An exciting role has arisen for a Police staff Prevent officer. The purpose of the role is to support the Prevent strand of CONTEST by connecting counter-terrorism policing, neighbourhood policing and communities. All activity undertaken is based on threat, risk and vulnerability, with a key responsibility to manage a caseload and take action to identify, support, safeguard and disrupt those identified as vulnerable to radicalisation and extremism, working collaboratively with our statutory and non-statutory partners and the community.
ERSOU Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk with Bedfordshire Police as the lead force.
Prevent Case Management
• Maintain responsibility for Prevent Case Management (PCM) to manage risk, threat and vulnerability associated with individuals, institutions, and ideology.
• Act as case officer for referrals allocated to Prevent, taking the lead in information gathering amongst partners to inform and develop tactical options and safeguarding measures.
• Work with partners to support the delivery of safeguarding measures, including participation in strategy discussions/meetings and attendance at child protection case conferences.
• Subject to changing national processes, support individuals referred to Prevent and use all information available to complete a Vulnerability Assessment, utilising Channel where appropriate, maintaining responsibility for and oversight of each allocated case until such time as it the threat is removed/reduced.
• Provide support to institutions identified as vulnerable to radicalising influences to reduce the threat of extremism and radicalisation.
• Submit all relevant intelligence in relation to persons and institutions subject to Channel and Prevent Case Management.
Community Engagement
• Identify and maintain relationships with key individuals, institutions and groups within the community in order to promote Prevent and support its delivery and objectives.
• Assess, through relationships with local policing and community cohesion teams, community tensions and in particular the impact of executive action and other CT consequence management.
• Work with the community, partners and local policing to support and promote events which build community resilience to challenge extremist and terrorist ideology.
• Support partners through the provision of targeted training or engagement in order to improve their decision-making and therefore the quality of referrals into Prevent.
• Act as a conduit between local policing and the CT Policing, promoting the mainstream delivery of Prevent to assist the local force to fulfil its obligations under the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015.
• Lead on the delivery of national and local Prevent campaigns and manage communication tools which promote the Prevent agenda.
Disruptive Activity
• Work with partners to utilise powers at their disposal to disrupt and deter persons believed to be extremists or vulnerable to radicalisation who, due to their level of perceived radicalisation or extremism, are not suitable for voluntary engagement or support programmes such as Channel.
• Compile evidence and build files to support the Local Authority to take action under the Children’s Act and other safeguarding legislation, including Wards of Court.
• Exploit opportunities, in full consultation with supervisors, to investigate and prosecute individuals of interest for non-TACT offences in an effort to undermine their status and credibility and limit their activity.
• Support national deployments where needed.
• Provide disruptive capacity to CT Policing-led operations by completing tasks as directed as an overt response option.
• Deploy in the role of Contact Officer at the time of executive action.
• Tackle the threat of extremist travel through contact and engagement with persons of interest to disrupt their activity, assess vulnerability and mitigate any residual threat.
Interested? See the role profile for more details.
ABOUT ERSOU
ERSOU is the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, that oversees and delivers a regional level response to Serious and Organised Crime, and Counter Terrorism Policing for the Forces in the Eastern Region. ERSOU is made up of both Officers and Police Staff from across the entire region and works closely with the 6 Forces and National Partners. The departments are unique, in that they are able to offer opportunities to work and develop individuals professionally in specialist areas, often delivering capabilities that are provided by local forces.
ERSOU celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented or minority groups. ERSOU is a Disability Confident employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process, please contact the HR Service Centre on (phone number removed). We also offer the guaranteed interview scheme; this means that all candidates with a disability covered by the Equality Act 2010, who meet the minimum entry requirements for the role, will be invited to attend an interview. Where possible we will also consider flexible working requests.
What we offer:
* 28 days holiday, rising after 5 years service
* Flexi time
* Opportunity to undertake nationally recognised Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP)
* Dedicated CTP training for your role
* Blue light card discounts
* Generous pension scheme
* 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme
* Opportunities to get involved with networking groups such as the network of women, LGBTQ+, parent, carers, health, and wellbeing.
VETTING
Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo Management Vetting (5 years residency criteria) and Security Clearance (5 years residency criteria) or Development vetting, if applicable, before taking up the post. Please be aware the Police Corporate Vetting Unit will undertake security vetting on successful candidates, their family and others that live at their home address, which will include financial checks. Due to the sensitive nature of these checks, we are not able to supply feedback should clearance be declined.
This post is designated a ‘reserved post’ under the Civil Service Nationality Rules and is open only to UK Nationals. Anyone holding dual nationality can make an application but may be required to relinquish non-British nationality if successful (and any entitlement you may have to a foreign nationality) as a condition of your confirmation of appointment with CTP. When applying please click Yes to the British Nationality Question in order to progress to the next step of the application process. One of your parents should also be British or have substantial ties to the UK. In the latter instance, substantial ties means that your parent is a citizen of a British Overseas Territory, a Commonwealth citizen, US citizen, EEA citizen, British national or citizen overseas, and they would need to have demonstrable connections with the UK by way of family history or have been resident here for a substantial period of time.
If you’re already married to, or cohabiting with, a person who isn’t a British citizen, you may still be eligible for employment at the discretion of the department. You should note however, that marriage to, or cohabitation with, a person who isn’t a British citizen after appointment may, in some circumstances, result in the withdrawal of security clearance and subsequent transfer to another department, or (if this is not possible or the officer does not wish to transfer) dismissal. Each case will be considered on its merits, taking into account the ties between the person involved and the United Kingdom