YOS Officer


Company:	Wax Recruitment Ltd
Salary:	from £17.99 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham, B6 4DU
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	23 Sept 2026
Closing date:	23 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job title: YOS Officer

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Location: One Avenue Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 4DU, Birmingham Children's Trust

Hours per week 37

Salary: £17.99 per hour

To assist the Team Manager/Deputy Team Manager to embed the Birmingham Childrens Trust’s Connections Count Practice Model across the team and service.

To assist the Team Manager/Deputy Team Manager in providing an effective service that meets the individual needs of young people and their families to reduce and prevent further offending.

To develop specific areas of expertise and knowledge in the Youth Justice Service to develop and improve practice.

To lead/assist in quality assurance and reviews where appropriate.

Working as part of a multi-agency team to improve and develop the provision of Youth Justice Services to young people and their families, complying with legislative requirements and in accordance with evidence-based practice.

Undertake complex casework as allocated, ensuring that appropriate case records are rigorously maintained.

To assist in the induction of new staff and to provide technical/professional support to meet the needs of less experienced staff.

To work in partnership with service users and other teams, agencies and organisation always.

To ensure through regular checks that records in relation to all service users are properly maintained in accordance with YJS requirements.

To participate and contribute to the development of the team, participating in relevant training, both as a participant and contributor

To assist in the monitoring and reviewing of the team’s workload to improve the team’s overall performance in relation to Key Performance Indicators.

In consultation with the managers to identify needs and develop evidence-based group work and individual programmes to meet the needs of service users.

To lead/assist in the management of high-profile cases.

To chair meetings and reviews with young people and families as and when required.

To represent the YJS at strategy / professional meetings

To deputise in the absence of managers and to support the team in dealing with operational issues.

To ensure that services provided are in accordance with Birmingham City Council’s Equal Opportunity policy.

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