Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £31,074-£33,294 - per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 18.5 hours
Contract Type: Fixed term for 12 months
Closing Date: 17th November 2024
Interview Date(s): 28th November 2024
An exciting opportunity working with community safety and safeguarding partnerships to support the recommendations and actions from Domestic homicide reviews, in order to strengthen multi-agency partnership working. To support vulnerable people and victims of domestic abuse and their families to make a real difference.
About the Role
The role will include :
* Overseeing and monitor the recommendations and actions tasked to individuals, agencies and bodies originating from Leicestershire and Rutland Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs).
* Highlighting and referring to remedial action to support completion.
* Support the assessment of the impact of these actions.
* Supporting the DHR Chair/Author, Panel and Safeguarding Partnerships Business Officer in the development of recommendations/actions during the DHR process which are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely (SMART).
* Retain an overview and organisational memory of previous review recommendations and actions to support the DHR process.
* liaise with stakeholders and other statutory and voluntary agencies to support the DHR process.
* Working with the Safeguarding Partnerships Manager and other staff members from the Safeguarding Partnerships Business Office to support specific tasks and projects within safeguarding partnership areas of business.
* Demonstrate personal responsibility by being self-motivated to produce high quality and timely work when operating without supervision.
The work is mainly office hours, but occasionally some flexibility may be required. Some travel may be necessary so it would be useful to have access to transport.
About You
To apply for this post, you must have::
* NVQ4 level in Project Management/Business Administration or equivalent, or appropriate experience to this level.
* Experience of working on projects in a supportive, enabling role.
* Experience of organising and facilitating key meetings and events with a focus on decisions, risks and actions.
* Understanding of Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) processes, Safeguarding Children partnership and Safeguarding Adults Board functions and structures.
* Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders across all agencies.
* Ability to review and feed back on action and improvement processes and tools as well as support the development of any changes
* Ability to work on own initiative and manage competing priorities
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Gary Watts Safeguarding Partnerships Manager
Telephone: 0116 305 7415
Email: gary.watts@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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