Youth Justice Officer

Post No. SSCF0092 - Youth Justice Officer

Newport Youth Justice Service continues to progress with its transformation, improving practice and interventions with young people and their families who use the service. In so doing, the service aims to reduce offending and re-offending.

The Youth Justice Service is a multi-agency team, that includes a leadership team, social workers, probation officers, youth justice workers, CAMHS nurse, substance misuse worker, speech and language therapist and business support. The team is based within the Civic Centre, however, a flexible approach including home and office working is supported.

A fantastic opportunity has opened for an enthusiastic, child focused Youth Justice Officer. The post holder will have lead responsibility for a number of areas of practice, including case management of a variety of cases from prevention through to statutory court orders. We are looking for a committed and experienced practitioner who is proactive in offering support and being available for children who present with significant safety and wellbeing concerns. An excellent understanding of safeguarding knowledge, legilsation and practice will be vital.

To help us take the service forward we are seeking someone with experience of working with young people, ideally in a youth justice setting/or criminal justice practice and with court experience. You will be a qualified social worker, or with an equivalent qualification in a related field, with strengths in working in collaboration with a range of partners and thinking outside of the box to support children. Being a positive advocate for young people will be an intrinsic expectation of the role.

You will have lead responsibility for an area of identified practice development within the service, agreed with the leadership team and for supporting team practice that promotes trauma informed and child first approaches, in line with the Welsh Government Youth Justice Blueprint.

You will also be expected to provide shadowing opportunities for unqualified staff, students and volunteers. A Welsh speaker would be an advantage but is not essential.

Applicants must have up to date knowledge of youth justice work, and other relevant legislation and guidance.

You must be willing to work flexible hours as the team provides support, when it is required to fulfil the objective of the plan even if this is outside traditional office hours.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check (DBS).

Supervision is regular and the opportunities for career development and training are excellent. Newport itself is a great place to live and work being a geographically small city with a diverse population. It is situated on the M4 corridor and is located between Bristol and Cardiff with excellent transport links. Newport is a growing city with access to affordable housing, good schools and community resources.

In addition to generous annual leave, good pension scheme, comparative or higher pay than neighbouring authorities Newport City Council offers great benefits including:

• Vehicle allowances
• Tax free bikes for work
• Working life balance - flexible employment;
• Career development
• Health and leisure (with discounts with various organisations to enable you to make choices about your health and lifestyle)
• Employee Support Services
• Town centre offices with good transport links

If you are motivated, resourceful and willing to be a member of a team which seeks to continually improve, you could be who we are looking for.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Newport and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.

For an informal discussion, please contact Adam Savigar – Deputy Team Manager 01633 414800

We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English

Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from the minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.

Our values – Courageous, Positive and Responsible
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