Youth Justice Officer
Youth Justice Officer
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Job Description
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: 39939 - 42699
Working Hours:37 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24th August 2025
Interview Date(s): There will be two interviews a Young Person Panel and the Adult Panel interview provisionally arranged for Monday 22nd sept
The below link provides further information on the Young Person Panel:
Leicestershire Youth and Justice is a vibrant experienced multi-cultural team from a range of professional backgrounds on a journey towards excellence that helps to promote a range of innovative approaches to working with children. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic forward thinking qualified practitioner to work within our Youth and Justice Service as a Youth Justice Case Manager.
We are a Service of around 100 workers committed to achieving the best outcomes for our children and young people through advocacy and empowerment. We deliver services with the young person at the centre and ensure that their voices are integral to all that we do. We develop our services with our young people and we are part of the Children and Families Department at Leicestershire County Council rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
As a Case Manager you will form meaningful relationships with children and be part of their journey in making changes towards a positive and fulfilling future. The successful candidate will provide and deliver child first approaches to our most complex and high-risk children who currently engage in offending behaviour. There will be opportunities to learn and develop your practice around Court as well as coordinating multi agency approaches in supporting children to deter them from offending and re-offending.
For internal applicants this could be an exciting secondment opportunity for anyone considering a change of direction and we would willingly support this arrangement which must be agreed by your line manager ahead of your application.
If you are making a transition into Youth Justice we will provide you with the full training required to make this move successfully. We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be.
What we offer:
Mileage paid at 45p per mile.
Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation.
DBS check paid for by us.
Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Access to staff wellbeing and counselling service.
Access to an employee discount scheme providing a whole host of retail discount including your supermarket weekly shop and gym membership!
Work for an organisation which 95% of our staff say is a good employer.
You can find out more about us on Instagram search Leicestershire Youth.
We look forward to welcoming you into the Youth and Justice Service!
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1000 words.
- Professional qualification in Social Work Probation Education Youth and Community Work or a relevant health specialism
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to job role
- Significant experience of working with children or adults at risk of offending and re-offending
- Experience of working in the Criminal Justice System
- Knowledge of Youth Justice and safeguarding legislation and the operation of the Criminal Justice System
- Understanding of neurological development and an awareness of the differing needs of children and young people
- Knowledge of relevant behavioural change practice to bring about change in anti-social behaviour and offending behaviour
Recruitment Drop in Sessions
These sessions provide applicants opportunity to find out more about the role and meet the manager . Applicants who attend are often more successful in being invited to interview.
We are holding a recruitment drop-in session online Monday 18th August 5-7pm
If you would like to book a slot please contact
Laura Mullen
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You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Laura Mullen Youth Justice Team Manager
Telephone:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
