Youth Justice Case Worker - Twickenham
| Job Title: | Youth Justice Case Worker - Twickenham |
| Contract Type: | Temporary |
| Location: | London |
| Industry: | |
| REF: | 1069981 |
| Job Published: | 14 days ago |
Job Description
Twickenham
3 months initially
Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm, 36 hrs/week
Our client are seeking a Youth Justice Case Worker to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people.
- Manage a caseload of young people who have been either referred by the Police or ordered by the court, ensuring that a holistic assessment of need supports a robust intervention
- Support children, young people and families with a range of needs and risks
- Support with repairing harm, increasing social capital, education, emotional wellbeing and feeling safe
- Promoting and maximising the welfare and the safeguarding of young people that have entered criminal youth justice system and increasing awareness and confidence in the youth justice system
- Undertake assessments, write reports, complete single assessments if the child is deemed to meet threshold for a section 17 assessment
- Hold both court orders and court of court work, attend Youth court and act as court officer including occasional court
- Educated at level 4 or above professional qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Children and Youth, Social Care, Probation)
- MUST have YJS caseworker experience
- Experience of working with children, young people and families with offending behaviour
- Ability to write clear and concise court reports, bail packages, panel reports
- Experience and understanding of how Courts work and of relevant Youth Justice legislation, including sentencing and bail/remand
- Child DBS registered to the update service
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call 02085149110 mobile 07570 819 831
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