Safeguarding Officer

Safeguarding Officer
Investigations - MASH Sefton
Grade D - £29,109 - £31,296 (pro-rota)
Part Time 18.25 hours - to be worked Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Permanent
Sefton – Magdalen House

Merseyside Police is a dynamic, challenging, rewarding place to work: we take pride in everything we do.

The best performing urban Force as graded by HMICFRS to date, our strategy is simply to put the communities of Merseyside first. We have a strong focus on continuous improvement in the areas we’re passionate about: ending Violence Against Women & Girls; tackling Serious Organised Crime & County Lines; strengthening our approach to Diversity & Inclusion; building trust & confidence through Community Engagement.

You’ll be working for a friendly employer who has a passion for investing in our people and creating the conditions so you can thrive and be your best self.

Job Purpose:

To represent Merseyside Police in multi-agency safeguarding meetings by researching Police information and sharing it with relevant partner agencies, making decisions for the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, and provide a support service in managing meeting requests and ensuring appropriate attendance at those safeguarding meetings.

Knowledge and Experience:

A good knowledge of Child Protection, Vulnerable Adult and Domestic Abuse offences, processes and best practices, Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Information Management issued by the College of Policing including Home Office Code of Practice on MOPI, Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulation and the Freedom of Information Act to enable decision making and provision of information to Police and partner agencies for all safeguarding cases.

Driving Licence is essential to enable travel to attend case conferences / meetings across the area.

Essential experience of multi-agency safeguarding processes, involving professionals, parents or children. Ability to provide clear, balanced and unbiased information which differentiates between fact and opinion.

Experience of working in a business area of high demand and high risk. To demonstrate a record of accurately identifying pertinent information and providing a timely response to enable partner agencies to appropriately manage risk.

Essential to have good communication and inter-personal skills, both written and verbal, to enable the completion of accurate and concise reports for Police and partner agencies whether email or telephone in order to provide an effective service to Police and partner agencies.

Must possess good analytical and problem solving skills to make informed decisions and assist in performing daily tasks and be able to demonstrate high levels of self-motivation and flexibility in order to work independently and manage high workloads when required.

Proficiency in using IT systems such as MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Power Point, MS Word and the ability to self-improve by gaining on-line learning from NCALT, Breeze and Virtual Training Library in any relevant courses when necessary in order to improve knowledge and skills to provide an effective service to safeguard children and vulnerable adults.

Ability to research and interrogate internal systems in order to collate information relevant to the role on a daily basis. Or the willingness to learn.

Post holder must also have the ability to learn and use other IT systems (e.g. partner agency systems such as Liquid Logic) to provide an effective inter agency data sharing service.

Please note that although flexible working hours may be considered; due to the business needs of the department, the working pattern for this role is Wednesday 13.09 - 16.48, Thursday 09:00 - 16.48 and Friday 09:00 - 16.48.

Please use the attached JDQ and Leadership Framework when completing your 1000 - word evidence

Click here for the JDQ

Click here for the Leadership Framework

Benefits

At Merseyside Police we value our employees, and we provide ample support and training to ensure you excel in your role, alongside receiving benefits such as:

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays pro rata increasing to 30 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years full service.
Local Government Pension Scheme with contributions from 5.5% to 11.5% depending on your salary.
Access to on-site gyms – HQ and OCC
Option to become a member of the onsite unions.
Discounts from various retailers via the Blue Light Scheme
Cycle to work scheme.
Taskers Salary sacrifice car scheme
Hybrid/Agile working (role dependant)
Support from our Health and Wellbeing Centre including Welfare Officers, Counselling, Physiotherapy and Mental Health Peer Supporters.
Flexible working opportunities 7am – 19:00 – (must work during the core working hours 10:00-15:00 )
Generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave entitlements.
Sick pay provisions

We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion:

Building a workforce that represents our communities is important to us. We both aim to attract and keep people with the best skills and highest potential, and we want to attract a diverse range of individuals into our force who might not have considered a career with us before. We particularly welcome applications from females and black & ethnic minority candidates.

To help us achieve a workforce that represents our communities, we have a dedicated team working to encourage people from diverse communities to build their career with our force. They also provide support & guidance throughout the job application process to candidates from under-represented groups.

To find out more about the support on offer from our dedicated Outreach team please click here or contact us at Outreach@merseyside.police.uk