Practice Supervisor Future4Me

Job Introduction

Are you passionate about high-quality Youth Justice practice and keen to have an impact across a whole service?

We have an exciting opportunity to join Future4Me in a service-wide Practice Supervisor role, providing practice support and additional management capacity across Lincolnshire.

This is a varied role that will give you the opportunity to work across our locality teams, alongside Team Managers, Practice Supervisors, Seniors and practitioners. You will provide additional support where it is most needed, whether that's helping to think through a complex piece of work, offering professional advice and guidance, coaching practitioners, supporting practice development or providing additional supervisory and management capacity during busier periods.

What will you be doing?

We are proud of the high standards of Youth Justice practice across Lincolnshire and a key part of this role will be helping us maintain those standards and continue to develop them.

You will lead on Youth Justice quality assurance across Future4Me, helping us understand what we are doing well and where we can make things even better. You'll coordinate audits and other quality assurance activity, working closely with Practice Supervisors and Team Managers to make sure that learning is shared across teams and leads to meaningful improvements in practice.

You will have responsibility for your own matrix lead areas and will also have your own line management responsibility.

You'll also help us make sure that our practice continues to reflect HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) expectations, Youth Justice Board standards and guidance, and Child First principles, supporting the service to remain well prepared for future inspection.

Child First practice will be at the heart of the role. We want children to be seen as children first, with their strengths, needs, development, identity, circumstances and lived experiences understood alongside the behaviour that has brought them into contact with Youth Justice. You'll help us make sure children's voices are heard and that their participation is meaningful, while also maintaining a clear focus on safeguarding, risk and harm, public protection and the needs and experiences of victims.

Another important part of the role will be leading on the review and development of our Youth Justice policies, procedures and practice guidance. This isn't just about keeping documents up to date. We want someone who can help turn changes in legislation, guidance, inspection expectations and emerging good practice into something meaningful and useful for practitioners in their day-to-day work.

About the Team

Future4Me launched Countywide in February 2019 and brought together the Council's core offer to adolescents by building on the Youth Justice Team, Youth Hub and Family Help. Focusing on supporting children aged 14-18, we have a dedicated hub comprising of staff with a focus on youth housing, diversion for youth justice, child exploitation, and community interventions. We work with a trauma recovery approach and address the challenging and complex behaviours through multi-disciplinary cooperation. Future4Me aims to provide safe spaces for our children and protect them from extra familiar harm.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for someone who really understands Youth Justice practice and is confident using that knowledge to support and influence others.

You'll need to be comfortable moving between different aspects of the role. One day you might be helping a practitioner or manager work through a particularly complex case, another you might be looking at themes emerging through audits or reviewing a piece of practice guidance.

You'll be someone who can support and challenge in equal measure, build good relationships and bring people with you when changes are needed.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is passionate about good Youth Justice practice, understands what Child First looks like in reality and wants to help us continue developing a service that achieves the best possible outcomes for children, families, victims and communities.

About Our Offer

Along with a competitive salary we are offering:

• A Contributory pension
• Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
• Flexible working policies
• Career progression opportunities
• A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more

At Lincolnshire County Council, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we offer a rewarding package designed to support your work–life balance, health and wellbeing, financial security, and career growth. Find out more about our offer to you in the attached brochure.

This is 2 year Fixed Term Position. For internal candidates we will consider a secondment with Team Manager agreement.

Interviews

Interviews will take place in person on Friday 13th November.

The selection process will include an unseen presentation and competency based interview.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email amy.lawson@lincolnshire.gov.uk or rebecca.clift@lincolnshire.gov.uk to arrange a mutually suitable time.

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Please also note: once an application is submitted it is final and cannot be amended. If you withdraw your application, it cannot be reinstated and you will not be able to submit another application for that vacancy. If you have an issue with your submitted application, please contact recruitment@lincolnshire.gov.uk.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Fluency Duty

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Our values – collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive, and responsible – guide everything we do. We’re looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.