Do you want to support our communities responding to Anti-social Behaviour and Hate Incidents?
Are you able to work with socially excluded adults, young people and families?
Do you enjoy working as part of a team and have excellent communication and negotiation skills?
Do you the ability to network and form effective links with different agencies and organisations?
If so, you may be interested in one of two roles in the Community Safety Casework Team (CSCT), which sits within the wider Community Cohesion Team.
The principle aim of the CSCT is to work with individuals and communities to tackle, prevent and reduce the harm caused by Hate Incidents & anti-social behaviour. We use a range of tools and powers available to support and protect both victims and witnesses, and to encourage and require perpetrators to address and change their behaviours. Our approach is underpinned by restorative practice, and it uses restorative interventions whenever appropriate.
Contract type: We are recruiting to one permanent and one fixed term post for 12 months.
There is full information about the role below and attached but, if you would like an informal discussion, please contact Siobhan Bostock, Com,munity Safety Manager on 07880 043356 or email
[email protected]
About the role
In responding to anti-social behaviour and Hate Incident concerns within the diverse communities of Brighton & Hove we work with a range of partner agencies including Police, Housing providers, Probation, Youth Offending Service, Child and Adult safeguarding agencies, local businesses, and the voluntary and community sector.
You will have experience of casework and a background of engaging with vulnerable people, multi-agency working and problem solving, and will be motivated to make an effective and real contribution to community safety in Brighton & Hove.
You will manage your own caseload, co-ordinating both victim and perpetrator action plans, ensuring that supportive interventions and enforcement measures are used when necessary and appropriate.
You will work within a team of caseworkers sharing responsibility for providing a duty service during office hours, taking reports and enquiries regarding anti-social behaviour and Hate Incidents and providing advice, guidance and support to a diverse range of local residents, communities and professionals across the city.
You will receive job specific training in restorative practice, relevant tools and powers and supportive interventions, and will receive regular supervision and ongoing support.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.
We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.
All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.
Additional information
Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
