Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 27 weeks with a possible extension.

Responsibilities:

To contribute and participate in the work of the Youth Offending Service.

To plan and implement diversion from court programmes where appropriate, including work emanating from referral orders, referral order panels and community-based actions.

To effectively manage and monitor young people going through the court process and referral order panels.

Compile and present Pre-Sentence Reports and other reports in accordance with National Standards including reports for referral order panels.

Effective liaison with other workers and agencies as required.

To work in co-operation with other agencies and partners and key stakeholders in the local community.

To ensure that effective consultation with young people, families and the local community is at the core of any work undertaken on behalf of the Youth Offending Service.

To contribute to the remand and provision of Bail Support Services.

To participate in the provision and use of information in relation to identifying the needs of young people and families and the local community and in measuring effective outcomes in the work and service delivered. To contribute to the delivery of the Youth Justice Plan and performance measures within.

To contribute to the efficient and effective use of resources (including personal use of time) within the Youth Offending Service, according to Best Value principles.

To ensure that effective communication takes place across the full range of Youth Offending Services provided.

To ensure that work with young offenders has at its core a 'restorative' approach that addresses the needs of victims of crime, through the provision of a rehabilitation programme to change young people's behaviour.

To contribute to the effective use of quality assurance processes in the work of the Youth Offending Service.

To contribute to the provision of imaginative and creative intervention programmes for young people serving sentences in the community.

To assist in identifying resources for the implementation of community sentences.

To act as Case Managers for court orders where appropriate.

The provision of supervision, where appropriate, for young people placed on Youth Rehabilitation Orders in Criminal Proceedings in line with National Standards.

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