Blue Badge Investigator - Senior Role (50k - 65k)
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Full time, 40 hours per week, including some evening and weekend working
Must have previous experience and a full UK drivers license.
Role Purpose
*To detect, investigate and evidence the misuse of Blue Badges, through proactive intelligence-led on-street patrols, enquiries, badge inspection and seizure, and formal criminal investigation.
*To prepare complete, accurate and legally compliant evidential case files to the standard required for prosecution, and to give evidence in court where required.
*To work alongside Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) as a routine part of frontline operations, strengthening the link between on-street activity, intelligence and investigation, and to be deployed on core CEO duties where operationally required.
You will supervise the Blue Badge Investigator(s), allocate and review cases, and act as the team's Disclosure Officer under CPIA. Every case file will cross your desk before it reaches the Council, and your sign-off will mean that the offence is properly evidenced, the interview was compliant with PACE Codes C and E, the exhibits and schedules are complete and time limits have been met. You will personally lead the complex, sensitive and repeat-offender cases, including forged badges, and you will give evidence in court and brief the Council's solicitors on the strength of the case.
Job Description
1.Provide day-to-day supervision, direction and support to the Blue Badge Investigator(s), including allocation of cases, monitoring of caseloads, regular case reviews, welfare and performance management in line with GEL policies.
2.Review every completed investigation file before submission to the Council, checking that the offence and each of its elements is properly evidenced, that all statements, exhibits, interview records and disclosure schedules are complete and admissible, that PACE, CPIA and statutory time limits have been complied with, and that the file meets the standards required.
3.Sign off files as fit for submission, or return them with clear written direction on the further enquiries or corrections required, and maintain a record of quality-review decisions and recurring issues to inform training and improvement.
4.Act as the Disclosure Officer for the team, ensuring compliance with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and its Code of Practice, including the recording, retention, revelation and scheduling of used and unused material, and the timely response to any requests from Legal Services or the defence. xgikmsk
5.Personally undertake proactive on-street patrols, badge inspections and retentions, on-street enquiries, investigations and interviews under caution, taking the lead on complex, sensitive or high-profile cases, including suspected organised or repeat offending, forged badges and cases involving vulnerable people.
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Blue Badge Investigator - Senior Role employer: Unity Recruitment Careers
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