Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

Coventry Youth Justice Service (CYJS) is a fast-paced multi agency team consisting of staff from the Local Authority, Police, Probation, Health and Education.

We work with children and young people aged 10-18 who have offended, who are subject to court orders and out of court disposals or being diverted from the criminal justice system.

What is the job role?

We are looking to recruit a Youth Justice Service (YJS) Officer to work with young people, their families, parents/carers and the victims of youth crime.

This will include:

• Having case responsibility for children and young people aged 10 to 18 open to the service.
• Devising & delivering interventions to children/young people, their families, parents/carers and victims.
• Being responsible for managing Orders/Out of Court Disposals in line with legislation and national policy, including Youth Justice National Standards & Case Management guidance and local policy.
• Working cooperatively with colleagues from your own and other services, including the Police, Probation, Courts, secure estate, and Children's Services.
• Providing high quality reports and assessments to the Courts to enable them to make appropriate decisions about sentencing.
• Representing the service in professional settings including the Courts, Secure Estate and meetings.
• Acting as an ‘Appropriate Adult’ for young people subject to Police interview and/or in Court.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an individual who wants to make a positive difference and who has experience and skills/abilities that include:

• Casework responsibility, undertaking complex assessments, and analysing risk.
• Forming and sustaining relationships with children/young people and their families/carers.
• Devising and delivering programmes of intervention with children/young people and their families/carers.
• Writing reports to deadlines and at a standard suitable for scrutiny by Courts.
• Self-led time management skills, and the ability to prioritise their workload whilst dealing with conflicting demands and stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills; verbal, non-verbal and written.
• Confidence and ability to interact in a wide range of professional settings and with service users and their families/carers.

You will be required to:

• Work flexibly to meet the needs of children/young people, families & victims; this will mean some evening working.
• Be on a rota undertaking approximately 9 Saturdays per year.
• Cover bank holidays (approximately two per year) in line with service requirements.

When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, when writing your personal statement please reflect and evidence how you meet the requirements of the ‘Person Specification’.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interviews will take place on 10 & 12 August 2022.

About Coventry

Coventry is a lively, multicultural city, which embraces old and new. Around the modern city centre there are traces of history everywhere – in the old city walls, the timber-framed buildings and the reconstructed medieval Spon Street. But Coventry has always had an eye on the future, and is now firmly focused on regenerating and re-inventing itself to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. With major developments and new projects taking place right across the city, Coventry City Council is the place to be!

There's a huge buzz about the city – Coventry ranks as the 8th best city to live, work and do business in the UK, and it was the UK City of Culture 2021. We believe this will help put Coventry on the map for all the right reasons as you can feel the sense of local pride throughout the city. It also offers a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to those joining us to play their part in it.

We genuinely believe that Coventry City Council is a special place. You will be joining Coventry City Council during an exciting time to become part of a team that contribute to achieving our visions for the city. We have made our council a place where we look after our people, making sure you're happy in your work and given everything you need to succeed. We've created friendly, welcoming workplaces where everyone is working towards the same cause, providing the best possible services for the city of Coventry.

As a council with improvement at its heart, we’re committed to making life better for the people who live and work in Coventry. We’re equally concerned with the quality of life enjoyed by our people, so by joining us, you won’t just be helping the community, you’ll be helping yourself too.

Not only do you get to work alongside great people that are helping to improve services for our community we offer great benefits too! For your valued contribution we will provide a fantastic benefits package including;

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 27 days and rising to 32 days
• Opportunity for Salary Match and Pay progression through multiple increments
• Outstanding local government pension scheme
• Learning & Development with access to certified courses.
• Access to an award winning Occupational Health Team
• Vibrant employee networks 
• Lifestyle savings
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes; Car Scheme, Cycle to work and more
• Interest free travel loans
• Payroll giving scheme
• Workplace parking scheme
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• And much more

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