SYP - Crime Support Clerk - March 2023

Role:                   Crime Support Clerk

Department:     Sheffield

Location:            Attercliffe Police Station, Sheffield

Salary:                £21,432 - £23,100

Hours:                 37hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

The post holder will provide general administrative support within the CID administration unit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interrogate and/or retrieve data from various computer systems including CONNECT, SMART Contact, PNC and Caspre. To update and maintain CMS ii.
• Collate and disseminate data from CONNECT, CMS ii and PNC in order to confirm stolen vehicles.
• Liaise with Criminal Justice Unit and other offices within South Yorkshire Police.
• Adhere to Force policy when dealing with currency that is potentially counterfeit.
• Comply with Data Protection Act when dealing with telephone enquiries from members of the public/insurance companies etc.
• Peruse/decipher court results to update CONNECT, as necessary.
• Interrogate and decipher Court files and request the OIC to submit further crimes in order to detect and update CONNECT in line with District performance indicators and home office counting rules.
• Process ‘Acknowledge Recorded Offence differs from Disposal Offence’ tasks on CONNECT.
• Handle files containing sensitive, distressing and explicit papers received i.e., rapes, murders and child abuse cases.
• Deal with the thinning, weeding and destruction of paperwork/files in line with the MOPI guidelines.
• Processing Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority applications.
• Photocopy, file and maintain records for ease of retrieval.
• Any other duties commensurate with the grade.

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

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

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

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:

SYP 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.  

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

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 SYP 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.

Closing Date:

Wednesday 22 March 2023 at 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.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Alexandra Kay on 0114 296 3081. 

Diversity & Inclusion:

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

It’s 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.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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