Youth Offending Team Manager - North London

Up to £24 per hour, Length of Contract: 3 - 6 months Backstop is currently seeking an experienced and dedicated YOT officer to work full time within a Youth Offending team based in Hackney. If you have a good track record in court work with Youth Offending Teams and you are genuinely interested in work in a London borough - send your CV to Backstop at info@backstop.org.uk (or use the button at the top of this page) or call us on 020 87859912. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Youth Offending teams, be registered with the HCPC and have a good understanding of the issues around working with gangs. The pay rate for this locum specialist social worker job is up to £24 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 3-month contract. Some of the responsibilities of the YOT officer: To ensure Youth Justice work in Hackney is of a high quality and is undertaken in accordance with national and best practice guidance for youth justice and with particular regard to ensuring effective systems are in place to manage risk and vulnerability. To undertake tasks and responsibilities within the team in line with Children and Young People’s Services and national Youth Justice objectives To ensure that outcome focussed plans are in place and take accountability for your work within the Youth Justice Team To work as part of a team and contribute to the development and delivery of comprehensive, offence related programmes in line with current legislation and best practice guidance. To participate in professional development activities including appraisals and learning and training opportunities To maintain an up to date working knowledge of Youth Justice programmes and relevant legislation and statutory frameworks to contribute to the service meeting performance targets Contact: This specialist YOT Officer job is handled by the Backstop professional consultancy team; if you are interested in this position please contact us to apply now. You will be treated as far more than just a number. We are a personal agency with a great reputation - ask around - but we only take on high quality individuals who meet our clients' requirements. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who appear to fall into this category. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting us. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

Up to £18 per hour, Length of Contract: 3 – 6 months Backstop is currently seeking a committed individual to work full time for our client, the London Borough of Barnet. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of probation services. The pay rate for this locum specialist social worker job is up to £18 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 3-month contract, which may be extended . Responsibilities of the reducing reoffending partnership coordinator: - Development effective working relationships with internal and external partners, key stakeholders and the wider Criminal Justice System and related bodies - Reporting on the progress of the Barnet IOM scheme against the set outcomes around reducing re-offending to the Reducing Reoffending Delivery Board - Developing a model of best practice of partnership to reduce re-offending within the borough of Barnet Contact: This specialist post is handled by the Backstop professional consultancy team; if you are interested in this position please contact us to apply now. You will be treated as far more than just a number. We are a personal agency with a great reputation - ask around - but we only take on high quality individuals who meet our clients' requirements. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who appear to fall into this category. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting us. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 20 reasons to go with Backstop – (think – does your agency do this stuff?) 1. You’re not just a number. This is a specialist company, not a big corporate, so your application won’t get lost in the mix. 2. This company is not tiny though – a multi million pound turnover means its happy swimming in corporate seas, and servicing large boroughs. We give you access to vacancies all over UK. 3. The ethical heart of Backstop is all about helping vulnerable people by making sure great practitioners are working with them. A ‘good fit’ is all. 4. Backstop will not accept just anybody, but if you are accepted you know that they think you are really good. 5. We have an excellent fix on the earning potential of contract work – and how hourly and daily rates fluctuate in and out of London and across the country. Always happy to talk about that. 6. We will pursue all references and get to the bottom of what turns up. We always want to know the truths of the case, including how it was for you after every placement. 7. We offer a ‘recommend a friend’ referral bonus (terms and conditions naturally apply). 8. We are knowledgeable but not too cosy with umbrella companies and similar. These are providers and advisors out there that can handle your tax situation as a contract worker. We have no ‘special arrangement’ with any of them. And we know who the cowboys are and the horses they ride. 9. Great advice. Backstop staff know just about everything there is to know about contract working in social work and youth offending teams. We’ll always tell you the truth as we see it (in a most respectful way of course). 10. 17 years in the field and an average consultant track record of 10 years in recruitment means we know what we’re talking about. 11. Great Backstop founder stories. Started by Youth Justice Practitioner Dr Andrew Thorne and his partner Sarah Fanconi, founder of a holistic, independent and outstanding school. 12. Passionate about criminal justice, social work, education and the people who work in those fields. We reimburse the cost your DBS once you start working through us. 13. Great free news service. Backstop offers a free daily news service on criminal justice and social work topics – a significant number of leaders in these fields subscribe to this. Great for keeping up with the latest news stories, and actually pretty entertaining too. 14. Backstop is also a training provider – check out our newest groundbreaking training product which is all about harmful exploitation of vulnerable individuals. 15. We care so much about CPD we run a points scheme that locum practitioners on longer contracts can use to claim against books and Backstop training days. 16. The power of meeting face to face. Placing people in the right team is about chemistry, team working and fit, as well as CV’s and qualifications. When we register you as a locum practitioner we meet you face to face because that’s where the truly great conversations occur. We’ll travel to do that if it makes more sense for you. The telephone is good but we are aiming for better quality service than that. 17. We massively appreciate the huge amount of work undertaken by temporary contractors who are registered with us. We started sending out Christmas gift boxes in 2001. Our boxes were still going down well in 2017. 18. Your stories from the field mean a lot to us. If something amazing happens in the life of one of our temporary locums we celebrate it, from initiating great practice, to raising money for charity. We have been known to send bouquets. 19. We will give honest and clear advice on how you come across through your CV and interview, things you could improve and what are your best bits. 20. If you are paid weekly through us. We always. ALWAYS. Pay out on authorised timesheets on time, time after time, every week. Done that for going on 17 years now. Even if your timesheet is not authorised, our team will do everything reasonably possible to ensure that you get some money through. Backstop is a member of ApsCo , The Association of Professional Staffing Companies, which is the UK’s leading professional recruitment industry body.

