Social Worker - Youth Justice - Stockport - £35

Children's Social Worker
Team: Youth Justice
Location: Stockport
Rate: £35

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Stockport Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service for a Youth Justice Social Worker.

Stockport’s Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service is made up of an enthusiastic and committed staff group, who are working together to prevent Stockport’s children and young people, offending and reoffending adopting a 'child-first’ approach.

We are looking for a Social Worker to join the service, who, in addition to managing a case load, has specialist responsibility for children who are remanded in custody and become involved in looked after children procedures. You will have experience of undertaking assessments and managing complex cases, in addition to planning appropriate and targeted interventions to reduce the risk of offending/re-offending. You will also have the ability to write high quality reports including preparing sentencing proposals and will present information to the Courts when required.

The service offers a wide range of interventions that contribute to the safety of victims and communities, ensuring they receive an appropriate support, works proactively with families and delivers interventions that are based on the principles of desistance and engagement, whilst recognising the marginalisation and disproportionality of children that enter the youth justice system.

Your Role

You will work as part of a multi-agency service, including the police, probation and health colleagues, to prevent and reduce offending by children and young people by providing services as required by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and other relevant legislation.

This post will also involve work with parents/carers and victims of crime. Stockport Youth Justice is guided by the Youth Justice Board overriding principle of 'child first".

In practice this means we; prioritise the best interests of children by recognising their needs, capacities, rights and potential.? You will be able to encourage children’s active participation, engagement, and wider social inclusion.

All work is a meaningful collaboration with children and their family/carers.

We promote desistance to prevent children from entering or escalating through the youth justice system, using prevention, diversion, and evidence-based intervention. All work minimises criminogenic stigma from contact with the system.