Case Worker - Dudley Youth Justice Service Dudley Youth Justice Service is on a journey of evolution - a journey towards becoming a therapeutic service. A vacancy has arisen resulting in us being able to offer you to join our team. You will be joining a team working towards offering young people an alternative approach to engagement, focussed on attempting to enable young people to desist from offending & anti-social behaviour through therapeutic interventions – including through art, sports and music. We are a service keen to embed a Child First approach to working with all children and believe that championing the positive factors which may already be present in their lives will give us the best chance of achieving this. We are looking to recruit a Case Worker to work in our multi-agency team. We are looking for a dedicated and dynamic professional with excellent communication skills, to focus on delivering interventions to individual young people as well as to groups. This role will specifically focus on planning and delivering programmes of work to young people, initially carrying out consultations with them to capture their voice in relation to preferred methods of engagement - therefore co-designing interventions. You would be part of an evolving, supportive and welcoming team, providing therapeutic youth justice services. Dudley YJS is committed to continuous improvement in how we deliver our services to young people and the community. the youth justice system in our Prevention work. The successful candidate will have experience working with young people at risk of engaging in criminal activity and of effective multi-agency partnership working. They will be flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and committed to working with statutory partners and both local and national organisations to improve outcomes for young people. We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. We work to safeguard all young people as well as protecting the public and see the child first, offender second. To find out more about the journey we are on or anything else related to the role, please call Gurpreeth Singh Aujla on 01384 813060 / 07980 769826 or email Gurpreeth.aujla@dudley.gov.uk So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents Employee Benefits List - Final v2.pdf Case Worker JD PS -July 2025.doc