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.
We are a friendly employer with a passion for investing in our people and creating conditions for you to 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 & Experience
A knowledge of safeguarding is desirable
Ability to provide clear, balanced and unbiased information which differentiates between fact and opinion.
To demonstrate a record of accurately identifying pertinent information and providing a timely response to enable partner agencies to appropriately manage risk.
Experience of evaluating information and developing multi-agency risk management plans to ensure the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults are desirable.
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 force IT systems such as MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Power Point, MS Word and the ability to self-improve by gaining on-line learning in any relevant courses when necessary in order to improve knowledge and skills to provide an effective service to safeguard children and vulnerable adults.
Please provide a copy of your CV and current qualifications
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Merseyside Police is committed to ensuring that we have a work force that represents the communities we serve and we are keen to attract applications from under represented groups.
Benefits:
Merseyside Police operates a smarter working policy, and our management teams will be happy to talk to you about how we could meet both your flexible working needs and the needs of the role you are applying for.
Flexi time policy
Local Government Pension
Staff networks
Wellbeing programme
Our commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Building a workforce that represents our communities is important to us. We aim to attract & keep people with the best skills & highest potential. We want to attract a diverse range of individuals into our force who might not have considered a career with us before.
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 us. They provide support & guidance throughout the application process to candidates from under-represented groups.