Senior Practitioner - Youth Justice Service - Haringey - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Youth Justice Team to work full-time based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £49,890 per annum.

• To provide direct line management to a team of youth justice support workers with specific areas of responsibility, ensuring effective service delivery and high levels of performance.
• To lead on the development of specialist interventions across the youth justice service in conjunction with partner agencies.
• To model high-quality professional behaviour and to develop and promote notions of authoritative practice within the service.
• To carry a small, highly complex caseload of young people and families subject to formal youth justice disposals.
• To undertake regular quality assurance processes in relation to case work and other youth justice areas of practice.
• To undertake duty manager responsibilities on a rota basis.
• To maintain accurate and up-to-date electronic case records in line with Departmental policies and procedures.
• To offer case advice, mentoring, coaching, and guidance to others in the service as required, including co-working, joint visiting, assistance with assessment, planning, and delivery processes, and court reports.
• To support the development of a service consistent with models of partnership working with other agencies and children and their families, and to work with an emphasis on reducing first-time entrants, reoffending, and the use of custody.
• To ensure that protection and safeguarding concerns are central to all youth justice practice and service development initiatives.
• To take responsibility for your personal professional development by maintaining and developing relevant skills and knowledge of current legislation, policy, and social work practice through self-directed learning and via formal PQ route.
• To work with the Head of Service, Service, and Team Managers in managing the development of the service, ensuring it continues to improve and responds to changing need.
• To undertake any other temporary duties consistent with the basic duties and/or objectives of the post.

• A social work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.