DBS Vetting Officer

Job Title DBS Vetting Officer
Grade £23,748 Min - £26,937 Max
Contract Type Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.

Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.

For more information about Staffordshire Police please click the below link:

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About the Opportunity

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is an executive agency of the Government.

The purpose of the role is to provide employers with a service that allows them to make safer recruitment decisions by the provision of conviction records and, in certain circumstances, local police information.

The post holder will be based at Lindum House Stone, within the DBS team there is also a level of agile working once trained.

The core work will involve researching and assessing information that may be relevant to be included on a persons Enhanced DBS Certificate by following the Quality Assurance Framework, this will involve assessing a wide range of information including safeguarding and mental health issues involving adults and children.

This post holder will be required to risk assess the information and create an audit trail to be forwarded to the DBS Analysts.

The post holder will work as part of a team and have contact with other agencies within a multi-agency setting including Social Care.

Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.

Please ensure that your CV tailors to the key requirements outlined in the role profile.

Closing date: Thursday 30th January 2025 at Midday

In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
Flexible / Agile Working
Sick pay scheme
Fostering friendly policy
Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
Access to health and wellbeing support
Eye care vouchers
On site Gyms
Staff associations
Reward and Recognition
Blue light Card
Flexible working options
Training and development opportunities
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Free Parking at selected sites
Onsite catering facilities
Access to Staff Networks
Union support
Financial products and services

Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.

We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk positive.action@staffordshirefire.gov.uk

Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:

Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)