About the Post:

Barnsley Youth Justice Service is seeking a highly skilled, dynamic and experienced Social Worker to join our team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to further develop the breadth of their practice expertise in Youth Justice in a high achieving service in a role that combines the management and oversight of complex cases, a position of relative seniority amongst peers, and an expectation to provide leadership, most notably in guiding others in relation to their substantive service area of expertise - social work.  To this end, we are seeking an individual who is able to drive service and partnership responses to exploitation and other safeguarding challenges, and is able to evidence a track-record of working effectively to reduce risks posed to and by both children and adults.

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in service improvement, leading on innovative practice and identifying key themes and areas of work to help other develop their knowledge and skills to drive excellent practice. You will have a breadth of experience of completing formal written assessments to a high standard and of developing effective plans with children and families.  You will need a range of analytical skills to manage and balance both the risk and vulnerability of young people and families we work with which will be demonstrated across your practice. The ability to quickly form and maintain productive relationships with service users and professionals is vital to this role.

 We are seeking applications from candidates who thrive in highly pressured and challenging environments; who have a well-developed professional competency as a leader and achiever; and who have experience of supporting service users along delivery on a journey of improvement.  This role will suit a determined individual who seeks the opportunity to work with children and families, and partners interventions with the acknowledgement the service has a Child First approach that advocates and positively endorses the building of relationships as the foundation for positive change.

Key attributes include experience in building resourceful relationships with complex adolescents, their families/carers and the ability to lead a team of professionals in devising bespoke and focused multi-agency plans of intervention in order to improve the lives of the service users and meet the other core aims of reducing reoffending and protecting the public from harm. 

If you are a social worker who relishes an exciting challenge in a fast paced and supportive environment, we’d like to hear from you!

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Barnsley YJS are a small team that seeks excellence in practice from each other as we share a collective belief that change can be achieved if professionals work with children and their families, victims, and the wider community for shared outcomes.

The successful candidate will be required to be available outside of services normal working hours as part of a standby rota to respond to out of hours service needs and to deliver bespoke interventions to service users who need to be engaged outside office hours. In some circumstances, this will attract an addition payment.

 Should you wish to clarify any information relating to this position:

Please contact Service Manager Phil Drabble via telephone on 07809100158 or email at  phildrabble@barnsley.gov.uk , or Operational Manager Holly Davis via 07769671058 or e-mail at hollydavis@barnsley.gov.uk

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria. 

We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.

Barnsley Council is passionate about Equal Opportunities and Flexible Working. We're committed to equality and diversity in all aspects of our work and welcome candidates with a broad diversity of talent. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Click here for more information.

CVs will not be accepted.

 The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check 

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in.  If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk  

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service.  If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.