Youth Justice Transition Practitioner

Role Responsibility

Do you recognise Adolescence as a difficult time? And really hard for some young people? Are you resilient, persistent, and able to look past challenging behaviours to see the potential in a young person?

Our Adolescent Services are expanding!

In partnership with the NHS Secure Stairs programme, Kent Adolescent Services are recruiting Transitions Practitioners to work intensively, and in a trauma-informed way, with young people in, and at risk of going into custody.

We’re keen to hear from resilient and flexible practitioners who are prepared to go the extra mile when needed, to build relationships with adolescents and help manage the crises that they experience. We offer excellent trauma, case formulation and contextual safeguarding training, and we’re developing clinical supervision to enhance our support to our valued workforce.

We currently have two posts available, one which will cover the North/West of Kent and another which will cover the South/East.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

Ellie Powling - ellie.powling@kent.gov.uk - 03000 418588

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.