Deputy Head of Youth Justice Service

Job description

Job responsibilities

Do you see yourself as an ambitious, outcomes driven leader who practices with compassion and humility and strives to achieve high standards without losing sight of how every decision impact on the outcomes for children and families within the service?

Can you use your experience and knowledge within the delivery of Youth Justice to support the Head of Service and their management team to continue to drive a high performing service, rated as good by the HMIP inspection to become an outstanding service in the new inspection regime?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-resourced service, co-located with Children Services and Community Safety in Enfield town in a state-of-the-art facility. If the idea of joining a richly diverse workforce with a commitment to innovation and creative work with children excites you, we would love to hear from you to join us to make a difference to children in Enfield.

About the Role:

As Deputy Head of Service, you will provide leadership and support to the Head of Service to drive best practice in the strategic/operational development of a child first approach within youth justice and translate this into quality assurance framework and operational delivery.

This will include being accountable for Quality Assurance and practice standards within the delivery of Youth Justice; Commissioning Services and ensuring effective service level agreements/matrix management arrangements are in place for Health and Education services and deputising for the Head of Service where necessary.

You will be expected to be borough based and a visible and active leader within our co-located Childrens Services in Thomas Hardy House in Enfield Town.To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence:

Registration with Social Work England or holding an equivalent professional qualification in work with children and families though we will also consider relevant continuous professional development in work with children and families which can reflect the ability to lead a child first approach to youth justice.

Knowledge and understanding of effective practice and recent research and best practice in the field of youth justice and social care to prevent offending and reduce extra familial harm.

An in-depth knowledge of the legal and statutory framework in which youth justice services operate is required with evidence of successful management within a statutory youth justice setting including oversight of performance and quality standards.

For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification.

Contact Details -

If you would like a discussion about the role, please contact Head of Youth Justice Service, Linda Crawford: linda.crawford@enfield.gov.uk or Tel: 0208 132 2375. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Debola Olufon at debola.olufon@enfield.gov.uk.

Enfields Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/

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.

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.

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 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.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• 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.
• 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. Thats 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, wed love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Social work qualified and registered. (essential)
• Relevant youth justice training and qualification (essential)

Desirable

• Post graduate management qualification (desirable)

Experience

Essential

• Social work qualified and registered. (essential)
• Relevant youth justice training and qualification (essential)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Enfield Council

Address

Thomas Hardy House

Enfield

Greater London

EN2 6DS

Employer's website

https://www.enfield.gov.uk/services/jobs-and-careers (Opens in a new tab)