Risk Assessment Officer

Warwickshire County Council; Kilsby; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in Kilsby is seeking a dedicated professional to join their Families First team focused on safeguarding children and providing support to families. This role emphasizes multi-disciplinary collaboration and requires experience with Domestic Abuse legislation. The successful candidate will work closely with local services, attend MARAC panels, and provide direction to practitioners. In addition to a supportive work environment, the position offers generous benefits including leave, pension contributions, and a focus on wellbeing.

Benefits

Supportive managers

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Qualifications

• Current knowledge of Domestic Abuse legislation and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
• Current knowledge of public protection and safeguarding legislation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Warwickshire Families First responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and their families.
• Attend MARAC as Warwickshire Families First representative.
• Train and support practitioners to develop the skills to refer into and attend MARAC and MAPPA meetings.
• Provide direction and advice to partners in regard to child safeguarding.

Job description

About the role

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, health, police and education. Do you want to work in a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary setting where the primary focus is for the regard of children, young people and their families within the MARAC, DVDS and MAPPA process? The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Warwickshire Families First responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and their families.
• To attend MARAC as Warwickshire Families First representative
• To attend Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Clare's Law) panels as Warwickshire Families First representative
• Train and support practitioners to develop the skills to refer into and attend MARAC and MAPPA meetings where appropriate
• To model and develop restorative and relational approaches to growing partnerships and the development of strong professional relationships
• Provide direction and advice to partners in regard to child safeguarding
• To be office based 1 day a week in Rugby
• Current knowledge of Domestic Abuse legislation and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Current knowledge of public protection and safeguarding legislation
• Read more in our Agile Working leaflet

Our commitment: Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, and we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure.

Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Benefits

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply, Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.