Youth Justice Probation Officer

We are currently recruiting for a Youth Justice Probation Officer based in Greater Manchester. 

Pay rate: £23.54 PAYE / £30 umbrella – per hour (paid weekly)

Hours: Full time position – Primarily office based with flexibility for 1 days WFH. The role involves travel across the city where necessary to see young people/attend visits and meetings.

Contract duration: Temporary ongoing

Purpose:

• Deliver high quality services to young people and their families aimed at preventing and reducing offending.
• Make clear assessments in relation to risk of harm to the public, risk of re -offending and of offence related needs in order to allocate appropriate and targeted resources to the reduction and prevention of youth offending.
• Develop and implement programmes/interventions based on principles of effective practice for all children and young people and their families in contact with the team.
• Manage a caseload and ensure that information systems are maintained in order that national and other standards can be effectively assessed.

Duties:

• Prepare reports for court and other agencies in line with national, and other relevant standards.
• Make appropriate assessments and supervise and/or manage pre-sentence interventions and enforce all sentences and Orders as appropriate.
• Provide thorough care for young people serving Detention and Training Orders and other custodial sentences, and post release supervision in line with national and other relevant standards.
• Work in partnership with other agencies to reduce and prevent youth offending.
• Ensure that all tasks are carried out to National Standards requirements and performance meets locally agreed targets and outcomes.
• Adhere to the Working Together guidance as well as locally agreed structures and policies to improve the safeguarding of children and young people who are on the caseload.
• Ensure case recording is timely, accurate and complete and to take responsibility for the quality of data input, extracted and/or analysed from electronic or hard copy systems, to comply with MCC Data Quality Strategy.
• Personal commitment to continuous self-development and service improvement.
• Through personal example, open commitment and clear action, ensure diversity is positively valued, resulting in equal access and treatment in employment, service delivery and communications.

Essential Experience:

• Must be a qualified Probation Officer and have Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)

Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 07879 585551 or Lucia De Felice on 07425 757587.

You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk  or lucia@peelsolutions.co.uk for more information on this role.