Police Staff Investigating Officer - Local Authority

Spinwell Global Limited; Park Central; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinwell Ltd invites applications for a Police Staff Investigating Officer, based in hybrid Edgbaston. The role runs until 31/03/27 with BPSS security clearance and IR35 Inside.

You will work across child abuse investigations, collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, and supporting multi-agency decision-making. The pay rate to intermediaries is £26.52 per hour, with responsibilities spanning evidence handling, risk assessments and victim support.

Responsibilities

• Collecting and gathering evidence and recording and retaining material from a range of sources in a format that is evidentially admissible to support the investigative process.
• Identifying, assessing and tailoring engagement with child victims, so that evidence is collected adequately and appropriately to support the child and proportionally achieve investigatory objectives.
• Interviewing witnesses, victims and suspects and gathering all required evidence in relation to child abuse investigations in accordance with PIP2 standards, generating further lines of enquiry to bring perpetrators to justice.
• Sharing information and undertaking risk assessments to contribute towards multi-agency decision-making (for example, in section 47 strategy meetings) and providing appropriate support for victims during an investigation to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
• Providing information regarding additional services available for families and victims, including signposting to support agencies, and explaining criminal justice and coronial procedures, so that they can access all available services and support.
• Carrying out analysis, assessing evidence and evaluating material generated by child abuse investigations so that intelligence generates evidence to identify and charge offenders, supports the prevention of future offences and connects the work of other policing teams.
• Ensuring all material, including exhibits generated by serious and complex crime, is seized, examined, and retained in accordance with legislation and policy, where necessary.
• Preparing reports on the outcome of investigations and managing case files within best practice procedures to ensure there is an accurate audit trail.
• Initiating multi-agency arrangement discussions in cases where there are no further criminal proceedings to assess potential ongoing risk.
• Contributing to the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA), providing updates on offenders, and updating records to support and enable joined-up public agency management of offenders.

Job description

About The Role

Role: Police Staff Investigating Officer x 12 REF 377495

Contract Length: Until 31/03/27

Location: Hybrid/Edgbaston

IR35: Inside

Pay Rate to Intermediary: £26.52 per hour

Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Police Staff Investigating Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POLICE STAFF INVESTIGATING OFFICER

• Collecting and gathering evidence and recording and retaining material from a range of sources in a format that is evidentially admissible to support the investigative process.


• Identifying, assessing and tailoring engagement with child victims, so that evidence is collected adequately and appropriately to support the child and proportionally achieve investigatory objectives.


• Interviewing witnesses, victims and suspects and gathering all required evidence in relation to child abuse investigations in accordance with PIP2 standards, generating further lines of enquiry to bring perpetrators to justice.


• Sharing information and undertaking risk assessments to contribute towards multi-agency decision-making (for example, in section 47 strategy meetings) and providing appropriate support for victims during an investigation to ensure their safety and wellbeing.


• Providing information regarding additional services available for families and victims, including signposting to support agencies, and explaining criminal justice and coronial procedures, so that they can access all available services and support.


• Carrying out analysis, assessing evidence and evaluating material generated by child abuse investigations so that intelligence generates evidence to identify and charge offenders, supports the prevention of future offences and connects the work of other policing teams.


• Ensuring all material, including exhibits generated by serious and complex crime, is seized, examined, and retained in accordance with legislation and policy, where necessary.


• Preparing reports on the outcome of investigations and managing case files within best practice procedures to ensure there is an accurate audit trail.


• Initiating multi-agency arrangement discussions in cases where there are no further criminal proceedings to assess potential ongoing risk.


• Contributing to the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA), providing updates on offenders, and updating records to support and enable joined-up public agency management of offenders.

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

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