YOS Officer – Supply Care Solutions

YOS Officer

Location: Birmingham

Reference: RQ1408416

Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.

Type: Locum work

Hours: Full time (Monday to Friday) 37 hours

Salary: Up to £23.37 umbrella per hour depending on experience

Job profile:

We are looking for grade 5 or 4 youth justice workers or social workers who have already worked in youth justice.

Birmingham Youth Offending Service consists of eight teams (four area based, one court based, one intensive supervision and surveillance, one girls only and one harmful sexual behaviour team) which are made up from staff seconded from Birmingham City Council, West Midlands Police, Birmingham Health Authority and the Voluntary Sector.

The aim of these multi-agency Youth Offending Team Services is to prevent offending by children and young people by achieving the following objectives

Dealing with children in the Youth Justice system promptly and without unnecessary delay

Helping children with the consequences of their offending, for their victim(s), for themselves, their families and their communities

Deliver a range of interventions which tackle the factors which place a child at risk of offending

Build effective local strategies to reduce crime by children by working collaboratively with partner agencies.

General Duties and Responsibilities

To contribute and participate in the work of the Youth Offending Service.
To plan and implement diversion from court programmes where appropriate, including work emanating from referral orders, referral order panels and community based actions.
To effectively manage and monitor young people going through the court process and referral order panels.
Compile and present Pre-Sentence Reports and other reports in accordance with National Standards including reports for referral order panels.
Effective liaison with other workers and agencies as required.
To work in co-operation with other agencies and partners and key stakeholders in the local community.
To ensure that effective consultation with young people, families and the local community is at the core of any work undertaken on behalf of the Youth Offending Service.
To contribute to the remand and provision of Bail Support Services.
To participate in the provision and use of information in relation to identifying the needs of young people and families and the local community and in measuring effective outcomes in the work and service delivered. In particular to contribute to the delivery of the Youth Justice Plan and performance measures within.
To contribute to the efficient and effective use of resources (including personal use of time) within the Youth Offending Service, according to Best Value principles.
To ensure that effective communication takes place across the full range of Youth Offending Services provided.
To ensure that work with young offenders has at its’ core a ‘restorative’ approach that addresses the needs of victims of crime, through the provision of a rehabilitation programme to change young people’s behaviour.
To contribute to the effective use of quality assurance processes in the work of the Youth Offending Service.
To contribute to the provision of imaginative and creative intervention programmes for young people serving sentences in the community.
To assist in identifying resources for the implementation of community sentences.
To act as Case Managers for court orders where appropriate.
The provision of supervision, where appropriate, for young people placed on Youth Rehabilitation Orders in Criminal Proceedings in line with National Standards.
To manage and supervise through care and licence supervision for young people in and discharged from custody.
To contribute and participate in good practice methods that directly addresses the provision of anti-oppressive services to young people and their families.
Be aware and take account of new legislation and concepts in Youth Justice and related areas of concern.
Participation in staff training, personal development and supervision processes organised internally and externally
All matters related to the efficient administration of the Youth Justice process.
Any other duties commensurate with the grade and purpose of the job deemed necessary by the Youth Offending Service Team Manager

How to apply – Please send the following below:

Compliance documents required :

Updated CV (NO GAPS)
Right to work in the UK(Passport,Visa, biometric card etc)
National Insurance Number
DBS(Copy of current Valid DBS certificate)

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