Social Worker - Youth Offending Team (8271)

Norfolk County Council; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk County Council is seeking a Social Worker for its Youth Offending Team, focusing on preventing youth offending and safeguarding welfare. This two-year fixed term role involves case management, assessments, and flexible working to meet the needs of the youth justice service.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience of designing and implementing interventions.
• Understanding of criminal justice and childcare legislation.
• Experience managing caseloads of children with emotional or behavioral issues.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out case management and assessments using YJB-approved tools.
• Producing reports for various audiences including courts and child protection conferences.
• Promoting access to services for young people and their families.

Skills

Engagement

Assessment

Intervention delivery

Education

Professional qualification in Social Work

Job description

Social Worker - Youth Offending Team (8271)

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Job Description

Social Worker | 8271 | secondment opportunity/fixed term contract for two years | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum | Grade J | Countywide

Norfolk Youth Justice Service (YJS)is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children and young people from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes.

Job Description

Social Worker | 8271 | secondment opportunity/fixed term contract for two years | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum | Grade J | Countywide

Norfolk Youth Justice Service (YJS)is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children and young people from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes.

As a YJS Social Worker you will carry out a case management role in accordance with the Youth Justice Board Case Management Guidance (2022). Your primary focus will be on the engagement, assessment, planning, delivering interventions, public protection and management of safeguarding concerns.

To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

You will undertake assessments of children, young people and their families (using YJB-approved assessment tools and other relevant assessment frameworks) to identify risks, needs and strengths to inform statutory and voluntary interventions.

Working within a multi-agency framework, you will actively promote and co-ordinate access to universal and specialist services for young people and their families and produce written and verbal reports based on assessments to inform a wide range of audiences, including courts, referral order panels and child protection conferences.

You will be expected to work flexibly, with a clear expectation of evening, weekend and bank holiday working.This includes work on a rota basis to cover weekend and bank holiday court and statutory contact cover.

With a professional qualification in Social Work, you will have significant relevant experience of designing and implementing interventions intended to change behaviours and achieve positive outcomes. You will understand relevant criminal justice and childcare legislation and theories, including effective practice and restorative justice principles and will have managed a caseload of children with emotional, behavioural or offending concerns.

To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV. Please ensure you complete a full application form (a CV will not be accepted) which explains how you meet all essential criteria specified in the job description, including whether you have a valid driving licence for use in the UK.

At Norfolk County Council, we put work life balance at the forefront and offer flexible, smarter working arrangements.This is a great opportunity to join our supportive team and make a real difference to children and young people in Norfolk and enable positive outcomes.

For more information about this role please contact Elayne Stewart-Dixon (Operations Manager) by emailing [e-mail].

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
  

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 18 June 2025

All other applicants closing date: 25 June 2025

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.

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