SYP - Coroners Officer

Role:                Coroners Officer

Department:    Sheffield

Location:         Medico Legal Centre, Sheffield

Salary:             £29,874 - £33,915 (pro-rata)

Hours:              22.5hrs per week – Monday to Wednesday

Contract Type: Permanent

Details about the role:

We have this interesting role as a Coroners Officer working on behalf of South Yorkshire Police Force and in liaison with staff within the HM Coroner’s Office. The Coroners Officer will undertake duties in connection with the investigation of sudden or suspicious deaths.

What the Coroners Officer role will be responsible for:

• Administrative and investigative tasks associated with the receipt of notifications of death to HM Coroner.
• Deal with Initial enquiries which includes speaking with the recently bereaved.
• Facilitate necessary arrangements for post-mortems and inquests as directed by HM Coroner.
• Liaise with stakeholders such as Police, Hospital staff, GP’s, registrars etc, to gather information and ensure all necessary reports are obtained.
• Enquiries to be made regarding the deceased person as directed by HM Coroner, including file / case-building and the occasional taking of statements for the Court.
• Assist in the preparation and vetting of statutory disclosure for the inquest process.
• Out of hours on-call duties for one week every fifteen weeks. (Telephone cover)

Skills and experience:

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of working in an investigative or medical capacity.
• Able to work independently.
• Able to work long hours at short notice.
• Must possess a strong disposition.
• Must have a sympathetic and compassionate nature and have the ability to deal with sensitive and difficult situations.
• Ability to communicate at all levels including preparing high quality reports.
• Must possess good attention to detail.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of investigative processes.
• Experience of medical terminology.

You will need to evidence these criteria as part of your application form.

For further information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please refer to the attached role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance.
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust.
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police.
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.
• Committed to embedding sustainability: Force sustainability strategy - SYP (southyorkshire.police.uk)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club.
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks.

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Contact details:

For further information about the role, please contact Claire Hill on 0114 273 4524.

Closing Date: Friday 16 February 2024 @ 23.55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

How to apply:

Please click the Apply button.

Candidate Information:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.