Yos Officer - Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council
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Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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Description

Salary
£32,598 - £42,752


Reference number
BUC09606


Contract type
Fixed Term / Secondment


Working hours
Full Time


Level of DBS check required
Enhanced


Date posted
12 Jul 2023, 11 p.m.


Application deadline
1 Sep 2023


Overview:


An opportunity to join Buckinghamshire Council Youth Offending Service, delivering services to make positive impact for young people and families in our community.


Taken from our recent Inspection report from His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation, a quote from a young person working with the YOS, "My YOS officers are amazing and have helped me to improve my life for the better I came from a really dark place to now being more confident with a full-time job and being happy in general.

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As a member of the multi-agency Youth Offending Service, you will case manage low, medium, and high-risk young people, with aim to prevent offending, by providing a range of youth justice services for young people, their parents/carer and the courts as required by legislation and in accordance with National Standards.


About us:


Now in its third year, Buckinghamshire Council brings together the best of the previous five councils to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses.

We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and ranks as one of the top rural areas to live in the UK and yet it is incredibly well connected
- only an hour from London on the train. The county has a rich history and heritage and is the birthplace of the international Paralympic movement.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.

You will be entitled to a range of different benefits to make sure you are happy both at work and at home.


About the role:


As a YOS Officer you will manage a case load of young people aged years old, who are involved with or on the periphery of becoming involved in the Youth Justice System.

You will be required to make clear assessments in relation to risk of harm to the public, risk of re-offending and of offence related needs, in order to allocate appropriate and targeted resources to the reduction and prevention of youth offending.

You will interview young people and their families/carers in order to make assessments and prepare reports for low, medium and high
- risk young people and act as the Youth Offending Service representative at Referral Order meetings and various multi agency forums including Court.

  • To prepare Pre-Sentence Reports for the use in Court Sentencing Hearings.
  • To prepare progress reports for the subsequent Referral Order meetings of the Youth Panel where the Order and contract is to be reviewed.
  • To develop and implement programmes based on principles of effective practice for all children and young people and their families in contact with the team.
  • To supervise, manage and enforce low and medium risk community sentences in line with national and other relevant standards.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information

"It's a privilege to work for the Youth Offending Service, where the aim is supporting children and young people to become valuable members of our community" Sahera Karachiwala, Senior Practitioner Bucks YOS.

About you:

We are looking for someone who represents the values and behaviours of Buckinghamshire Council.

The role requires an individual who cares about delivering the role effectively, setting high standards and upholds the reputation of the service and the wider Council.

You will need to be solution focused, looking for suitable resolutions to complex and challenging issues.

You will be able to evidence working collaboratively with partner agencies, being able to look at things from different perspectives and working with others to achieve positive outcomes for young people and their families.

You will be required to behave professionally and to professional standards and be quick to respond and show initiative.


Please refer to the Job Description for more information on criteria.

Other information:


Closing date:01/09/2023


Interviews:
to be held face to face on 11th & 12th September 2023


Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

  • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
  • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in
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