Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Youth Justice Worker in the Black Country area.
The Youth Justice Worker will support youth females who offend, and are known to either the Youth Offending Service or West Midlands Police.
This is a full-time 37.5 hours (Mon - Fri), permanent role, offering a salary of £25,268.25 - £27,858.29 per annum, based on experience. Travel will be required.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Deliver evidence based one to one intervention, group work and advice in a variety of locations such as estates and Youth Offending Service Estates with an aim to deter young people from offending behaviour.
Ensure that all interventions delivered are age appropriate, child led to reduce risk and culturally sensitive to young people
Offer general awareness of healthy/unhealthy relationships, confidence & self-esteem, managing & understanding emotions, promoting resilience and managing challenges, in order to address the pathways to offending.
Create a safe, age-appropriate space to work with young people, encouraging them to share their experiences, thoughts and feelings through peer support. Work will include sensitively challenging experiences and decision making and working to develop early identification of emerging issues, coping strategies, seeking help and knowledge of healthy relationships and support networks
Provide emotional and practical support and advocacy to young people with a holistic approach. Support ...