Practice Manager - Youth Justice

Role: Practice Manager

Department: Youth Partnership Service

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Practice manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children Families & Education department.

Main purpose of position:

Effective management of the day to day operations and service delivery of the Youth Partnership Service in Luton to achieve best outcomes for children, young people,families and victims and protect the public from serious harm. Offer supervision and support to staff based within the Service and ensure the work of Service is carried out in accordance with legal requirements, local policies, national standards and best professional practice.

As a Practice manager you will be responsible to:

• Effectively manage the day to day operations and delivery services in Lutonto achieve best outcomes for children, young people, families and victims and protect the public from serious harm.
• Provide caseload management and individual practice support to staff acrossthe service in line with professional standards to ensure effective management oversight of high risk cases is in place with regard to risk of serious harm and vulnerability.
• Lead in the provision of specific areas of quality practice within the service.Under the direction of the Deputy Head of Service, participate in thedevelopment of strategic objectives.
• Recruit, manage, provide professional supervision and appraisal, motivateand develop staff from a wide range of agencies taking account of varying employment policies and procedures, legislation, government requirements and best practice.

Skills and Experience

• In-depth experience in a settingrelated to working with young people in the statutory arena including experience overseeing operational performance.
• Substantial experience ofcomplex decision making within children/youth services arena with the ability to analyse informatio.
• Proven problem solving skills -the ability to identify causes, make objective and informed judgements that demonstrates emotional resilience and
• Proven ability to workeffectively to ensure delivery of a multi-agency team or teams within a children's social care service to deliver outcomes for children and young people.
• Demonstrable ability ofpartnership working including government, statutory, voluntary and community organisations.

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.