Community Support Specialist for Children with

3 weeks ago

Horsham West Sussex, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

West Sussex Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a high performing multi-agency statutory partnership which provides services before and after Court to meet the statutory requirements of the youth justice system. Its primary aim is to prevent offending and reduce reoffending by children. The service works in partnership with a variety of agencies to ensure children are offered appropriate intervention to address their risks, meet their needs and build on their strengths. The service also seeks to repair the harm caused to victims and communities by addressing the root causes of offending and reoffending by children.
For more information, please visit our Education, Children and Families page, and our WSCC About Us page on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the West Sussex Youth Justice Service for a Youth Justice Support Officer in the Restorative Justice Team, based in Horsham. The Restorative Justice Team give victims of youth crime a voice and create opportunities for children involved in the youth justice system to repair the harm caused by their offending behaviour.
As a Youth Justice Support Officer, you will be responsible for delivering reparation projects as well as planning and delivering Unpaid Work programmes for young people in the community. You will also be responsible for supervising children assessed as presenting a low to medium risk of re-offending and serious harm, who are subject to Out of Court Disposals and statutory Court Orders.
You will have a passion for and resilience to working with complex children. Knowledge or skills of practical tasks such as gardening, building, painting/decorating or use of tools would also be beneficial for this role as well as a love for working outside There may be times that you are required to support the young person to deliver direct reparation to the person harmed by their behaviour and so an understanding of restorative processes is desirable. You will need good assessment skills, as well as the ability to use creative and effective supervisory techniques, to engage children and their families and then enable them to develop long term sustainable change and promote best outcomes. The ability to form positive and constructive relationships with vulnerable children will be crucial, to enable them to develop resilience, achieve their potential and contribute positively to their community.
Able to research, assess, analyse and interpret information and data from varying sources in order to interpret and plan over the medium term to make judgements based on the needs of the client.
4 GCSE's with A-C passes including English and Maths, or equivalent qualification or experience demonstrating that level of numeracy and literacy.
~ At least one year's previous experience of working with challenging children and young people (e.g. CYPS, police, probation, schools, criminal justice, youth work).
~ Experience of carrying out assessments and writing reports.
~ Youth Offending Team, Probation, Police (Desirable)
~ Experience of using CVYJ (Youth Offending Service databases) (Desirable)
~ Experience of outside project / practical skills, e.g. gardening, painting, woodwork, low level building (Desirable for Restorative Justice and Communities Team YJSO)
~ You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars available.

We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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