A fixed term position is available as maternity cover from October 2024 to September 2025 within Community Services for Worcester City Council. We are looking for someone with experience of working in a multi-agency environment, with the ability to deliver community safety initiatives for a Safer Worcester.
The role requires someone who can work in an office setting and outdoors. You will need to follow procedures, attend meetings and have experience of computers and their systems. You will also be just as comfortable out on the streets of Worcester engaging with residents whilst patrolling, door knocking and delivering pop-up community events.
You will be the heart of the Safer Worcester Partnership, delivering community safety initiatives in Worcester to reduce the opportunity and impact of crime and antisocial behaviour for residents. Part of a small team, you will need to work with partner agencies to plan and deliver a programme of campaigns and events in the community. You will be required to work some evenings and weekends to deliver this programme and to support Youth Intervention patrols.
You will represent the council at multi-agency meetings, being active in taking actions and referring questions for line managers when appropriate. You will have administration responsibility for the Safer Worcester Partnership and Multi-agency Tasking Group meetings. This entails agenda setting, planning meetings and locations, and recording meeting minutes and actions.
You will preferably have knowledge of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and the associated statutory organisations and services. You will have experience of using a person-centered approach when making decisions on service provision. You will have administrative responsibility for community triggers and CCTV requests.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, hard working and able to work unsupervised and within a team. You will be able to prove your ability to work in a multi-agency setting with strong communication, organisational and planning skills.
You will be required to pass a disclosure check regarding spent and unspent convictions and cautions before commencing work. If you disclose any information, you will be treated fairly and will not be discriminated against.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you need any assistance with applying please contact the Recruitment team on recruitment@worcester.gov.uk. We can assist with alternative formats for your application or offer a MS Teams interview for example.
For further information about the role, please contact Warwick Neale, Community Services Team Manager at warwick.neale@worcester.gov.uk .
Closing date: 22/09/2024
Interview date: 03/10/2024
Attached documents:
Our Benefits
Person Specification 2021 - Community Engagement Officer CG2.2.docx
Community Engagement Officer CS2.2 Safety-Youth Intervention.pdf
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