Directorate: Children's Services | Service: Education, Early Start & Prevention
Position reference: 50138719
Salary: £40,221-£43,421 Plus laptop & phone
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term for 18 months from appointment
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
Suitable for Secondment: Employees wishing to be considered for secondment should agree with their head of service before submitting an application form.
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Closing date: 14/06/2024 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.
The successful candidate will be required to be available outside of services normal working hours as part of a standby rota to respond to out of hours service needs. A standardised standby payment will be made in respect of these duties.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check
If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well, we’re a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we’ve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).
Our excellent Children's Service has been a key part of our win; we’re so proud of what we’ve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.
We’re impressed. Are you? It’s the perfect time to join our excellent team.
About the Post:
Are you passionate about working with young people and have a drive and energy to improve their outcomes?
Barnsley Youth Justice Service is expanding, and we are seeking a professional with a considerable level of practice excellence to join our team in the role of Youth Justice Practitioner and support innovative and reflective approaches to:
- Reducing reoffending
- Diverting children from the criminal justice system and from exploitation
- Protecting the public
- Making Barnsley a safe place to live
We seek excellence in practice from each other and share a collective belief that change can be achieved if professionals work in a shared relational approach with children and their families, victims, professionals. This provides the foundation for lasting outcomes, and we are proud of our shared culture-this makes Barnsley YJS an inspiring place to work!
Our service puts the Child First; places victims at the centre of practice and recognises the impact of discrimination on children, families, and wider communities. You will be able to evidence in your practice a shared commitment to these principles.
This role has a broad portfolio of responsibility and will require you to work closely with partners to address the impact of risk issues, including the impact of exploitation, harmful behaviours and abuse on victims and wider communities.
We are seeking applications from candidates who:
- have direct experience of practice in a criminal justice partnership environment
- thrive in highly pressured and challenging environments
- have significant experience of working within a partnership approach to the management of complex risk
- have a considerable knowledge of risk and of how to develop defensible plans to reduce identified risk
- are willing to work flexibly in accordance with policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the council, including weekend working and working into the evenings as required by the assessed needs of young people and their families and the service.
Your practice will be of a very high standard, and you will role model this work to others. You will have responsibility to:
- Work as part of a motivated and innovative team to achieve the best outcomes for children
- To provide written reports to Referral Order panels, Youth and Crown Courts, Child Protection conferences and other formal forums that are of a high standard and effectively convey the views of the Youth Justice Service
- Analyse, assess and manage risk
- To act as an appropriate role model for children and young people at all times.
- Effectively manage a caseload of the most complex children
Closing date: Friday 14th June 2024
A lot to look forward to:
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential.
If you think this role is for you then we would very much welcome your application, apply now to become our Youth Justice Practitioner.
Should you wish to clarify any information relating to this position, please contact youth Justice Service Manager Phil Drabble: phildrabble@barnsley.gov.uk
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Job Profile
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile
Help with your application form
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