Youth Offending Officer

Posted 15 October 2018
Salary £23 - £25 per hour
LocationNorth West London
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceLORNA_1539609933
Contact NameLorna Burner

Job description

This role is to supervise the statutory orders that children and young people become subject to that are the responsibility of the Youth Offending Service.


To ensure the sentence of the court is delivered by encouraging and facilitating compliance by young people with their court orders and to use enforcement processes in cases where young people do not comply with their court orders.
To prepare pre-sentence, referral order reports and other reports according to national standards.
To represent the Youth Offending Service at the Youth Court and other Courts, including the Crown Court as required, including Saturday, Bank Holiday and any other occasional Courts.
In partnership with children's service social work teams to provide support for young people remanded to Local Authority accommodation to enable them to remain in the community and reduce any risk of re-offending.
To work in partnership with the Secure Estate visiting and delivering a service to young people who are remanded or sentenced to custody in order to address their offending behaviour and related issues in preparation for release and to facilitate their resettlement into the community.
To attend as required as an Appropriate Adult at PACE interviews of young people who are arrested.
To undertake office duty as required.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV