Location: Birmingham
Salary: £38,296 – £46,549
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 15/10/2023
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Senior Manager – Cheshire Youth Justice Services
Location: Cheshire
Salary: £62-66k
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30/09/2023
| We are looking for a talented and experienced professional to assist the recently appointed Head of Service in leading this sub-regional Youth Justice partnership. Cheshire is a complex geo-political area spanning four local authorities over 1000square miles and serving a population of 1.1m people and we have a service that was highly rated in a full joint inspection in 2021. This senior manager will work closely with the Head and the management board to ensure the service is sufficiently aligned to the four place based partnerships while providing a consistently strong and equitable youth justice offer across Cheshire. You will be a well organised, forward thinking senior manager who will oversee operational delivery by supervising an experienced group of managers and work closely with the Head of Service and senior leaders across Cheshire in maintaining strong and effective partnerships. We expect you to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of Youth Justice and the wider children’s services agenda and be able to develop trusted relationships with a variety of stakeholders at all levels. You will also have knowledge of youth justice standards and quality assurance frameworks and ideally some experience of managing financial budgets. This is a hybrid role with lots of flexibility to work from multiple offices across Cheshire and also from home. If you are looking for a new challenge with good work-life balance and the opportunity to help steer a service from Good to Outstanding this could be the role for you. For an informal conversation please call Tom Dooks (Head of Youth Justice Services) on 0345 145 0055 For more information or to apply, please click here |
Team Manager – Sheffield Youth Justice Service
Location: Sheffield Youth Justice
Salary: £42,503 – £46,549
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Temporary
Closing Date: 15/09/2023
| Sheffield Youth Justice Service are seeking an individual to join our team to continue driving improvement across practice particularly in the areas of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Turnaround. Informal enquiries to Mark Scott, Assistant Service Manager on 0114 474 1419 or 07760 550872 Or Sam Taylor, Service Manager on 0114 2288555 or 07795061388 For more information or to apply, please click here |
Highly Specialist Mental Health Practitioner Youth Justice – Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Location: Coventry
Salary: £43,742 – £50,056
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30/07/2023
| About this job Job summary The role of the Highly Specialist Mental Health Practitioner is to strengthen and enhance health provision for young people coming into contact with Coventry’s Youth Justice Service. Clinically, the post-holder will be expected to conduct specialist assessments, direct therapeutic work, case management and professional liaison/consultation as necessary. The post holder will be expected to work closely within local and national Youth Offending/Justice Service (YJS) protocols. Main duties of the job The post will be based with the Youth Justice Service in Coventry. The post holder will: Act as a point of contact for young people in custody with unmet health needs, and colleagues within the Youth Justice Team who are concerned about a young person’s mental, physical or sexual health. Undertake direct specialist clinical work via holistic assessment, planning and evaluating interventions where appropriate. Act as an interface between the Youth Offending Service, custody and specialist CAMHS, AMHS and other health providers. Gather and report on outcome data relating to Health Team performance. Undertake clinical supervision and mentorship for any other team member and students on placement. Contribute to key training and interventions regarding health issues to young people, colleagues and the wider network. Work within the parameters as directed by the criminal justice system. Travel as required to a variety of settings to deliver health services to young people, including Young Offender Institutions, Secure Training Centres and other care environments. For more information or to apply, please click here |
Service Manager – Youth Justice Service, Safer Options and Safer Communities – Bristol City Council
Location: City Hall College Green City Centre Bristol BS1 5TR
Salary: £66,323 – £73,478
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 23/07/2023
| We are looking for a skilled and talented manager to lead our Youth Justice Service, Safer Options (Extra Familial Harm/Serious violence prevention) and Safer Communities teams in our diverse and vibrant city. This is a new role within our Early Help & Targeted Services with a strong emphasis on partnership working to lead our youth justice service and extra familial harm/youth violence prevention and response and our Safer Communities work. You will have leadership experience in the field of youth justice and/or community safety and serious violence prevention including multi-agency partnerships and teams. You’ll work closely with the Head of Service and your established teams to lead on the promotion and understanding of the Council’s statutory responsibilities regarding Youth Justice, Community Safety and reducing Anti-social behaviour. You will lead a learning culture in the service and the adoption of evidenced based research and practice including child first, strength based trauma informed and contextual safeguarding approaches through implementation of the Bristol Practice Model. If you have the drive and motivation to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people, families and communities and a commitment to child first approaches, community cohesion and public protection, then this role may be for you. For more information or to apply, please click here |
Youth Justice Service Practitioner – AYJS – London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Location: Barking
Salary: £37,725 – £40,614
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 23/07/2023
| About this job The Adolescent and Youth Offending Service is an established team that focuses on the contextual issues that exist for young people. We have brought together a range of provision including the preventative arm of the service that delivers high quality and engaging sessions with young people identified as being at risk of being exploited or potentially entering the criminal justice system. The Youth ‘Offending Service takes a holistic approach in working with young people and their families, to eliminate areas of their lives that may be putting them at risk of committing crime, and we strongly take into account the journey of the child and the trauma’s they may have experienced through their younger years by creating effective tailored interventions. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new way, focusing on engaging young people and thinking creatively. You will develop strong links with education providers, parent and victim officers, police, social care, mental health, and drug prevention services, to help meet the needs of the young person. This is a challenging yet rewarding role where you will need to work under pressure and develop great relationships. You will be part of a dynamic, enthusiastic multi agency team that includes YOS workers, exploitation social workers as well as a range of partner agencies that are leading the way in safeguarding our vulnerable and exploited adolescents. Some evening and weekend working will be expected as part of this role. Re-applying for posts Applicants who have not been shortlisted or who are unsuccessful at interview cannot reapply for the same job if it’s within 6 months of the first advert – for further information please refer to our Jobs and Career Page – ‘Working for us and Information for Applicants’ on our website. Special requirements for this post We welcome applications from qualified and experienced candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including an Enhanced Children’s Department of Barring Services check. About you You must have a passion for working with adolescents and be able to think creatively and respond to their needs, engaging them in a way that is helpful for them whilst also maintaining professional boundaries. You will be skilled in delivering one to one and groupwork sessions. You will also have the ability to complete assessments, create plans, identify risks, evidence your work on our systems (a thorough induction and training will be available to the suitable candidates). In addition, motivate, encourage, engage young people and their families. You should be able to work collaboratively in a multi-agency team and to share information appropriately, both within the Adolescent and Youth Offending Service and with partner agencies. To be considered for these positions you should have previous experience in Social Work, Probation or any relevant higher or further education qualification in social care or criminal justice. About us We are putting the heart back into our work with children, young people and their families, by ensuring the child’s lived experience takes centre stage, taking the ‘Child First, Offence Second’ approach. We need committed individuals to support us in the delivery of these aims and to become part of our team to make a difference to our children and families. In return we offer a competitive pay package generous pension package, annual leave up to 30 days. The authority is presently operating a dispersed way of working, you will be working from home as well as visiting the office and the several working hubs we have across Barking and Dagenham. You will receive frequent staff supervision and guidance and you will receive both internal and external training to enhance your skills and personal development. If you like the sound of moving to an authority where staff are truly valued, get in touch with us today for a confidential discussion about this post by emailing socialcarerecruitment@lbbd.gov.uk and we will get back to you within 48 hours. For more information or to apply, please click here |
