Youth Engagement Officer

Youth Engagement Officer

Tower Hamlets

23/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: 36/hrs a week

Hatched Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Youth Engagement Officer in the Tower Hamlets area.

The main purposes of this position are as follows:

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 as 35 hours per week. Please note that this can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sunday's.

Qualifications & Experience

* A relevant professional qualification in a child, youth or family related discipline e.g. teaching, youth work, early years, probation; youth justice.

* Experience of the design and delivery of group work for young people including personal development and capacity building activities in universal and detached settings

* Experience of working effectively with other professionals in order to safeguard children, young people and their families particularly those who present with risk issues and challenging behaviour such as substance misuse, anti-social behaviour, mental health and criminality.

Knowledge

* Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, policy, practice and current issues related to children, young people, youth work, youth justice, crime and antisocial behaviour.

* Evidence of continuous training and personal development to increase skills.

* Extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of working with young people.

* Knowledge of developing and managing participation programmes of activity and the programme development cycle and participative practice