Youth Justice Officer

Norfolk County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England is seeking a Youth Justice Officer on a temporary contract. The successful candidate will engage with children, balancing safeguarding whilst implementing effective interventions. Benefits include a competitive salary ranging from £39,892 to £41,771, flexible working arrangements, and access to health and wellbeing services. Applicants should be innovative and organized, with a passion for advocating children's rights.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee discounts programme

Qualifications

• Passionate about working with children in a co-productive way.
• Rooted in evidence-based practice.
• Good work ethic, resilient and creative.

Responsibilities

• Create bespoke strength-based intervention packages with children.
• Engage with children in assessment, planning and delivering interventions.
• Balance the safeguarding of the child alongside the safeguarding of the community.

Skills

Innovative

Motivated

Articulate

Flexible

Advocate for children's rights

Organized

Education

Professional qualification or substantial relevant experience in an allied service

Job description

Youth Justice Officer

Job ID 9071/9072, 2 x Temporary Fixed Term Contract / Secondment until 31 March 2027, 37 hours per week, Salary £39,892 to £41,771 per annum, Grade J, Great Yarmouth.

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

Who are we?

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

• We are advocates.
• We are advisers.
• We are supporters.
• We keep children at the heart of everything we do.

What would we like?

• Innovative people who can create bespoke strength-based intervention packages with children.
• Motivated people who can engage with children in assessment, planning and delivering interventions.
• Someone who can balance the safeguarding of the child alongside the safeguarding of the community at large.
• Articulate people who have the ability to produce and present complex reports to various forums.
• People who can work flexibly, with an expectation of some evening, weekend and bank holiday working, including a rota basis to cover weekend and bank holidays.
• People with a professional qualification or substantial relevant experience in an allied service.

This post will have a locality base but much of your working week will be out and about in the community or working from home, so you must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle to meet the requirements of the post. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 2 days a week, in addition to team days.

What’s in it for you?

ABOUT YOU

We don’t expect the person we recruit to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our team:

YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF:

• You are passionate about working with children in a co-productive way, advocating for children’s rights and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality.
• You like the way you work to be rooted in evidence-based practice.
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of children in the youth justice system.
• You have a good work ethic, you are resilient and not easily offended.
• You are creative and work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective.
• You are open to feedback and learning because you want to keep getting better.
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact.

OUR CHILDREN SAY:

• I want you to listen to me and hear what I’m saying
• Ask me about my views and opinions
• Don’t assume you know
• Be honest and try not to keep secrets
• Don’t make decisions about me, make decisions with me
• Take time to explain in a way I understand
• ‘Doing with’ gets me to my future

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING WITH THE NYJS FAMILY IF:

• You want a career in an organisation with a culture of helpfulness and cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation.
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you.
• You like every day to be different.
• You love learning and want to develop professionally.
• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

How to apply

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

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

For an informal conversation about the role contact Aimee Allerton, Claire Solomon or Sarah Brighten on 01603 679100.

Benefits

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 – dependant 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 also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

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: 29 November 2025 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 15 December 2025 at 23:55