Partnership Decision Team (PDT) Officer
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Location: Lindum House, Stone
Department: Integrated Front Door (IFD), Public Protection Unit
Rank: F-Grade
Contract: Fixed‑term (12 months, with potential extension subject to funding and review)
About the Role
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join Staffordshire Police as a Partnership Decision Team (PDT) Officer within the Integrated Front Door (IFD).
This is a new and innovative role, forming part of the delivery of the Staffordshire’s Families First Partnership Programme, designed to strengthen how we safeguard children and families through early, coordinated, and effective intervention.
The PDT sits at the heart of the IFD, bringing together key partners including Children’s Social Care, Health, Education, and Police to support timely, proportionate, and defensible multi‑agency decision‑making.
As a PDT Officer, you will provide supervisory‑level professional decision‑making, acting as the police representative within a daily multi‑agency forum. The role focuses on early-stage and emerging risk, supporting decision‑making below the threshold for statutory Strategy Discussions or Section 47 enquiries, and at Family Help/early intervention level.
You will work collaboratively with partners to assess risk, apply thresholds consistently, and ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time, helping to prevent escalation into statutory processes wherever possible.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Acting as the designated police decision maker within the daily Partnership Decision Team for Staffordshire Children’s Services
- Contributing police insight, information, and professional judgement to multi‑agency safeguarding discussions
- Supporting decision‑making for cases where risk is emerging, cumulative, or unclear, particularly prior to statutory thresholds being met
- Supporting decision‑making at Family Help/early intervention level, ensuring appropriate and proportionate safeguarding responses
- Providing professional challenge and influence within multi‑agency forums
- Maintaining line‑of‑sight oversight of safeguarding actions and supporting escalation where appropriate
- Supporting consistent application of safeguarding thresholds in line with guidance
- Contributing to quality assurance, audit, and learning activity
- Supporting service improvement, development, and evaluation of the PDT model
About You
We are seeking a confident and experienced individual who can operate at a supervisory decision‑making level within a complex and fast‑paced safeguarding environment.
You will have:
- Experience within safeguarding, public protection, or vulnerability‑focused roles
- A strong understanding of risk assessment, safeguarding thresholds, and multi‑agency working
- The ability to exercise sound professional judgement, particularly where information may be incomplete or risk is emerging
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and support decision‑making across agencies
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to assess and interpret information from multiple sources
- Experience of working collaboratively within or alongside partner organisations
A working knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children and safeguarding frameworks is essential.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to:
- Be part of a new and evolving safeguarding model within the IFD
- Contribute directly to the delivery of the Families First Partnership Programme
- Influence and shape multi‑agency safeguarding practice at the front door
- Play a key role in early intervention and prevention, improving outcomes for children and families
- Be involved in future service development, with opportunities to support innovation and pilot activity
- Work within a genuinely collaborative multi‑agency environment
Additional Information
- This is a time‑limited, externally funded post, operating as a proof of concept
- The role is funded by Staffordshire Children’s Services, and will therefore focus on supporting safeguarding activity relating to children and families within Staffordshire at this stage
- The role does not require warranted powers and is open to police staff applicants
- The role focuses on professional decision‑making and partnership working, rather than investigation
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements are supported in line with operational requirements
How to Apply
Please complete your application form and upload your CV through the upload CV section of your application form.
Closing Date - 26th June 2026 at midday.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
DI Neil Johnson – IFD Manager
T/DI Yasmin Tunstall – Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) Lead
