Case Conference Officer

Adecco are pleased to be recruiting for a Case Conference Officer to join Gwent Police at Newport Civic Centre.

This role is working office hours, Monday - Friday at 37 hours per week. This is a hybrid role. The rate is 14.40 per hour.

The role is temporary initially until March 2025.

Position summary: To prepare for and represent the Police at Case Conferences in a Multi-Agency Forum, ensuring the welfare of children is paramount by influencing decisions made regarding children being made subject of a child protection plan, then completing all administration needs and database functions.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Undertake comprehensive checks on all Police databases to gather information or intelligence held relating to the family and relevant addresses to ensure that an informed decision can be made at Child Protection Case Conferences.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date records are continually maintained to ensure that all relevant information is recorded and available regarding the safety of children.
• Liaise with relevant personnel and Officers involved with Case conference subjects.
• Co-ordinate all information and intelligence gathered in order to present to the Case conference to aid decisions made in the best interests of the child.
• Attend each case conference in a multi-agency forum as a Police representative and actively engage in the decision making process.
• Following a Child Protection Case Conference, update Police systems with outcomes and actions decided by the panel.

Knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Must be able to successfully pass training required for the role. This will be in the form of a bespoke training package designed for the role.
• Experience of working within a confidential environment.
• Experience of compiling data into report format accurately and concisely by researching IT systems and other means as appropriate and display good analytical skills
• Must have experience of planning and organising own workloads in a busy pressurised environment.
• To be able to demonstrate by example the ability to use initiative particular in problem solving.
• Must have a good understanding of Child Protection Procedures including an awareness of the All Wales Child Protection Procedures.
• Must have knowledge of the National Decision Making Model.
• Must have knowledge of Partner Agencies and the role they play in protecting vulnerable children.
• Must be IT literate and have a good working practical knowledge of Microsoft Office packages use of databases.
• Level 1 Welsh essential (training will be given). Welsh language skills Level 2 and above are desirable.
• Please note, due to Police Criteria you must have lived in the UK for at least the last 3 years to apply for this post.

If you have the skills required for this post, please apply and if your CV is shortlisted one of our Adecco Consultants will be in touch.

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