Youth Justice Officer
| Posting date: | 31 March 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2025 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4919 |
Summary
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £34,350 -£37,950 Per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 Hours Mon - Fri
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13th April 2025
Interview Date(s): Interviews will take place on Friday 25th April 2025 and will consist of a Children’s Panel and an Adults Panel.
Leicestershire Youth & Justice Service is an ambitious, vibrant and forward-thinking service working in an environment focused on supporting children towards their brighter futures. We are committed to Child First approaches and are strong in our advocacy for children.
We are a multicultural and diverse team consisting of staff from the local authority, probation, police and health based across Leicestershire. We are proud to have a workforce which represents and reflects the children & families we work alongside, and we are committed to creating a culture which is inclusive and challenges discrimination and bias.
The Youth & Justice Service is a dedicated service for children aged 11+ who need support. We offer a wide range of non-statutory and statutory interventions to children who are experiencing difficulties and challenges where support cannot be provided by universal services alone. We have strong relationships with wider services & partnerships supporting children and their families to ensure that we can jointly deliver the best possible support and care
Leicestershire
The county of Leicestershire is uniquely placed in the heart of England with major access routes enabling easy travel. Our county has a proud manufacturing and agricultural heritage and has both urban and rural areas comprising of seven district and borough councils. In recent years, the county has welcomed new communities - we are striving to ensure that our workforce represents and understands unique experiences and perspectives of those who live in Leicestershire.
About the Role
We are looking for people who are passionate and committed to working with children who can:
• work flexibly to meet the needs of children, families and victims
• undertake complex assessments of the needs of children and families
• be responsible for developing their practice and undertake and implement learning
• listen to and act upon children’s voice to strive for the best outcomes
• Advocate for children in formal settings such as court, police stations and multi-agency meetings
What we offer
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation.
• DBS check paid for by us.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile.
• Access to staff wellbeing and counselling service.
• Access to an employee discount scheme, providing a whole host of retail discount including your supermarket weekly shop and gym membership!
• Work for an organisation which 95% of our staff say is a good employer.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
Driving Licence & access to a vehicle/car is required for this post (A reasonable adjustment will be considered for an applicant with a disability if the disability precludes them from driving)
The post will require the successful candidate to work outside of normal office hours.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
Please refer to these 7 points when making your application, giving examples as evidence of how you meet them.
- Qualification level required – NVQ Level 3 or above, AND significant experience working with children and families.
- Experience of understanding the issues faced by vulnerable children and families with complex needs – to include awareness of the differing needs of children and an understanding of adverse childhood experiences and trauma.
- Knowledge and experience of case management and groupwork with children & young people where vulnerabilities exist in their lives that are linked to offending and pose a risk of harm to others.
- Knowledge and experience of gathering child’s voice to contribute to assessments, formal reports and records within case management systems.
- Evidence of forming positive relationships with children & young people and developing, planning, and implementing creative and innovative interventions tailored to meet the individual needs, whilst reducing the risk of offending & managing risk in the community.
- Demonstrable experience of forming positive working relationships with a variety of professional partners and working collaboratively to meet the identified needs of children and their families.
- To contribute to the protection of children from abuse in accordance with local and national safeguarding policies, procedures, and practice – to include comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
Recruitment Drop-in Sessions
These sessions provide applicants opportunity to find out more about the role. Applicants who attend, are often more successful in being invited to interview.
We are holding two recruitment drop-in sessions, one online and one in person.
Online (MS Teams) – Monday 7th April 5-6pm. Please contact the below named persons for an invitation to attend.
In person –Thursday 10th April 5.30 – 6.30pm at:
Huncote Family Hub,
Pavillion Centre,
Sports Field Lane,
Huncote,
Leicester,
LE93BN
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Tanya Sanders - Team Leader
Telephone: 07730582961
Email: tanya.sanders@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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