Location
Ealing

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£45,123 per annum

About the Role
Ealing Council has an exciting opportunity for two Harm Reduction Youth Outreach Officers on a full-time, 2-year fixed term basis. The Officers will be part of a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) funded project working with young people involved in serious youth violence, harmful sexual behaviour, missing episodes, and those on the edge of care. The role involves working face-to-face with individuals and their wider peer networks in schools, community, and youth settings to build significant trusting relationships.

As a Harm Reduction Youth Outreach Officer, you will collaborate with staff across Ealing’s Integrated Youth Service and Social Care to engage, safeguard, and support children and young people experiencing multiple and overlapping harms. This includes repeated missing episodes, exploitation, harmful sexual behaviour, and serious youth violence, using a child-first, trauma-informed, and relational approach.

You will use a variety of youth work methods including one-to-one support, project work, and outreach to encourage and support young people to dissociate from serious youth violence and offending, particularly robbery. Additionally, you will work with families and education providers to secure engagement with the project.

Ealing Council is committed to providing innovative interventions to support vulnerable young people, helping them overcome barriers and thrive in a safer, healthier, and more equitable environment. This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in the community.

Experience
- Substantial experience working in contextual safeguarding, youth work, or youth offending within an inner-city context.
- Experience undertaking risk assessments, planning, delivering, and reviewing interventions to address risky behaviour, promote child welfare, and meet social needs.
- Experience working within a multi-agency setting and utilising the strengths of partner agencies to reduce offending behaviour.

About you
- Committed to a child-first, trauma-informed, and relational approach.
- Able to build trusting relationships with vulnerable young people and their wider peer networks.
- Skilled in engaging families and education providers to support young people’s involvement.
- Motivated to contribute positively to community safety and youth wellbeing.

Qualifications
- No specific qualifications are stated; however, relevant experience in youth work, safeguarding, or related fields is essential.
- Right to work in the UK is required.
- The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and Ealing's enhanced vetting process.