Youth Offending Team Officer - LBB Internal
Youth Offending Team Officer - LBB Internal
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13-04-2025
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This post is for internal candidates only
About Barnet Council
Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools vibrant town centers vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation our staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve Caring Inclusive Collaborative which drive everything we do.
About the role
The local authority has a statutory responsibility to provide a Youth Justice Service (YJS) in line with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which requires each area to have a team of staff seconded from different agencies working together to prevent offending by children and young people. The YJS aims to prevent crime and the fear of crime by ensuring that services are targeted at children and young people at high risk of offending and meet the needs of victims and communities. The YJS ensures that young people who do offend are identified and dealt with without delay with punishment proportionate to the seriousness and frequency of offending. The YJS promotes interventions with young offenders that reduce the risk factors associated with offending increase the protective factors and reinforce the responsibilities of parents. The purpose of the job is to work as part of a multiagency team preventing offending by children and young people by delivering a range of interventions in line with statutory requirements and national and local priorities for youth justice and childrens services.
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About you
- A professional qualification in social work probation youth and community work health education OR relevant degree and experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of direct work with challenging and hard to engage children and young people
- Working and detailed knowledge of the causes of crime and effective practice in intervening to reduce offending and antisocial behaviour by young people
- Working and detailed knowledge of safeguarding children issues Every Child Matters Children Act 2004 and the Pan London Child Protection procedures
What we offer
- 31 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
- Worklife balance options may include hybrid working flexitime job share home working parttime
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers supermarkets energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work eye care vouchers travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well being training programs including confidential employee assistance
Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
To deliver Barnet Councils commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information please read our equality statement.
Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including parttime compressed hours and remote working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy worklife balance. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme further details are available at posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore please apply as soon as possible.
Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folders) that you use to submit your application as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically. Should you not hear from us within four working weeks of the closing date for this post then regretfully in this instance you have not been shortlisted.
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