Youth Justice Service, Youth Engagement Officer, East London

Youth Justice Service, Youth Engagement Officer, East London 
Pay rate £32.82 per hour 
Contract role, Social Work - Youth Justice Service 
 
Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Youth Engagement Officer in East London 
The main purposes of this position are as follows:  

1. Lead the planning and delivery of one-to-one support for children and young peopleallocatedin the youth justice services assessed as high risk and meeting Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISS) criteria. This requires excellent engagement skills with vulnerable young people subject to statutory intervention from the youth justice service as part of a Court order.  
2. To create alongside the Youth Justice Service Case Manager a weekly Intensive ISS timetable. To plan, deliver and review support packages designed to ensure a high standard, smooth and consistent delivery of timetabled activities for young people and their families including the services of other agencies.
3. To deliver specific interventions with children and young people on a one-to-one and group work basis contributing towards supporting children's desistance from offending, safety &wellbeingand risk of harm to others.  
4. Developing,organisingand facilitating community reparation placements. Supervising children/young people attending these community reparation placements and monitoring attendance to support Youth Justice Service practitioners to manage interventions. Keeping records up-to-date and ensuring compliance and enforcement in line with the Youth Justice Service breach procedure, and through the Court process when necessary.  
5. Lead the planning,facilitationand evaluation of the Youth Justice Service 'youth forum'. The hours of this role as 35 hours per week. Please note that this can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sunday's. 

 
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.  
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager