Youth Justice Officer

Norfolk; Great Yarmouth; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A Youth Justice Service in Great Yarmouth seeks a Youth Justice Officer to engage with children, ensuring their needs are met while balancing community safety. The role demands innovative thinking, motivation, and flexibility, with a professional background in an allied service preferred. Benefits include competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and comprehensive health services. Applications close on 15 December 2025, urging candidates to read the full description before applying.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Financial benefits

Tax efficient car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable ability to create bespoke strength-based intervention packages.
• Experience engaging with children for assessment and planning.
• Ability to produce and present complex reports.

Responsibilities

• Create intervention packages to address children's needs.
• Engage children in assessments and implement plans.
• Work flexibly including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Innovative thinking

Motivation

Safeguarding balance

Articulation skills

Flexibility

Professional qualification or experience

Education

Professional qualification in an allied service

Job description

Youth Justice Officer | 9071 / 9072 | 2 x Temporary Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity until 31 March 2027 | 37 hours per week | £39,892 to £41,771 per annum | Grade J | Great Yarmouth

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?

We are looking for :

• 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. This includes work on 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

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 a 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 description 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 – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as: ‘A 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 website here.

Redeployment closing date : 29 November 2025 at 23 : 55

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