Youth Justice Support Practitioner

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. Would you like an opportunity to work for an Ofsted rated Outstanding Local Authority? We have a range of opportunities currently available for Qualified Social Workers living in and around Kent.

We are currently recruiting for Locum Youth Justice Practitioner's to join East Kent, which covers the Thanet Coast line and South Kent which covers Ashford, Dover and Folkestone. We are looking for passionate individuals with previous experience working with adolescents who have faced adversity and exhibit challenging behaviours.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Under supervision, undertake direct work with young people which builds strengths and helps them develop a positive identity. This intervention may be in an office, the family home, or the community (including constructive leisure such as sports facilities).

1. The intervention could be part of:

• maintaining their living arrangements (including within the family home, foster care, residential or semi-independent), including addressing challenging behaviours and relationship difficulties which put these placements at risk
• a programme of Youth Justice supervision, including intensive supervision, to reduce the risk of re-offending
• supporting attendance with a range of reparation projects that give something back to communities and build meaningful and constructive relationships with individuals, communities or community groups.

1. Understand and adhere to relevant policies and processes relating to multi-agency safeguarding and public protection.

1. Support young people to be aware of, and to attend/engage with, community-based services, including education, training and employment opportunities.

1. Deliver excellent relationship-based, trauma-informed, restorative and evidence-based interventions to adolescents and their carers to enhance safety.

1. Evaluate and record your work, and the impact of this, in a timely and accurate way, including inputting on the electronic case records system and liaising with the case holder

1. Adhere to safe practices for lone working, as directed by your manager

1. Keep accurate records of your expenses and submit timely claims in the agreed format

1. Promote equality and work in a way which recognises and encourages anti-discriminatory behaviour, respecting confidentiality of information, recognising young people's and their family's rights, choices and respecting personal beliefs.

1. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly including evening, weekends and during school holiday periods; this will be co-ordinated by Early Help and Preventative Services Management as required.

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