Description Social Worker | 8271 | secondment opportunity/fixed term contract for two years | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum | Grade J | Countywide Norfolk Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children and young people from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes. As a YJS Social Worker you will carry out a case management role in accordance with the Youth Justice Board Case Management Guidance (2022). Your primary focus will be on the engagement, assessment, planning, delivering interventions, public protection and management of safeguarding concerns. To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV. You will undertake assessments of children, young people and their families (using YJB-approved assessment tools and other relevant assessment frameworks) to identify risks, needs and strengths to inform statutory and voluntary interventions. Working within a multi-agency framework, you will actively promote and co-ordinate access to universal and specialist services for young people and their families and produce written and verbal reports based on assessments to inform a wide range of audiences, including courts, referral order panels and child protection conferences. You will be expected to work flexibly, with a clear expectation of evening, weekend and bank holiday working. This includes work on a rota basis to cover weekend and bank holiday court and statutory contact cover. With a professional qualification in Social Work, you will have significant relevant experience of designing and implementing interventions intended to change behaviours and achieve positive outcomes. You will understand relevant criminal justice and childcare legislation and theories, including effective practice and restorative justice principles and will have managed a caseload of children with emotional, behavioural or offending concerns. To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV. Please ensure you complete a full application form (a CV will not be accepted) which explains how you meet all essential criteria specified in the job description, including whether you have a valid driving licence for use in the UK. At Norfolk County Council, we put work life balance at the forefront and offer flexible, smarter working arrangements. This is a great opportunity to join our supportive team and make a real difference to children and young people in Norfolk and enable positive outcomes. For more information about this role please contact Elayne Stewart-Dixon (Operations Manager) by emailing e.stewartdixon@norfolk.gov.uk. Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: Competitive salary Generous holiday entitlement Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. Financial benefits such as: ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position. Redeployment closing date: 18 June 2025 All other applicants closing date: 25 June 2025