Directorate: People ServicesHours: 37 hours a weekContract Type: PermanentLocation: Council House, Derby
The aim of the Youth Justice Service is to prevent offending and re offending by Children and Young People. The Service will achieve this by ensuring that agencies work together to prevent and reduce the situations and behaviours that lead to offending and therefore reduce the emotional, physical and economic harm to individuals, families, communities and the City as a whole.
Youth Justice Service Social Worker Role
To prevent offending by children and young people.To provide a service to children and young people, and their families the Courts, Police and other institutions, other agencies and the local community which aims to reduce offending by children and young people, working within the framework of the Crime and Disorder Act 1999 and effective practice.
As some evening and weekend work is a requirement of the role, a commitment to flexible working will be necessary.
More Information
Please contact Karen Chilton on 07900157837 / Karen.chilton@derby.gov.uk or Jasraj Sanghera on 07812301792 Jasraj.sanghera@derby.gov.uk if you would like to talk informally about this role.
Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 16th January 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held on 27 January and 29 January 2025 at the Council House.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
Please see Job Description here
Please see Person Specification here
Please see DBS Code of Conduct here
