Development Officers

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RSR Public Safety are currently recruiting on behalf of a policing agent for three Development Officers based across three locations: Hereford, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

The purpose of this role is to be a central point of contact for the continual assessment of high-risk critical information, research, evaluate, instigate and record initial action in relation to the receipt of notifications/referrals from internal staff and/or external statutory agencies in relation to the protection of vulnerable people.

This is a fixed-term contract offering a salary of £30,783.

Main Duties:

• Research, evaluate and risk-assess notifications/referrals received from internal staff and/or external statutory agencies in relation to child abuse, domestic abuse, mental health and the abuse of vulnerable adults and decide on onward dissemination to partner agencies and / or further police involvement.
• Make decisions in respect of safeguarding activities that are required to be undertaken, ensuring the organisations Statutory Safeguarding responsibilities are met.
• Allocate cases to other appropriate units/teams for further action, or retain ownership in order to progress further lines of enquiry.
• Identify actions required to manage assessed risks, making informed professional decisions regarding further investigations, referral to other statutory agencies for interventions, and/or allocation to police units/teams, maintaining an auditable decision-making process.
• Support the Police response to the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), in particular 'the right to know’, and undertaking research in order to make recommendations to senior managers.
• Develop and maintain effective communication by acting as a single point of contact for internal and external enquires relating to the protection of vulnerable people and related PVP business areas.

Essential Requirements:

• 5 A-C Grade GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
• Knowledge of statutory guidance, approved professional practice and local safeguarding procedures, related to the varying areas within protection of vulnerable people in particular child protection, domestic abuse and safeguarding vulnerable adults.
• Proven experience of handling information of a confidential, sensitive and personal nature.
• Proven experience of researching, analysing and assessing information in order to identify and manage risk.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the criminal law.

Role is subject to vetting check at relevant level.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!

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