About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
We are recruiting two Community Wardens to provide a reassuring uniformed patrol presence on the estates, streets, town centres, parks and open spaces of Southwark, addressing concerns of crime, anti-social behaviour and environmental crime through targeted operations and patrols in areas of most need. Community Wardens are a valued and flexible resource that supports organisational efforts in helping our communities, especially in response to an emergency or major incident.
To ensure close working with key partners; local police teams, CCTV, housing & estate services, anti-social behaviour unit, street population outreach team. To engage with members of the business community, estate based organisations, community representatives and voluntary groups.
The post holder will be assigned to one of two new borough wide Community Warden Taskforce teams: either the Town Centre team or the Estates team.
A comprehensive training package includes:
- Core Skills Award
- Personal Safety in the Workplace
- Community Safety Accredited Scheme (CSAS)
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- Anti-Social Behaviour, Enforcement & FPN
About You:
Previous experience in this area is not essential; however, previous experience of working in a front line customer-facing role or similar challenging environment will be of benefit.
Additional Information:
- Permanent contract
- Community wardens work an alternating shift pattern that covers evenings and weekends, for which a shift allowance is payable
- Full uniform provided
- The successful candidate will require security clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly CRB)
- There is a requirement to successfully achieve and maintain MPS Vetting at NPPV2 level
- Women are encouraged to apply as they are under-represented in this role
Additional salary details
To note starting salary is £31,365 + 12.5% shift allowance.
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: 27 January 2023
Interview Date: 14 February 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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