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

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

Coventry Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a fast-paced multi agency team consisting of staff from the Local Authority, Police, Probation, Health and Education. We are a well-respected service with a high level performance background  Coventry YJS has recently been judged as ‘Outstanding’ by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.  We have a great team spirit evidenced by staff progression being supported through regular development opportunities, low staff turnover and low sickness rates.

What is the job role?

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.

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?

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 your Personal Statement must evidence how you meet each outlined point 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'

Interview dates: 05/05/23 and 09/05/23

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council