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Head of Service - Children & Young Peoples Services

Employer
Victim Support
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£54,072.95 per annum plus £2,800.00 London Weighting
Closing date
16 Oct 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Advice & guidance jobs, Management, Youth justice, Youth work
Sector
Charity / Voluntary sector, Youth service, Young Adults
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Job Details

Head of Service - Children & Young Peoples Services

We have a new role: Head of Service – for our Children and Young People’s Services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and creative leader, who is passionate about providing services to Children and Young People and developing ground breaking responses to issues relating to Serious Youth Violence.  

You will need:  

  • To be committed to supporting Children and Young People.
  • Have an excellent understanding of the impact of crime and the experience of the criminal justice system on young victims and witnesses.
  • A proven track record of success in delivering services with a multi-million pound contract value.
  • To identify, develop and promote opportunities to grow and develop services, improving their impact and reaching more children and young people.
  • To promote advocacy and peer support services for young victims and witnesses, ensuring that their needs are heard and understood through direct involvement in service design. 

You will: 

  • Develop teams and individuals that are effectively supported and high achieving.
  • Demonstrate a genuine openness to feedback and will seek to learn from others.
  • Have enhanced experience in terms of managing risk and safeguarding across a variety of services.
  • Have success in forging successful partnerships with a wide range of internal and external bodies.
  • Some unsocial hours working may be necessary.

Benefits: 

  •  Pension and life assurance.
  • 28 days annual leave (pro-rata.)
  • Voluntary benefits.
  • The opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications:

  • Should provide good evidence against the essential criteria in the person specification.
  • If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter and would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Interviews will take place on the 25th October 2019.

To apply, please follow the link in he apply button, create a profile in our website (jobs section) and complete and submit an online application form.​

Company

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. Our purpose is to provide specialist help to support people to cope and recover to the point where they feel they are back on track with their lives.

Last year we were in contact with over 1,035,032 victims of crime last year offering information, advice and support. 704,219 people visited our website and our dedicated local teams provided specialist emotional and practical support to 133,965 victims.

We are independent of the government, the police, local authorities and criminal justice system, but work closely with them and others to achieve our vision – a world where victims and witnesses are given the support they need and the respect they deserve.

Victim Support works with victims of crime and we put them at the heart of our organisation and the way we run our services. Our work, our support and our voice is informed and shaped by them.  

As an organisation, victims are our only focus, and over the years we have developed unrivalled expertise in their needs, aspirations and their journey through the criminal justice system. 

We are a national organisation but we are deeply rooted in the local communities in which we work.

We are local.

We are national.

We are independent.

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