Supervising Case Officer

Supervising Case Officer

Salary: PO2 £38,883 to £41,850

X1 Permanent, Full Time (36 hours) position

Our Youth Offending Service provides high quality youth justice services to young people in Enfield through its skilled multi-disciplinary team. Our service is well resourced and well led by the management board and committed leadership team .

We are highly ambitious for young people we support and service we deliver. We understand our strengths and areas for development and we have the resources to build upon the good practice to deliver excellent services.

We are looking for highly skilled, youth justice knowledgeable and experienced, flexible, and highly motivated individuals to join our team to help our young people, divert them from offending and help them to achieve the best outcomes.

You will be expected to build positive relationship of trust with young people and their families and undertake timely and high-quality assessments to inform development of highly effective and personalised intervention plans to help young people to achieve desistance.

If you have what it takes and want to help us make a difference to young people in Enfield, we really want to hear from you.

Please note you may be required to work some weekends to meet the needs of the service.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work
• Flexible working policy
• Wide range of continued professional development opportunities
• High quality supervision and support from your line managers

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

How to apply:

This role requires that you upload 2 documents - in the "Document upload" section of the online application form.

1. A supporting statement addressing how you meet the requirements of the job description and person specification. Your supporting statement should be around 2 pages in A4 format.

2. Full work history document completed since leaving full time education, as this is a safeguarding role and requires you to work with Children and/or vulnerable adults.

Closing date: Midnight 4th March 2021

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Interview date: To be confirmed

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Nick Cordwell on 020 8132 2933 or nicholas.cordwell@enfield.gov.uk for an informal discussion.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Elizabeth Anastasi on 020 8132 1615 or elizabeth.anastasi@enfield.gov.uk

“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”.