You will be working with children and young people (10-17) who have been referred to by the Youth Justice Service. This will include both one to one and group-based work.
You will be providing support, encouragement, and supervision to enable children and young people to undertake ‘community reparation’ work. This can include work on; environmental projects, arts-based projects, awareness raising campaigns, supporting local charity work etc.
Your primary role will be to provide all required support to enable children and young people to engage safely in these activities and to motivate them to engage and get as much out of the experience as possible.
You will also be encouraged to develop your own ideas for community projects and activities for young people to complete.
You will be responsible for working with the Nottingham City reparation team with around 20 hours of Reparation work a week, the remainer of your time will be supporting our work with Nottinghamshire County Youth Justice service team.
So if you want a job that can really make a significant difference to the lives of young people this could be the job for you
Some examples of the projects some of our colleagues have delivered previously:
· Supporting young people to upcycle furniture and donate to local charities
· Supporting young people to help local food banks / community centres/ outdoor spaces
· Supporting young people to organise fun events for children in need
· Supporting young people with mental health awareness sessions and campaigns
· Supporting young people with local community clean up campaigns
This is not an exhaustive list, and we will work with you to develop new and exciting ideas.
You will be working 35 hours a week on a basis to suit the availability of the children and young people and, as a result may need to work some Saturday mornings if a child can only do weekends.
We will provide full training for the role, and we are looking for someone with passion, empathy and motivation rather than any particular past experience or qualification.
The skills and qualities you will need to do the job well are:
COMMUNICATION- Good communication skills with children and young people is a must, as is the ability to communicate in a clear, timely fashion (verbally and in writing) with youth justice professionals. Forming and maintaining relationships with our partner agencies, including community placements is vital to the success of the work we do.
FLEXIBILITY- weekends and early evening working may be required to meet the availability and needs of the children and young people.
MOTIVATION- Many of the young people we support face several challenges and can find it difficult to engage. You will need to provide encouragement and support to meet their needs and to motivate them to engage.
IT CAPABLE- Basic IT skills are required with the ability to use email, word, excel and electronic calendars. You will be required to produce accurate and professional written reports and update all of the work done on a case management system. We will encourage and expect you to maximize the use of remote methods of working with people. It is essential therefore that you are comfortable with using platforms such as TEAMS and ZOOM.
SAFETY- We want you to work safely in all aspects of the role- health and safety, safeguarding for all concerned, data protection, risk assessment etc. Full training will be provided in all of these aspects, and we will be looking for someone committed to achieving high standards in regard to all of these issues.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The role is based within Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service, but you will spend most of your time out in the community working directly with children and young people and be based from home. Expenses are fully covered but you will need have a full UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle with business cover.
We will provide:
· Full training
· A laptop and mobile phone
· Line management support and guidance
· The role requires an enhanced DBS check
· Salary £24,000 rising to £26,000 at the end of Year 2 in role
· 6% employer pension contribution
· 26 days leave per annum plus bank holidays
Pay: From £24,000.00 per year
Application question(s):
- Interviews will take place on Tuesday 21 July 2026 - please note we are not able to offer an alernative date
- The role requires an enhanced DBS check
- You will need to have a full UK driving license and have access to your own vehicle with business cover
Work Location: On the road
