YJS Senior Practitioner
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow, London£49,056 - £55,323 Per annum.
About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
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About The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Hounslow Youth Justice Service. We are looking to recruit to an experienced Senior Practitioner.
We are committed to improving outcomes for children, supporting victims and building safer communities within Hounslow.
• We work collaboratively with key partners within our multi-disciplinary team to address the complex needs and risks faced by children and young people. We are committed to working with children using the Child First and Trauma informed practice.
• You will be committed to reduce the rate of proven re-offending by young people receiving Out of Court disposals or court-ordered interventions
• Be responsible for the line management of up to 4 members of the Youth Justice Service, including YJS Officers, Specialist Staff, Students and Community volunteers
• Ensure the effective management of children and young people subject to Out of Court disposals and court Interventions; this includes undertaking quality assurance of cases, assessments and plans. Undertake monthly audits of cases held with the Youth Justice Service
• In addition, you will have an excellent understanding within the criminal Justice setting and be able to demonstrate the needs of the child, victim work and the needs of the public within our work.
• In return we offer a robust induction to the service and the work required, monthly professional supervision, and a strong training offer. This is an ideal opportunity to grow and develop your practice and contribute to positive outcomes for Hounslow’s children and young people.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
Hounslow Youth Justice Service (YJS) has a duty to protect the public and to safeguard children from harm, and this role forms an integral part of meeting this duty.
The Youth Justice Service is a multi-disciplinary Team, which includes Social Workers, Probation Officers, Police Officers, Substance Mis-Use Workers, and Health professionals and works closely with a wide range of other professionals, including the Courts. The Service sits within the wider Children’s Specialist and Safeguarding Department.
The Team is based at Hounslow House, a modern office building in central Hounslow which is busy multi-cultural community with good transport connections. There is an opportunity for office based and home working, dependent on the needs of the service. The Team is committed to hearing the voices of the children we work with and their families to develop and improve the service we offer.
About You
•Provide effective, timely management oversight of casework undertaken with children, young people and their families to ensure compliance with National Standards for children in the Youth Justice System.
• Undertake effective management of staff within the Youth Justice Service, providing personal and reflective supervision to enable staff to provide good quality interventions for children, young people and families.
• Quality assure assessments and plans for children and young people known to the Youth Justice Service; ensure that they are of a good standard i.e timely, take account of children and young people’s diversity and its impact on their lives, in line with inspection standards and the likelihood of reoffending, safety for victims & the community and safety for the child.
• Ensure children and young people’s plans are co-produced, and encourage a strength-based approach, take account of children and young people’s diversity and its impact on their lives, with plans of sufficient quality to enable positive outcomes in relation to desistance from offending, safety for victims and community and the safety of children and young people. Ensuring plans and assessments are reviewed as required taking account of any significant changes.
• Ensure that case records are maintained in line with National Standards and Inspection standards, with record management oversight that is effective in guiding work with children and families.
• Be accountable for designated areas of the Youth Justice Service including, holding a caseload, chairing case meetings, professionals’ meetings and Out of Court or Referral Order Panels and/or work with other services.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box.At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
Essential For The Role :
Enhanced DBS
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile , but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Telephone: 07960084932
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing – 18/05/2026.