Please note that this role sits with Hampshire Youth Justice Service.
The purpose of this role is to work as part of the Youth Justice Service (YJS), responsible for the development and delivery of effective and innovative interventions and reparation projects to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people, using trauma informed, child-first and restorative approaches.
Hampshire Youth Justice Service offers you the chance to make real changes to children and families lives in a dynamic and creative way. This role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to work in a specialist field whilst being part of a committed, creative and experienced team. We are a high-quality service that strives to support the complex needs of children, to achieve sustainable outcomes for those children within the criminal justice system.
Within the team there are a wide range of professionals including specialist practitioners in mental health, Police, Probation, Restorative Justice, Parenting and Education, Training and Employment. This combined multi-disciplinary team allows Hampshire Youth Justice Service to function at the highest level.
What you'll do:
As a Children's Social Worker within Hampshire Youth Justice Service, you will be practicing in one of just a few local authorities in the country rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Our Social Workers are an asset to us, and we encourage our workforce to be creative and autonomous, while enabling them to work flexibly. We are committed to providing regular, reflective and effective supervision to support you, while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish.
What we’re looking for:
As part of our work as a Department for Education 'Partner in Practice', you will be provided excellent development opportunities. Our children's social workers are offered the unique opportunity to lead by example, trailblazing new ways of working to update and enhance social work practice across the country. The Department for Education's most recent report on its 'Children's Social Care Innovation Programme' acknowledges the success of the 'Hampshire Approach'. More information about the 'Hampshire Approach' is available in the Candidate Pack link below.
Registration with Social Work England is compulsory. You will be highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families, to engage them in assessments and plans. You will need to be creative, flexible and forward thinking in your approach, whilst constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
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