Youth Justice Service Practitioner, Suffolk

Youth Justice Service Practitioner, Suffolk
Pay rate to £29.37 per hour
Contract role, Youth Justice Service
Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds

Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Youth Justice Service Practitioner within Children’s Social Work in Suffolk.
There are two roles – one in Ipswich and one in Bury St Edmunds.
Brief Duties / Key Responsibilities

• The Suffolk Youth Justice Service (SYJS) works with children, young people who are in, or on the edge of the Youth Justice System. The service also works with parents and carers and the victims of youth crime. SYJS is a multi-agency partnership hosted by Suffolk County Council. The aim is to prevent offending by children and young people and protect the public from the harm caused by their offending. At the same time the service works to ensure the safety and wellbeing of these children and young people and to enhance their life aspirations and opportunities.

• Offer a range of services to young people and their carers including structured intervention programmes, based on effective practice principles that aim to prevent offending and anti-social behaviour and manage the risk of harm young people present to themselves and others.

• Delivering Restorative Justice interventions, which will include working with victims of youth offending.

• Attending Youth Courts and providing court duty cover for Saturdays and Bank Holidays (when trained and as required).

Please get in touch for more information.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to

• An easy registration process (all done online)

• Referral schemes and incentives

• Ongoing compliance managed for you

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

Please contact Graham Leatham on or email for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager