Youth Justice Case Manager

Tameside Youth Justice Service is working hard to reduce offending and re-offending by children and young people living in Tameside. To help us achieve our vision we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and committed Case Manager, who has experience of working with children in the field of criminal justice or safeguarding. As a Case Manager, you will be responsible for holding a caseload of children open to Tameside Youth Justice Service who are subject to preventative interventions, out of court disposals and statutory Court Orders. You will supervise cases, making appropriate referrals and work closely with key partner agencies with the aim of promoting desistance, minimising risk of harm, safeguarding and protecting the public. You will be required to complete timely and accurate assessments, complete written reports to a high standard and deliver high quality interventions to improve outcomes for children in line with practice standards.

We are looking for a candidate who has extensive experience and is passionate about helping young people and their families in challenging circumstances, preferably with prior experience of working within the criminal justice arena. The role is subject to: Social work qualification or equivalent/relevant qualification appropriate to one of the partner agencies e.g. NPS, Police, Education, Health. This post requires an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

• This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND 2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.