Job Description

Youth Justice Officer

SO1 (\xc2\xa330,151 - \xc2\xa334,723) *pay award pending

37 Hours, Full Time (including evening, weekends, bank holidays as part of the duty rota)

Temporary (until 31st March 2025)

Hybrid: Central House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 4th September 2023

Shortlisting Date: 5th September 2023

Interview Date: 11th September 2023

Interview Type: In person

Your Role

We are looking for a Youth Justice Officer who will work with young people to achieve the statutory functions of the Youth Justice Service, whose principal aim is to prevent offending and reduce re-offending, and through a model of Targeted Youth Support whose main objective is to support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of engaging in risky behaviour that will affect their life chances.

The focus of this role is to support the work of the Turnaround programme, this will involve holding a case load of children/families open to the Turnaround programme, completing family assessments and delivering intervention. It will also involve some project work to include monitoring the young people on the programme and completing quarterly returns. Also being familiar with the guidance to ensure that we are working to the conditions of grant.

This post includes weekend, bank holiday and out of hours work as part of the duty rota system (with additional pay).

About You

We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who has demonstrable skills at engaging complex and often chaotic children and young people. We seek a practitioner who is keen to develop new and improved ways of working through creative and innovative informed practice. Experience of working in a Youth Justice Service or similar multi-agency partnership dealing with factors that lead children and young people into crime is essential.

Preference will be given to candidates who hold a relevant professional qualification (eg: Social Work or Probation qualified) but applications will also be considered from candidates who hold a relevant degree plus the Youth Justice PCEP (or equivalent.) Social Workers will be supported to continue their professional development.

About Us

Stockport Council are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues.

As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Potential candidates may find it useful to refer to Stockport\xe2\x80\x99s for more details about the youth justice partnership, which sets out its priorities and vision.

Follow our recruitment team on and for updates on our vacancies, recruitment events and find out what it\xe2\x80\x99s like to work for Stockport Council!

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Leza Quinn, Leza.Quinn@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role

This post is also open to internal applicants or as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.

The successful applicant\xe2\x80\x99s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here:

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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4th Sep 2023

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