🩺 We’re Hiring – Advanced Youth Offending Service Officer
📍 Location: Station Road, Ilford, Greater London, IG6 1NB
🔖 Reference – SCS893
🕒 Job Type: Locum – Full Time (Hybrid Working)
💼 Start Date: ASAP
💰 Rate/Salary: £34.00 per hour

About the Role:
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Advanced Youth Offending Service Officer to join a well-established Youth Justice and Targeted Prevention Service (YJTPS). This role involves managing a complex youth justice caseload, including out-of-court disposals and statutory court orders, in line with National Standards and the HMIP Inspection Framework.

The post is underpinned by a strong commitment to the Child First, Offender Second approach, with a focus on trauma-informed, strengths-based practice.

Key Responsibilities:
• Manage a complex caseload of youth justice cases, ensuring high-quality assessment, planning, intervention, and review
• Support children and young people to successfully complete their disposals or court orders and progress towards a crime-free future
• Communicate effectively with children and young people, families, and internal and external partners to achieve positive outcomes
• Embed equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice throughout all areas of work
• Use AssetPlus as the primary assessment and planning framework, incorporating trauma-informed practice, desistance factors, and foundations for change
• Work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to deliver evidence-based group and individual interventions
• Reduce risks of offending, re-offending, and disengagement from education, employment, or training
• Prepare Pre-Sentence Reports, Stand-Down Reports, and Panel Reports as required
• Represent the Youth Justice and Targeted Prevention Service (YJTPS) and present professional information in court
• Deliver targeted interventions based on assessment analysis to safeguard children and young people and protect the wider community

Requirements:
• Significant experience working within Youth Offending / Youth Justice Services
• Proven ability to manage complex caseloads independently
• Strong knowledge of National Standards, HMIP framework, and Child First principles
• Experience using AssetPlus
• Excellent communication, assessment, and report-writing skills

Why Join Us?
• Competitive hourly rate
• Hybrid working model – 3 days office-based / 2 days from home
• Full-time hours (36 per week)
• Opportunity to work within a specialist and experienced Youth Justice service

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• Up-to-date CV (with no unexplained gaps and clear date history)
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK (Passport, Visa, or Share Code)
• National Insurance Number
• DBS Certificate

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