Youth Justice Officer x 2

 

Deadline for Applications: Tuesday 7th May 2024

Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 8th May 2024

Date for Interview: Monday 13th May 2024

Interview Type: Face to face

 

 

Stockport Youth Justice & Targeted Youth Support Services are a high performing multi-agency partnership committed to preventing children and young people from offending, reducing their exposure to serious youth violence, identifying child exploitation by safeguarding in partnership and providing a targeted youth support offer which protects against some of the negative impacts that can affects children’s lives within their communities. This will be achieved through the statutory functions of the Youth Justice Service (YJS); whose principal aim is to prevent offending and reduce re-offending. In addition, we also lead on the delivery of the Serious Violence Reduction (VRU) programme and provide Targeted Youth Support (TYS) services to support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of engaging in risky behaviours that will affect their life chances.

 

We are looking for a Youth Justice Officer who will work with young people to achieve the statutory functions of the Youth Justice Service, whose principal aim is to prevent offending and reduce re-offending, and through a model of Targeted Youth Support whose main objective is to support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of engaging in risky behaviour that will affect their life chances.

 

The successful candidate will be required to work as part of the statutory multi-agency service providing a restorative approach through Stockport Family and community safety functions through the Safer Stockport Partnership, as well as working collaboratively across the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities, to ensure delivery of the GM Youth Justice Transformation programme, as defined through the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the national requirements of the Youth Justice Board and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). 

 

 

We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual who has demonstrable skills at engaging complex and often chaotic children and young people.  We seek a practitioner who is keen to develop new and improved ways of working through creative and innovative informed practice. Experience of working in a Youth Justice Service or similar multi-agency partnership dealing with factors that lead children and young people into crime is essential. 

 

Qualified Social Workers will be supported to continue their professional development.

 

This post includes weekend, bank holiday and out of hours work as part of the duty rota system (with additional pay).

 

Potential candidates may find it useful to refer to Stockport’s Youth Justice Plan for more details about the youth justice partnership, which sets out its priorities and vision. 

 

 

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. 

 

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

 

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This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.

 

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

 

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