Youth Violence Reduction Team Manager

Lead a specialist team reducing violent harm and supporting young people to find safer, positive paths forward. As our Youth Violence Service Team Manager on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, you’ll lead a newly expanded team dedicated to tackling youth violence and exploitation. You’ll guide and develop a group of skilled Youth Violence Advocates, helping them support young people at risk and their families through some of the most complex and critical situations they’ll ever face. Your leadership will shape a service that directly protects children and builds safer, stronger communities.

Working Style

You’ll be based in the Borough for 4 days a week, playing a key role in serving the local community. Whether you’re working on the front line or behind the scenes, you’ll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference to residents’ lives.

What you’ll be doing

This is a vital leadership role at the heart of RBKC’s approach to tackling youth violence. You’ll manage a specialist team of four Youth Violence Advocates, overseeing casework, group work and project activity while embedding trauma‑informed and systemic practice into everything you do. Your day‑to‑day will include managing referrals, ensuring high‑quality action planning and safeguarding, and maintaining rigorous risk‑assessment processes. Following serious incidents, you’ll apply the Community Safety critical‑incident protocol and work with families and partners to reduce ongoing risk.

Collaboration will be central to your work – you’ll build strong partnerships across statutory, voluntary and community sectors to ensure joined‑up support for young people and their families. You’ll represent the service at key multi‑agency meetings such as the Youth Justice Service Risk of Harm Panel and Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). You’ll also provide supervision, direction and professional development for your team – offering guidance, leading appraisals and promoting a culture of reflection, resilience and care. Alongside this, you’ll maintain open, transparent relationships with parents and carers, ensuring their voices are heard and reflected in plans.

You’ll track and report performance to strategic boards such as the Safer Kensington and Chelsea Partnership, contribute to the service’s growth and step in to support front‑line casework during busy or high‑risk periods.

What you’ll bring

• Advanced knowledge of policy, practice and legislation related to youth violence, exploitation, knife crime and modern slavery, alongside a strong understanding of trauma‑informed and contextual safeguarding approaches.
• Proven experience in managing staff and services working with children and young people affected by trauma, demonstrating compassionate and pragmatic leadership.
• Understanding how to support young people displaying complex behaviours and engage whole families in creating change.
• Experience with risk assessment, lone‑working processes and operational safety management is essential, as is your ability to build trusted relationships with a wide range of partners.
• Exceptional communication, problem‑solving and organisational skills, confidence to make decisions under pressure and the empathy to support your team through challenging work.

Why join us

At RBKC, we’re all in – investing in people, communities and our future. This opportunity lets you shape a new and growing team tackling one of the borough’s most urgent priorities: reducing violent harm and protecting vulnerable young people. You’ll have space to lead, innovate and influence real change.

We’ll invest in your development through leadership programmes, trauma‑informed and systemic practice training, and access to cross‑borough collaboration and learning networks. You’ll receive a competitive salary, structured support and supervision, and a strong focus on wellbeing and professional growth.

Above all, the work has purpose. You’ll see the difference your leadership makes – not just to individual lives, but to families, neighbourhoods and the wider community.

About us

Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough. As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our services, ensuring care, competence, integrity and community building. This role reflects our "we're all in" ethos. You’ll support staff through difficult situations, work closely with partners and families, and stay grounded in what matters most: keeping young people safe and giving them the chance to thrive.

Interview Details

Face‑to‑face interviews week commencing 13 April 2026. This role requires a DBS on the Children and Adult’s barred list.

Application Process

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification and Job Description. We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Salary and Benefits

We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices. New hires will start at the minimum of the salary range. Employees receive annual salary increases until reaching the top of the pay scale and any agreed cost‑of‑living pay rises.