YOS (Youth Justice Officer)

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Job description

TO START ASAP

The purpose of the role is to manage a case load of youth justice cases, working innovatively with young people from diverse backgrounds and engaging them and their families and other professionals in order to assess, develop and deliver intervention and activities that support their personal and social skills and participation in society

YOS Officers will be directly contributing to youth offending service outcomes by creatively engaging young people who are subject to youth justice orders and also who are at risk of anti-social behaviour, crime, becoming NEET and substance misuse.

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to manage a case load of youth justice cases, working innovatively with young people from diverse backgrounds and engaging them; their families and other professionals to assess, develop and deliver interventions and activities that support their personal and social skills and participation in society. The role will be directly contributing to youth justice service outcomes by creatively engaging young people who are subject to youth justice orders and interventions. Best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion will feature throughout the work

Responsibilities

1. To effectively engage with young people from diverse backgrounds at all stages of case management including during assessment, review and delivery of interventions/programmes.

2. To gather information, analyse and assess to manage risk, re-offending and safety/wellbeing accurately using appropriate screening and assessment tools; taking necessary measures to ensure welfare needs are dealt with effectively and public protection considerations are appropriately managed.

3. To create in conjunction with young people and families, bespoke intervention plans to address all areas of need and to regularly review the plans to ensure their suitability and effectiveness.

4. To work within a multi-disciplinary team, to be responsible for all aspects of case management of youth justice cases, including dealing with non-compliance issues swiftly and effectively in line with local and national standards and inspection frameworks

5. To convene, prepare for and attend professional meetings such as strategy meetings and child protection conferences, presenting information in a clear and concise manner.

6. To undertake regular Court duty, providing advice and support to young people, their families and the judiciary

7. To write reports to a high standard and within tight timeframes for Youth Magistrates and Crown Courts and to confidently present these reports to the Court in person as required.

8. To act as lead professional for allocated cases and work collaboratively with partners using a family-based approach to work towards increasing young people and family resilience.

9. Working collaboratively with young people and a wide range of agencies, adopt creative and innovative approaches to deliver effective evidence-based group or individual interventions/programmes to reduce the risk of offending and disengagement from education, training and employment

10. To adopt a strength based restorative approach in engaging young people and work together with colleagues to support opportunities to repair

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