About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Cambridgeshire Youth Justice Service (YJS) as a Senior Youth Justice Service Transition Adviser (Senior YJS TA). This position is on a fixed term basis for approximately 9 months to cover maternity leave for the current job holder. This is a specialist role within a multi-disciplinary service and as a Senior YJS TA you will line manage the YJS Transitions advisers as well as offer intensive 1:1 support to a small caseload of children/young people (aged 10-18) open to Youth Justice Service who are assessed as attending inappropriate provision or those young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET.
The post holder will be based in Fenland and East Cambridgeshire area but may need to travel across the county.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Mark Cowdell on mark.cowdell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd May 2025
You will be required to hold a full and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle or have the ability to otherwise travel efficiently between locations, both countywide and beyond.
Interviews may include a young people’s panel in addition to a management interview panel.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which is beneficial to employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.
What will you be doing?
You will be the operational lead within the Youth Justice Service for all things education, training and employment. Ensuring that various processes are followed designed to ensure that the number of young people supported by Youth Justice services are accessing suitable ETE provision.
You will have line management responsibility of two part time YJS Transitions advisors, providing caseload supervision and wellbeing support to enable the team to work together to achieve the required performance results.
You will support a small caseload of young people by providing targeted interventions to support them to transition back into suitable education, employment or training. The intervention will form part of a wider YJS intervention plan.
You will have oversight of the completion of Education, Training or Employment Assessments by you and your team to help inform the wider Youth Justice ASSET plus assessment and Prevention and Diversion Assessment Tool (PDAT).
You will have oversight of the processes around single point of contact to a number of education providers, both schools and post 16 establishments to share information and risks regarding previous convictions and safeguarding information for young people who attend the provision or are applying to enrol at the provision as well as taking on the position of single point of contact for some establishments.
About you
Qualities:
- You will be motivated and dedicated to supporting young people and their families in achieving positive outcomes.
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships with young people and their families and with range of other professionals/agencies.
- Ability to plan, prioritise and manage time effectively to meet the needs of the role.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills across diverse disciplines.
- Ability to manage challenging situations, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- You will be willing to continue your professional development through informal and formal training.
Skills and Experience:
- Knowledge and experience of line management and supervision processes to manage a team effectively.
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people in a variety of settings and with challenging behaviours.
- Knowledge of opportunities in employment and training for young people and evidence of working with providers.
- Knowledge of legislation relating to youth justice, raising participation and safeguarding.
- You will have ability to produce, keep and maintain good case recording and assessments.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
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.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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.
