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About the Role
This role involves supporting young people subject to statutory court orders, addressing offending behaviour, managing risk, and preventing reoffending to promote positive outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Responsibilities
- Supervise statutory court orders and ensure young people comply with their requirements.
- Monitor compliance and implement enforcement procedures where necessary.
- Prepare pre-sentence reports, referral order reports, and other reports in line with national standards.
- Represent the Youth Justice Service at Youth Court, Crown Court, and other court hearings as required.
- Manage a complex caseload and undertake direct work with young people and their parents or carers.
- Complete AssetPlus assessments and other assessment tools to identify offending behaviour, needs, and risks.
- Assess risks relating to reoffending, vulnerability, dangerousness, and harm to the public.
- Develop and implement effective risk management and intervention plans.
- Support young people on bail and those at risk of being remanded into custody.
- Work with secure establishments to support young people in custody and assist with their resettlement into the community.
- Undertake home visits, community visits, and office duty as required.
- Promote multi-agency working and collaborate with partner organisations.
- Provide restorative justice opportunities for victims and young offenders.
- Identify and report safeguarding concerns relating to the safety and welfare of children and young people.
Requirements
- Minimum of two years' statutory experience within Youth Justice.
- Strong experience completing AssetPlus assessments.
- Experience working with high-risk children and young people.
- Proven ability to manage complex caseloads.
- Experience preparing court reports and representing services in court.
- Strong knowledge of youth justice processes, statutory orders, and safeguarding.
- Excellent risk assessment, analytical, and report-writing skills.
- Ability to develop and deliver effective intervention and risk management plans.
- Strong partnership-working and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently, including lone working and undertaking community visits.
Skills
- AssetPlus assessments
- Risk management
- Intervention planning
- Report writing
- Partnership working
- Communication
Location
- Islington
Work Type
- 35 hours per week
Experience Level
- Minimum of two years' statutory experience within Youth Justice
Education Level
- Qualified Social Worker or Probation Officer preferred
Salary/Compensations
- £27.13 per hour PAYE
- £36.20 per hour Umbrella/Limited
Benefits
- Competitive rate of £27.13 per hour PAYE or £36.20 per hour Umbrella/Limited.
- 35 hours per week.
- Opportunity to work within Islington's Youth Justice Service.
- Valuable experience supporting vulnerable children and young people.
- Opportunity to make a positive difference by reducing reoffending and promoting rehabilitation.
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
About the Company
- Liquid Personnel is recruiting Youth Justice Officer for its client in Islington.
- Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.
- Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Equal Opportunity
- Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.
- If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
- We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.