Restorative Justice Worker

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27 October 2021

Do you want to play a key part in delivering the restorative justice services within Croydon Youth Offending Service, applying restorative approaches to help repair the harm that has been caused by youth crime? This post will allow you to facilitate a variety of interventions involving the young person who has committed the crime and the person or persons harmed by it.

It will be the role of the Restorative Justice Worker to make contact with victims and offer them the opportunity to play a central role in the YOS process. You will engage with all parties prior to facilitating any resulting face-to-face meetings or correspondence. You will also employ a variety of indirect restorative methods where appropriate and will play a key role in ensuring that the process is safe for all involved.

To work as part of a multi-agency team to achieve the principal aim of the Youth Offending Service which is the prevention and reduction of offending by children and young people by contributing to the delivery of Restorative Justice to work with young offenders and those that have been harmed by their crimes.

Role Purpose:

- To undertake direct work with young people and those harmed by their offences;

- Conducting assessments for the provision of services to victims;

- To support training and development of Restorative Approaches with fellow professionals to promote working restoratively within the Youth Offending Service;