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Hammersmith & Fulham, rated nationally by Ofsted as one of the top Local Authorities, we never stop moving forward. Our ambition is to focus even more on increasing the quality of our practice and the work with children, young people, and families to sustain positive change. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our ‘OUTSTANDING’ and an Award-Winning Youth Justice Service.

H&F Youth Justice Service is a dedicated, capable and confident service where children have every opportunity to move away from crime. Our YJS team is responsible for working in a multi-agency team to ensure that children at risk of or who have become involved in offending, their parents/carers and those directly affected by their behaviour are effectively safeguarded and supported, enabling them to lead positive lives. We are committed to maintaining a high-quality service to children and families and most recently received an “Outstanding” rating following an inspection by HMIP.

Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell said: “We were impressed with how staff at the service work with children under their supervision, and their parents or carers, to understand their circumstances and drive them toward positive futures”

Our ambition is to further increase the quality of our practice and the work with children, young people, and families in order to sustain positive change. As a department, we promote a highly supportive culture that allows you to do what you do best, encompassing individual mentoring, having manageable workloads and clear developmental opportunities.

We appreciate and value our employees and recognise the importance of a motivated and supported workforce who have a good work life balance. We will support your development through a variety of opportunities across the council which include:
High quality regular reflective supervision
Training opportunities, including training in systemic
Clinical family therapist allocated to the service
Hybrid working and flexible working options

If you have a degree in Social Work, Probation, Criminal Justice or equivalent, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Appointments of practitioners with some experience but not yet ready to apply for the senior role will be in line with their experience.

Our mission is to be the best council. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision. If you’re looking to develop your career in a fast-paced, professional environment whilst making a difference, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Please refer to the role profile for more information.

Role Responsibilities:

To provide a service in line with statutory requirements and departmental priorities.

This role involves working with children, young people and families at risk or involved in the criminal justice system, with support and scope to make a change to the lives of vulnerable young people.

You will need to:
1. Participate in training as required in the interests of the service overall and of career development.

2. Participate in supervision.

3. Participate in team meetings, risk management, safety and well-being, and compliance panels.

4. Participate in duty, court and late-night rota within specific role and provide cover for leave or absences when necessary.

5. Participate in recording contacts with young people, the writing of Presentence or other reports and using new technology where appropriate.

People Values:

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

We are fair

We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.

We are caring

We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.

We are collaborators

We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.

We are driven

We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Recruiting for Attitude:

Your skills and ability are important however, we recruit as much for attitude as we do experience. We are looking for people who have the following attributes:

Complex problem-solving
The ability to work within a complex system and find simple solutions and outcomes that deliver real change.

Critical thinking
The ability to challenge the norms through evidence-based approaches using both numerical and critical reasoning and thinking. You can rationalise decision-making and form views quickly and soundly from a range of sources.

Creativity
You take approaches that demonstrate how doing things differently and creatively changes the dynamic in situations. You can apply creative solutions that deliver hard outcomes.

People management
You can get the best out of people. You have a coaching-style and drive through a commitment to personal and professional development. You are clear in your expectations and have exceptional feedback from your team about their working environment. You recognise and support people as individuals.

Coordinating with others
You have the knack of working well with others. You have an appreciation of your own presence and approach and can demonstrate how you have developed and continue to develop how you work with others. You can also recognise how others work, think, and feel to get the most out of collaboration.

Emotional intelligence
You have a high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation in a wide range of situations from one-to-one conversations to team and group dynamics. You can recognise motivating factors and demonstrate empathy appropriately applying a wide range of adaptive social skills.

Judgement and decision making
You can take rational and evidence-based decisions and take responsibility for your decisions and actions. Where there is ambiguity or a lack of evidence you can demonstrate the ability to understand the environment and show flexibility in applying your judgement.

Negotiation
You can demonstrate an understanding of the range of skills and techniques required to successfully negotiate with a range of other partners. This includes understanding how to structure and undertake successful negotiation on an organisational-wide level.

Service orientation
You must be unequivocal in your commitment and drive for outstanding service delivery. Both in terms of the quality of products and work delivered as well as the achievement of objectives. You and your team can demonstrate how your overall contribution to the organisation and service delivers to our organisational aims and objectives.

Cognitive flexibility
The ability to recognise the environment in which you work and adapt and shift to this environment to maximise your own personal achievement and lead others in the same approach. Applying cognitive flexibility to situations of significant change and transformation.