Youth Justice Officer in Knowsley

We are looking for driven and passionate people to work with us to deliver real benefits for our residents and businesses and become part of the Knowsley Journey.

Location: Nutgrove Villa, Westmorland Road, Huyton, Knowsley, L36 6GA, Hybrid Working

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hours: 36 hours per week.

Closing Date: 21/07/2026 at 23:59

Reference: CVP 0648

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace.

The Team: Knowsley Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a skilled and exciting multi-agency team who wish to appoint a Youth Justice Officer. Knowsley YJS offers you the chance to make real changes to children and families' lives in a dynamic and creative way. This role offers an opportunity to work in a specialist field whilst being part of a committed and experienced team. We are a high-quality service that strives to support the complex needs of children, to achieve sustainable outcomes for those children within the criminal justice system.

Within the team there are a wide range of professionals from specialist fields such as social work case managers, education, health and wellbeing, substance misuse, Police, Probation, Victim Intervention and Family Intervention. This combined multi-disciplinary team allows Knowsley YOS to function at the highest level.

The role: Youth Justice Officer supports the work of the Youth Justice Service, in particular case managers and specialist practitioners in the development and delivery of strength-based interventions with children, their families and the wider community. This will involve planning and undertaking direct delivery of 1 to 1 and group work with children aimed at preventing offending and re-offending. There is a strong focus on reducing risk factors associated with children who offend, contributing to the YJS assessment & intervention process to support children and families, as well as supporting them to participate in Restorative Justice processes, including community reparation.

You will need a minimum of 1 year's experience of working with children and their families in criminal justice, children's services or other related field of work. A key aspect to the job is your ability to engage children and families who may be challenging. You will need to be creative in the way that you work with complex families, engaging them to build on the positives whilst having a strong understanding of the impact of exploitation, trauma and adverse childhood experiences.

This role will require you to be creative and innovative in developing and delivering interventions and community reparation projects to support positive outcomes for children, families and communities in Knowsley. Staff will have regular supervision with their line manager and will be expected to contribute to practice development via our Continuous Professional Development framework.

You will contribute to the protection and safeguarding of the public and children, demonstrating a clear understanding of criminal justice and safeguarding legislation and how this may be applied in your work.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants. At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact Gemma Rhodes, Operational Manager, Youth Justice Service.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification. Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

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