Anti-Social Behaviour And Safeguarding Officer

iWork Recruitment; Teignbridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Teignbridge District Council is seeking an experienced professional to manage the council's response to anti-social behaviour (ASB) across Teignbridge. You will coordinate with multiple agencies, escalate cases with reports and notices, and guide safeguarding processes. Regular court attendance as an ASB expert is expected.

You will chair monthly multi-agency meetings, gather evidence, and prepare legal files for CPS and police, contributing to safer communities across the district.

Responsibilities

• Respond to ASB from the public and officers regarding ASB across Teignbridge.
• Liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies to co-ordinate action.
• Provide a central point of coordination for any agency wishing to reduce ASB.
• Identify and implement interventions including enforcement to reduce risk and impact.
• Deliver the ASB escalation process by writing reports and warning letters and preparing contracts and notices.
• Problem-solve complex cases with community impact; coordinate the Council's response.
• Manage safeguarding referrals; make referrals and notify the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Chair and manage a monthly multi-agency meeting to address individuals/locations across Teignbridge.
• Gather evidence and prepare legal files for CPS and police when applying for CBOs or other interventions.
• Attend court regularly as an expert in the field of ASB.
• Maintain case files using UNIFORM and prepare timely statistics for Safer Devon Partnership and CSP.
• Attend local, Devon-wide and regional meetings to represent Teignbridge and CSP as an ASB expert.

Job description

Contract to start ASAP until 04-06-27 with a possible extension.

Responsibilities

• To manage the Council's response to ASB across Teignbridge by Responding to the public experiencing ASB and officers of other agencies in relation to ASB.
• Liaising with numerous statutory and voluntary agencies.
• Provide a central point of co-ordination for any agency within the Teignbridge wishing to reduce ASB.
• Identifying and implementing appropriate interventions including enforcement action to reduce risk and impact.
• To deliver the ASB escalation process by Writing reports, and warning letters Preparing all Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, Community Protection Warning letters and Community Protection Notices and other initiatives to reduce ASB Provide guidance to Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and staff of other agencies in relation to ASB and the escalation process.
• To problem solve complex cases with a community impact by Identifying and responding to complex cases that are having a detrimental impact on the community. Co-ordination of the Council's response.
• To manage safeguarding cases, make referrals to agencies, record actions and raise any major concerns with the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Council.
• To chair and manage a monthly multi agency meeting to address individuals and locations across Teignbridge and provide specialist knowledge of tactical options available to reduce ASB with a multi-agency problem solving approach.
• To gather evidence and prepare legal files for the Crown Prosecution Service and the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Legal services when applying for CBO's or other legal interventions.
• In addition, attend court on a regular basis as an acknowledged expert in the field of ASB.
• To maintain a comprehensive system of case files using the UNIFORM software on individuals and prepare timely statistics for the Safer Devon Partnership, SDD CSP and Teignbridge District Council.
• To attend local meetings, Devon wide meetings and regional meetings to represent Teignbridge, TDC and the South Devon & Dartmoor CSP as an expert in the field of ASB.

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