OR103130 – Youth Justice Operational Manager

This role is office based with flexibility from home working 1 / 2 days per week. PAYE: £28.48 per hour.

To support the Service Manager to deliver high quality and effective services to children, young people and their families. You will deputise for the Service Manager and lead key thematic areas relevant to the Youth Justice Service. To manage a multi-agency team and deliver robust managerial support and oversight to develop the team and improve the quality of services for children so that they maximise their potential.

To take responsibility for implementing the Service Development Plan and formulate local plans, support audits and observe practice. To develop relationships with Partners and to ensure that children receive a fully integrated offer of support. To ensure high quality delivery of services that meet the National Key Performance Indicators. To integrate with and support wider Children’s Services with Quality Assurance and Service Improvement activity. To take responsibilities for budget reporting and contribute to producing external funding bids.

Must demonstrate the following leadership competencies:

• Provide clear direction based upon the value and vision.
• Lead and manage change, applying visionary and collaborative leadership.
• Plan strategically.
• Lead people and performance.
• Work corporately as well as collaboratively with partners.
• Communicate effectively.
• Focus on excellence.
• Develop self and others.
• Personal resilience.

Must demonstrate the following behaviours:

• Provide support with a view to improving quality.
• Provide appropriate and constructive challenge.
• Create a culture that looks for understanding and solutions.
• Visibly and positively respect and value staff.
• Communicate a consistent and clear message to all.
• Respect, listen to and value other’s views.
• Maintain a customer focus with a relentless pursuit of excellent outcomes.
• Have collective integrity and responsibility.
• Endeavour to improve outcomes for the communities of Sefton.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To contribute to the development of the Youth Justice Service including:

• Managing a team of multi-agency staff that deliver prevention, out of court and court directed work.
• Drive high quality case management and interventions through robust management support, oversight and performance management.
• Develop and review the suite of interventions to ensure they are relevant to the cohort needs.
• Ensure that the most vulnerable children are safeguarded through the provision of high quality interventions to reduce their risk of harm to others, risk of reoffending and improve their safety and wellbeing.
• To represent the Youth Justice Service at Operational Partnership Meeting, the Youth Justice Partnership Board and deputise for the Service Manager on request.
• To lead funded projects and develop the prevention offer.
• To manage YJS budgets via the collaborative planning process.
• To take responsible for managing the budgets for externally funded projects and contribute to the bidding processes for external funding.
• Contribute to the Strategic Youth Justice Annual Plan, National Standards Audits and the production, development and delivery of associated improvement plans.
• Develop joint working relationships with Children Social Care, Education, Health, Probation and Police.
• Participate in regional and national forums for sharing good practice, reviewing the delivery model and contributing to cross border collaboration.
• Assist with the review and development of policy and procedure in relation to referral, assessment and planned intervention/supervision, ensuring that best practice is demonstrated by all staff.
• Plan, review and organise allocated workload across the team to ensure deadlines are met and appropriate actions are delivered in a timely manner.
• Allocate cases and oversee service interventions, ensuring that performance targets and outcomes are achieved and evidenced.
• Manage conflicting priorities and own workload.
• Be responsible for how victims are supported and that restorative practice is embedded.

To develop and facilitate the services within the offer which will include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

• Chair Risk Management and Welfare Meetings.
• Oversee Court Services.
• Multi Agency Threat Risk and Harm partnership.
• Child Exploitation.
• Health screening, access to activities which support healthy lifestyles.
• School attendance and exclusions.
• Transitions to Probation.
• Out of Court and Referral Order Panel.
• Support to victims.
• Restorative Justice.
• Manage panel volunteers.
• Develop the mentoring offer.
• Develop and support partners deliver an offer of support for Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, Substance Misuse, Homelessness.
• Ensure resources are used to optimum efficiency and day to day operational matters achieved.
• Recommend improved methods of working where appropriate to enable efficiencies to be implemented.
• Represent the Council as appropriate.
• Managers Court cover.