Senior Firewise Scheme Officer

This role has a starting salary of £35,730 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

We are excited to be hiring a new Senior Firewise Scheme Officer to join our fantastic Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. The role is contractually based at Woodhatch Place, Reigate, with expectation and opportunity for agile working, including working from a variety of locations such as other SCC offices, fire stations or from home.

Do you have experience of working with children, young people and their families, leading and co-ordinating on complex cases with multi-agency involvement? Can you develop, deliver and evaluate high quality, informal educational interventions on a 1:1 basis or in small groups?

If so, have you thought about using these skills and experience, and learning new ones, in a Fire Service setting? If not, here's why you could...

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the RoleAt Surrey Fire and Rescue Service we are putting prevention at the heart of our Service, and we are looking for a Senior Firewise Scheme Officer who is ready for the challenge of working with children, young people, their families and partner organisations to identify firesetting behaviour and, through targeted educational intervention, addressing this behaviour to reduce the level of risk to the community.

The Senior Firewise Scheme Officer role is key to co-ordinating and delivering the Firewise Scheme; leading and mentoring a highly specialised team of Firewise Advisors whilst managing the day-to-day case work of children and young people who are setting fires.

This role includes being involved in triaging referrals, leading and advising on the arranging, planning and delivery of Firewise interventions and keeping accurate records of the work you and the team have undertaken. You will be monitoring, evaluating and reviewing cases, communicating with referrers, agencies, parents and partner agencies on case actions, decisions and outcomes. You will build relationships with internal teams and partner agencies, promoting, collaborating, sharing knowledge, skills, experience and best practice. You will also ensure that children and young people are safeguarded at all times, following and implementing Service Safeguarding and Health and Safety policies and practices, alongside promoting and delivering a fire safety education scheme that is pro-social, restorative, trauma informed, is strengths based and develops protective factors.

Shortlisting CriteriaTo be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Ability co-ordinate people from a variety of teams, fostering positive relationships with team members
• Ability to build rapport with children, young people and their families as well as with personnel, and with partner agencies in Surrey especially referrers
• A suitable youth work or teaching qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience, know how children and young people learn and have an awareness of protective factors, trauma informed, restorative and pro-social practices
• Experience of co-ordinating people, delivering activities to children and young people and evaluating the outcomes or can evidence the potential to do so
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written
• Ability to use information technology effectively, including databases, spreadsheets and Microsoft Office 365
• For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application.

On appointment, you will receive a full induction to the organisation and role and have access to regular supervision and continuous professional development (CPD). You will be provided with a Service laptop and mobile phone to allow for flexible and agile working.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 13/10/2024 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role. Our CommitmentSurrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.