YOS Senior Practitioner

• Pay rate: up to £21.75 per hour
  Location: South London
  Job type: Temporary
  Length of contract: 3 Months
  
  We currently have a vacancy for a YOS senior practitioner. Preferably qualified but happy to consider experienced unqualified workers for this role. You will need at least 6 months in a YOS as a YOS case manager - e.g. at least a social work placement if qualified social worker and at least 2 years if not qualified. You must have at least one year's experience of managing people in a YOS. Must be experienced as a post court case manager, not as a drugs worker, youth worker or prevention worker but as a YOS post court case manager. Must be able to work with very challenging young people, be prepared to enforce and breach and put people in goal. Must have a good knowledge of practice and legislation. Must have high level verbal and written communication skills, must have high level numeracy and literacy. Must be able to supervise / manage staff and act as part of the duty manager / senior rota. Must be able to hold a case load and manage YOS staff.
  
  CONTACT:
  Alison Bernadello at info@backstop.org.uk or call us on 020 8785 9912.
  
  Once we have assessed your CV, our friendly consultancy team will invite you in for an interview to discuss your experience and career goals in the context of current opportunities in temporary work.
  
  Backstop candidates have the following benefits:
  Competitive rates of pay.
  Recommend a friend scheme (earn £100).
  Holiday pay.
  Specialist contacts/specialist contracts
  Email & SMS text message job alerts.
  Consultation and assistance with PQ training.
  Paid CRB when working
  
  Backstop is an equal opportunities employer.
  
  Please note: due to the excellent quality nature of our positions and the fact that managers often need our temporary locums to hit the ground running, we require at least 12 months’ paid employment experience in the relevant field before accepting candidates to register with Backstop. We have higher standards than many other agencies, but once with us, many of our temporary workers appreciate friendly staff and high standards of service.

  • Job ID: J1733
  • Youth Offending Teams
  • South London