Youth Justice Officer

Pay rate: £30 per hour
Manchester City Council
The Talent Crowd are recruiting for a YJO in the Manchester City Council area.
Deliver high quality interventions, advice and guidance to children and young people and their families aimed at preventing and reducing offending.
Make clear assessments in relation to risk of harm to the public, risk of re -offending and of offence related needs to allocate appropriate and targeted resources to the reduction and prevention of youth offending.
Develop and implement programmes/interventions based on principles of effective practice for all children and young people and their families in contact with the team.
Manage a caseload and ensure that information systems are maintained in order that national and other standards can be effectively assessed.
Prepare reports for court and other agencies in line with national, and other relevant standards.
Make appropriate assessments and supervise and/or manage pre-sentence interventions and enforce all sentences and Orders as appropriate.
Provide thorough care for young people serving Detention and Training Orders and other custodial sentences, and post release supervision in line with national and other relevant standards.
Work in partnership with other agencies to reduce and prevent youth offending.
Ensure that all tasks are carried out to National Standards requirements and performance meets locally agreed targets and outcomes.
Adhere to the Working Together guidance as well as locally agreed structures and policies to improve the safeguarding of children and young people who are on the caseload.
Ensure case recording is timely, accurate and complete and to take responsibility for the quality of data input, extracted and/or analysed from electronic or hard copy systems, to comply with MCC Data Quality Strategy.
Please contact Molly Rylance on 07815461919 or email molly.rylance@thetalentcrowd.com for more information.
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.