202308: Youth Justice Worker - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

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- £30,902
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  • Administrative Assistant
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Type of role:
  • Operational Delivery
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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  • Werrington, West Midlands (England), ST9 0DXAbout the job

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Job description:


Youth Justice Worker - HMP Werrington

HMP Werrington, Ash Bank Rd, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent ST9 0DX

Starting salary:
£
32,851 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)


City/Town:
Stoke-on-trent

Region:
Midlands

Vacancy type:
Merit**
Join us as youth justice worker - make a difference to children and young people
The Youth Custody Service is transforming its workforce and we want you to help us on this journey.

The youth justice worker role is a based on the prison officer role, but specific to working in youth custody.

It will be a driving force for changing the way children and young people are cared for in custody.

We are looking for people who have a special talent in helping young people.


You will be responsible for ensuring the security and safety of children and supporting them day-to-day in a custodial environment.

You'll get training and development to ensure you have a clear understanding of the individual circumstances for young people in custody, and how your reactions in complex or dynamic situations are key to ensuring these children are helped to build better lives.


You will support young people who may have committed serious crimes, grown up in difficult settings or have mental health concerns.

These individuals will test boundaries at every level, but also have a huge potential for change.

You will need a DBS check.


Job details

Essential skills
You don't need qualifications to become a youth justice worker. Personal qualities are more important.


You need to show:
- good communication and influencing skills
- commitment to quality
- effective decision-making
- care and understanding

As a practitioner, you will be working with children, young people and families, including carers, to achieve positive and sustainable change in their lives


You will:
- demonstrate a passion to care for and about children, young people and families
- be skilled in recognising and assessing the complex needs that children, young people and families often present
- agree with the child, young person or family any specific interventions or referrals
- take an approach that will be one of respectful curiosity that challenges and supports children, young people and families to achieve their potential and stay safe
- work alongside other professionals and organisations to share the responsibility for improving outcomes


Each piece of work with a child or family will be different and you will exercise judgement on a range of evidence-based approaches to inform your practice.

You will regularly evaluate the effectiveness of your methods and actions. Regular supervision with an experienced practitioner will encourage reflection on your practice.

At the end of the apprenticeship, the high quality of your practice will be making a real difference to those you work with.

Find out more about being a youth justice worker.


Eligibility

To be a youth justice worker you must:

  • be at least 18 years old
- have the right to work in the UK
- be reasonably fit and have good eyesight in both eyes
- have a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids)
- be able to speak with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh


Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals


Visa sponsorship


Please note we are unable to sponsor any individuals via the Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visa.


Successful applicants must ensure they have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.


Pay
The initial training is 37 hours a week. After training, you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours.

  • 37 hours a week = £30,902 a year
  • 39 hours a week = £32,851 a year
  • 41 hours a week = £34,800 a year
All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances.

Prisons operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means you will have to cover various shift patterns that will include evenings, some nights, weekends and publ
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