Youth Engagement Officer
Salary: £30 - £33 / Hour
Job type: Day to Day Cover
Location: Tower Hamlets
Save Share Apply now We are looking to recruit a Youth Engagement Officer in the Youth Justice Team within Tower Hamlets. The successful candidate will be working in a well-structured, organised team who are growing their youth justice staffing levels.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable working environment with experienced leadership, whilst receiving regular supervision and training opportunities. London Borough of Tower Hamlets ensure that their workers have as much support as possible, helping them to keep a really good work life balance!
The responsibilities of the Youth Engagement Officer includes:
1. Lead the planning and delivery of one-to-one support for children and young people allocated in the youth justice services assessed as high risk and meeting Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISS) criteria.
2. This requires excellent engagement skills with vulnerable young people subject to statutory intervention from the youth justice service as part of a Court order.
3. To create alongside the Youth Justice Service Case Manager a weekly Intensive ISS timetable.
4. To plan, deliver and review support packages designed to ensure a high standard, smooth and consistent delivery of timetabled activities for young people and their families including the services of other agencies.
5. To deliver specific interventions with children and young people on a one-to-one and group work basis contributing towards supporting children's desistance from offending, safety & wellbeing and risk of harm to others.
6. Developing, organising and facilitating community reparation placements. Supervising children/young people attending these community reparation placements and monitoring attendance to support Youth Justice Service practitioners to manage interventions. Keeping records up-to-date and ensuring compliance and enforcement in line with the Youth Justice Service breach procedure, and through the Court process when necessary.
7. Lead the planning, facilitation and evaluation of the Youth Justice Service 'youth forum'.
8. The hours of this role as 35 hours per week. Please note that this can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sunday's.
The ideal candidate will have:
⦁ Eligibility to work in the UK
⦁ Previous Youth Justice experience
Working with Ackerman Pierce you will be guaranteed weekly payment and access to continued profession development, including a dedicated consultant to support you through the interview and on boarding process. The position offers a long contract within a stable supportive team with a great location and excellent transport links as well as being close to central London.