Children's Social Worker, Youth Justice Team, Merseyside Liverpool - Job

Children's Social Worker, Youth Justice Team, Merseyside

Children's Social Worker, Youth Justice Team, Merseyside Pay rate to £38 per hour Contract roles - Youth Justice Service / YJS / YOS Pertemps are recruiting for experienced Children's Social Worker with Youth Justice experience in Sefton. This to work in a Youth Justice Team

To form part of Sefton's Youth Justice Service which works in partnership with other services. You will be committed to working together with partners to help children in Sefton thrive and to keep them safe. You will support the service to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system, but when they do you will strive to help them learn, make positive changes and build a more promising future.

You will ensure children are seen as children above anything else, listen to them and understand their individual needs and provide them with the best opportunity to succeed by drawing upon the full resources of our local partnership.

You will be responsible for safeguarding, promoting the welfare of child and young person, managing risk and vulnerability whilst ensuring that the public are protected and the sentence is served, ensuring the reputation of the Department and Council is preserved.

Recognised professional qualification as follows:

Social Work

Diploma in Probation Studies

Recognised professional qualification as follows:

Dip HE Youth & Community

Relevant youth / criminal justice degree qualification with associated experience

Significant relevant post qualification experience in assessing and analysing the needs of children and their families including the ability to devise intervention plans and packages of support to preventing offending behaviour, reduce risk of serious harm to others, risk to the child and promote safety and wellbeing.

Significant knowledge of legislation, practice and experience in relation to youth justice work and safeguarding children

Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies, to share knowledge and deliver successful outcomes

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

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