Youth Justice Practitioner; Youth Violence

Youth Justice Practitioner (Serious Youth Violence)

Location - Sale Waterside,1 Waterside Plaza, Sale, Trafford M33 2AE

Salary range -
Band 5 £ 32,061 - £33,699

Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.

Working Pattern Full Time

Working Hours
36.25 hours per week

We will offer flexibility where we can if you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.

Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.

Contract type Fixed Term

Temporary End Date
12 months from start date

Final date to receive applications 06 February 2026

Interview type
In person

About the Role

The Serious Violence Grant is awarded to Trafford Community Safety Partnership by the Deputy Mayor each financial year. The Community Safety Partnership commission the Trafford Youth Justice Service to deliver a violence reduction program focused on the causes of knife enabled crime and other violence. The program offers both 1-2-1 and small group interventions, in all areas of the borough. The program offers young people one to one and group mentoring activities delivered through Trafford Youth Justice.

Young people are referred into the program on the basis of risk factors for knife enabled crime and the program aims to divert young people from the behaviours, situations and relationships which create risk of knife enabled crime.

We are looking for someone with relevant experience and a passion for working with vulnerable adolescents in this key preventative role, which will sit within the Prevention and Diversion Team within Trafford Youth Justice Service. The successful candidate will also be working closely with other social work teams including Trafford’s Complex Safeguarding Team as well as working closely with partner agencies where young people may not be open to any part of the service but are considered to be vulnerable.

Our commitment to you

We know that when you come to work in Trafford, we have a responsibility to provide you with the right tools and support to flourish in your new role.

Induction

We have recently updated our induction programme for new colleagues joining us at all levels. During your first two weeks you will have protected time to get to know your team, our systems and other parts of the service.

Workload

We are absolutely committed to ensuring that your workload is manageable. We believe that manageable workloads are critical, and managers will support you and confirm priorities through discussion and supervision. We have performance management reporting of workloads and therefore at all levels we are responsible for monitoring workloads across the service.

There will be times where there is a level of flexibility required to meet the needs of the service or for individual children you work with, particularly in times of crisis. We will ensure that you are able to take additional hours back quickly to give you balance between your work and home life.

Supervision

One of our practice-led improvements has been to refresh our supervision framework, which has been a really exciting piece of work. We commit to offering monthly formal supervision that is both reflective and supportive and provides you with clear advice, guidance and direction. We also offer peer supervision as part of our refreshed framework, with practitioners involved in deciding the topics of discussion.

Opportunities for progression

A number of Trafford colleagues have been supported through the apprenticeship scheme to progress with recognised qualifications including coaching and social work.

It is always wonderful to see colleagues progress within the service, and we are keen to support all colleagues to reach their full career potential here at Trafford.

A note from Pamela Wharton, Director of Early Help and Social Care.

“Thank you for showing your interest in a role here in Trafford. I hope that you find the information we have provided helpful and that you feel that Trafford is…