Youth Justice Officer

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Thomas Hardy House, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £24.25

Enfield Youth Justice Service is a partnership aiming for excellence and we are currently recruiting Youth Justice Officers within our service and are looking for experienced, committed and highly motivated staff members with a high level of skill and knowledge base to join our multi-disciplinary service in order to help us continue to deliver a high-quality service.
You will work as part of the Youth Justice Service and undertake all duties in relation to Safeguarding young people and managing risk to the community.

Must have at least two years YJS experience! Please ensure candidates that have been previously rejected for insufficient experience in field are not resubmitted to this order.

The candidate will need to be able to write PSR reports, carry out high quality assessments using Assetplus; deliver interventions to reduce the risk of further offending and manage risk of harm to themselves and others. This post requires monitoring of practice and processes, building in close partnership work.

This post will require a commitment to work occasional weekends, unsocial hours as and when required and can also work hybrid. This post will also be subject to a rigorous interview process.

Post holder will need minimum two years experience of working with children and young people in the Youth Justice system . The post holder needs to be committed and a highly motivated staff member with a high level of skill and knowledge base to join our multi-disciplinary service in order to help us continue to deliver a high-quality service.

Undertake all duties in relation to Safeguarding young people and managing risk to the community. The candidate will:

• Write PSR, Referral Order and Breach reports
• Have good analytical skills in order to carry out high quality assessments using Assetplus;
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Risk and risk management
• Make referrals and deliver high level interventions using sequencing methods to reduce the risk of further offending, whilst managing risk of harm to themselves and others