Youth Justice Officer

Youth Justice Officer 

Shrewsbury, Shropshire 

Permanent

Full Time 

The closing date for this post is 12 noon on Tuesday 28th April 2021

West Mercia Youth Offending Service operates across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Worcestershire, covering a youth population of approximately 112,800 (10 to 17 year olds). The service is hosted by the Office of the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner on behalf of the four local authorities and is currently the only youth justice service in such a hosting arrangement nationally. Services are delivered from multi-disciplinary teams aligned to the four local authority areas.

An opportunity has arisen for a Youth Justice Officer for our team based in Shrewsbury. The post is responsible for the management of a caseload and designing and directly delivering programmes of intervention to prevent offending by children and young people. This will include direct work with families, victims of youth crime and the co-ordination of multi-agency input to programme delivery.

The successful candidate will hold a professional qualification in Social Work, Youth Work, Education, Probation or Health OR a degree or level 6 qualification in Youth Justice, Law, Criminology, Sociology, Psychology, Social Policy or Health-related and at least 2 years’ experience of work with children, young people and families OR a Youth Justice Qualification at Foundation Degree level or above and at least 2 years’ experience in a Youth Justice Team with case management responsibility. They must also have working knowledge of the legal, policy and practice context for Youth Justice Provision.  

We embrace diversity and welcome applications from everyone. 

We are also happy to talk flexible working where it is suitable for the role.

If you require any support to complete your application or you have any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01905 718444 (press option 1 then 5) or email recruitment@westmercia.pnn.police.uk

To read more about the added benefits and rewards of working for West Mercia Police, please go to our website.

Internal applicants who are in need of redeployment will be offered positions ahead of other candidates, subject to them passing a selection process.