Victim Care Officer

Job description

·  Location
Exeter, Devon
·  Salary
£10.03/Hour
·  Category
Defence - Police Service
·  Job type
Contractor
·  Industry
Public Sector
·  External Reference
JN-022020-118440

To be a primary point of contact for victims of crime working closely with other departments, local policing areas and partner agencies to ensure the right support, guidance and information is provided and to ensure a seamless service for victims that meets their individual needs. In particular to:

·  Review needs assessments, and engage with victims of crime to confirm any identified needs, and complete a referral to the most appropriate agency/ies to ensure victims are supported to cope and recover from the effect of that crime.

·  Maintain accurate records ensuring timely updates to any case management system and to any other systems in accordance with the relevant legislation, force policy and good practice

·  Provide victim care, championing the needs of the victim, providing and identifying appropriate support

In addition there are some functions that are intrinsic to this role. An employer's duty of care and current legislation allows the Force to establish if a potential applicant could carry them out, either with or without reasonable adjustments. These functions are:

·  Working with Disturbing Evidence of Disturbing Circumstances

·  Working with Vulnerable People

·  Working in Environment with potential for Conflict, Violence (verbal/Physical) etc.

To assist in ensuring applicants would be able to undertake these functions of the role, a medical assessment via a questionnaire will be undertaken and may subsequently require a consultation with the Occupational Health Support Unit

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