And social skills and participation in society YOS Officers will be directly contributing to youth offending service outcomes by creatively engaging young people who are subject to youth justice orders and also who are at risk of anti-social behaviour, crime, becoming NEET and substance misuse.
The purpose of the role is to manage a case load of youth justice cases, working innovatively with young people from diverse backgrounds and engaging them and their families and other professionals in order to assess, develop and deliver intervention and activities that support their personal
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Posted by Service Care Solutions - Social Work • £23.45/hr
General
Service Care Solutions are looking for a Youth Justice Case Officer to work within the Enfield Council on a contract basis.
Job role/responsibilities
The post holder will provide effective supervision for young people on all orders, ensuring young people are supported and supervised in line with the YJB national standards.
The role will be responsible for holding a mixed case load of statutory orders, undertaking assessments, implementing highly effective strengths-based interventions and safety plans.
Good outcomes for children / young people and the wider community will be supported by:
The primary aim of the post is to reduce the risk of reoffending and harm presented by those children and young people subject to VOS interventions including statutory orders, DTOs and bail.
Accurate and thorough assessment of risk and need by utilising YOS assessment tools supported by information derived from sources including the young person, family/carers, education providers, police and health and social care professionals.
To effectively engage with young people from diverse backgrounds at all stages of case management including during assessment, review and delivery of interventions/programmes.
To create in conjunction with young people and families, bespoke intervention plans to address all areas of need and to regularly review the plans to ensure their suitability and effectiveness.
To gather information, analyse and assess to manage risk, re-offending and safety/wellbeing accurately using appropriate screening and assessment tools; taking necessary measures to ensure welfare needs are dealt with effectively and public protection considerations are appropriately managed.