Youth Justice Service Apprentice

Summary

Join us as a Youth Justice Engagement Support Apprentice within the Service. As a new role within the Service, you will support the delivery of an effective and creative service for children, young people, their families, and victims of crime.

Wage

£23,556 a year

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Training course

Youth justice practitioner (level 5)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, may work occasional evenings and weekends.

37 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 1 June 2025

Duration

2 years 1 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

To work alongside professionals to undertake all duties and responsibilities within the framework of National Standards for Youth Justice, Team and Council Policy and Procedures and inter-agency protocols.

To be involved in the effective delivery of the service, during and outside of office hours, including occasional Bank Holidays and weekends as required.
To support the delivery of consultations and assist in analysing information, findings, and horizon scanning for best practice.
To support the facilitation of activities with children and their families, through one-to-one and group work.
To have some understanding of relevant legislation and national and local policies relating to Youth Justice and to effective practice developments.
To support a range of settings including Courts, the police station, secure estate, educational establishments, children’s homes, and Children’s Services settings.
To work co-operatively within Youth Justice’s multidisciplinary team, Children’s Services, and partner agencies.
To contribute to research, benchmarking, data collection, and monitor trends for key national and local performance indicators for the Youth Justice Service.
To support the Youth Justice Team in progressing and monitoring of the annual Youth Justice Plan, priorities, and specific areas of identified improvement.
To participate in individual supervision, team meetings, training opportunities, inter-agency meetings and in opportunities to contribute to the strategic development of Youth Justice Services.

Where you’ll work

Friargate
Station Square
Coventry
CV1 2FL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

INTELLIGENCIA TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Youth justice practitioner (level 5)

Equal to higher national diploma (HND)

Course contents

Communicate effectively face to face and in writing (including digitally) with children who encounter the youth justice system
Identify the factors that may lead to offending and anti-social behaviour and the methods for promoting desistance, and use these to plan individually tailored interventions.
Promote the physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing of children in the youth justice system by recognising and building on strengths, identifying need and taking action to protect children where necessary.
Use a range of engagement skills to promote trust, including clarification of role, purpose of intervention and boundaries of authority.
Develop relationships that are collaborative, motivating and child-centred using a range of strategies to engage young people and families (e.g. motivational interviewing, solution focussed methods, participatory practice, pro-social modelling and problem solving).
Make effective use of assessment and planning tools designed for use in youth justice settings to inform decision making.
Develop, implement and monitor plans which reflect risks and needs, and build on positive human and social capital to promote desistance.
Select interventions and approaches to working with young people based on the best available evidence about their effectiveness in promoting desistance from offending.
Broker access to sources of human and social capital appropriate to the needs of children in the youth justice system.
Be an effective social advocate for children and their families
Share and safeguard information about children and their families in line with data protection law
identify, assess and meet the needs of children and young people where there are safeguarding concerns
Reflect on practice within evidence-based frameworks in order to continuously improve outcomes for children in the youth justice system.
Identify any barriers to children’s effective engagement with youth justice interventions and take steps to remove or mitigate these.
Actively protect the rights of children, challenge disproportionality and promote equality of opportunity
Keep accurate and timely records of all interactions relevant to the assessment, planning, implementation and review cycle.
Communicate effectively face to face and in writing (including digitally) with children who encounter the youth justice system
Identify the factors that may lead to offending and anti-social behaviour and the methods for promoting desistance, and use these to plan individually tailored interventions.
Promote the physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing of children in the youth justice system by recognising and building on strengths, identifying need and taking action to protect children where necessary.
Use a range of engagement skills to promote trust, including clarification of role, purpose of intervention and boundaries of authority.
Develop relationships that are collaborative, motivating and child-centred using a range of strategies to engage young people and families (e.g. motivational interviewing, solution focussed methods, participatory practice, pro-social modelling and problem solving).
Make effective use of assessment and planning tools designed for use in youth justice settings to inform decision making.
Develop, implement and monitor plans which reflect risks and needs, and build on positive human and social capital to promote desistance.
Select interventions and approaches to working with young people based on the best available evidence about their effectiveness in promoting desistance from offending.
Broker access to sources of human and social capital appropriate to the needs of children in the youth justice system.
Be an effective social advocate for children and their families
Share and safeguard information about children and their families in line with data protection law
identify, assess and meet the needs of children and young people where there are safeguarding concerns
Reflect on practice within evidence-based frameworks in order to continuously improve outcomes for children in the youth justice system.
Identify any barriers to children’s effective engagement with youth justice interventions and take steps to remove or mitigate these.
Actively protect the rights of children, challenge disproportionality and promote equality of opportunity
Keep accurate and timely records of all interactions relevant to the assessment, planning, implementation and review cycle.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C)
Maths (grade 4/C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

Coventry is a city that is changing fast and we’re looking for skilled people to join our team and help take us into a bright new future. We are a city that is going places with an inspiring, world-famous history and exciting times ahead. A great place to live and work and it’s getting even better - and having the right infrastructure is vital. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles. That’s why we are looking for people who are passionate, dedicated people who, like us, are determined to make real, positive change to Coventry.

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Potential to apply for a Youth Justice Practitioner.

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