Senior Child and Youth Justice Worker - Lancashire, United Kingdom - Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council

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Salary £32,020-£36,298 Per annum | Fixed Term, Full Time, until 31/03/2025, 37 hours per week | Child and Youth Justice Service |

Senior Child & Youth Justice Worker

North & East Lancashire (Hybrid)

£32,020 - £36,298 (Pay award pending)

We are currently recruiting

Senior Child & Youth Justice Workers to work within the
Child & Youth Justice Service at
Lancashire County Council .

Are you a degree qualified children's and young people's practitioner who has supported children to achieve successful outcomes.

Our fantastic
Child and Youth Justice Service , (CYJS) supports children aged 8 -17 years who are at risk of offending and/or anti-social behaviour.

The
CYJS provides targeted support to children, their families, communities, and victims of crime. We take a partnership approach to safeguard children, reduce offending behaviour, and empower children to achieve positive futures.

As a
Senior Child & Youth Justice Practitioner you will deliver our key principles of child first, trauma informed intervention whilst also delivering a restorative approach.

What we are searching for

Passion - As our new
Senior Child & Youth Justice Worker , we'll need you to have a genuine passion for turning lives around and instilling self
- belief in children to make the changes they need - our work is preventative rather than reactive so your focus will be to tailor your support to each child - with your passion and integrity you will build a professional yet relaxed relationship with those you support to inspire each child to make the changes they need - so you will build trust, educate young people on the impact of crime and provide them with the tool's they'll need to succeed - in addition you'll complete interventions on knife crime, anti-social behaviour and work with partner agencies such as the police to achieve this working across Lancashire to support where needed

Compassionate - We need a compassionate and non-judgemental practitioner, someone who can deliver services, achieve outcomes, and remain impartial when providing support - the children and young people we serve can be challenging and need someone resilient, understanding and empathic who can encourage participation in our consent driven service - you'll work with our partners such as health, probation, police, social workers and any other intervention services to achieve the outcomes we need - in addition you'll have a warm, approachable nature and work well with parental guardians and carers to drive forward change - finally you'll see the bigger social picture and understand the impact upon victims, the community and their own lives

Why join us

Benefits:
There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased too - we also have a generous local authority pension with shared AVC's available, and a benefits package that will exceed your expectations, from a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program to a range of discounts on dog care, day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes and eye tests plus much more

Development:
We offer impressive training with a supportive management team to help you succeed - there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal growth and development, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, apprenticeships, the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted plus all the benefits of working with Lancashire County Council

Inclusivity:

we don't have a "one size fits all" idealism, we embrace diversity and that includes around personal and family requirements, therefore we support an array of flexible working opportunities to attract diverse talent.

We take inclusivity seriously and would like to improve the diversity within our teams to better reflect the people we serve, so we are particularly keen to hear from you if you are a person of colour, from the LGBTQ+ community or have a disability.

Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat:

Closing Date:30th July 2023
Interviews:10th August 2023 (Subject to change)

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role.

The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use.

However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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