The Role
Post: Community Safety Practitioner
Grade: FRS B
Status: Secondment until the end of September 2019
Starting salary: £24,671
Salary range for the FRS B grade: £24,671 - £29,244
Closing date: Friday 25 January 2019 at 23:59 GMT (Please note that due to a technical issue, the closing date shown in the right-hand side of the screen is wrong. You must submit your application by 25 January 2019 at 23:59 GMT).
London Fire Brigade is one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world and the busiest in the country. As an organisation we are committed to delivering our services in ways that best suit the needs of our communities. Whilst emergency response is a critical part of what we do, London Fire Brigade proudly acknowledge the effectiveness we have in improving lives through the delivery of our fire and community safety activities.
As part of London Fire Brigade’s community health strategy, we are establishing an integrated relationship with health and social care partners, as well as the voluntary sector, to support safer and healthier communities across London, particularly to those most vulnerable.
About the role
The Brigade provides around 86,000 Home Fire Safety Visits each year across London to those most at risk from fire. The role is an exciting opportunity which will support expansion of this role to deliver Fire, Safe and Well Visits. You will be responsible for arranging and visiting residents in their home to provide advice and/or equipment to reduce fire risk, as well as providing early intervention and prevention activities on health and wellbeing priorities. The role will also involve liaising with brigade officers and partners at a local level, contributing positively to the ongoing development and delivery of this service.
Fire, Safe and Well Visits are currently being delivered in five boroughs across London. These are Ealing, Greenwich, Islington, Merton and Waltham Forest. We are looking for committed professionals to join the team on a secondment basis until the end of September 2019, however there may be an option to extend this arrangement. The team is based at Brigade Headquarters, there are currently vacancies in the London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Merton.
You will be part a community safety team supporting the delivery of the Brigade’s Community Health Strategy – Healthier Futures and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will be committed to outcome focused, person centred working and experienced in enabling support that meets needs of the communities that we support. Experience of working with vulnerable groups and fostering positive working relations with external agencies is desirable. You will have good organisational and time management skills as well as flexibility and the ability to use your initiative.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the attached job description.
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications will not be accepted.
Eligibility
This is an internal vacancy and is only open to those that work for the LFB and are eligible to apply.
Please note this job is a secondment and agency staff is not eligible to apply.
We are keen to hear from anyone with the ability to do this job to help us achieve a workforce as diverse as the communities that we serve.
Assessment Overview
As part of the online application form, candidates must provide evidence to address the following criteria:
Selection Criteria 1 - Experience of establishing relationships and working effectively with external organisations.
Selection Criteria 2 - Experience of organising, planning and prioritising own work; meeting deadlines and targets whilst working flexibly within a team.
Selection Criteria 3 - Excellent customer service skills to communicate with people in a polite and helpful manner in order to exchange information and to offer advice and assistance.
Selection Criteria 4 - Effective written and verbal communication skills to convey information clearly and succinctly.
Assessment for this role is due to place week commencing 04 February 2019. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Additional Information
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications will not be accepted.
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed for the successful person, which will include a basic criminal records check. The successful person will be required to declare any convictions for offences which are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and an enhanced disclosure will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
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