Youth Justice Service
Job Purpose: Youth Justice Service
1. To provide an effective administrative and support service across all areas of the Youth Justice Service.
Duties of the Post: Youth Justice Service
- To maintain personnel, financial and management information administrativesystems.
- To place orders for goods and equipment as authorised.
- To ensure that inventories of equipment held by the Service are maintained.
- To maintain a range of different filing systems.
- To organise, attend and minute professional meetings,
- To maintain diaries and appointments systems, record of staff movements, arrange duty rotas
- To assist with the provision of a reception service, (i.e., answering telephone and dealing with visitors to the building).
- To type documents from either a written or audio format.
- To distribute documents and deal with incoming and outgoing post
- To use information technology and word processing packages to prepare and distribute reports, agendas, minutes, statistics, correspondence and other documents.
- To enter data and receive output from any electronic computer system as required.
- To maintain administrative system to collect, collate and analyse statistical data.
- To keep appropriate, accurate and up-to-date records and maintain systems to support record keeping.
- To ensure security of administrative systems and maintain protocols regarding confidentiality.
- To undertake all necessary liaison with staff inside or outside the council, in the effective discharge of the post.
- To undertake the archiving of YJS documentation in preparation for relocation and beyond.
- To adhere to the Youth Justice Service’s policies and procedures, including statutory requirements.
- To have due regard to the requirements of Health and Safety at work regulations.
- To ensure that work undertaken promotes the council’s Equal opportunities Policy in relation to service delivery ad personnel.
- To work in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity for both staff and service users.
- To undertake any other duties as may be appropriate to the level and nature of the post, as determined by the Service Lead/Strategic Leader of Youth Justice Service.
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION Youth Justice Service
- GCSE or equivalent English and Maths or experience of demonstrating ability at this level.
- Experience of undertaking administrative work
- Knowledge of computer based information system and application (e.g Microsoft Word, Excel, etc)
- Knowledge of the criminal Justice system and developing and maintaining administration procedures services for offenders
- Maintain complex information.
- Preparation of correspondence to external agencies
- Providing information and dealing with queries from a range of people
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES: Youth Justice Service
- A knowledge and application of budget monitoring
- Ability and to take concise and accurate notes at court/meetings.
- Ability to use new technology for data input and information extraction
- Attention to detail, be systematic in handling information and processes