Youth Justice Team Leader
MB4 (£43,693 - £49,764)
37 Hours, Full Time (including evening, weekends, bank holidays as part of the duty management cover)
Permanent
Central House, Stockport
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 11th April 2025
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 16th April 2025
Interview Date: 24th April 2025
Interview Type: In person
Your Role
We are looking for a Youth Justice Team Leader who will act as one of the operational management leads for the delivery of youth justice, serious violence reduction and targeted youth support services and delivery of associated services, including complex safeguarding. The post will lead and manage a multi-agency team of staff to ensure services are delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice, legislative and statutory requirements.
About You
The successful candidate will be required to work as part of the statutory multi-agency service providing a restorative approach through Stockport Family and community safety functions through the Safer Stockport Partnership, as well as working collaboratively across the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities, to ensure delivery of the GM Youth Justice Transformation programme, as defined through the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the national requirements of the Youth Justice Board and the MoJ.
We are a lively, hardworking and dynamic service based within ‘Stockport Family’ integrated services. We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who has experience of managing practitioners who support complex and often chaotic children and young people. Significant recent experience of working in a Youth Justice Service or similar multi-agency partnership that deals with factors that lead children and young people into crime is essential.
You will be qualified to minimum degree level and hold a relevant professional qualification and registration as relevant (eg: Social Work and/or Probation)
This post includes weekend, bank holiday and out of hours work as part of the management duty rota system (with additional pay).
Potential candidates may find it useful to refer to Stockport’s Youth Justice Plan 2024/25 for more details about the youth justice partnership, which sets out our priorities and vision. Please contact our secure central inbox Email to request a copy of the most recent plan, or any initial enquiries.
About Us
Stockport Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service are a high performing multi-agency partnership committed to preventing children and young people from offending, reducing their exposure to serious youth violence, identifying child exploitation by safeguarding in partnership and providing a targeted youth support offer which protects against some of the negative impacts that can affects children’s lives within their communities. This will be achieved through the statutory functions of the Youth Justice Service (YJS); whose principal aim is to prevent offending and reduce re-offending. In addition, we also lead on the delivery of Complex Safeguarding, the Serious Violence Reduction (VRU) programme and provide Targeted Youth Support (TYS) services to support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of engaging in risky behaviours that will affect their life chances.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role or have any specific questions please contact: Sarah Kelly, Assistant Service Lead Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding at Email
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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