SYP - Local Referral Unit Manager

Role: Local Referral Unit Manager

District: Sheffield

Location: Howden House, Moorfoot, Sheffield

Salary: £29,874 - £33,915

Hours:  37      

Contract Type: Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Local Referral Unit Manager to join our team, based at the Sheffield Safeguarding Hub with the local Authority.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage a team within children and adults safeguarding, protecting vulnerable people.
• Be able to manage and prioritise risk. 
• Have good communication skills with partner agencies.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• To risk assess and manage safeguarding referrals for adults and children
• Be responsible for Strategy meetings and Child Protection Conferences (CPCs).
• To represent South Yorkshire Police at multi agency meetings in respect of Child and Adult Safeguarding.
• To manage any decisions, on behalf of South Yorkshire Police about the need for a child protection plan and /or adult risk management plan in the best’s interests of the vulnerable person.
• To ensure force safeguarding policies are maintained in accordance with legislative change.
• To manage any issues where there remains concern for the safety of an adult/child.
• To supervise a team, managing their wellbeing, welfare and development.

Skills and experience:

• Experience of working in Child Protection.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency safeguarding environment.
• Experience of leading multi agencies approach meetings.
• Experience in updating and interrogating computer systems.
• Experience of producing Management reports.
• Supervisory Experience

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

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview

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 flexi-time 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 Fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

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: A/DI Matt Lavender on 0114 2964321 or DI Roberta Beasley on 07920 532201.

Closing Date: Sunday 7th April 2024 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.

How to apply:

Please click ‘Apply’

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.