Hybrid Youth Justice Social Worker: Risk & Intervention

North Somerset Council; Weston-super-Mare; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

North Somerset Council is seeking a Youth Justice Case Manager/Social Worker to manage a caseload of children with complex needs, conducting risk and needs assessments and coordinating intervention plans for safeguarding and court-facing work.

You will collaborate with Children’s Services, Education, Health, Police and Probation to ensure timely support, while contributing to restorative and positive outcomes in a hybrid role based in Weston-super-Mare.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification or degree in Social Work or a relevant discipline (Social Work, Youth Justice, Probation, Education, Criminal Justice or Health).
• Experience working with children and families with complex needs or risk and vulnerability.
• Ability to undertake assessments, develop plans and manage interventions effectively.
• Ability to communicate confidently and build positive relationships with children, families and professionals.
• Ability to prepare clear, analytical and evidence-based reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of integrated services for children within the community and the Secure Estate, their families and victims.
• Make and monitor assessments of need reflecting individual circumstances.
• Develop and implement intervention programmes and enhance community safety.
• Work collaboratively across multi-agency teams and contribute to safeguarding and risk management.

Skills

Adapt to unexpected problems

Analyse situations

Decision making under uncertainty

Effective communication

Report writing

Plan programmes of work

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

North Somerset Council is seeking a Youth Justice Case Manager/Social Worker to manage a caseload of children with complex needs, conducting risk and needs assessments and coordinating intervention plans for safeguarding and court-facing work.

You will collaborate with Children’s Services, Education, Health, Police and Probation to ensure timely support, while contributing to restorative and positive outcomes in a hybrid role based in Weston-super-Mare.