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DISRUPTION (YOUTH JUSTICE) SUPPORT OFFICER - Fixed Term until April 2025
THRIVING COMMUNITIES - YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICE
£38,364 - £40,833 per annum
Hybrid role
Closing date: 14/01/2023 at 23:59
Job Description
WE ARE NEWHAM
We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and bags of potential. We’re a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated to be GOOD overall by Ofsted, with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, but we have not stopped striving to be better.
Newham has been successful in securing funding from the Youth Endowment Fund’s “Supportive Home” programme to establish our Thriving Communities team. This new multi-agency team is a partnership between Police, CAMHS, Youth Justice Services, Youth Empowerment Services, Education Psychology and Inclusion services to provide hyper-local support for the whole family where young people to address the underlying determinants to youth violence. The approach is being piloted in East Ham and Plaistow from March 2024, and the team would be embedded within our newly-established Family Hub that opened in April 2023. The team will provide support for families presenting needs relating to the following:
- Persistent absence
- Missing from home.
- Substance misuses
- Behavioural challenges
- Poor mental health and mental wellbeing including bullying
Apply now to be part of a life changing initiative for children and young people in Newham.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are currently looking for two Disruption Support Officers to join our Youth Justice Service (YJS) on a fixed term basis until April 2025.
The Disruption Support Officers will play a key role in contributing to the provision of effective multi-agency Youth Justice provision, and working towards positive outcomes for children and young people by preventing offending following a ‘risk led’ Youth Justice service framework.
The duties of this role will be to fulfil a full range of case management responsibilities associated with work with low to high risk young people, including undertaking assessments, planning, interventions and supervision (APIS) with young people. We’re aiming to prevent offending, and improve outcomes for young people who are in the Youth Justice system and those around them (family, victims). Additionally, this role will include participating in the delivery of a wide range of YJS programmes on an individual and group work basis; and officers will be attending court, prison and police custody where necessary to fulfil case management responsibilities.
With the support of the YJS Group Manager, Team Manager and Youth Justice colleagues, the Disruption Support Officers will provide direct services to young people subject to voluntary interventions, pre-court disposal and Court Orders (e.g. Victim Services, Gang Prevention, Reparation).
Reporting to a Youth Justice Team Manager, the Disruption Support Officer will work alongside a team including Youth Justice colleagues and Youth Workers, working to prevent and reduce the negative impacts of youth offending on our children, young people, and their families.
ABOUT YOU
You are a passionate advocate for diverting our children and young people from the Youth Justice system, with experience working with young people at risk of offending and reoffending, understanding the risk factors associated with youth crime, and delivering effective and age-appropriate interventions.
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, who can engage and build a rapport with young people and their families, who is confident acting with discretion and sensitivity with confidential information, and who wants to make a positive difference to young people’s lives.
You have experience working in a multi-agency, public sector or voluntary sector setting, carrying out case management and report writing on young people’s assessed needs, and experience of appropriate assessment, intervention planning, intervention delivery and effective case management recording.
You have knowledge and understanding of integrated working with services involved with Youth Justice, and confidence planning and engaging young people in group work programmes that address offending behaviour. You are a quick thinker and problem solver who can analyse information and use this to inform assessments and decisions regarding criminal justice proceedings and finding solutions for young people at risk of offending and re-offending.
WHY WORK WITH US?
We’ve been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise.
- We’re a GOOD local authority and have established a centre of excellence for Children’s Services.
- Competitive salary of up to £40,833.
- Ofsted reported that we have OUTSTANDING senior leadership.
- Flexible/ hybrid working arrangements and the opportunity to work from home.
- 'Newham Together' - a positive, nurturing and collaborative work environment built on trust.
- Excellent transport links to the rest of the capital.
- Permanent and stable senior leadership with a consistent vision.
- Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits.
- Travel season ticket loan, and cycle scheme.
- Local Authority pension.
TO APPLY
To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal.
The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification in the job description. Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV.
Closing date: 14/01/2024
Interviews: week commencing 22/01/2024
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss working within Thriving Communities with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team.
Additional Information
We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.
The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.
We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
