Are you committed to improving outcomes for children and young people? We are seeking an experienced and motivated Deputy Team Manager to join County Durham Youth Justice Service. This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting staff, leading effective interventions and helping to reduce reoffending.
This position is ideal for someone with experience in youth justice, childrens services or community safety who is ready to develop their leadership career within a supportive and forward-thinking service.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
County Durham Youth Justice Service is a well-established multi-agency partnership focused on preventing offending and supporting children, young people and their families to make positive changes.
As Deputy Team Manager, you will:
- Support the Team Manager in delivering high-quality, effective services
- Provide leadership, supervision and line management to staff
- Ensure assessments and interventions meet required standards and best practice
- Promote strong safeguarding, child protection and public protection arrangements
- Support service development, performance monitoring and continuous improvement
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies and represent the service at meetings
- Contribute to the on-call rota and work flexibly to meet service needs
We encourage you to contact Leanne Hopper Strategic Manager via email at
[email protected] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.
WHAT WILL I NEED?
You will:
- Hold a relevant professional qualification (e.g. Social Work, Youth Work, Education, Policing or similar)
- Have significant experience working with children and young people in a related setting
- Demonstrate strong leadership, communication and organisational skills
- Have experience of case management, risk assessment and delivering interventions
- Understand legislation, safeguarding responsibilities and factors influencing offending behaviour
- Be able to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively with partners
- Be committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and high professional standards
A management qualification, or willingness to achieve one within three years, is required.
Please refer to the attached Person Specification for the full criteria.
If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING
Durham County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore if successful in your application, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be sought inclusive of a check of the Childrens Barred List and Adults Barred List, due to the position working in regulated activity. Applicants should be aware that the DBS check will disclose both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings, in line with current legislation and will confirm whether an individual is barred from working with children, adults, or both.
INTERVIEWS
Interviews will be held
week commencing 20/07/26
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.
OUR OFFER TO YOU
We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website
Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.
HOW TO APPLY
Please note, we do not accept CVs. All applications must be submitted online via the Northeast Jobs portal. Use the Person Specification section of the form to clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential (and where possible, desirable) criteria. Applications that do not evidence the essential requirements will not be shortlisted.
Please visit our website to understand our position on using AI to support your application and for guidance on completing your application.
If you require assistance when applying for this role, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk on 03000 26 27 27, or via email
[email protected]
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