Restorative Approaches Practitioner

London Borough of Newham; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Oyster card/parking permit for busi

Wellbeing service

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Job summary

London Borough of Newham is seeking a Restorative Approaches Practitioner for the Youth Justice Service to centre the voices of those harmed and coordinate multi-agency restorative work with Police and Probation.

The role focuses on delivering victim-centred interventions, embedding restorative justice across YJS and building strong partnerships with key agencies. Flexible/hybrid working is offered; salary £47,262–£50,676 with a market supplement and a commitment to an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• As a Restorative Approaches Practitioner, you will contribute to the provision of effective and high-quality multi-agency Youth Justice Service, in ensuring that the voice of those harmed is heard.
• You will establish and maintain effective multi-agency links with key partner agencies to support victims of crime in Newham.

Responsibilities

• Restorative Justice brings agencies to work together to provide improved services to victims of crime.
• You will ensure that victims of crime in our community are supported in all that we do.

Job description

Closing date: 04/10/2026 at 23:59

WE ARE NEWHAM We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. Newham a challenging yet rewarding place to work supporting young people who are involved or at risk of being involved with the Youth Justice System. W e are steadfastly committed to our workforce being representative of the families that we work with, and we are taking coordinated, meaningful and focused action to develop an inclusive culture because we believe this is at the heart of enabling diversity in all respects, including diversity of thought. We are taking positive actions to challenge all forms of discrimination and injustice to help make Newham a fairer and more equitable place for children and families to live, learn and thrive.

Job Description

Restorative Approaches Practitioner

Service: Youth Justice Service

£47,262– £50,676 (plus market supplement)

Closing date: 04/10/2026 at 23:59

WE ARE NEWHAM We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. Newham a challenging yet rewarding place to work supporting young people who are involved or at risk of being involved with the Youth Justice System. W e are steadfastly committed to our workforce being representative of the families that we work with, and we are taking coordinated, meaningful and focused action to develop an inclusive culture because we believe this is at the heart of enabling diversity in all respects, including diversity of thought. We are taking positive actions to challenge all forms of discrimination and injustice to help make Newham a fairer and more equitable place for children and families to live, learn and thrive.

We’re building a fairer Newham through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model. Newham’s Youth Justice aims to prevent crime, and the fear of crime, by ensuring that services are available to support children and young people in the criminal justice system whilst ensuring the needs of victims and our communities are taken into account and that we look to tackle disproportionality wherever we find it.

About The Job

Newham Youth Justice Service aims to put those who have been harmed at the centre of our work in preventing crime, and the fear of crime, through our engagement of children at risk of offending along with their families. We are working to ensure that those who have been harmed in our community are supported in all that we do. We are therefore seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic Restorative Approaches Practitioner to ensure the voice of those harmed is heard.

Restorative Justice brings the Youth Justice Service, Metropolitan Police and Probation to work together to provide improved services to victims of crime. Newham Youth Justice Service aims to put victims of crime at the centre of our work in preventing crime, and the fear of crime, through our engagement of victims, children at risk of offending and their families. The Restorative Approaches practitioner will ensure that victims of crime in our community are supported in all that we do.

About You

As a Restorative Approaches Practitioner, you will contribute to the provision of effective and high-quality multi-agency Youth Justice Service, in ensuring that the voice of those harmed is heard in all that we do, and that all YJS interventions with children and their families include restorative justice activity.You will establish and maintain effective multi-agency links with key partner agencies to support victims of crime in Newham.

People are at the heart of everything we do. Our core values are respect, aspiration, empowering culture, integrity, working together. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner who is willing to work within Newham Youth Justice Service values bringing a victim focused approach to our service delivery.

WHY WORK WITH US?

We’ve been working hard to make Newham a great place to work.

• A commitment to addressing disproportionality wherever we find it.
• We’re a Outstanding local authority focused on reaching excellence.
• We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and young people are seen.
• Stability: 100% of our Senior Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent.
• Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support, was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children’s Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish.
• Career progression is possible with Newham; we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023 and have already promoted 30 to date in 2024.
• A competitive package £45,750– £ 49,056
• Oyster card/parking permit for business use.
• Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme).
• Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension.

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

About Us

The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.