We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Prevent Development Officer in the Housing Service.
St Helens Borough Council seeks to appoint a Prevent Development Officer to join the Community Safety Team. The key functions of the role include the local development and delivery of training, awareness and programmes to support the objectives of the national Prevent Strategy, which is part of the wider Government CONTEST Strategy.
The successful applicant will work in close partnership with colleagues within the Council, Police, and a range of other agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach to activity to reduce the harm and risk to individuals and the community. Good partnership work with local communities is central to the successful delivery of the Prevent objectives within St Helens. This role of the Prevent Development Officer will identify, build, and maintain a network of community contacts to improve coordination of Prevent delivery.
If you have experience in a related service area, have excellent communication skills and a desire to work in a multi-agency environment, this post offers the opportunity to work flexibly whilst assisting in the delivery of the local Prevent Action Plan.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing Mike Andrews, Team Manager – Community Safety on michaelandrews@sthelens.gov.uk
Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
