Casual Social Care 4

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting two casual reparation workers to support the Adolescence Youth Justice Service. You will work with children aged 10–17, delivering one-to-one and group reparation and intervention activities to address offending behaviour and give back to the community.

The role requires experience with at-risk youth, the ability to provide timely feedback, and an enhanced DBS check. Hybrid or off-site working options may apply, with the closing date 31st December 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience of direct work with children aged 10–17 with behavioural or offending concerns.
• Experience delivering one-to-one and group work programmes with challenging behaviour.
• Ability to provide timely and accurate feedback and reports both orally and in writing.
• DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reparation and intervention activities across the city.
• Support Adolescence Youth Justice Service to engage young people in programmes.

Skills

Direct work with children

Behavioural/offending concerns

One-to-one & group work

DBS Enhanced check

Job description

Contract Type: Casual

Working Hours: As and when required

Worker Type: Off site worker

Salary: £16.09 per hour

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Two reparation workers required for cover and for cover for increase of referrals demand, to work on casual basis to support the Adolescence Youth Justice Service delivering reparation and intervention activities across the city.

To work with children aged between 10 and 17 years old, with the aim of supporting them to engage with 1 to 1 and group reparation and intervention activities, that addresses their offending behaviour and enables them to amends for their actions, by giving something back to the community through constructive reparation activities.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of direct work with children with behavioural or offending concerns
• Experience of delivering one to one and group work programmes with challenging behaviour
• Experience of handling conflict and managing sensitive issues to achieve positive outcomes
• Ability to provide timely and accurate feedback and reports both orally and in writing
• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Gurmit Kaur MBE HonDPA, by telephone on 07526173830 or by email at [e-mail].

Closing Date: 31st December 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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