Youth Engagement Officer

Posted 11 February 2026
Salary 32.82
LocationTower Hamlets E2 United Kingdom
Job type Contract
Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care
ReferenceRQ1686225

Job description

3-Month Contract with a Local Authority

Summary
  • The role is dedicated to reducing reoffending, enhancing safety and wellbeing, and fostering positive change through structured intervention, engagement, and consistent relationship-building. The postholder will collaborate closely with Youth Justice Service Case Managers, families, and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, targeted activities aimed at supporting desistance and managing risk.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the planning and delivery of intensive one-to-one support for young people under statutory Youth Justice Service interventions.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with high-risk and vulnerable young people to encourage engagement and compliance with Court-ordered activities.
  • Deliver structured interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis, focusing on desistance from offending, safety and wellbeing, and risk of harm reduction.
  • Collaborate with Youth Justice Case Managers to design and implement a weekly ISS timetable tailored to each young person’s assessed needs.
  • Plan, deliver, and review support packages, ensuring a consistent and high-quality timetable that incorporates input from partner agencies where required.
  • Ensure all activities are well-organized, coordinated, and recorded to support effective risk management.
Essential Experience Required
  • Experience working with children and young people, ideally within a youth justice, social care, youth work, or safeguarding environment.
  • Proven ability to engage vulnerable or high-risk young people with complex needs.
Essential Qualifications Required
  • Good standard of education.
  • Relevant training or qualifications in youth work, social care, criminology, psychology, education, or safeguarding (or willingness to work towards relevant qualifications).
Additional Information
  • Working hours: 35 hours per week
  • DBS required for the role.
  • Bi-weekly payment schedule.
  • The role closes on 13th Feb 2026, apply ASAP.