Reparation Coordinator

About the Role

Salary: £32,597 to £35,412 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent and Fixed term / Secondment to cover the permanent post holder who is in a secondment.
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Office Base Location: County Hall North, Horsham or Arun Civic Centre. The use of Arun Civic Centre is currently initially expected to be in place for three years to April 2029. The substantive hub for your service is Worthing and therefore, there is the potential for services to relocate to Worthing in the future.

We are looking for a committed and motivated Reparation Coordinators to join our Youth Justice Service and play a key role in supporting children to repair harm caused to victims and our communities.

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about making a difference to children, families and communities, and committed to overseeing restorative and trauma‑informed practices. You will be confident working and guiding our team with children who may present challenging behaviour. You will have experience of working with children or young people in challenging or high‑risk contexts and the ability to assess needs, design creative interventions and monitor outcomes. Additionally, support the induction, training and mentoring of volunteers and staff involved in reparation delivery.

Alongside working with young people, you will build and maintain strong partnerships with community organisations, local businesses and voluntary groups to provide high-quality placements for reparative activity to take place. Skills or a passion for practical tasks such as gardening, building, painting would also be beneficial for this role. You shall also contribute towards case management, report writing and court processes when required.

This is a physically active role and requires flexibility, including some evening and weekend working. You will need to travel independently across the county, including rural areas.

Please indicate your location preference on the application form; this will be considered by the panel and explored further at interview.

Experience and Skills

Some of the key skills required for the role:

• At least one year's previous experience of working with challenging children and young people (e.g. CYPS, police, probation, secondary schools, criminal justice, youth work).
• Knowledge of child development and attachment and development trauma in order to deliver appropriate intervention.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with children, families and multi-agency setting such as the use advisory, negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Ability to research and analyse information, in order to make judgements based on the needs and voice of the children, victims and communities, and efficiently solve problems, for example in the creative design of a child's intervention programme to meet their individual needs.
• Developed assessment skills in order to carry out the assessments of
  children's suitability for available programmes.
• Ability to gain the trust and respect of other professionals in order to be able to secure and develop partnership working and secure high quality reparation placements for the children.
• Ability to undertake practical tasks e.g. gardening, clearing, arts, building, use of tools.
• Experience of effectively coordinating individuals or leading others.
• Ability to organise and prioritise work, coordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines.
• Experience of Case Management - Desirable
• Full valid UK driving licence

For the full list of key skills, experience and qualifications required for the role please review the job description attached below.

Rewards and Benefits

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Just some of the benefits we are offer are:

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee, you can find this at our Rewards and Benefits page.

About Us

West Sussex Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a high performing multi-agency statutory partnership which provides services before and after Court to meet the statutory requirements of the youth justice system. Its primary aim is to prevent offending and reduce reoffending by children. The service works in partnership with a variety of agencies to ensure children are offered appropriate intervention to address their risks, meet their needs and build on their strengths. The service also seeks to repair the harm caused to victims and communities by addressing the root causes of offending and reoffending by children.

For more information, please visit our Education, Children and Families page, and our WSCC About Us page on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE06268.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and complete our application form. In your application form please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.