£38 - £40 Per Hour
Full Time
Contract
Somerset, Somerset
Social Care
Posted 29 days ago
Expires In 31 Minutes
Job Description
Pertemps are recruiting for a qualified and experienced Team Manager to join the Youth Justice Service. This role will provide expertise and strong management of the Youth Justice Team to ensure the effective understanding and operation of any statutory or regulatory duty contained within the role.
Main duties:
- As part of the Management team advise Youth Justice Partners, Youth Justice Team, and the Council in respect of operational planning and commissioning, policy matters and service delivery issues, engaging with partners in the promotion of swift justice for children.
- To drive performance and management oversight of the Youth Justice Team to support implementation of excellent practice, Including providing broader advice on longer-term developments for the Service.
- Working across a locality, take responsibility for the work with children and young people involved in, or at risk of involvement in criminality; including work with children subject to criminal exploitation or at risk of self-harm or suicide.
- Ensure that risks are assessed, analysed, and appropriately shared and managed, and that plans and interventions are tailored and regularly reviewed to help keep children safe, keep others safe and to prevent offending/reoffending.
- Provide and support the development of effective team working with the Youth Justice Team and partners, drawing on restorative justice principles, motivation, systemic leadership, and continuous professional development of staff.
- As part of the Management Team, support the Local Authority as statutory lead in its duty under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the requirement to co-operate and work together with other named statutory partners (Police, Health, Probation, Education), to deliver effective Child First Youth Justice provision in Somerset.
- To lead and plan the delivery and development of the Youth Justice Team statutory, diversion and preventative services through the provision of effective intervention and management oversight of service provision across a locality area.
- A solution focussed approach will be required in designing and implementing Local and National Youth Justice objectives.
The role involves hybrid working, with an onsite requirement of 2 days per week minimum.
Requirements:
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent qualification such as NVQ Level 6 in a relevant thematic area (such as Social Work, Youth Justice/Probation, Policing, Teaching, Youth Work, Health Professions, Education, Children and Families work). or Professional Practice Certificate in Youth Justice Practices, or Probation.
- Extensive experience in working with vulnerable children with complex needs whilst maintaining outcome focus.
- Evidence of a commitment to on-going professional development in their specialist field and to the principles of evidenced based practice.
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more
- We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager
Aishah Hassan
Aishah.Hassan@pprsocialcare.co.uk
0203 897 1477
Division v49
Pertemps Professional Recruitment London
19 Great Winchester Street
London
Greater London
EC2N 2JA
0203 897 1477
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