Restorative Justice Co-ordinator

Job introduction

Are you a creative and motivated person interested in developing an excellent offer to victims of crime and facilitate restorative practice, working within a dedicated and highly skilled team?

Are you looking to make a real difference by working in partnership with children, families and professionals to reduce re-offending and promote safe communities?

Are you looking for a rewarding, varied role where each day can offer diversity, challenge and success?

We are recruiting for a Restorative Justice Co-ordinator to join our well- established Youth Justice Team.

Permanent full time post

Salary range £39,862- £42,839

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Gill Clark, Youth Justice Service manager Gill.Clark@brighton-hove.gov.uk or Pippa Peacock, Lead Practitioner: Pippa.Peacock@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

Telephone : 01273 296169.

About the role

The Youth Justice Team provides a critical service to children and young people in the city who have become involved in anti-social and offending behaviour. These are often vulnerable young people whose life chances are adversely affected by family difficulties & breakdown, substance misuse, emotional/ mental health issues and exploitation.

The Youth Justice team work in close partnership with colleagues in the Adolescent Service, such as the Adolescent Social Work team and Functional Family Therapy, as well as partners in Police, Probation, Children’s Services, Education, Health, Community Safety and the voluntary sector.

We work closely with the Courts and criminal justice partners to ensure children are not unnecessarily criminalised and receive appropriate support to enable them to understand and participate in youth justice processes.

We are looking to recruit a motivated, creative restorative justice co-ordinator who is committed to leading best practice in victim work and the delivery of restorative interventions. We are looking for someone with the enthusiasm and expertise to make a difference to victims and communities.

Our model of practice is relationship-based and trauma -informed, aligned with evidence- based approaches to youth justice.

As a Restorative Justice Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for overseeing restorative work in the service, as well as recruiting, training and supervising volunteers for Referral Order panels.

You will need to have substantial experience working with children or young people in a statutory setting and be adept at assessing risk and need and responding to changing circumstances. You will need an understanding of child safeguarding procedures and ideally have some experience of risk management. The role requires excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and the ability to risk assess situations dynamically and respond appropriately.

You will need to be committed to playing a part in challenging racism and all forms of discrimination. Our service is committed to ensuring equality of provision and we are proud to work within Brighton & Hove, which has pledged to be an anti-racist council.

For full details of essential criteria, please see attached job description and person specification.

At Brighton & Hove City Council we offer staff a range of benefits. If you choose to work for us, in return we can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Career average pension scheme
• Generous holiday
• An opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills
• A range of other staff benefits

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.