Youth Justice Social Worker

Salary: £35.92 per hour

Starting Point Recruitment are recruiting for a Youth Justice Social Worker for Walsall Council, this is a Temporary vacancy for a three-month rolling contract.

Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 5.15pm Friday 8.45am – 4.45pm
37 hours per week
£35.92 per hour.

• To work as part of a multi-agency team to provide an integrated approach to delivering services to achieve the principle aim of the Youth Justice Service – to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people
• To deliver robust services to children and young people who offend, including carrying out effective assessment, planning and delivery of youth justice services to young people, parents / carers, and victims of crime
• To carry out a range of tasks as identified and allocated by the Senior Practitioner, Team Manager, Operational Lead or Strategic Lead for Youth Justice services in line with policies, procedures, and protocols
• To attend Court (Youth, Magistrates, Crown and in exceptional circumstances the Court of Appeal) as and when required to represent the service and proactively present information (both verbally and in writing) to the Court to assist in making decisions on bail, remand and sentencing

The necessary experience for the Youth Justice Officer position is:

• A professional qualification relevant to Probation or Social Services (e.g., CQSW, Dip SW, MASW); or a relevant, good quality, honours degree (e.g., criminology, youth justice, psychology, youth, and community) or a qualified teacher (PGCE) is essential
• Experience of working in youth justice/Probation Service
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject e.g., Criminology
• Must be able to write pre-sentence reports, and asset plus assessments