Youth Justice Case Worker - Twickenham

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Job description

Youth Justice Case Worker
Twickenham
3 months initially
Monday to Friday, 9am 5pm, 36 hrs/week

Our client are seeking a Youth Justice Case Worker to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people.

• Manage a caseload of young people who have been either referred by the Police or ordered by the court, ensuring that a holistic assessment of need supports a robust intervention
• Support children, young people and families with a range of needs and risks
• Support with repairing harm, increasing social capital, education, emotional wellbeing and feeling safe
• Promoting and maximising the welfare and the safeguarding of young people that have entered criminal youth justice system and increasing awareness and confidence in the youth justice system
• Undertake assessments, write reports, complete single assessments if the child is deemed to meet threshold for a section 17 assessment
• Hold both court orders and court of court work, attend Youth court and act as court officer including occasional court

Requirements

• Educated at level 4 or above professional qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Children and Youth, Social Care, Probation)
• MUST have YJS caseworker experience
• Experience of working with children, young people and families with offending behaviour
• Ability to write clear and concise court reports, bail packages, panel reports
• Experience and understanding of how Courts work and of relevant Youth Justice legislation, including sentencing and bail/remand
• Child DBS registered to the update service

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services in an equal opportunities employer.
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call (phone number removed) mobile (phone number removed)

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