Youth Justice Officer

Solihull Youth Justice Service is a multi-agency partnership committed to preventing and reducing youth crime and anti-social behaviour across the borough. The Solihull Youth Justice Service is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and victims of crime and have an opportunity for a Youth Justice Officer to join their team.

As a Youth Justice Officer you will play a key role in preventing and reducing youth crime and anti-social behaviour across the borough. This is an excellent opportunity for you to make a real difference to the lives of young people, families and victims. Working collaboratively with colleagues within the Youth Justice Service, community groups, voluntary sector and local government agencies, you will have a sound understanding of risk, needs, public protection and safety and wellbeing.

To be considered for this opportunity you will have a relevant professional qualification or degree (e.g. in Social Work, Probation Studies, Youth Justice Effective Practice, Youth and Community Work etc).

You will also have:

• Experience of direct work with children, young people, families and the community
• Experience of carrying out assessments of need and risk of children and young people Knowledge of legislation, standards and requirements relating to Youth Justice
• In return we offer –

• Flexible working, including flexi leave up to 24 days per year and agile working arrangements
• Generous annual leave entitlements with the opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional leave per year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme – a 24 hour independent, free and confidential advice and support service Family and carer friendly policies
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employee benefits including staff discounts, subsidised travel passes and Cycle 2 Work Scheme.

This role will require you to work evenings, weekends and some bank holidays in line with the needs of the service.

You will need to be able to travel around the borough and to other locations when required.
We are working towards a hybrid way of working and in this role you will work at Elmwood Place, 37 Burtons Way, Smiths Wood, B36 0UG, other locations around the borough and at home.

Our aim is to balance the needs of our employees with service delivery and, for the majority of our roles, to enable our people to be able to work remotely wherever possible.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,745.00-£41,418.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free or subsidised travel
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• customer service: 1 year (preferred)
• security: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• SIA (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Birmingham (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Birmingham: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham