Safe and Well Officer

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for a Safe and Well Officer to join our team in Maidstone. You will join us on a part-time (22.5 hours per week), temporary basis of 18 months, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £30,164 - £34,061 pro rata per annum.

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being a Safe and Well Officer:

Do you want to help people feel safe in their homes?

Safe and Well Officers visit customers in their homes to help them live safely and maintain independence. You will improve fire safety for customers and offer support alongside other agencies to support customers’ health and Wellbeing. The role of a Safe and Well Officer is a predominantly lone working role.

What you'll do:

• Visit customers in their homes and assess the risk of fire
• Offer and fit free fire prevention equipment
• Where required, work alongside multi-agencies to ensure the customer has a holistic package of support
• Work closely with our Safeguarding Team to ensure vulnerable customers are appropriately supported
• You will have a local base station but will be required to work county wide and have the use of a fire service vehicle

What you'll bring:

• The ability to make informed judgements about safety and risk
• Effective communication skills to help enact change with the ability to act sensitively
• Experience of safeguarding and confidential working
• Good literacy skills and time management

Closing date: Monday 19th February 2024

Interviews will take place on the 5th and/or 7th March 2024. Applicants invited for interview will be required to undertake a case study.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Safe and Well Officer please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.