Children Services YOS Team Manager

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Lambeth to assist with the appointment of a Children Services YOS Team Manager, on a 3-months contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £29.92 - £39.45 per hour

Summary:

The Children Services YOS Team Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational management, supervision and practice development of a team within the Youth Justice Service. The postholder will provide strong practice leadership, ensuring that youth justice interventions, assessments, case management and safeguarding activities are delivered to a consistently high standard and in accordance with statutory requirements, national standards, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and provide operational leadership to a team within the Youth Justice Service, ensuring effective delivery of service objectives and priorities.
• Allocate cases and incoming work appropriately, monitoring workloads and ensuring assessments, reports, reviews and case records are completed accurately and within statutory timescales.
• Quality assure assessments, intervention plans, reports and casework to ensure compliance with legislation, national standards, professional guidance and local procedures.
• Monitor and manage cases involving complex needs, vulnerabilities, safeguarding concerns and risks of reoffending.
• Monitor team performance and contribute to service planning, performance management, monitoring and evaluation.

Qualification:

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline such as Youth Justice, Community Justice, Social Work, Criminology, Criminal Justice or a related field.
• Relevant professional youth justice qualification or recognised professional certification in effective practice.

Essentials:

• Significant post-qualification experience within youth justice, children's services, probation, social care or a closely related environment.
• Experience of quality assuring assessments, reports, intervention plans and casework.
• Experience of interpreting and applying youth justice legislation, statutory guidance, national standards and effective practice frameworks.
• Experience of chairing meetings and communicating effectively with children, young people, parents, professionals and partner organisations.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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