The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard. This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check. If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email. When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office licence and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker. Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
Job Overview
About the Post: Join us in shaping a brighter future for Barnsley’s youth justice experienced children. Can you be the spark that inspires complex adolescent children to grasp their best future? Motivates adolescent children, many of whom have suffered trauma or negative experience of education and services, to make decisions that keep themselves and others safe? Brings to life evidence-based and structured programme content, captivating groups to debate, problem solve and take ownership of their behaviours? Drives Barnsley YJS into practice excellence. Barnsley YJS is an innovative statutory service that works with adolescents who are often the most complex, yet under‑represented children in our community. We work under a ‘Child First’ approach that actively engages children and families to support repairing harm, by co‑producing plans that will reduce risks, make our community safer, and give the child the best chance of a positive and rewarding life. We are determined to have a rich and empowering programme of group and 1‑to‑1 interventions – our desistance portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
* Coordinate and deliver group interventions, using research‑backed methods to promote desistance from offending.
* Develop new interventions, based on need, and manage the project from concept inception to delivery.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of programmes and drive service improvement.
* Hold responsibility for high delivery standards to ensure inspection readiness, through practice QA and skills development within the wider service.
* Provide ad hoc and structured mentoring support to motivate and inspire young people, empowering them toward positive futures.
* Work collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to ensure Barnsley’s systemic response to key issues is aligned, enhancing outcomes for our client group.
* Co‑ordinate the delivery of programmes by the wider staff group – manage key processes and supervise staff where required.
Key Qualifications
* Have a relentless drive to help children, rooted in experience of working with children impacted by crime, exploitation or other adverse experiences.
* Proven direct delivery of programmes of structured work and/or comprehensive programmes of street‑based/community interventions to adolescents.
* Experience engaging and inspiring adolescent children with complex needs or a history of exposure to exploitation, harm or the criminal justice system.
* Ability to devise evidence‑based and effective programmes of intervention, building in evaluation to ensure impact can be measured.
* Sound knowledge of key issues that impact youth offending, the daily lives of cohort, and contemporary approaches to achieve best outcomes in response.
* Highly resilient and tenacious, gravitating toward – not shy away from – working directly with children who challenge you every day.
Additional Information
Key to our success is working with residents, partners, businesses and organisations to build these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
Benefits & Working Arrangements
* We’re an award‑winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people.
* Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
* If you join the team you’ll receive good pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. Flexible working and support for work/life balance.
* Opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
EEO Statement
We welcome applicants with past convictions and we do not discriminate. We are committed to fairness and inclusivity.
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