Senior Court Officer

Birmingham Children's Trust; Aston; Sur place; EUR 20 000 - 40 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A local youth justice organization is seeking a Senior Court Officer in Aston to join their Youth Justice Service. The role involves providing effective service in the Criminal Court, influencing decisions regarding youth offenders, and producing assessments and reports. Ideal candidates should have experience in the Criminal Justice setting, strong communication skills, and a collaborative approach to welfare of young people. This position offers a competitive benefits package, including a generous annual leave, flexible working arrangements, and career progression opportunities.

Prestations

£1,000 incentive payment

30 days annual leave

Free on-site parking

Employee benefits scheme

Flexible working policy

Pension scheme

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people in the Criminal Justice System.
• Ability to produce quality Bail Packages.
• Understanding of youth justice interventions.

Responsabilités

• Work as part of the Youth Justice Service Court Team.
• Influence remand and sentencing decisions.
• Produce clear written records and update records as necessary.
• Assist in monitoring team's workload.

Connaissances

Experience in Criminal Justice settings

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of bail and remand process

Ability to co-coordinate assessments

Team management skills

Description du poste

Senior Court Officer – Birmingham Children's Trust • Aston

Birmingham Youth Justice Service is in the middle of an exciting and extensive modernisation programme with a clear goal to become the sector leading youth justice service. We are creating a progressive, creative, energetic and inspiring service that is best equipped to understand and reduce offending behaviour among children and we are looking for the right people to help us to achieve this.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right individuals to join Birmingham Youth Justice Service as our Senior Court Officer.

Do you have the skills and experience to provide an effective service in the Criminal Court setting? Are you able to promote the Birmingham Youth Justice Service’s interventions regarding the courts, parents, children, and young people?

You must have experience of working in a multi‑agency setting with children and young people involved in the Criminal Justice System and knowledge of criminal legislationafr pierwsw bail and remand as it affects youths. The ability to work on your own initiative is essential. You must have experience of preparing formal reports, carrying out safeguarding assessments, evaluating risk, and dealing with contextual safeguarding issues.

You’ll have the experience and awareness of the underlying issues that contribute to children and young people’s offending behaviour and will want to achieve the best outcomes for them, their family, their victims and the community.

Key Responsibilities

• To work as part of the Youth Justice Service (YJS) Court Team servicing Birmingham Youth, Magistrates вруч]] and Crown Court to fulfil the statutory requirements placed on the Youth Justice Service by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and any proceeding legislation.
• Working in partnership with the Criminal Justice Agencies and the Judiciary. Influencing remand and sentencing decisions, particularly in reducing the'eruse of remands to youth detention.
• Undertaking assessments including safeguarding and vulnerability to determine the appropriateness of placements in respect of children and young people entering the secure estate and delivering these services in line with the expectations of the Youth Justice Board.
• To ensure that the appropriate action is taken by the Court Team after each Court session to meet the requirements of the bench upon the Youth Justice Service or its statutory partners. This will involve the maintenance of clear, concise written records, and updating the Youth Justice Service electronic database and Youth Justice Service E‑records.
• Liaison with other agencies involved in the court process, including the presentation and dissemination of Youth Justice Service information,_Content and interventions to Judges and Magistrates.
• Production of placement information and post custody reports within the asset plus framework as required by the Youth Justice Board.
• Assisting with monitoring and reviewing the team’s workload to enhance overall დაიწყ performance aligned with key performance measures.
• You will be required to work on Bank Holidays and Saturdays on a rota basis.

This is a office role based in Birmingham City Centre so you must reside within a suitable commutable distance around Birmingham and have the correct right‑to‑work documents to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

About you:

• Experience of work within the Criminal Justice setting withيقة and young people.
• Ability to produce good quality Bail Packages.
• Excellent communication, advocacy, and assessment skills supported by a good understanding of the YJS Court Officer role to work in this specialist arena.
• Knowledge and understanding of the bail and remand process as it relates to children.
• Ability to co‑coordinate the assessments of children regarding public protection, prevention of offending, risk and safeguarding.
• Ability to manage a team as you will be deputising in the absence of the Court Team Manager.
• Able to support the team with operational issues and escalating to senior management where needed, as planned by the Court Team Manager.
• Extensive knowledge and application of Statutory Orders and Youth Justice diversion work

Onboarding Process:

• Incentive payment of £1,000 paid in full in your first months’ salary (T&C’s apply)
• A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
• Free on‑site.parent parking at our offices on One Avenue Road (Aston) and Liffiby House (Stirchley). We also provide onsite electric car charging ports which are free to use!
• Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
• Flexible and hybrid working policy – we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home and we offer a variety of working patterns.
• Pension Scheme – you will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme in line with the local government pension scheme.
• Excellent career progression opportunities and so much more!

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