Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Youth Offending Social Worker to work full-time within a Youth Offending Team based in Slough. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £34,731 - £39,839 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Be able to undertake a range of assessments including AssetPlus assessments and health and safety risk assessments.
- Supervise young people subject to statutory Court intervention and deliver the intervention required to assist a young person in reducing his/her offending behaviours, (balancing their welfare needs with those of the protection of the public).
- Manage the cases of any young person serving custodial sentences and ensure appropriate through care and resettlement.
- Case manage statutory community sentences etc, contributing to the development of new programmes and projects using evidence based practice.
- Provide high quality written and verbal reports to the Youth and Crown Courts and act as Court Officer.
- Act as a team link with both statutory and voluntary agencies in order to devise innovative and creative strategies to prevent or educe offending behaviour.
- Undertake group and one-to-one work with young people, planning delivering, monitoring and evaluating programmes, processes and interventions to reduce offending.
- Keep accurate, clear records using relevant software systems, contributing to agreed performance indicators and producing relevant data as required by the management information system of the YOT in line with YOT Policies.
- Contribute to the team's duty systems as appropriate, such as Office Duty/PACE.
- Contribute to the development of a team culture and practice that is anti-discriminatory, and delivers appropriate service to the diverse communities of Slough.
- Develop links with other partner agencies, including the Probation Service, particularly in respect of prolific offenders and young people acting in an anti-social manner providing support, guidance and opportunities for young people both within the YOT and in the local community.
- Involve young people in the planning and evaluation of opportunities made available to them.
- Work flexible and some unsociable hours according to the team's requirements in order to provide the most effective staff cover.
- Undertake any other duties as required commensurate with the post.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services
- Youth Offending experience
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Conor Clarke; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
