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Services for young people in Southampton are Good and the leadership is Outstanding, we are proud of Ofsted’s recent findings. Never has there been a better time to an organisation which is going from strength to strength. Ofsted commended the young people’s hub as a fantastic place to do direct young with young people, the response to young people’s homelessness was described as effective with and evident desire to support families to stay together, our edge of care support was described creative and work in response to missing and exploitation was described as thorough.
Joining our Youth Justice Service is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing and innovative team committed to effectively managing children and young people subject to statutory Court Orders in both community and custodial settings, as well as through our diversionary and Prevention work.
Our Youth Justice Service has very close working arrangements with Young People’s social work teams and shares the same management structure. The way we work is really joined up and our young people benefit from this. We currently have 1 full time permanent position at grade 9 available for a qualified worker.
The young people of Southampton need someone who is passionate about improving the lives of young people, they need a champion to enable young people to succeed in learning and developing skills, someone how can build relationships and use this to motivate young people and someone who is kind, consistent and compassionate about each individual they work with.
You will be working in a challenging but supportive environment carrying a caseload of complex children either in the system or on the edges of the system. You will manage and conduct a range of assessments and reports and contribute to the planning and reviewing of cases across a broad variety of practice, from diversionary work to statutory court orders in both community and custodial settings. We’ll give you all the specialist training and development you need to deliver intervention and you will be working alongside experienced, committed, and enthusiastic staff, focused on child centred and trauma informed practice. Other duties include court, including on a rota at Saturdays’, and office duty and representing the service in multi-agency forums.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people with complex backgrounds and challenging behaviour, but who are driven to improve the lives of the children they work with as well as victims of crimes. It is a rewarding role, working with a team passionately advocating for children who often do not have a voice, and supporting them to create positive changes.
- Experience of risk assessment, risk management and a clear focus on safeguarding young people and victims including trauma informed practice.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Experience of multi-agency working.
Our young people’s hub where you will be based has been designed by young people and is an amazing place to work with young people. It has a cool common room space, a music studio where “rapping” takes place and skills areas where young people can learn to be a barista, a nail technician or barber.
Come join us we are achieving great things.
Recruitment contact details:
Email: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk
Tel: 023 8083 4033
Additional information:
- The working hours for this role are 37 hours per week
- This is a permanent position.
- Please note that appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale.
- This post requires a DBS check.
- For any posts that require a DBS check, if you have lived outside the UK within the last 5 years, you will be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct or a police certificate from the country/countries you have resided in. Kindly note that this is at the expense of the candidate, as well as any costs involved for translating into English.
How to apply:
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We are proud to be #DisabilityConfident and support fair recruitment practices. Find out how you can get involved at gov.uk/disability-confident. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. It is committed to delivering services to ensure they are happy, safe and have opportunities to reach their goals as responsible members of our community. We believe it is always unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience abuse of any kind, and recognise our responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. We are committed to following safe practices to ensure this and expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. This commitment is reflected in all our recruitment and selection practices.
As a Corporate Parent we are actively aiming to support all our children in care (looked after children) and care leavers. Any applicants who are children in care or care leavers, who meet the essential criteria for the post applied for, will be guaranteed an interview.
