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Youth Offending Service Worker
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £20 to £20.67 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2025 |
| Location: | The Woolwich Centre |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | SOHLREMIT LIMITED |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | SOHLREC524 |
Summary
To be responsible to the Team Leader for:
A caseload of children and young people in the community and custody referred to the Service with a range of complex needs and behaviors, who are subject to pre-Court disposals, statutory Court orders and bail support packages, in order to reduce their risk of offending behavior.
Main Duties:
1. Undertake holistic assessments of children, young people and their families which identify risk and
protective factors and analyse the underlying causes of their offending, ensuring their views are
reflected to inform decision making and how approaches are adapted to work with them.
2. Work creatively in developing and delivering interventions with the child and their parent or carer
which focus on the criminogenic need and strengthen factors for desi stance. This will involve using
imaginative approaches and could include one to one or group work. The interventions should be
regularly reviewed.
3. Engage and motivate children and young people in a meaningful and creative way in accordance
with National St andards and statutory/voluntary requirements, which promotes compliance with
their Order and allows for the development of a trusting, professional relationship.
4. To work in a multi disciplinary team and to work effectively in partnership with staff based in
relevant agencies, fostering strong relationships that promote positive outcomes for children,
young people and their families.
5. Incorporate Restorative Approaches into your day to day work with colleagues, children, young
people and their families and w here required, victims.
6. To attend police stations and the secure estate as required.
7. To prepare Pre Sentence Reports to the Courts, following assessment, giving proposals for
intervention to reduce offending, with regard to the welfare of the child.
8. To pre pare reports for Referral Order Panels and attend the Panel to support volunteer panel
members with information about suitable interventions.
9. To undertake pre court preparation (including attendance at a Court Case Discussion Panel) and
post court work.
10. To attend Court when required working as the Youth Offending Service representative, providing
advice and support to young people, their families and the judiciary and to undertake bail
assessments and produce bail support packages for Court.
Final YOS Re-Org 2018
11. To develop iTo develop interventions with the parents of children and young people referred to the Service in nterventions with the parents of children and young people referred to the Service in order to provide them with support and develop their parenting skills; enable parents and carers order to provide them with support and develop their parenting skills; enable parents and carers to support their child to complete their preto support their child to complete their pre--court disposal or statutory court disposal or statutory court order. court order.
12. Undertake YOS office duty as part of a rota system.Undertake YOS office duty as part of a rota system.
13. Undertake home visits as required to support work with a child, young person, parent or carer.Undertake home visits as required to support work with a child, young person, parent or carer.
14. To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of own work.To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of own work.
15. To meet the quality standards of policy,To meet the quality standards of policy, procedure and practice applicable to the team.procedure and practice applicable to the team.
16. To maintain accurate and up to date records of your own work in accordance with local and To maintain accurate and up to date records of your own work in accordance with local and national standards and in line with data protection guidelines.national standards and in line with data protection guidelines.
17. To share information according to team and corporate pTo share information according to team and corporate protocols.rotocols.
18. To remain up to date with practice developments, research findings, theory and legislation.To remain up to date with practice developments, research findings, theory and legislation.
19. To develop self and practice within the role taking responsibility for your own personal To develop self and practice within the role taking responsibility for your own personal development and training; using supervision and structured feedbadevelopment and training; using supervision and structured feedback on work performance ck on work performance constructively to support continuing professional development and take action where required to constructively to support continuing professional development and take action where required to improve the quality and effectiveness of personal practice.improve the quality and effectiveness of personal practice.
20. To contribute towards inTo contribute towards in--service training and induction of new staff.service training and induction of new staff.
21. To contTo contribute towards the improvement of services and the development of new services for ribute towards the improvement of services and the development of new services for preventing youth offending.preventing youth offending.
A caseload of children and young people in the community and custody referred to the Service with a range of complex needs and behaviors, who are subject to pre-Court disposals, statutory Court orders and bail support packages, in order to reduce their risk of offending behavior.
Main Duties:
1. Undertake holistic assessments of children, young people and their families which identify risk and
protective factors and analyse the underlying causes of their offending, ensuring their views are
reflected to inform decision making and how approaches are adapted to work with them.
2. Work creatively in developing and delivering interventions with the child and their parent or carer
which focus on the criminogenic need and strengthen factors for desi stance. This will involve using
imaginative approaches and could include one to one or group work. The interventions should be
regularly reviewed.
3. Engage and motivate children and young people in a meaningful and creative way in accordance
with National St andards and statutory/voluntary requirements, which promotes compliance with
their Order and allows for the development of a trusting, professional relationship.
4. To work in a multi disciplinary team and to work effectively in partnership with staff based in
relevant agencies, fostering strong relationships that promote positive outcomes for children,
young people and their families.
5. Incorporate Restorative Approaches into your day to day work with colleagues, children, young
people and their families and w here required, victims.
6. To attend police stations and the secure estate as required.
7. To prepare Pre Sentence Reports to the Courts, following assessment, giving proposals for
intervention to reduce offending, with regard to the welfare of the child.
8. To pre pare reports for Referral Order Panels and attend the Panel to support volunteer panel
members with information about suitable interventions.
9. To undertake pre court preparation (including attendance at a Court Case Discussion Panel) and
post court work.
10. To attend Court when required working as the Youth Offending Service representative, providing
advice and support to young people, their families and the judiciary and to undertake bail
assessments and produce bail support packages for Court.
Final YOS Re-Org 2018
11. To develop iTo develop interventions with the parents of children and young people referred to the Service in nterventions with the parents of children and young people referred to the Service in order to provide them with support and develop their parenting skills; enable parents and carers order to provide them with support and develop their parenting skills; enable parents and carers to support their child to complete their preto support their child to complete their pre--court disposal or statutory court disposal or statutory court order. court order.
12. Undertake YOS office duty as part of a rota system.Undertake YOS office duty as part of a rota system.
13. Undertake home visits as required to support work with a child, young person, parent or carer.Undertake home visits as required to support work with a child, young person, parent or carer.
14. To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of own work.To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of own work.
15. To meet the quality standards of policy,To meet the quality standards of policy, procedure and practice applicable to the team.procedure and practice applicable to the team.
16. To maintain accurate and up to date records of your own work in accordance with local and To maintain accurate and up to date records of your own work in accordance with local and national standards and in line with data protection guidelines.national standards and in line with data protection guidelines.
17. To share information according to team and corporate pTo share information according to team and corporate protocols.rotocols.
18. To remain up to date with practice developments, research findings, theory and legislation.To remain up to date with practice developments, research findings, theory and legislation.
19. To develop self and practice within the role taking responsibility for your own personal To develop self and practice within the role taking responsibility for your own personal development and training; using supervision and structured feedbadevelopment and training; using supervision and structured feedback on work performance ck on work performance constructively to support continuing professional development and take action where required to constructively to support continuing professional development and take action where required to improve the quality and effectiveness of personal practice.improve the quality and effectiveness of personal practice.
20. To contribute towards inTo contribute towards in--service training and induction of new staff.service training and induction of new staff.
21. To contTo contribute towards the improvement of services and the development of new services for ribute towards the improvement of services and the development of new services for preventing youth offending.preventing youth offending.