Temporary Prevention Worker

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Malcolm Frederick Vaughan on 01248 683023 or malcolmvaughan@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 17:00 AM, 05/12/2025

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Recruitment Pack Children and Supporting Families.pdf

Person Specification

Personal attributes
Essential
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Ability to work as part of a team and alone

Motivated towards achieving results.

Committed to anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice

Good attendance and health record

Willingness to work flexible hours when necessary

Ability to manage conflicting priorities

Able to work in a team

Full Clean Driving Licence

Desirable
-

Qualifications and relevant training
Essential
Educational qualifications up to 'A level' standard or relevant professional qualification or minimum of three years' experience in a related field

Range of training experience in relation to working with families

Some knowledge of Youth Justice System.

Desirable
Degree or equivalent qualification in a Youth Justice related subject i.e Criminology, Social Care, Sociology or Child development.

Relevant experience
Essential
Experience of working with children and young people

Good assessment skills

Experience of working with people to develop skills and confidence

Proven ability to work with children and families to effect change

Experience of inputting accurate and timely contacts of work undertaken into a information system.

Experience of group work delivery and or one to one work.

Ability to work under pressure and to deal with conflicting demands, including working to strict deadlines.

Experience of multi-agency working

Desirable
Wide experience of working with parents and families

Experience of Working within the Youth Criminal Justice System

Skills and specialist knowledge
Essential
Good communication skills

Good I.T. Skills

Knowledge and understanding in relation to parenting issues, including evidence based practice and what works

Desirable
An understanding of what contributes to young people offending

An understanding of offending behaviour programmes

Language requirements
Listening and Speaking - Higher
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding - Higher
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing - Higher
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

Job Description

Purpose of the post
• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.

• The main principle of the Youth Justice Service is to prevent young people from offending and re-offending in Gwynedd and Anglesey. In general, the post-holder is responsible for the supervision, support and monitoring of young people in Gwynedd and Anglesey who come in contact with or are in danger of coming into contact with the Youth Justice System.

• The post-holder will also be responsible for managing cases that are open to the Prevention and Diversion Team. The post-holder will be responsible for supervising the work to supervise and support the needs of young people who are eligible for preventive intervention.

Responsibility for functions
• Supervision/Leadership: By the operational manager of the Youth Justice Service.

Main duties
• Take referrals from other agencies such as the Police, Social Services and Education, ensuring that the parents and children have approved the referral.

• Complete appropriate Youth Justice Board endorsed assessments on all cases allocated from The Gwynedd and Mon YJS allocation panel.

• Analyse all relevant sources of information within the assessment to create interventions to support the Young person to try and prevent offending or further offending.

• Following assessment refer children/families to relevant statutory or non statutory services.

• Ensure that case minutes and contacts are inputted into Childview regularly and that the content is correct and reflects the nature of the intervention undertaken with the young person.

• Support and mentor young people eligible for prevention or diversion support, taking account of the voice of the child in any agreed interventions

• Ensure that Reports or information submitted for panel meetings are of a high standard and in keeping with the Youth Justice Board's national standards.

• Work in partnership with parents/carers and other professional agencies to facilitate positive changes in the behaviour of Young people with a view to avoid offending.

• Manage information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidances. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

• Assume a measure of flexibility in trying to meet the needs of the individual and his/her family. This may, with the agreement of managment, on occassion involve working outside normal office hours.

• Develop projects in accordance with the principles of prevention and diversion. Utilising young people's strengths and interests to try and achieve positive outcomes and development

• Act as a representative on the Youth Justice Service(YJS) Appropriate Adult duty rota and attend as an AA when the Service is requested.

• Attend and participate in regular team meetings, forums and individual supervision sessions.

• Take responsibility for self-development and attend development programmes and training arranged by the YJS or on behalf of the YJS.

• Promote and act in a non-discriminatory way toward colleagues and service users.

• Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and respond to fire regulations.

• Ensure compliance with workplace Health and Safety regulations in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.

• Operate within the Council's equal opportunities and equality policies.

• Be esponsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

• Demonstrate a commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.

• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.

• Be responsible for reporting any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special circumstances
• There may be a need to work outside normal office hours including evening and weekends.