YOT Case Manager

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week: 24.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £18.82

Sefton is offering an agency position to support Sefton’s Youth Justice Service on a 3 month contract, 24hrs per week. You will be committed to working together with partners to help children in Sefton thrive and to keep them safe. You will support the service to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system, but when they do you will strive to help them learn, make positive changes and build a more promising future. You will ensure children are seen as children above anything else, listen to them and understand their individual needs and provide them with the best opportunity to succeed by drawing upon the full resources of our local partnership.

You will be responsible for safeguarding, promoting the welfare of child and young person, managing risk and vulnerability whilst ensuring that the public are protected and the sentence is served, ensuring the reputation of the Department and Council is preserved.

Qualifications:
Recognised professional qualification eg. Social Work / Diploma in Probation Studies / Dip HE Youth & Community / other relevant youth / criminal justice qualification with associated experience

Experience:
-Significant relevant post qualification experience in assessing and analysing the needs of children and their families including the ability to devise intervention plans and packages of support to preventing offending behaviour, reduce risk of serious harm to others, risk to the child and promote safety and wellbeing.
-Significant knowledge of legislation, practice and experience in relation to safeguarding children
-Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies, to share knowledge and deliver successful outcomes
-Experience of engaging with hard to reach children and families

Special requirements:
-This post is registered as exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and in accordance with the Police Act.
-The successful candidate must be able to obtain satisfactory Enhanced DBS in order to be appointed to the post. In this respect a criminal record check will be undertaken prior to confirmation of appointment.
-This post is designated casual car user. The successful candidate MUST HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE AND ACESS TO A VEHICLE THAT IS INSURED FOR BUSINESS USE.
-Must be legally entitled to work in the UK.
-The Council operates a no smoking policy. Employees are not allowed to smoke in the workplace or to take smoking breaks during work time.