Youth Justice Practitioner

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently recruiting for a Youth Justice Practitioner to join the West Kent team. Previous experience in Pre-Sentencing Court reports and ASSET is essential.

Purpose of the Job:

As a member of a multi-agency service, undertake direct work with young people, providing practical assistance, advice and support. The role will supplement the work of case holding practitioners, providing intensive support to prevent or respond to crises, and to support capacity in the team when demands are high, or to deliver group work.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Under supervision, undertake direct work with young people which builds strengths and helps them develop a positive identity. This intervention may be in an office, the family home, or the community (including constructive leisure such as sports facilities).

• Understand and adhere to relevant policies and processes relating to multi-agency safeguarding and public protection.

• The intervention could be part of:

1. maintaining their living arrangements (including within the family home, foster care, residential or semi-independent), including addressing challenging behaviours and relationship difficulties which put these placements at risk

2. a programme of Youth Justice supervision, including intensive supervision, to reduce the risk of re-offending

3. supporting attendance with a range of reparation projects that give something back to communities and build meaningful and constructive relationships with individuals, communities or community groups.

• Support young people to be aware of, and to attend/engage with, community-based services, including education, training and employment opportunities.

• Deliver excellent relationship-based, trauma-informed, restorative and evidence-based interventions to adolescents and their carers to enhance safety.

• Evaluate and record your work, and the impact of this, in a timely and accurate way, including inputting on the electronic case records system and liaising with the case holder

• Adhere to safe practices for lone working, as directed by your manager

• Keep accurate records of your expenses and submit timely claims in the agreed format

• Promote equality and work in a way which recognises and encourages anti-discriminatory behaviour, respecting confidentiality of information, recognising young people's and their family's rights, choices and respecting personal beliefs.

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