Address
Form of work
SalaryNumber of Posts
1
Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Criminal Justice and Custody Branch
Location
Force Headquarters - Central Park Complex
Grade
Grade J
Rank
Not applicable
Leadership Level
Middle Leader
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
21.75 hours per week
Hours
Part time (including job share)
Advertised Salary
£43,098 - £45,546 per annum (pro rata)
Advert
In addition, to act as the FPOC (First Point of Contact) for all internal CRH Safeguarding enquiries and referrals. The aim of this role is to positively contribute to the Safeguarding and welfare of GMPs internal staff. Ensuring action is taken to promote their welfare, protect them from harm, being accountable for decisions and taking action to have the best possible outcomes through advice and guidance on safeguarding matters to staff. The role will also include writing safeguarding policies for the organisation, in respect of internal staff and volunteers and ensuring compliance with those policies.
This role is based at GMP Police Headquarters but will involve travel across Greater Manchester and also home working where necessary.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Relevant degree and/or professional qualification or relevant experience.
- Experience in Safeguarding service delivery within a child and Young person environment or adults at risk.
- Experience of financial control, budgeting procedures, procurement and ensuring value for money.
- Proven track record of service delivery, policy development and evaluation.
- Experience of working on own initiative, investigating problems, developing solutions and taking appropriate timely action to resolve them.
- Experience of using Microsoft Software Applications, including MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access.
- Experience of applying policies and procedures to working practices.
- Experience in researching and developing policies, systems and procedures.
- Experience of effectively planning and organising workloads for self and others to meet deadlines within a pressurised environment.
- Experience of leading a team in order to deliver results
- Strong working knowledge of legislation, Guidance and relevant policies and procedures in respect of the Volunteer Safe Recruitment, Safeguarding Adults and Children including managing child protection referrals and managing allegations and disclosures.
Closing Date
3 Apr 2024
Recruitment Team Contact
gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk
Other Information
To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.
After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.
In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
This is a designated post under the Force Vetting Strategy and the post will therefore attract an enhanced level of vetting.
Please note for applications which carry enhanced vetting you should have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.
If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk and the recruitment team will be happy to assist .
Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.
Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.
Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf
Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.
Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required.
Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure noreply@gmp-recruitment.co.uk is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.
Minimum Age for Applications
16
