Youth Offending Service Team Lead

We Do Social Work; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 50.000 - 66.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

We Do Social Work is seeking an experienced Youth Offending Service Team Manager in the Greater London area. You will lead day-to-day operations, ensuring high-quality practice, timely assessments, and robust risk management within the Youth Offending Service.

The role requires substantial experience in Youth Justice, staff supervision, and strong multi-agency collaboration. You will drive service improvement, training, and professional development while balancing safeguarding and developmental

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Social Work with HCPC registration.
• Degree in Community Justice with Level 5 Diploma in Probation Studies.
• Degree-level education with Youth Justice Professional Certificate in Effective Practice.
• Three years' post-qualifying experience and extensive line management experience within a youth justice setting.

Aufgaben

• Provide day-to-day operational and practice leadership to a team within the Youth Offending Service.
• Manage, allocate and monitor incoming work, ensuring assessments, reports and recording are completed within required timescales.
• Provide professional guidance and advice on youth justice and children’s social care matters.
• Provide supervision, quality assurance and performance management to staff.
• Audit assessments, reports and casework to ensure high standards of practice.
• Monitor compliance with professional requirements and National Standards.
• Lead and contribute to service development, policy implementation and continuous improvement.
• Support the development and delivery of the Youth Offending Service Plan.
• Chair internal planning, risk and practice meetings and represent the service at external meetings.
• Work collaboratively with police, probation, social care, education, health and other partner agencies.
• Analyse complex information and make balanced decisions around safeguarding, public protection and risk.
• Support staff development through training, supervision and professional development.
• Contribute to recruitment and retention of staff and address performance issues appropriately.
• Respond to service requirements, resolve problems and contribute to complaints management.
• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance processes.
• Design and deliver training and presentations to staff, magistrates and other stakeholders where required.
• Ensure accurate records, statistical returns and administrative requirements are completed in accordance with policy.
• Promote equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice throughout the service.
• Deputise for senior managers when required.
• Participate in evening and weekend working arrangements when required.

Kenntnisse

Youth Justice

Staff management

Operational management

Quality assurance

Risk assessment

Multi-agency collaboration

Communication

Equality & safeguarding

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Policy interpretation

Ausbildung

Social Work degree + HCPC

Community Justice degree + Level 5 Diploma

Youth Justice Certificate / equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

We Do Social Work is seeking an experienced Youth Offending Service Team Manager in the Greater London area. You will lead day-to-day operations, ensuring high-quality practice, timely assessments, and robust risk management within the Youth Offending Service.

The role requires substantial experience in Youth Justice, staff supervision, and strong multi-agency collaboration. You will drive service improvement, training, and professional development while balancing safeguarding and developmental