We are seeking an experienced and committed Youth Justice Prevention Team Manager to lead a team who are responsible for assessing and delivering targeted interventions for children and young people who are at risk of offending, including those involved in sexually harmful behaviour. The role includes leading on the assessment and management of Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) cases using the AIM assessment framework, ensuring that risks are effectively identified, assessed, and managed in order to safeguard children, victims, and the wider community.

The post holder will provide specialist expertise and guidance across the wider children’s social care service in relation to harmful sexual behaviour, supporting practitioners to undertake highquality AIM assessments and ensuring that effective intervention and risk management plans are implemented. The role includes providing supervision, oversight, and professional support to staff completing these assessments to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to best practice.

Working within the wider Youth Justice Prevention Service, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of early intervention and prevention strategies designed to reduce offending, reduce risk of escalation into the criminal justice system, and safeguard vulnerable children. The role requires close collaboration with partner agencies including children’s social care, education, police, health, and safeguarding services to ensure coordinated multiagency responses to complex cases.

The post holder will also contribute to the development of the service, practice and policy, supporting the implementation of evidencebased approaches to risk assessment, safeguarding, and prevention work across the service.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, supervise, and support a team of Practitioners, ensuring high standards of practice, professional development, and a supportive team culture that promotes accountability and innovation.
  • Oversee assessment, planning, and implementation of interventions for children and families with complex needs, ensuring that all work is evidence-based, trauma-informed, and tailored to individual circumstances.
  • Responsibility in relation to the assessment and management of children and young people presenting with harmful sexual behaviour. This includes making complex professional judgements regarding risk, safeguarding, and appropriate intervention strategies.
  • Monitor and manage budgets and resources effectively, ensuring value for money, compliance with financial procedures, and the efficient use of staffing and operational resources.
  • Promote and embed a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice, encouraging learning, feedback, and the use of data to inform service development and outcomes.
  • Lead on the assessment, allocation and management of children and young people presenting with Harmful Sexual Behaviour using the AIM assessment framework. Attending Strategy Meetings where harmful sexual behaviour has been identified to support planning and decision making for children and young people.
  • Support practitioners to work alongside families and carers to support behavioural change and strengthen safeguarding, whilst improving outcomes for children and young people.
  • Provide effective leadership and management to a team delivering prevention and early intervention services.
  • Oversee the delivery of targeted interventions for children and young people at risk of offending.
  • Lead on the assessment and management of cases involving sexually harmful behaviour.
  • Ensure all work is child-centred, evidence-based and aligned with safeguarding and young justice frameworks.
  • Monitor performance, quality assure practice, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Develop strong partnerships with key agencies including children’s social care, complex safeguarding, education, health and police.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and service development within the wider Youth Justice system.
  • Support staff development through supervision, coaching and performance management.

About you

You will be a skilled and confident leader with:

  • Significant experience working within youth justice / prevention services, safeguarding or related service.
  • Strong knowledge of risk assessment, particularly in relation to offending and harmful sexual behaviour
  • Experience managing or supervising staff in a complex, high-risk environment

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way


Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Jen Rust on 07483199918.

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Location

Duke Street, , Bury, BL9 0EJ, United Kingdom

Job ID

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