Prevention Officer

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

LGPS pension

Annual leave

Job summary

Leicester City Council – Early Intervention Team is recruiting full-time Prevention Officers to engage with young people at risk of offending across Leicester City. You will deliver targeted 1-1 or group work in homes, schools and community settings, and travel across the city with some home working.

The role involves caseload management, collaboration with police and schools, and providing assessments and interventions to reduce anti-social behaviour.

Qualifications

• Experience with high risk and hard-to-reach young people.
• Able to travel across the city for home and school visits.
• Enhanced DBS check is required.
• Flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver targeted 1-1 or group sessions with young people in homes, schools and the community.
• Manage a small caseload to reduce Anti‑Social Behaviour and other offending behaviours.
• Work closely with the police to gain intelligence and make referrals to other services when necessary.
• Carry out targeted street-based evening work at local hotspots.
• Collaborate with schools and council colleagues to provide advice and interventions.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Relationship building

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8560 Date posted 16/10/2026 Application closing date 30/10/2026 Location Various locations across Leicester City Salary £33,119 - £35,570 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£48,088 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Childrens Social Care Attachments Job Specification - Prevention Officer.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Join our Early Intervention Team to make an impact on intervening with young people at risk of involving themselves in criminal activity.

Working and engaging with young people in formal and informal settings, delivering targeted 1-1 or groupwork sessions on the risks and dangers of being involved in criminal activity.

The Early Intervention Team, within Leicester City Children and Young Peoples Justice Service, has 7 full-time Prevention Officers committed to supporting young people and diverting them away from the criminal justice system.

The objectives of the team are:

• To divert children and young people away from crime and the criminal justice system.
• To engage young people on the cusp of offending, or who have received a Community Resolution for committing a low-level offence, to divert them away from the formal justice system.
• Prevent the escalation of offending and serious youth violence and reduce the need for statutory services.
  

This is a permanent, full-time position working 37 hours per week. Hours are flexible and can include evenings and weekends.

Prevention Officers work at various locations across the city, including Kingfisher Youth Centre, New Parks Youth Centre, and other city centre offices however, there is a small amount of permitted home working. You’ll be required to travel across the city to undertake home and school visits.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll manage a small caseload to deliver targeted pieces of work to young people within their homes, schools and in the local community to reduce Anti‑Social Behaviour and other offending behaviours. Not surprisingly, this role will involve a close working relationship with the police to gain intelligence and identify young people at risk of being involved in ASB, and other criminal activity or those identified as at risk of exploitation, making appropriate referrals to other support services when necessary to do so. This will involve undertaking targeted street-based evening work where you will visit local hot spots for criminal activity amongst young people. In addition to working with the police, you’ll also work closely with schools and other colleagues within the council, carrying out assessments and providing the appropriate advice and support as an intervention technique that will really make a difference.

What you’ll need

With great understanding of the issues that affect young people and their families, along with experience of working with high risk and hard to reach young people, you’ll have the ability to use tact and compassion to build and maintain good working relationships.

In addition, you’ll be competent in standard office computer software, including MS Office, and will show a high standard or verbal and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with young people, school leadership, governors, and staff in multi‑agency settings. With this experience and knowledge, you’ll have the ability to create and deliver interesting and engaging lessons, training, workshops, assemblies, and interactive sessions to educate and encourage children and young people.

Appointment will be based on an enhanced children’s DBS check. In addition, you must be able to travel, whether this be in own vehicle or via public transport.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease; make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Deesa Patel - Senior Prevention Officer, Early Intervention Team at [e-mail]