Deputy Team Manager

Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Service Area: Children’s Services and Education

Department: Youth Justice Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Team Manager to work with Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Youth Justice Service (YJS).

To apply for the role, you will need one of the following qualifications:

A recognised professional qualification from one of the Service’s statutory partners is essential (for example, registered Social Worker, qualified Probation Officer, warranted Police Officer, registered nurse or therapist, qualified teacher.

The YJS is a multi-agency team working to prevent offending and re-offending by children. The Service includes staff from a range of backgrounds including Police, Health, Social Care, Education and Probation. The functions of the YJS include to working with children to prevent offending, supervising children on a voluntary and conditional basis, subject to Court Orders and Out of Court Disposals, both in the community and occasionally in custody and involves interventions with parents and families. The YJS works to give victims a voice, enables children to re-pay the harm they have caused to the community and strengthens parenting skills.

Our team values at BaNES YJS are that we work to Empower, Understand, Collaborate and Build Relationships. We recognise and value diversity, challenge social inequality and listen to children to take their views into account. We understand the wider causes of offending behaviour, support children and families to make positive changes and create trusting relationships. Trauma informed practice and Systemic ideas are at the heart of how we work with children and young people; understanding how adverse childhood experiences have impacted on behaviour and development and ensuring our interventions are tailored to meet children’s developmental needs. We work in a restorative way and strive to achieve the best possible outcomes with our service users.

The YJS prioritises reducing the number of children in custody, believing that children are best supported to make changes in their lives whilst in the community, in all but the most extenuating circumstances. The Service also prioritises working with the whole family to ensure that the child’s risk and safety and wellbeing are managed effectively.

The YJS in B&NES is striving to become an excellent service for children, parents and carers, and victims and is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic professional to join our team. We are looking for an individual who is a strong team player and someone who can lead our Prevention Service, Compass, our Turnaround Service, and the Return Home Interviews for children who have been reported missing. Post qualifying experience in the justice system, experience of providing reflective supervision to staff, and a collaborative approach with other agencies, are all essential.

BaNES YJS is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within our service.

If you are looking for a varied and challenging new role, to manage and lead the preventative work, in the YJS, with children and their families to achieve positive change, then this opportunity could be for you! We can offer membership of a supportive, restorative, multi-disciplinary team, the opportunity to extend your skills and take on specialist pieces of work, through regular supervision, performance review and training.

Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes’ walk away.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Carla Cooper, Head of Young People’s Prevention Services by emailing Carla_cooper@bathnes.gov.uk or Kat Brooklyn, Operational Manager by emailing kat_brooklyn@bathnes.gov.uk or telephone 01225 396966.

To apply

Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date: Tuesday 7th May 2024.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

You must provide proof that you have successfully registered with Social Work England. Further information about the Registration Scheme can be found at https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.