Youth Justice Officer - Ref: CH01925

WMJobs; Walsall; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the Youth Justice Service in Walsall aims to prevent youth offending. The ideal Youth Justice Officer will be committed to working with disadvantaged children and will have the necessary qualifications and a collaborative spirit to achieve positive outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Generous annual leave

9-day fortnight

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• You must be a qualified social worker or have a relevant honours degree.
• Candidates should hold the Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate or be prepared to complete it in the first year.

Responsibilities

• Assess children's needs and develop intervention plans.
• Work within a multi-agency context including courts.

Skills

Assessment of children's needs

Development of intervention plans

Working with multi-agency contexts

Education

Qualified social worker or relevant honours degree

Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate or PCEP

Job description

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Walsall Council, WALSALL CHILDREN’S SERVICES: Youth Justice Service

Youth Justice Officer - Ref: CH01925

Salary G8 £36,124 - £40,476 per annum

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Youth Justice Service (YJS) in Walsall. We are a multi-agency service with the principal aim of preventing and reducing youth offending in Walsall in line with our ‘Child First’ vision.

Walsall YJS is continually improving and striving for excellence, and we are keen that the successful candidate achieves the best outcomes for children and young people in Walsall, whilst keeping victims at the heart of everything we do.

We’re looking for practitioners who are enthusiastic, committed and up for the challenge of working with some of the most disadvantaged children and families in our communities who often have multiple and complex needs. If you’re able to assess children’s needs, develop intervention plans, review their progress and work within a complex multi-agency context including courts, this role may be perfect for you!

Walsall YJS are committed to giving you lots of learning and development opportunities to help you achieve your goals. Additionally, your well-being is important to us, so we offer a flexible and supportive working environment that provides a positive work-life balance, including generous annual leave and a 9-day fortnight.

Qualification:

You will need to be a qualified social worker, probation officer, or have a relevant, good quality honours degree. In addition, we are also looking for candidates to hold the Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate (or PCEP) or be prepared to complete this in your first year of employment.

View Job Description And Employee Specification

Closing date for applications: Sunday 29 th June, recruitment process to take place week beginning 14 th July. Further details to be provided should you be shortlisted.

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

For an informal discussion please contact YJS Team Manager, Frances Bate on 01922 650400.

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Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults.

Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.

For further reasons to join us, please visit: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/employee-benefits.

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