Youth Justice Officer | North London | £33p/h  

This Local Authority in North London is looking for an experienced Youth Justice Officer within their Court Team.

An experienced Youth Justice Officer with a minimum of two years statutory experience within Youth Justice. Preferably a Qualified Social Worker or Probation Officer. Candidate must have experience of Asset Plus assessments, working with high risk children and young people, proficient in youth court and managing a complex caseload.

Some key responsibilities:

– To supervise the statutory orders that children and young people become subject to that are the responsibility of the Youth Justice Service.

– Ensure the sentence of the court is delivered by encouraging and facilitating compliance by young people with their court orders and to use enforcement processes in cases where young people do not comply with their court orders.

– Prepare pre-sentence, referral order reports and other reports according to national standards.

– Represent the Youth Justice Service at the Youth Court and other Courts, including the Crown Court as required, including Saturday, Bank Holiday and any other occasional Courts.

– In partnership with children’s service social work teams to provide support for young people remanded to Local Authority accommodation to enable them to remain in the community and reduce any risk of re-offending.

– Work in partnership with the Secure Estate visiting and delivering a service to young people who are remanded or sentenced to custody in order to address their offending behaviour and related issues in preparation for release and to facilitate their resettlement into the community

-Manage a caseload and undertake direct work with children, young people and their parents/carers, including lone working, undertaking home visits and meeting young people at other community venues.

– Have in depth experience ASSETPlus and other assessment tools to gather and analyse information that leads to an accurate in-depth understanding of a young person’s offending behaviour.

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