An exciting opportunity has arisen within Stockport Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service for a Youth Justice Social Worker. This is a permanent position.
Stockport's Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service is made up of an enthusiastic and committed staff group, who are working together to prevent Stockport's children and young people, offending and reoffending adopting a 'child-first' approach.
We are looking a Social Worker to join the service, who, in addition to managing a case load, has specialist responsibility for children who are remanded in custody and become involved in looked after children procedures. You will have experience of undertaking assessments and managing complex cases, in addition to planning appropriate and targeted interventions to reduce the risk of offending/re-offending. You will also have the ability to write high quality reports including preparing sentencing proposals and will present information to the Courts when required.
The service offers a wide range of interventions that contribute to the safety of victims and communities, ensuring they receive an appropriate support, works proactively with families and delivers interventions that are based on the principles of desistance and engagement, whilst recognising the marginalisation and disproportionality of children that enter the youth justice system.
Your Role
You will work as part of a multi-agency service, including the police, probation and health colleagues, to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people by providing services as required by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and other relevant legislation. These posts will also involve work with parents/carers and victims of crime. Stockport Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service is guided by the Youth Justice Board overriding principle of 'child first'. In practice this means we prioritise the best interests of children by recognising their needs, capacities, rights and potential. You will be able to encourage children's active participation, engagement, and wider social inclusion. All work is a meaningful collaboration with children and their family/carers. We promote desistance to prevent children from entering or escalating through the youth justice system, using prevention, diversion, and evidence-based intervention. All work minimises criminogenic stigma from contact with the system.
About You
You will be required to build on children's individual strengths and capabilities as a means of developing a pro-social identity for sustainable desistance from crime. All work is child-centred, constructive and future-focused, built on supportive relationships that empower children to fulfil their potential and make positive contributions to society.
This post welcomes those who are Practice Educator trained, or willing to undertake this training to ensure Social Work students are able to complete a placement with the service. The service will also provide a wide range of training in many other disciplines and this includes working with other GM Youth Justice Services. Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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