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Coroner's Referral Officer - West Sussex

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Posted a day ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1PX, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position of Coroner's Referral Officer in West Sussex offers an ongoing contract with 37 hours per week at a pay rate of £16.37 per hour.
  • Candidates should ideally have Coronial experience or a background in police or investigations, along with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Key responsibilities include supporting bereaved families, handling sensitive communications, and managing inbound and outbound calls from various stakeholders.
  • The role requires strong administration skills for entering referrals into the system and managing a busy inbox while maintaining clear communication with HM Senior and Area Coroners.
  • Applicants should be able to demonstrate empathy and professionalism while discharging designated powers as assigned by the Coroner.
West Sussex - Coroner's Referral Officer Location - PO19 1RQ On going contract – 37 hours –  £16.37ph This is ideally suited to people with Coronial experience or those with a Police or investigation background and have the following:
  • strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to support bereaved families and communicate difficult or sensitive information that may be upsetting and traumatic to families
  • Handle inbound/outbound telephone calls from families, GP’s, medical professionals, funeral directors
  • Strong administration skills to enter new referrals onto the line of business system
  • Manage a busy in box, updating cases
 About the job:  In this role, you will be responsible for recording sudden and unexpected death in line with the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009, Coroner’s (Investigations) Regulations 2013, Coroner’s (Inquests) Rules 2013 and the Chief Coroner’s Guidance. You will deal directly with HM Senior and Area Coroners for West Sussex, bereaved families and a variety of third-party agencies on a daily basis, so clear communication and liaison is key to the role to ensure all parties are updated with the progress of referrals and are provided with appropriate support. You will need to be able to remain sympathetic and empathetic whilst working to policy and procedure. You will be assigned a number of ‘designated powers’ when appropriate by the Coroner. You will be expected to discharge such powers professionally, legally and proportionately.    Too find out more information please contact Deanna at Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.