Referral Assessor - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Merseyside police

Merseyside police
Merseyside police
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Referral Assessor

Investigation

VPRU - Vulnerable Persons Referral Unit

Permanent

Grade C - £24,921 - £27, % Equalisation Allowance

Huyton
Merseyside Police is a dynamic, challenging, rewarding place to work: we take pride in everything we do.


The best performing urban Force as graded by HMICFRS to date, our strategy is simply to put the communities of Merseyside first.

We have a strong focus on continuous improvement in the areas we're passionate about:

ending Violence Against Women & Girls; tackling Serious Organised Crime & County Lines; strengthening our approach to Diversity & Inclusion; building trust & confidence through Community Engagement.


Job Purpose


To review all vulnerability referrals made to the police (from internal and external sources), assess risk and evaluate the needs of the person referred, to research police systems to gather all known information on the person(s) referred, and to make informed decisions on the appropriate referral pathways and support networks required to ensure that risk is managed and vulnerable adults and children are effectively safeguarded.


Knowledge and Experience

  • It is essential that the post holder has undertaken training on the Management of Police Information (MOPI) or more recently "Managing Information" as the Unit will be handling and sharing sensitive personal data with external partners, and in supervising the Unit, the post holder will be required to ensure full compliance with Home Office Code of Practice on MOPI, Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation and the Freedom of Information Act.
  • Knowledge of the parameters of the information sharing framework provided by Statutory Guidance "Working Together to Safeguard Children and Vulnerable Adults (2018)" also known by the short title as "Working Together 2018".
  • Knowledge of the parameters of the various Information Sharing Agreements (ISA's) between Police and partner agencies that lay out the framework of
- which information can be shared and under what circumstances.

  • Experience of managing electronic VPRF's through the Corvus interface, and use of Corvus and Delphi to identify referrals in progress, partially completed


referrals, referrals not properly submitted and referrals that have failed in transfer due to IT issues to ensure that no risk remains hidden or lost in the system.


  • Experience of assessing vulnerability utilising common risk assessment tools such as MERIT, DASH, "Levels of Need", "Continuum of Need" etc. is highly desirable.
  • Experience of multiagency information sharing around safeguarding processes, conducting research on force systems and evaluating safeguarding histories to distil relevant information, and provide clear, balanced and unbiased information to partner agencies which differentiates between fact and opinion.
  • Experience of working in a business area of high demand and high risk. To demonstrate a record of accurately identifying pertinent information and
providing a timely response to enable partner agencies to appropriately manage risk


Benefits:


PLEASE APPLY VIA THE MERSEYSIDE POLICE WEBSITE
Flexi time policy

Free onsite parking

On site Gym

Local Government Pension

On site bistro

Staff networks

Wellbeing programme


Our commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Building a workforce that represents our communities is important to us. We aim to attract & keep people with the best skills & highest potential.

We want to attract a diverse range of individuals into our force who might not have considered a career with us before.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
From £24,921.00 per year


Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 22/03/2024

Reference ID: 1931
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