Youth Engagement Officer, Tower Hamlets

Overview

Youth Engagement Officer, Tower Hamlets

£32.82 per hour

Responsibilities

1. Lead the planning and delivery of one-to-one support for children and young people allocated in 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 & wellbeing and risk of harm to others.
4. Developing, organising and 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, facilitation and evaluation of the Youth Justice Service 'youth forum'. The hours of this role are 35 hours per week. This can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sundays.

This is an agency post, and Pertemps can offer you:

Benefits

• 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.

Not looking right now? We also offer generous referral bonuses so please pass on to a colleague or friend who may be!

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