Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £43,860 - £47,829 Plus market premium
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 3rd November 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
Leicestershire Youth and Justice is a vibrant, experienced, multi‑cultural team from a range of professional backgrounds on a journey towards excellence, that helps to promote a range of innovative approaches to working with children. We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward‑thinking qualified professional to work within our Youth and Justice Service as a Youth Justice Senior Practitioner.
As a senior practitioner, you will lead and manage a targeted youth justice project focused on children and young people assessed as posing a high risk of harm to others, themselves, or at risk of reoffending. The role ensures robust public protection through strategic oversight, operational delivery, and multi‑agency coordination. You will also hold a small but complex caseload to maintain direct practice expertise and model best practice in safeguarding and risk management. Additionally, you will complete project work on cross‑cutting themes pertinent to the needs of the children involved with youth justice services. The purpose of this role is to ensure that children’s needs are met and that victims and the public are protected, supporting the workforce in ensuring that high‑quality services are delivered in line with good practice and the standards expected by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP).
What we offer
* Mileage paid at 45p per mile
* Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation
* DBS check paid for by us
* Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
* Generous annual leave entitlement
* Access to staff well‑being and counselling service
* Employee discount scheme, providing a range of retail discounts, including supermarket and gym memberships
* Work for an organisation that 95% of our staff say is a good employer
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We look forward to welcoming you into the Youth and Justice Service!
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex‑offenders, please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post, you must respond to and provide evidence of the following essential criteria within your personal statement. Your statement should be no more than 1,000 words; any words over will be discounted. CVs are not accepted.
* Relevant Qualification and Documentation – You must have a degree in Social Work, Probation or Youth Work. Degrees in Police, Health or Education must be directly linked to the work of Youth Justice and have a substantial core component of on‑the‑job training/placements. If you are a Social Worker, you must be registered with Social Work England. All applicants must have a valid driving licence for the UK and access to a vehicle.
* Substantial Direct Experience with High‑Risk Children – Demonstrate hands‑on experience working with children, young people and/or adults assessed as high risk of harm or reoffending, especially in youth justice or probation settings.
* Expertise in Risk Assessment and Management – Skilled in conducting rigorous risk assessments and developing robust risk‑management plans for complex cases, including serious violence, exploitation and harmful sexual behaviour.
* Ability to Deliver Effective Interventions and Evaluate Impact – Proven track record of delivering direct interventions that reduce risk and reoffending, using evidence‑based approaches and engaging clients and measuring outcomes.
* Multi‑Agency Planning, Collaboration and Accountability – Experience working collaboratively with partners through Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangements, coordinating interventions, managing risk and safeguarding children, adults and victims. Evidence of challenging decisions made by other partners.
* Victim‑Centred Practice – Evidence that victims are at the forefront of risk management and intervention plans, prioritising their protection and needs throughout all aspects of casework using restorative justice principles.
* Leading a Project or Team – Ability to collaborate effectively, lead initiatives, projects or manage a team that supports practice innovation and improves outcomes for children, adults and victims.
Recruitment Drop‑in Sessions
These sessions provide applicants an opportunity to find out more about the role and meet the manager. Applicants who attend are often more successful in being invited to interview.
We are holding a recruitment drop‑in session, online, Monday 27th October 5.30‑6.30pm.
To book a slot, please contact:
Laura Mullen
Email: laura.mullen@leics.gov.uk
Mobile: 07926064831
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them in the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed above. You can find out more about our worker categories on the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion
Laura Mullen
Youth Justice Team Manager
Telephone: 07926064831
Email: laura.mullen@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation that is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, click the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria listed above. For more information about the application process, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply or want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephone 0300 303 0222 (option 2) or raise a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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