Bury
SERVICE MANAGER YOUTH JUSTICE & PREVENTION
Full Time
£56,723 - £58,883 plus £5000 market supplement
Lead the future of adolescent services in Bury.
We're creating a brand-new integrated Adolescent and Youth Justice Serviceand we're looking for an exceptional leader to shape it from the ground up.
About the role
We are on a journey in Bury and doing things differently. The creation of our new Adolescent Service and the disaggregation of the Youth Justice Service from a joint Bury & Rochdale model into a dedicated Bury service marks a significant and exciting step forward for Bury Childrens Services.
This is a unique opportunity to take on a senior leadership role at the heart of this transformation, shaping a service that is ambitious, innovative and rooted in the needs of our children and young people.
We consider our leaders to be a vital part of this journey, and we are committed to supporting your growth, developing your leadership capability, and enabling you to influence how services are designed and delivered.
We want the best talent in Buryleaders who are passionate about improving outcomes for adolescents and their families, and who will help us build a targeted, specialist and traumainformed adolescent offer.
This service brings together Youth Justice, Complex Safeguarding, Edge of Care and Youth Services into a single, integrated service, allowing us to respond more effectively to risk, vulnerability and exploitation, and to provide the right support at the right time.
Our approach aligns with key national reforms and priorities, including:
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Families First
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Youth Justice reform and Child First principles
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Youth Strategy and serious violence prevention
At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury. We want leaders who can build strong relationships, champion strengthsbased practice, and ensure that children and families are supported to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Working collectively, we prioritise support, learning and continuous improvement. This is a highchallenge, highsupport environment where you will work alongside committed colleagues and partners to drive meaningful change.
As Youth Justice & Prevention Service Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a complex portfolio, leading multidisciplinary teams and overseeing services supporting vulnerable adolescents, including those at risk of offending, exploitation, harm and care entry.
You will play a key role in:
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Designing and embedding the new Bury Youth Justice Service
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Leading multiagency partnership arrangements
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Driving service quality, performance and innovation
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Ensuring strong safeguarding and risk management practice across services
This is a challenging and rewarding leadership role where your impact will be felt across the whole system.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and that any gaps in employment are explained. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years; character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, we expect the work and services you deliver consider our care experienced young people, promote their life chances, empower them to influence policies, services and decisions that affect them, champion their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear more about the benefits of working with Bury Council, please visit:
Bury - Home | greater.jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises, values and embraces all people for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring to the workforce and the wider community. We guarantee an interview for disabled people, care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans), and carers who meet the essential criteria.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please include this within your application.
Next steps
Come and join Team Bury!
If you feel you can use your experience to lead change and make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Lisa Sowden Head of Service
0161 253 7533
[email protected]
