Youth Justice
Ackerman Pierce Ltd
Responsibilities include:
- The Youth Justice Officer role is to work to prevent children in the Youth Justice System from re-offending and to prevent children from entering the Youth Justice system. The Youth Justice Officer will undertake often complex assessments of the risk of offending, risk of harm and safeguarding concerns of children and young people involved in the Criminal Justice System.
- To work effectively with children involved in the Youth Justice System and their parents and carers.
- Liaise with stakeholders in a way that promotes the One Medway Council Plan and embeds our values and behaviours.
- To supervise a caseload of young people referred by the Court and by the police as Out of Court Resolutions.
- 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.
- 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.
- To prepare reports for Referral Order Panels and attend the Panel to support volunteer panel members with information about suitable interventions.
- June 2025
- To attend Court when required working as the Youth Justice Service representative, providing advice and support to children, young people, their families and the judiciary and to undertake bail assessments and produce bail support packages for Court.
- Undertake home visits as required to support work with a child, young person, parent or carer.
- 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 desistance. This will involve using imaginative approaches and could include one-to-one or group work.
- Undertake YJS office/court duty as part of a rota system.
- To maintain and keep good case records of plans and decisions in accordance with departmental policy regarding the recording of work using the electronic case management system.
- 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.
- To work flexibly in line with the needs of the service; this may include evening and occasional week-end work
- At manager discretion, other activities may be assigned that fit the job description.
- Youth Justice experience within a Local Authority
The team:
- Well-structured organised team, growing their social worker staffing levels.
- This is a role within the Social Care industry
Minimum Requirements:
- SWE Registration
- 1 year post qualifying experience within UK
- Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Your own personal consultant
- Tier 1 agency
- Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
- DBS and Compliance Service
- Quick and Easy Registration Process
- Access to CPD
- Guaranteed weekly payment
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