Youth Justice Lead Practitioner

Passionate about working with children and families?

Be at the heart of our transformation journey and promote a childhood diverted away from the criminal justice system in North East Lincolnshire.

Join a service that empowers you, supports you and values your skills.

Make the change, be the difference to our children, our future.

As part of our team, not only can you expect real progression opportunities for your career, you will be supported with compassionate, relational leadership to help you thrive and feel safe in your practice.

This is an excellent part time opportunity of 22 hours per week.

Role Overview

As a Youth Justice Lead Practitioner in North East Lincolnshire Council's Children's Services, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team collaborating with partners to support children in North East Lincolnshire and keep them safe.

Key Responsibilities

1. Your role will involve working with children and young people on out of court disposals and court orders, including those under Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) and in custody.
2. You will be responsible for coordinating interventions and support for children, meeting statutory requirements in line with the Youth Justice Board case management guidance.
3. You will assess children's needs, risks of reoffending, and ensure delivery of supportive services.
4. You will be responsible for decision-making and preparing reports for panels and courts.
5. You will be accountable for developing and evaluating intervention plans, working collaboratively with council and partnership colleagues, engaging in direct work with children and families, and using theoretical knowledge to influence plans.
6. A key aspect of the job is your ability to engage children and families who may be challenging.
7. You will need to be creative in the way that you work with complex families, engaging them to build on the positives whilst having a strong understanding of the impact of exploitation, trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
8. Part of your responsibilities includes promoting learning through reviews, participating in the office duty rota, ensuring data compliance, and supporting service development.
9. The role requires flexibility with some evening and weekend work connected to court services and home visits.

If you are enthusiastic and passionate about working with children and young people in the youth justice system and want to improve their outcomes we want to hear from you.

Benefits

As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform, which includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a fostering-friendly scheme.

Application Process

If you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position

If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.

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Inclusivity

We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivity in the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected.