Youth Justice Operational Manager

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified

Location : Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £27.60

As part of Sefton YJS commitment to delivering high quality services, we are seeking an experienced YJS Manager to support us with practice development and inspection readiness . The successful candidate will be an experienced YJS Operational Manager with detailed knowledge of standards for children in the youth justice system and practical experience of HMIP inspections. You will be required to support our inspection readiness, audit practice, develop policies and support all staff on their improvement journey alongside the management team. You will contribute to the performance and functions of the statutory board in addition to day-to-day practice

Responsible to: Responsible for: Service Manager (Localities Management)

Qualified and unqualified Localities Team frontline staff

JOB PURPOSE

1. 2. 3. To manage, develop and lead a Localities Service frontline team delivering a high

quality service within a geographical Patch providing early prevention and

intervention support to address the needs of Sefton residents, leading to

improved outcomes, and effective management of the reputation of the service

offer and the Council.

To ensure that the Localities Team responds to new challenges, priorities and

requirements whist maintaining the Council’s statutory obligations using

resources in the most effective manner.

To act as the subject matter expert as required relative to the Core and Local

offer.

MAIN DUTIES

Practice

1. 2. 3. Manage and provide guidance to frontline workers relative to the service

provided within the Core and Local offer with specific responsibility for ensuring

legal requirements and statutory provisions are met in order to improve

outcomes for residents.

Work collaboratively with internal and external colleagues, partners and

commissioning bodies to ensure seamless and co-ordinated offer to a wide and

diverse population.

Develop creative and innovative strategies and implement new approaches to

working practices and refining working procedures as appropriate to drive forward

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Professional Qualification in one of the recognised

service areas and/or significant managerial experience

relevant to the delivery of the Core and Local offer.

EXPERIENCE

1. Experience of developing solutions that will enable the

implementation of key changes to service delivery

2. Experienced line manager, able to evidence getting

the most from direct reports.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS & ABILITIES

1. Ability to demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and

the ability to perform across multiple teams and

different service areas, driving continuous

improvement and organisational change.

2. Ability to deliver and implement strategy and policy

3. Ability to apply solution focused approaches to

problem solving and make decisions of a highly

complex nature with due consideration of the

associated risk factors.

4. Ability to engage effectively with the community and

partners to ensure satisfactory conflict resolution as

appropriate and facilitating solution based resolutions

and interventions

5. Ability to undertake partnership working and identify

future opportunities for collaboration with internal

and/or external partners

6. Ability to demonstrate innovative thinking against

strategic challenges

7. Ability to apply knowledge of change and or

programme management methodologies and the

techniques involved in managing a large and diverse

workforce.

8. Ability to plan/prioritise and sequence multiple and

potentially conflicting priorities.

9. Ability to work under pressure to deliver to deadlines.

Ability to plan and organise own time, create work

schedules, prioritise and set schedules for self and

others.

10. Excellent interpersonal skills in order to build support

for change across the community and partners with

effective outcomes for residents

11. Ability to thrive in a fast moving environment and be

able to deal with a varied and high-profile workload

12. Ability to engage employees, partners and the

community as part of the vision and to utilise coaching

techniques to motivate and build confidence of staff

OTHER

1. Satisfactory DBS check

2. Must be legally entitled to work in the UK

3. Evident commitment to personal continued

Professional Development.