Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Public Protection
Grade - Grade 7
Status - Part Time
Contract Type - Permanent
Salary Grade Range - £20,199 - £22,047
Working Hours - 18.5 Hours per Week
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
The MASH Administrator works as part of a small Police team within Brighton MASH, providing administrative support for the Detective Sergeant and officers within MASH and Brighton Safeguarding Investigation Unit. This is a fast paced and varied role, where attention to detail is vital. The ideal candidate will have the ability to understand and record information from a variety of sources quickly and accurately. You will be working closely alongside our Partner Agencies, including Social Services, Education and Health, as part of the bigger MASH team.
Key Responsibilities
To provide an effective administrative support to all work streams that encompass the SIU/MASH. This includes research for Strategy meetings, case conferences and to support the DS to make early mutli-agency decisions
Responsible for handling enquiries from internal and external parties, whether they are phone calls or requests in writing. This will include responding to requests for information.
To research and obtain and identify relevant disclosable information from police systems. This includes the collation, production, analysis and dissemination of information in relation child and adult protection referrals leading to strategy meetings, joint visits, case conferences and MARAC’s when directed by the DS.
To proactively work to support the department in the achievement of objectives, ensuring the completion of actions and strategies set for improvements primarily in the three main areas of Child Protection, Adult Protection and Rape and Serious sexual offences but also in other areas as required.
To set up and attend meetings, record actions and distribute papers as required. To ensure that offences identified within the business of the MASH are recorded to be Crime Data Integrity compliant.
To keep all records and information secure and confidential at all times.
To regularly monitor and quality assure all reports upon submission, ensuring these are completed in line with Force policy and take necessary corrective action.
To monitor the progress of relevant court cases - including Domestic Violence Protection Orders and update records
To monitor the Niche inboxes and deal with workflows allocated to them; identifying Safeguarding Alerts and SCARFS (VAAR, MOGP and DASH) when reviewing the forms, identifying key information ensuring that information that identifies Safeguarding risks is passed to police colleagues and partner agencies in a timely manner.
Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser graded post.
Skills & Experience
Previous experience of working in an administrative role is essential together with good organisational Skills.
Able to exercise discretion in handling matters of a personal, sensitive, and of
confidential nature and the safe handling of sensitive operational information.
Effective time management and prioritisation skills and the ability to meet timescales
without close supervision.
Good interpersonal skills to be able deal courteously with enquiries.
Research and analytical skills for Police systems and ability to recognise if research needs to be expanded when links are found to other families/victims. Decision making skills to support this so the officer has all the information to make safeguarding decisions. Good IT skills to support this research, transpose information from one system to another and produce research documents on templates for meetings.
Further Information
For further information about the role please contact:
DS Lisa CASS DC871 - lisa.cass@sussex.pnn.police.uk
or DS Paul Hitchcock CH562 -paul.hitchcock@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Telephone - 01273 292891
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important to us that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we believe that as an organisation we'll benefit from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity can bring; all of which helps us to deliver a better policing service.
We have worked really hard to create a safe, open and inclusive culture. We have a range of staff networking groups to provide specific support and advice and we are proud to be members of Stonewall and Disability Confident, and to be aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities so, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
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This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
If you are an internal candidate looking to apply for this role, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager before submitting an application. If you are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager.
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