadership and delivery to help us get their faster. As an effective leader of the Youth Justice Service you will have a unique opportunity to strategically lead and influence practice to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Our dedicated and passionate staff report feeling listened to and supported and are always demonstrating a commitment to improving the lives of vulnerable children. It should therefore be no surprise that our vision is for our children and young people to be safe, happy, healthy and successful.

For more information or to apply, please click here

Head of Youth Justice Service – Salford City Council

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Location: Salford City Council

Salary: J £50,574 – £52,833

Position Type: Full Time (36 hours)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 22th October 2021

Details:

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at Salford Youth Justice Service. We are looking for a new strategic manager to join and lead our experienced management team following the promotion of a colleague.

Salford Youth Justice Service’s vision statement: To be the best at what we do: inspiring change in young people, for them to be the best they can be. The aims of the Youth Justice Service is to prevent offending and re-offending by children and young people, to protect the public and ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for young people, families, victims and the wider community.

The nature of the work can be busy and emotionally demanding however Salford Youth Justice Service is a forward thinking organisation, is well resourced and has a skilled and dedicated staff team. You will be provided with personal and professional support to ensure your development in this role. 

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Team Leader Youth Justice – Hackney YJS

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Location: London Borough of Hackney

Salary: £54,597 to £55,665 54597- PO8

Position Type: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 20th October 2021

Details:

Hackney’s youth justice service’s primary aim is to prevent offending by children and young people. The concept of ‘child first’ guides the work of Hackney’s youth offending teams. For those children who have offended, we work to reduce offending behaviours by partnership and collaboration with a range of practitioners across Children and Family Services, police, other local authorities, probation, Youth Courts and mental health practitioners.

You will become part of the service leadership structure. The role leads a multi-agency team using Check-In (supervision), informal supervision, quality assurance, planning and delivery of evidence-based practice as well as outcome-focused interventions and programmes. The successful candidate will ensure that children, young people, their families and carers are assessed and effective plans that promote desistance from offending are delivered in accordance with statutory requirements, the National Standards for Youth Justice and best practice. The opportunity for developing innovative impactful youth justice services is high.

Reporting to a Service Manager the Youth Justice Team leader will be part of a leadership team, where we are developing Trauma-Informed approaches, tackling unequal treatment of children within the youth justice system, and keeping children and the public safe by applying a rigorous focus on mitigating potential harms. Team Leaders take the lead for the Service Manager on key themes and service issues (e.g. Resettlement, MAPPA, Trauma-Informed Practice); manage key practice and partnership relationships within and outside the LA; undertake case audits and encourage and model high-quality practice and interventions. The role has oversight of the development of YOT interventions, (both group and 1-1) in partnership with other youth provision providers as appropriate, and/or with partner agencies working with young people who have offended. The post will provide regular opportunities for the training and coaching of staff

Dynamic, innovative, committed and passionate, you’ll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with vulnerable children and families.

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Inspector (Short Term – Secondment) – HMI Probation – Closes 1st Oct.

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ETE Provision Inspector

Location: National across England and Wales

Salary: Secondment

Position Type: Full Time

Contract Type: Temporary

Closing Date: 1st October 2021

Details:

HM Inspectorate of Probation is an independent Inspectorate, funded by the Ministry of Justice, and reporting directly to the Secretary of State on the effectiveness of work with adults, children and young people who have offended, aimed at reducing reoffending and protecting the public. We inspect both the quality and impact of services provided, and make recommendations to assist providers to improve the effectiveness of their services.
We carry out many thematic inspections examining different aspects of work with adults and children and young people. We work closely with colleagues form other criminal justice inspectorates and the inspectorates covering education, health and social care.
We are seeking a short-term placement with detailed knowledge of our inspection topic to be seconded in to our inspection team for a period of up to six weeks over a three-month timeframe to help plan, carry out and write up inspection findings.
We are seeking someone who can work as part of a team with proven operational and strategic experience in the following topic:

• ETE provision for children in the criminal justice system
placement to start November 2021 – exact date to be confirmed with candidate (fieldwork between 29 November 2021 and 28 January 2022)
Short-term placements provide an excellent opportunity to learn about inspection, gain more knowledge about the inspection topic and contribute to improving practice. Guidance will be provided in inspection skills and procedures.
Applicants should be aware that the role does entail frequent travel within England and Wales and the necessity for overnight stays away from home.
We particularly welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds.
For further information please contact Helen Mercer helen.mercer@hmiprobation.gov.uk, or Mike Ryan michael.ryan@hmiprobation.gov.uk

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