6 months contract with a local authority

Summary

The Restorative Practice Officer is tasked with delivering, developing, and supporting restorative justice interventions for children, young people, and victims within the Youth Justice Service (YJS). This role is crucial in embedding restorative practices across the service, ensuring alignment with national standards and best practices. It contributes to reducing reoffending while promoting victim voice, accountability, and positive outcomes. The post holder will collaborate with victims, young people, volunteers, and professional partners to facilitate safe, meaningful restorative processes while upholding safeguarding, equality, and statutory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Deliver and facilitate restorative justice interventions, including face-to-face meetings, shuttle mediation, restorative conferences, victim awareness work, group programs, and Referral Order Panels.
Complete restorative justice assessments for young people and victims, ensuring timely sharing of information with relevant practitioners and report authors.
Identify and screen complex or serious cases and liaise with probation services when required.
Prepare participants, including children, young people, victims, and families, to take part safely and meaningfully in restorative processes.
Conduct thorough risk assessments and manage risks to ensure safe practice for all involved.

Essential Experience Required

Direct experience delivering restorative justice, youth justice, mediation, victim support, or similar interventions.
Experience working with children, young people, or vulnerable individuals in challenging or sensitive situations.

Essential Qualifications Required

Relevant qualification in youth justice, social care, criminology, mediation, community work, or equivalent experience.
Understanding of restorative justice practice, national standards, and safe facilitation methods.
Knowledge of safeguarding principles and responsibilities.

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