Role Purpose & Key Responsibilities

To work as part of the Youth Offending Service (YOS), responsible for the development and delivery of effective and innovative interventions and reparation projects to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people.

• To identify, develop and deliver effective, evidence-based, and accredited interventions and reparation activities in both a group setting and on a 1:1 basis
• To meaningfully engage young people and by means of assessment in cooperation with the YOS officer, ensure they are matched to the appropriate intervention and reparation activity
• To monitor and record the progress of each young person, providing feedback to the YOS officer and accrediting body in line with relevant procedures
• To source and support community-based opportunities for young people to undertake reparation and intervention work

Benefits of Working With Us

• A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
• 29 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
• A range of CPD opportunities to support your development
• Investment into your staff well-being

Why Join Us

• Our teams consist of experienced Workers at various levels
• Join a highly diverse workforce
• The team arrange regular meetings to ensure all colleagues have the support required to fulfil their duties, they will use this time to problem solve complex cases
• The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
• Caseloads of are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice
• You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise
• Will have the opportunity to work from home and work flexibly which provides you with more of a work-life balance.
• The council promotes a hybrid working where the role allows

Requirements

• Ability to work weekends and travel around the Borough to support young people in off-site projects
• Substantial experience and solid track record of positively engaging young people in a youth justice setting
• Knowledge or practical experience of delivery of effective groupwork programmes for young people who offend
• Knowledge or practical experience of restorative approaches, trauma informed practice and Child First principles
• An understanding of the issues and challenges that young people face through adolescence
• Knowledge of diverse, multi-cultural communities and their lived experience and need
• Knowledge of the Youth Justice System and developments in the field
• Ability to undertake assessments and identify risks and needs of young people to be able to assess and formulate possible interventions and reparation activities.
• Skills in engaging young people and families, and ability to apply different engagement methods.
• Ability to work in partnership with YOS case managers and other professionals to support effective intervention plans to manage risk of harm.