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Crime Prevention and Reduction Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
Main area: Estates and Ancillary
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 409-6789535
Site: Southport Hospital
Town: Southport
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 30/01/2025
Job overview
To assist the Crime Prevention and Reduction Officer to ensure that the organisation complies with relevant Security Legislation, Regulations, and Codes of Practice/Best Industry Practice Standards.
To assist in the implementation of Trust security related policies/documentation, and work under direction to engage with staff, ensuring the highest standards of security and environmental management.
Travel across Trust sites, undertaking investigations and supporting staff across MWL.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake investigations of crime against staff, inspections, risk assessments, and action plans, working collaboratively alongside our departments across the Trust.
2. Be aware of current and professional security advice and how it can impact upon the Trust.
3. To report findings from investigations, risk assessments/audits to relevant personnel, and take direction from management on reviewing and actioning issues to ensure continued effectiveness.
4. Link between the Trust and Security teams where directed, as well as reporting back through governance structure.
5. Assist with the ongoing programmes of support work for violence and abuse against staff, ensuring compliance with Joint Agreement on Offences Against Emergency Workers and other local policies and processes.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
1. To help in ensuring security management work is carried out with a professional and ethical framework previously developed and provided by NHS Protect.
2. Co-ordinate specific security issues and liaise with management where relevant.
3. Work with both clinical and non-clinical risk teams to develop systems to meet the internal and external security requirements.
4. Work towards achieving a safe working environment by ensuring developed safe working practices are enacted by support staff, patients, and visitors.
5. Support the Trust's Governance framework.
6. Where directed, co-ordinate, conduct, review, advise and support crime audits, inspections, security/crime risk assessments throughout Trust, ensuring timely provision of reports.
7. Participate in root cause analysis through investigations, providing written reports to management.
8. Member of relevant governance committee and groups as directed by Manager, offering support and assistance.
9. Maintain accurate electronic records of investigations, outcomes, and learning.
10. Be proactive maintaining a high level of understanding in relation to current issues by means of networking and continuous professional development.
11. Assist on the day-to-day work within the Trust to tackle violence against staff.
12. To work to create a pro-security culture within the Trust, so that staff and patients accept responsibility for this issue.
13. To ensure existing security equipment e.g., lone worker devices function properly and are appropriately used.
14. To carry out Risk Assessments where directed, formulate action plans to improve security and crime prevention, working with the Estates and Facilities Risk Assurance Team to ensure a consistent approach to Risk Management.
15. To maintain links that are built with the local police force, crime prevention officers, and other security bodies locally.
16. To work with the Trust to ensure that where appropriate, assisting in ensuring redress is sought from those who commit crime or security incidents where a loss of resource is incurred.
17. To work towards applying a range of sanctions against those responsible for crimes, security incidents, or those not complying with Trust Policies and Processes.
18. To deputise for managers where directed.
19. Exercise discretion when dealing with requests for Trust Data, ensuring relevant policies are followed.
20. To be aware of physical security systems, comfortable in their use, and aware of any relevant codes of practice.
21. Be able to work flexibly across multiple sites where directed.
22. Have an awareness of Conflict Resolution Training, and assist in the delivery of established programmes across the Trust.
23. To undertake administrative duties where directed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Crime prevention qualification and/or equivalent experience
* Recognised security qualification and/or equivalent experience
* Member of professional body
Knowledge & Experience
* Significant experience of investigations
* Working knowledge of Violence Prevention and Reduction as well as Security Management in a healthcare environment
* Ability to implement appropriate legislation and identify the implications for the organisation
* Knowledge of relevant codes of practice and Data Protection Act
Skills
* Ability to demonstrate a genuine commitment to ensuring that the service provided to employees and users of the Trust services are delivered to the highest quality
* Ability to produce formal reports electronically and manipulate data.
* Flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. You are part of an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective, and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details, are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
· All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
· There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
· Employees have the right to make requests and have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at the interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognize staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking environment across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behavior examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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