Reparation Worker Volunteer

An opportunity has arisen to Join Harrow Youth Justice Service (HYJS) as a Reparation Volunteer and make a difference to your local community! Volunteers have a great impact on our community often bringing the community together socially. Volunteering will also offer you opportunities to meet new people, gain and improve your skills, build your confidence and self-esteem, as well as improve your physical and mental wellbeing and gather experience.

If you are reliable, non-judgemental, have good communication skills and are able to travel around the borough, you can make a positive difference in your community and we need you! Reparation Volunteer

Description:

Working alongside our experienced officers, you will help facilitate our group programmes and community reparation projects. These projects support children to build their skills and knowledge in order to build positive relationships and lead pro-social lives. Reparation activities include helping at foodbanks, one-to-one sessions with children and assisting local charities with projects. We are looking to expand the range of activities that we offer and to include communities in these.

Reparation is potentially a means of reintegrating a child into their community support networks. What is Reparation? Reparation is unpaid work that gives back to the community for the harm caused through offending behaviours, it serves as a way of making amends. If successful, you would be required to support the delivery of this community work, guiding and encouraging the young person, as well as meeting the needs of the victims and providing a positive community experience.

Specific Tasks of a Reparation Volunteer:
To deliver individual and group reparation sessions providing direct or indirect community work in line with National Standards and the specification set by the Restorative Justice Co-ordinators To ensure high levels of risk management, both of the individual young person, the group, community and activity To manage behaviour of children in line with the guidelines set by the Restorative Justice Co-ordinators To provide guidance and support to enable children to complete their reparation in the community To ensure that victims, community and businesses have a positive experience of reparation projects To use a variety of delivery methods such as 1:1 individual work and group work What if I have a criminal record?

Being a Reparation Volunteer involves working closely with vulnerable children and for that reason we are required to request a full criminal record check. Previous convictions, especially those which are minor in nature and old will not automatically prevent you from becoming a Reparation Volunteer. This is something we can discuss further with you. How much of my time will it take?

Interviews are expected to be held over February 2026 with training due to commence in March/April 2026. The training consists of three Saturdays (9.30am-4.00pm), as well as additional reading, videos and follow up work between each week. Upon completion of the training you will need to be able to commit to approximately two sessions a month for a minimum of 18 months.

To apply you must be over 18 years of age and free from criminal convictions which preclude contact with children. The deadline is 5pm on Friday 13th February 2026.