Up to £17 per hour, Length of Contract: 3 months Backstop is currently seeking an experienced youth worker, with a good track record in NEET reduction work. Our client is Slough Borough Council. If you are a great practitioner with a good track record in working with NEET young people and interested - send your CV to Backstop at info@backstop.org.uk or call us on 020 87859912. The ideal candidate will evidence a robust background in managing a caseload and contributing to the delivery of youth work services and will have appropriate qualifications to deliver targeted youth support. The key responsibilities of this exciting post: To support the Council in ensuring it consistently remains in the top two quintiles of performance nationally in relation to low numbers of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).  To proactively engage with young people who are NEET through 1-1 and group work related careers advice, guidance and information in order to motivate, inspire and support them in identifying and securing informed pathways to sustained Education, Employment or Training.  To effectively and proactively manage an allocated caseload ensuring management information is of a high standard in order for drive service business need.  Through the work of this role actively contribute to Slough’s 5 Year Plan and in particular the following Outcome area – Children and Young People in Slough will be healthy, resilient and have positive life chances. Qualifications and Skills required Personal Advisor /CE IAG Qualification at level NVQ level 6 or equivalent Relevant professional qualification that grants full professional status in working with young people such as JNC recognised qualification in Youth Work Commitment to continuous professional development and willingness to undertake any training as may be required. Commitment to the safeguarding of young people Contact: This specialist post is handled by the Backstop professional consultancy team; if you are interested in this position please contact us to apply now. You will be treated as far more than just a number. We are a personal agency with a great reputation - ask around - but we only take on high quality individuals who meet our clients' requirements. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who appear to fall into this category. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting us. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 20 reasons to go with Backstop – (think – does your agency do this stuff?) 1. You’re not just a number . This is a specialist company, not a big corporate, so your application won’t get lost in the mix. 2. This company is not tiny though – a multi million pound turnover means its happy swimming in corporate seas, and servicing large boroughs. We give you access to vacancies all over UK. 3. The ethical heart of Backstop is all about helping vulnerable people by making sure great practitioners are working with them. A ‘good fit’ is all. 4. Backstop will not accept just anybody , but if you are accepted you know that they think you are really good. 5. We have an excellent fix on the earning potential of contract work – and how hourly and daily rates fluctuate in and out of London and across the country. Always happy to talk about that. 6. We will pursue all references and get to the bottom of what turns up. We always want to know the truths of the case, including how it was for you after every placement. 7. We offer a ‘recommend a friend’ referral bonus (terms and conditions naturally apply). 8. We are knowledgeable but not too cosy with umbrella companies and similar. These are providers and advisors out there that can handle your tax situation as a contract worker. We have no ‘special arrangement’ with any of them. And we know who the cowboys are and the horses they ride. 9. Great advice. Backstop staff know just about everything there is to know about contract working in social work and youth offending teams. We’ll always tell you the truth as we see it (in a most respectful way of course). 10. 17 years in the field and an average consultant track record of 10 years in recruitment means we know what we’re talking about. 11. Great Backstop founder stories . Started by Youth Justice Practitioner Dr Andrew Thorne and his partner Sarah Fanconi, founder of a holistic, independent and outstanding school. 12. Passionate about criminal justice, social work, education and the people who work in those fields. We reimburse the cost your DBS once you start working through us. 13. Great free news service. Backstop offers a free daily news service on criminal justice and social work topics – a significant number of leaders in these fields subscribe to this. Great for keeping up with the latest news stories, and actually pretty entertaining too. 14. Backstop is also a training provider – check out our newest groundbreaking training product which is all about harmful exploitation of vulnerable individuals. 15. We care so much about CPD we run a points scheme that locum practitioners on longer contracts can use to claim against books and Backstop training days. 16. The power of meeting face to face . Placing people in the right team is about chemistry, team working and fit, as well as CV’s and qualifications. When we register you as a locum practitioner we meet you face to face because that’s where the truly great conversations occur. We’ll travel to do that if it makes more sense for you. The telephone is good but we are aiming for better quality service than that. 17. We massively appreciate the huge amount of work undertaken by temporary contractors who are registered with us. We started sending out Christmas gift boxes in 2001. Our boxes were still going down well in 2017. 18. Your stories from the field mean a lot to us . If something amazing happens in the life of one of our temporary locums we celebrate it, from initiating great practice, to raising money for charity. We have been known to send bouquets. 19. We will give honest and clear advice on how you come across through your CV and interview, things you could improve and what are your best bits. 20. If you are paid weekly through us. We always. ALWAYS. Pay out on authorised timesheets on time, time after time, every week. Done that for going on 17 years now. Even if your timesheet is not authorised, our team will do everything reasonably possible to ensure that you get some money through. Backstop is a member of ApsCo , The Association of Professional Staffing Companies, which is the UK’s leading professional recruitment industry body.