Youth Justice Worker

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

Salary 1
- £30,902 - £34,800

Region 1
- North East, South East

City/Town 1
- Chatham, Harrogate

Vacancy Type 1
- Merit

Building/Site 1
- HM Prison Cookham Wood, ME1 3LU, HMYOI WETHERBY WETHERBY, LS22 5ED

Organisation Grade 1
- Band 3

Post Type 1
- Permanent

Working Pattern 1
- Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other

Role Type 1
- Operational Delivery, Prison Officer

Job description 1

**Prison officer - HMP YOI **Wetherby **Youth Justice Worker Futures**

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**HMP Wetherby, York Rd, Wetherby LS22 5ED**

**Starting salary: £32,851 **(for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

**City/Town: Harrowgate**

**Region: Yorkshire**

**Vacancy type**: Merit**

**Someone like you**

We are recruiting not just for youth justice workers who are needed today, but for youth justice workers to fill vacancies at HMP YOI Wetherby in years to come. We need youth justice workers now to fill vacancies at other prisons and that is why we are recruiting to this special futures scheme that guarantees you a youth justice workers role at HMP YOI Wetherby permanently but for the first 23 months of your service you will be working at HMP YOI Cookham Wood, Rochester, Kent.

It's a great opportunity. You will benefit from a greater variety of experience, and you will be with other new officers who, like you, will be returning to HMP YOI Wetherby at the end of their 23 month deployment.

The Youth Custody Service is transforming its workforce and we want you to help us on this journey. The youth justice worker role is based on the prison officer role, but specific to working in youth custody. It will be a driving force for changing the way children and young people are cared for in custody.

We are looking for people who have a special talent in helping young people.

You will be responsible for ensuring the security and safety of children and supporting them day-to-day in a custodial environment. You’ll get training and development to ensure you have a clear understanding of the individual circumstances for young people in custody, and how your reactions in complex or dynamic situations are key to ensuring these children are helped to build better lives.

You will support young people who may have committed serious crimes, grown up in difficult settings or have mental health concerns. These individuals will test boundaries at every level, but also have a huge potential for change

**An extraordinary job**

Become part of a real team and help to protect the public.

You’ll work directly with children and young people who have committed offences, helping them to develop new skills while playing multiple different roles within one day be that a peacekeeper, a teacher, a counsellor or a mentor.

You will act as a role model to children and young people in custody, providing them with the opportunities to better their future.

You will need a DBS check.

**What’s on offer?**
- We will pay your accommodation costs (up to £589 per month).
- You will be able to reclaim the cost of a monthly trip home by public transport.
- plus a £1500 Recruitment & Retention Premium while on deployment paid at 12 month and 23 month point.

**Job details**

**Eligibility**

To become a youth justice worker, you will need to:

- be at least 18 years old
- have the right to work in the UK
- be reasonably fit and able to pass our fitness test
- have good eyesight in both eyes (both with and without corrective lenses)
- For safety reasons, everyone training to be a youth justice worker needs a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids)

To work in a high security prison (category A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

**Nationality requirements**

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Successful applicants must ensure they have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.

**Essential skills**

You don’t need qualifications to become a youth justice worker. Personal qualities are more important. You need to show:

- good communication and influencing skills
- commitment to quality
- effective decision-making
- care and understanding

As a practitioner, you will be working with children, young people and families, including carers, to achieve positive and sustainable change in their lives. You will:

- demonstrate a passion to care for and about children, young people and families
- be skilled in recognising and assessing the complex needs that children, young people and families often present
- agree with the child, young person or f

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