ISCO Specialization 2635.3.26 Youth Offending Team Worker
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Youth Offending Team Worker: Youth offending team workers support young offenders by preventing them from reoffending, counselling them for behavioural changes, referring them to agencies that provide housing, helping them back into education, involving them in constructive activities, visiting them when located in secure institutions and assessing future risks.
Essential Skills
- Provide Testimony In Court Hearings
- Work Within Communities
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Report On Social Development
- Manage Social Crisis
- Prevent Social Problems
- Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
- Apply Case Management
- Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Empower Social Service Users
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services
- Child Protection
- Company Policies
- Social Justice
- Address Problems Critically
- Promote Service Users' Rights
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
- Develop Professional Identity In Social Work
- Provide Social Counselling
- Make Legislation Transparent For Users Of Social Services
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Accept Own Accountability
- Promote Inclusion
- Listen Actively
- Social Work Theory
- Negotiate With Social Service Stakeholders
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Apply Anti-Oppressive Practices
- Work In Partnership With Social Services Users
- Restorative Justice
- Apply Person-Centred Care
- Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
- Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Have Computer Literacy
- Prepare Youths For Adulthood
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Engage With Offenders
- Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
- Develop Professional Network
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Plan Social Service Process
- Assess Offenders' Risk Behaviour
- Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
- Handle Conflicts
- Tolerate Stress
- Negotiate With Social Service Users
- Reflect On Practice
- Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
- Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
- Conduct Interview In Social Service
- Consider Social Impact Of Actions On Service Users
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Promote Social Change
- Relate Empathetically
- Apply Crisis Intervention
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Delegate Activities
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Refer Social Service Users
- Adolescent Psychological Development
- Review Social Service Plan
- Organise Social Work Packages
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Social Sciences
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Communicate With Youth
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Advocate For Social Service Users
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
Optional Skills
- Advise On Conflict Management
- Criminal Law
Alternative Names
- Youth Resettlement Officer
- Youth Offending Team Officer
- Youth Justice Worker
- Youth Offender Team Worker
- Youth Offender Social Worker
- Juvenile Probation Officer
- Youth Resettlement Worker
- Youth Offending Team Leader
- Juvenile Probation Social Worker
