Role: Youth Justice Assistant

Department: People Directorate

Grade: L6

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Youth Justice Assistant on behalf of Luton Youth Offending Service within People Directorate department.

Purpose of position:

To assist in all aspects of the work of the Youth Offending Service including undertaking assessments, interventions, acting as Appropriate Adult under PACE, supervising activities including reparation & unpaid work, community surveillance, transporting young people & family members, and supporting young people especially those living independently to achieve the Service's core aim to prevent offending and re-offending.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, contribute toward and participate in assessments (including health & safety risk assessing reparation projects) and programmes of intervention with children, young people and families through appropriate assessment of risk and risk management, in accordance with service policy including undertaking the role of Appropriate Adult (PACE), unpaid work in the community projects and triage assessments in the community and police custody suites.
• Ensure all children & young people are suitably supervised and monitored in accordance with their intervention programmes, that issues of risk and safeguarding are addressed and that any apparent failure to comply is appropriately followed up and reported immediately to the Responsible Officer or YOS Manager
• Supervise children and young people undertaking reparation, unpaid work and other activities within the community and undertake surveillance checks ensuring all aspects of health and safety, risk and safeguarding issues are appropriately managed. Seek out and identify suitable reparation projects within the local community.
• Provide advice, guidance and support to young people living independently, including assistance with budgeting, payment of bills, independent living skills thus maintaining the stability of their accommodation and their emotional wellbeing.
• Keep appropriate case records (including electronic records), complete reports and statistics as required meeting the requirements of the service.
• Provide safe escort of and accompany children, young people and family members to and from various destinations both in and out of Borough and the transportation of reparation equipment and materials as required.
• Attend and participate in meetings, training courses and employee development activities as the service requires and/or keep up to date with legislative changes and requirements of the Youth Justice Board/Ministry of Justice.

Skills and Experiences:

• Demonstrable experience of working with children & families including adolescents.
• Some relevant experience in children's services, YOS, youth justice secure estate, residential childcare, probation.
• Some experience working within a Youth Offending Service.
• Able to communicate effectively (English - verbally and written) and to create and maintain positive working relationships with children, young people, parents and a wide range of other professionals and agencies.
• Able to assess, support and motivate young people where levels of vulnerability and risk to themselves and to the public are high.
• Car driver to enable regular and frequent visits both within and outside the Borough and provide transport/equipment for young people, parents etc.
• Ability to communicate in one or more of the major community languages in Luton (in addition to English) eg: Urdu, Punjabi, Polish, Guajarati.
• Awareness of how differing cultural issues can impact on parenting and family life.

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, 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, applicants 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 taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, 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.