Job Introduction
New Year - New Challenge?
The Dorset Combined Youth Justice Service (YJS) is looking for a full time Youth Justice Worker to join our stable and supportive team and help children enjoy positive futures free of crime. This post is fixed term for 12 months.
The ethos of the team is "child first" and all staff have been trained in trauma informed practice. Based in Bournemouth you will join a multi-agency team of skilled and motivated professionals.
The role of the Youth Justice Worker is to listen to, assess the needs of children and their families / carers and come up with creative plans to help them get back on the right track. This post will be primarily focused on trying to divert children away from the justice system, therefore linking with a whole range of community services will be vital.
Our ideal candidate will be creative, resourceful, supportive and will have a genuine desire to positively shape the futures of children. You will have experience of working with children and young people, a clear interest in working in the justice system and great skills in connecting with children. We are not looking necessarily for someone with a lot of qualifications – the important thing is attitude and the ability to form relationships. Access to training and continued professional development will be available to the successful candidate.
The Dorset Combined Youth Justice Service is committed to diversifying its workforce and actively welcomes a diverse range of applicants.
This post involves working with children or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them and will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Previous personal involvement in the justice system will not necessarily be a bar to appointment and we would actively welcome applicants who may have made mistakes in their past.
If you think you could be the person that we are looking for and need in our team we would love to hear from you, to find out more about the role please call 01202 794321 and ask to speak to Mark Hill (Team manager) or Ellie Sayer (Practice Manager).
Interview Date: 24th January 2025
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.
