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Youth Justice Service Worker (Turnaround Project)

🏢 Calderdale Council • 📍 Halifax, England • 🕒 1 day ago

Salary Range

£23,194 - £29,439

£1,933 - £2,453 / mo

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Halifax, England

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Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Application closing date

10/05/2023

Location

Halifax

Salary

YOSO1, £23,194 - £29,439 per annum

Package

37 hours per week, fixed term for 2 years

Job category/type

Council

Job description

Post Ref: CC445

Set in the beautiful surroundings of the South Pennines in West Yorkshire, Calderdale is a vibrant Metropolitan Borough, an active part of West Yorkshire’s Mayoral Combined Authority, Our Vision for 2024 is simple, we aspire to be a place that is enterprising, talented, distinctive, resilient, and kind, where everyone can live a larger life and reach their potential by improving outcomes for adults and children and young people.

Calderdale Youth Justice Service are looking to recruit a dynamic and proactive Youth Justice Worker, experienced in working with 10–18-year-olds, with a clear understanding of some of the complex issues affecting young people.

Are you able to motivate and engage hard to reach young people?

Are you passionate about changing outcomes for young people, through multi-agency work and advocating young people’s, right?

Are you imaginative and flexible in your approach to working with young people?

Can you create interventions that will lead to life changing goals?

If so, we may be looking for you. You will require strong communications and problem-solving skills and will have proven experience of working with challenging and at-risk young people in a variety of settings.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed

In return we can offer training and development opportunities to further enhance your skills.

Calderdale Youth Justice Service is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Closing Date: Wednesday 10th May 2023

Interview Date: Wednesday 17th May 2023

We may utilise digital interview methods.

As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities for both full and part time staff.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

Calderdale Council embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and we are committed to providing an environment that is inclusive. We encourage applications from people who share our commitment to challenge inequality and promote diversity across Calderdale. We particularly welcome applications from communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

For support on your application please read our Application Booklet or visit our Employment Hub | Calderdale Council

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.