Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC622239
Salary Range: £33,178 - £36,369 per annum
Work Location: Cambridge Road Centre, Aldershot (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 5 October 2025
The Role:
Please note that this role sits with Hampshire Youth Justice Service
The Youth Justice Service is a multi-disciplinary team delivering services to prevent and reduce offending behaviour amongst young people.
This role will find you working with children known to the YJS, and the harmed people of their crimes, to discuss the impact of their offences and to explore the possibility of their involvement in the restorative process. You will support both parties through the various restorative options and will chair face to face restorative meetings. You will offer training to the wider team and ensure that victim safety and the victim’s voice is heard within risk planning processes.
Hampshire Youth Justice Service offers you the chance to make real changes to children and families lives in a dynamic and creative way. This role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to work in a specialist field whilst being part of a committed, creative, and experienced team. We are a high-quality service that strives to support the complex needs of children, and to achieve sustainable outcomes for those children for those children who have bene referred into the service.
Within the team there are a wide range of professionals including specialist practitioners in mental health, Police, Probation, Social Care, Parenting and Education, Training and Employment. This combined multi- disciplinary team allows Hampshire Youth Justice Service to function at the highest level.
We will provide you with:
-Annual leave starting from 25 days per annum and rising to 28 days based on experience and length of service.
-A hybrid tablet device, so you can work more effectively and flexibly.
-5 personal development days per annum.
-Ample progression opportunities.
-Flexible working options to fit around today's lifestyles.
In addition to working for one of the top performing children's social care authorities in the country, Hampshire is also one of the best places to live and work. Located on the south coast, with excellent transport links up and down the country, Hampshire offers the perfect blend of rural and city living. You'll find miles of lovely coastline, nature reserves and heritage sites, which are just some of the benefits of living in Hampshire.
Find out more about the benefits of working for Hampshire County Council and the rewards we can offer you: Benefits of joining Hampshire County Council.
Additional Information:
Restorative Justice Officer Candidate Pack
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a criminal records check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements, references will be requested prior to interview.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Wayne Phillips, RJ Team Leader on # or # #
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
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