Disclosure & Barring Coordinator

Division / Department - Corporate Development

Grade - Grade 8

Status - Full Time

Contract Type - Permanent

Salary Grade Range - £28,914 - £30,897

Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

Shift Allowance - No

Politically Restricted - No

Location - Brighton, John Street

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

The Role & Key Responsibilities

From your first day with us you will be part of a policing team that makes a real difference, with a mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe in our communities. The Sussex Disclosure and Barring team are looking for enthusiastic and result focused team members that have experience of working in a high demand role with the ability to make decisions. The role also requires high levels of attention to detail and writing rationales as to why a decision has been made; experience with report writing is essential.

Working from our offices at Brighton Police Station, the Coordinator is responsible for researching information held on local systems on applicants that are applying to work with Children or Vulnerable Adults in both the Public and Private workforce. The role works closely with partner stakeholders, police officers and other agencies and is responsible for searching and identifying information. Following the Quality Assured Framework, the Coordinator role considers information to be disclosed for the Enhanced Disclosure Certificate. As a Coordinator, once trained, you would have a level of autonomy to complete all applications through your initial investigation and depending on decision progress through to the Chief Officer Delegate for a final disclosure decision. You will be responsible for the initial decision making on all applications whether the information is relevant to consider disclosure for the position that has been applied for or decision not to disclose.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage all applicants received in the unit to ensure all applications and referrals are completed in line with the Service Level Agreement.
• Assess and prioritise work streams in order of type and priority, and produce an audit trail of the decisions made.
• Ability to write clear and concise rationale on decisions.
• Clear communication is important when liaising with internal and external stakeholders including other Child and Adult Services.
• Monitor the unit's mailbox, delegating workflows.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role you must demonstrate knowledge or experience of information gathering, decision making and report writing. You would be educated to level A-C in GCSE English or the equivalent qualification; experience will also be considered. Well developed interpersonal skills together with excellent verbal and written communication including spelling, grammar and attention to detail. Ability to problem solve, make decisions objectively and clearly record in writing your decision process objectively with confidence on how you came to a conclusion. Your skills and knowledge will enable you to analyse large amounts of information from various sources. Ability to work independently and manage own workload, as well as working as part of a team structure. The ability to work under pressure in a high volume environment which will require organisation and planning skills. Understanding of relevant legislation including Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Human Rights Act and Safeguarding. Strong IT skills in particular with current Microsoft applications.

Why Work With Us?

Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working which may include working from home part of the time. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits:

• Career progression
• Contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Discounts for everyday spend
• On-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• Generous and supportive parental leave
• Financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• Discounted contributory healthcare scheme

This vacancy is based at Brighton Police Station, John Street, Brighton, East Sussex.

Diversity Statement

We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all. We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement. We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities.

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.

Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.