Youth Justice Operational Manager

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £27.60

As part of Sefton YJS commitment to delivering high quality services, we are seeking an experienced YJS Manager to support us with practice development and inspection readiness . The successful candidate will be an experienced YJS Operational Manager with detailed knowledge of standards for children in the youth justice system and practical experience of HMIP inspections. You will be required to support our inspection readiness, audit practice, develop policies and support all staff on their improvement journey alongside the management team. You will contribute to the performance and functions of the statutory board in addition to day-to-day practice

Responsible to: Responsible for: Service Manager (Localities Management)
Qualified and unqualified Localities Team frontline staff
JOB PURPOSE
1. 2. 3. To manage, develop and lead a Localities Service frontline team delivering a high
quality service within a geographical Patch providing early prevention and
intervention support to address the needs of Sefton residents, leading to
improved outcomes, and effective management of the reputation of the service
offer and the Council.
To ensure that the Localities Team responds to new challenges, priorities and
requirements whist maintaining the Council’s statutory obligations using
resources in the most effective manner.
To act as the subject matter expert as required relative to the Core and Local
offer.
MAIN DUTIES
Practice
1. 2. 3. Manage and provide guidance to frontline workers relative to the service
provided within the Core and Local offer with specific responsibility for ensuring
legal requirements and statutory provisions are met in order to improve
outcomes for residents.
Work collaboratively with internal and external colleagues, partners and
commissioning bodies to ensure seamless and co-ordinated offer to a wide and
diverse population.
Develop creative and innovative strategies and implement new approaches to
working practices and refining working procedures as appropriate to drive forward

QUALIFICATIONS
1. Professional Qualification in one of the recognised
service areas and/or significant managerial experience
relevant to the delivery of the Core and Local offer.
EXPERIENCE
1. Experience of developing solutions that will enable the
implementation of key changes to service delivery
2. Experienced line manager, able to evidence getting
the most from direct reports.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS & ABILITIES
1. Ability to demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and
the ability to perform across multiple teams and
different service areas, driving continuous
improvement and organisational change.
2. Ability to deliver and implement strategy and policy
3. Ability to apply solution focused approaches to
problem solving and make decisions of a highly
complex nature with due consideration of the
associated risk factors.
4. Ability to engage effectively with the community and
partners to ensure satisfactory conflict resolution as
appropriate and facilitating solution based resolutions
and interventions
5. Ability to undertake partnership working and identify
future opportunities for collaboration with internal
and/or external partners
6. Ability to demonstrate innovative thinking against
strategic challenges
7. Ability to apply knowledge of change and or
programme management methodologies and the
techniques involved in managing a large and diverse
workforce.
8. Ability to plan/prioritise and sequence multiple and
potentially conflicting priorities.
9. Ability to work under pressure to deliver to deadlines.
Ability to plan and organise own time, create work
schedules, prioritise and set schedules for self and
others.
10. Excellent interpersonal skills in order to build support
for change across the community and partners with
effective outcomes for residents
11. Ability to thrive in a fast moving environment and be
able to deal with a varied and high-profile workload
12. Ability to engage employees, partners and the
community as part of the vision and to utilise coaching
techniques to motivate and build confidence of staff
OTHER
1. Satisfactory DBS check

2. Must be legally entitled to work in the UK

3. Evident commitment to personal continued
Professional Development.