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Youth Justice Support Officer

Job details
Posting date: 30 July 2025
Salary: £33,143 to £36,363 per year, pro rata
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 13 August 2025
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Manchester City Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6470

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Summary

Our Children’s Services is looking to recruit a practitioner who can contribute to the services’ development towards delivering excellent services. Youth Justice is an exciting and innovative service that consists of a team of friendly, dedicated, caring and hard-working professionals who work closely with courts, young people and their families. Youth Justice deliver excellent outcomes for young people who enter the Criminal Justice system and deliver effective planning for children and families to ensure positive outcomes for children in Manchester.

You will need to be focused, dynamic and passionate in order to help young people.
The role of Support Officer involves working as part of a multi-agency team to deliver statutory services to the courts and community. It includes assessment, planning and delivering interventions to young people aged 10 – 17 years who are subject to orders within the Criminal Justice System.
You'll work with key partners to improve public protection, safeguard the needs of children and young people, and reduce youth offending.

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