Vacancy Information
This vacancy is only open to current Police Officers who have completed their probationary period and rejoiners.
Neighbourhood Policing in Surrey is at the forefront nationally and has been recognised with an outstanding rating from HMICFRS. As part of an uplift in numbers our Specialist Neighbourhood Teams (SNT) in the West and North are currently offering exciting opportunities to work with their teams as a Youth Engagement Officer.
Applicants will be passionate about local neighbourhood policing, self-motivated and recognise the importance of effective problem solving, proactively safeguarding and making a difference for the children and young people within their communities.
The selection process will be by way of a 500-word expression of interest detailing the skills you will bring to this role, your suitability and relevant experience. Candidates will be considered against this and short listed for a competency based interview around the Competency and Values Framework.
Please note that the online application form will state that 1000 words are required. This is auto setup within the system and cannot be changed. To clarify your application only requires 500 words.
Please stipulate your Division and Borough preference in your application, however please note that this cannot be guaranteed.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake long-term problem solving working with partners making use of a variety of powers and initiatives to improve outcomes and opportunities for children and young people in our communities.
- Practically safeguard young people in our communities including key areas such as CSE and County Lines.
- Develop engagement opportunities with young people.
- Ensure activity is targeted to where there is the greater level of need.
- To be involved in the development of partnership intervention work with children and young people in order to divert and prevent any future criminality.
- Work effectively with partner and statutory agencies who deliver services to young people to support issues and problems in the local area.
- Resilience in dealing with challenging, long term problem solving.
Skills & Experience
Please see attached job description
Contact Details
If you would like to learn more about the role, please make contact with: -
North: Inspector 2934 Bert Dean - Bert.Dean@surrey.pnn.police.uk
West: Inspector 3825 Andy Hill - Andrew.Hill@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Additional Information
Please note that all expressions of interest must be agreed through your Line manager prior to applying.
We welcome applications from transferees and rejoiners. Any applications from officers outside of Surrey Police will be processed on a transferee basis. To be eligible to apply officers must have completed their probationary period and must not be subject to any live misconduct investigations. Transferees and rejoiners will need to upload a copy of their last 2 PDRs and driving record.
This advert will close on Monday 29th June 2020.
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 also proud to be a member 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.
We are actively working on a range of activities to improve this and one of the proactive ways we are seeking to increase representation is via a bespoke mentoring scheme which is aimed at guiding applicants from diverse communities through the recruitment process.
For more information email positiveaction@surrey.pnn.police.uk
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