About the role
The Youth Justice Service is a multi-disciplinary team delivering services to prevent and reduce offending behaviour amongst young people. A Probation Officer / Probation Service officer is seconded across to the Youth Justice Service. At present a vacancy is available to cover for this seconded post on a fixed term basis. An experienced practitioner is needed who is able to work with a wide range of young people who enter the criminal justice system.
The post is on a fixed term basis until March 2024 and based at Awdry House, Wisbech though it is anticipated that at least half the time will be working from home or away from the office. There is the possibility that in the fulness of time the contract could be extended or even become permanent.
Secondments from within Cambridgeshire County Council are welcome, but agreement from the current line manager will be required..
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Jonathan Sloane or Tom Watt on 01223 507220
What will you be doing?
The positions are in a very challenging but rewarding area, working with young offenders ranging from those who haven't yet reached the court system through to those in prisons. The successful candidates will manage caseloads of community and custodial sentences ensuring effective assessment, intervention planning, review and risk management. To effectively divert young people from offending, the post-holders will be working with a range of other team members whose roles include substance misuse, psychology, accommodation, victims, education, training and employment.
About you
Applicants will need a qualification at diploma level or above in a relevant subject such as social work, youth work or probation. The roles involve working with offenders, courts, risk assessment, report writing and with partner agencies, so experience in these areas is important.
If you would like to apply, please consider providing evidence in the supplementary information of how you meet the job requirements oulined in the job description / person specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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