Youth Justice Adolescent Practitioner

To work in partnership with Children’s Services staff and other statutory and voluntary agencies, to provide robust programmes for children subject to out of court and court orders requiring skilled case management, to meet National Standards to reduce and manage risk to the public and prevent further offending.

• To manage a caseload of children open to Youth Justice on an Out of Court (diversion) or community-based Court Order.
• Through appropriate assessment of risk and risk management to develop, provide, co-ordinate and monitor programmes of intervention for children to prevent further offending in accordance with evidence-based practice.
• To contribute to the delivery of the full range of services for children, their families and victims within Youth Justice Services.
• Work in partnership with other professionals and with the parents/carers and families of children to ensure consistency with programme arrangements and to maximise the benefits of individual programmes for children.
• To maintain accurate and timely comprehensive case management information on ChildView and comply with deadlines and statutory standards and requirements.
• Provide high quality assessments, plans and reports.
• Liaise with relevant statutory and voluntary agencies to exchange, provide, gather, collate and evaluate information and data as may be required for monitoring the compliance of children, maintaining the positive benefits of individual intervention programmes.
• Participate in wider team activities such as operational duty, court cover, including evenings and weekends of programme operation.

Essential Criteria:

• Relevant qualifications in youth work, criminology or criminal justice or relevant experience of providing interventions and working as part of a child focused multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to meaningfully engage and communicate effectively with children as well as a range of individuals including parent/carers, victims, wider professionals and external agencies.
• Understanding of the child first approach and proven experience of building positive relationships with children and parent/carers.
• Strong IT skills to maintain confidential and accurate records on both case management systems and Excel spreadsheets.
• Experience of dealing with conflict and problem solving.
• Good IT, organisation and communication skills are essential as you will need to record information on a case management information system, coproduce intervention plans, produce reports, and correspond with children, parent/carers and partners.
• Diving Licence and access to a vehicle