Youth Justice Officer - Temp March 27

Making A Difference as a Youth Justice Officer in St Helens Youth Justice Service - Temporary to end March 2027

As a Youth Justice Officer you will manage a caseload of children from diverse backgrounds. You will work innovatively with them, engaging their families and other professionals to assess, develop and deliver interventions that reduce the impact of crime on individuals, families and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with young people with complex and challenging needs, build trusting relationships, and deliver interventions to encourage behaviour change and prevent further involvement with the Criminal Justice System.
• Apply safeguarding procedures and work with young people across varying levels of need.
• Collaborate with a range of professionals and services, adapt to changing situations, and build strong working relationships.
• Prioritise workload, maintain accurate case records and use relevant data recording systems.
• Work occasional evenings and weekends as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Professional qualification relevant to working with children.
• Experience working directly with children and families, assessing needs, writing reports, planning interventions, and reviewing supervision effectiveness.
• Experience in a multi agency criminal justice setting is preferable.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, adaptable, creative and genuinely committed to improving life chances for young people.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds who share our values, commitment to inclusion and will help us transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role and will provide reasonable adjustments for qualifying disabled candidates.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles.