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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us click here.
Youth Justice Service (YJS) Case Worker
As a YJS Case Worker you will be working with Prevention, Early Intervention and Statutory children. You will be completing a comprehensive written assessment of the child and their family, identifying an individualised intervention plan, which will help and support them to reduce the risks of anti-social or offending behaviour.
When required you will complete Referral Order Panel Reports & Pre-sentence Reports to assist the court in sentencing. In addition, you will be supporting the team as duty worker and Court officer on a rota basis, as well as attending professionals meetings as a YJS representative. Completing direct work, either one to one or in groups with children and their families. You will also be supporting children and their families to have access to a wide range of services through signposting to local and national services.
About the role
As a YJS Case Worker you will be working as part of a multi agency service with Prevention, Early Intervention and Statutory children. You will hold case responsibility for the children allocated to you and complete comprehensive written assessment of the child and their family, identifying an individualised intervention plan, which will help and support them to reduce the risks of anti-social or offending behaviour.
Tasks within the role will include:
- Completing timely and thorough assessments for justice involved children
- Planning and delivering bespoke interventions based on need
- Attending Court as YJS Court Officer and acting as YJS duty officer
- Completing Pre-Sentence and Referral Order reports
- Attending professionals meetings as YJS representative
To learn more about this opportunity feel free to reach out to Louise Hulse at louise.hulse@achievingforchildren.org.uk.
About you
As a YJS Case Worker you will be committed to providing an excellent service to justice involved children and families. You will work towards the principles and aims of achieving positive change for the children and keeping children, victims and communities safe. Supporting young people to develop a pro-social identity to prevent them from (re) offending.
You will have:
- A degree in a relevant field which can include but not exclusive to Social Work, Criminology, Law, Psychology or Sociology.
- Knowledge of the Criminal Justice System in relation to children and young people.
- A good understanding of safeguarding and Child Protection procedures and processes
- Experience of working in social, educational, health, youth, community or youth justice setting
- Experience of completing written assessments, reports and intervention plans, and awareness of working with different types of offending behaviour, including Harmful Sexual Offending Behaviour.
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children click here. For our social work offer click here. For our Recruitment Journey, click here.
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
