Youth Engagement Officer
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Job Summary
3-Month Contract with a Local Authority
Summary
- The role is dedicated to reducing reoffending enhancing safety and wellbeing and fostering positive change through structured intervention engagement and consistent relationship-building. The postholder will collaborate closely with Youth Justice Service Case Managers families and partner agencies to deliver high-quality targeted activities aimed at supporting desistance and managing risk.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and delivery of intensive one-to-one support for young people under statutory Youth Justice Service interventions.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with high-risk and vulnerable young people to encourage engagement and compliance with Court-ordered activities.
- Deliver structured interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis focusing on desistance from offending safety and wellbeing and risk of harm reduction.
- Collaborate with Youth Justice Case Managers to design and implement a weekly ISS timetable tailored to each young persons assessed needs.
- Plan deliver and review support packages ensuring a consistent and high-quality timetable that incorporates input from partner agencies where required.
- Ensure all activities are well-organized coordinated and recorded to support effective risk management.
Essential Experience Required
- Experience working with children and young people ideally within a youth justice social care youth work or safeguarding environment.
- Proven ability to engage vulnerable or high-risk young people with complex needs.
Essential Qualifications Required
- Good standard of education.
- Relevant training or qualifications in youth work social care criminology psychology education or safeguarding (or willingness to work towards relevant qualifications).
Additional Information
- Working hours: 35 hours per week
- DBS required for the role.
- Please note that this can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sunday
- Bi-weekly payment schedule.
- The role closes on 13th Feb 2026 apply ASAP.
Required Skills:
The main purposes of this position are as follows: 1. Lead the planning and delivery of one-to-one support for children and young people allocated in the youth justice services assessed as high risk and meeting Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISS) criteria.
Required Education:
The main purposes of this position are as follows: 1. Lead the planning and delivery of one-to-one support for children and young people allocated in the youth justice services assessed as high risk and meeting Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISS) criteria.
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IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Business Development
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- Account Management
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- Conflict Management
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Team Management
- Customer relationship management
- Human Resources
- Public Speaking
