Project Responsive Worker

ESPO Trading Limited; England; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage 55p per mile

Progression in public sector

DBS paid by employer

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave

Staff wellbeing and counselling

Employee discounts

Good employer reputation (95%)

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council is seeking a Youth Justice Case Manager within the Youth and Justice Service at County Hall. The role focuses on child-centered practice, safeguarding, and delivering flexible, creative interventions for high-risk youth.

We offer a supportive public sector environment with DBS covered, pension scheme, generous leave, and progression opportunities. Closing date 12 November 2026; interview dates soon after.

Qualifications

• Qualification level NVQ3+ and substantial experience with children (11+) and families.
• Strong understanding of complex needs in youth justice, trauma and ACEs.
• Ability to capture the voice of the child and family in assessments and records.
• Know local services to guide families toward appropriate support and referrals.
• Experience with targeted interventions to stabilise situations and improve family functioning.
• Proven ability to build positive relationships with professionals across partners.
• Recognition of changing circumstances/risks and prompt safeguarding actions.

Responsibilities

• Form meaningful relationships with children and be part of their journey toward positive outcomes.
• Deliver child-first approaches and practical, flexible interventions.
• Strengthen engagement, resilience, life skills and pro-social identity.
• Collaborate with professionals to meet identified needs and manage referrals.

Skills

Child engagement

Team collaboration

Case management

Voice of the child

Trauma-informed approach

Safeguarding awareness

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall ,Glenfield LE3 8RA

Salary: £33,129 -£35,493 per annum (pro rota for part time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 12th November 2026

Interview Date(s): There will be two interviews, a Young Person Panel and the Adult Panel interview, provisionally arranged for Tuesday 24th November

The link below provides further information on the Young Person Panel:

https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=16915118&dDocName=UCMFA16910265&allowInterrupt=1

About the Role

Leicestershire Youth and Justice is a vibrant, experienced, multi-cultural team from a range of professional backgrounds on a journey towards excellence, that helps to promote a range of innovative approaches to working with children. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward thinking qualified practitioner to work within our Youth and Justice Service as a Youth Justice Case Manager.

We are a Service of around 100 workers, committed to achieving the best outcomes for our children and young people through advocacy and empowerment. We deliver services with the young person at the centre and ensure that their voices are integral to all that we do. We develop our services with our young people, and we are part of the Children and Families Department at Leicestershire County Council, rated “Outstanding” by Ofsted.

As a Project responsive Youth Worker you will form meaningful relationships with children and be part of their journey in making changes towards a positive and fulfilling future. The successful candidate will provide and deliver child-first approaches to our most complex and high-risk children who currently engage in offending behaviour.The role provides practical, flexible and creative interventions that strengthen engagement, resilience, life skills, positive routines and pro-social identity.

If you are making a transition into Youth Justice, we will provide you with the full training required to make this move successfully. We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be.

What we offer:

• Mileage paid at 55p per mile.
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation.
• DBS check paid for by us.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to staff wellbeing and counselling service.
• Access to an employee discount scheme, providing a whole host of retail discounts, including your supermarket weekly shop and gym membership!
• Work for an organisation which 95% of our staff say is a good employer.

You can find out more about us on Instagram, search “Leicestershire Youth”.

We look forward to welcoming you into the Youth and Justice Service!

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words.

• Qualification level required – NVQ Level 3 or above, & AND significant experience of working with children (11years+) and families.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of the complex needs of children and families in youth justice, including development, trauma, and ACEs. Skilled and experienced in capturing the voice of the child and family, ensuring their views are meaningfully captured in assessments, decision-making, and high quality case records
• Draw on a strong understanding of local services to guide children and families toward the most appropriate support, empowering them to complete referrals independently and providing assistance with referrals when needed.
• Experience with using creative targeted and purposeful interventions to stabilise situations, strengthen family functioning, and support children to engage positively.
• Demonstrable significant experience of forming positive working relationships with a variety of professional partners and working collaboratively to meet the identified needs of children and their families.
• Demonstrate an ability to recognise changes in a child’s circumstances, and risks, remain professionally curious, identify emerging concerns and communicate these promptly, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• We are a safeguarding organisation – Please evidence your knowledge to contribute to the protection of children from abuse in accordance with local and national safeguarding policies, procedures, and practice – to include comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child.

In addition, we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information about the post or to book a place on our drop-in session on Monday 9th November to find our out more about the role,please contact:

Laura Mullen Youth Justice Team Manager

Telephone: [phone]

Email [e-mail]

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