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Safer Streets Warden - Job Description

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  1. Person Specification

Directorate: Corporate Services

Service: Community Safety

Unit: ASB Team                                                                    

Job title: Safer Streets Warden

Grade/Salary: Grade 4          

Responsible To: ASB Team Leader

General Job Objective:        To provide a visible and pro-active uniformed presence to make Bassetlaw a safer place to live, work and visit, working closely with the BDC ASB Team and the Police in partnership.       

Specific Requirements:       Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Clearance is required for this role.

The role involves active day to day ongoing patrolling of the streets; therefore, you must be able and willing to carry this out in all weather conditions.

Key Tasks:         

  1. To conduct regular high visibility street patrols within designated areas of Bassetlaw on days, evenings and weekends, aimed at increasing the feeling of safety, dealing with anti-social behaviour and criminal activity, and reporting incidents and disturbances to the ASB Team and Police.
  2. To enforce, using delegated powers on a range of civil and criminal matters as directed, including legislation from the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
  3. To support the homelessness and rough sleeping initiative in Bassetlaw, working with partners to support, identify and make arrangements for individuals based on their complex needs.
  4. To tackle and take appropriate enforcement action against individuals begging in Bassetlaw, including dealing with aggressive behaviour and substance misuse.
  5. To support and take appropriate action with individuals with complex needs, specifically substance misuse, pro-actively signposting support to CGL, Housing, DWP, Women’s Aid etc.
  6. To investigate reports related to anti-social behaviour from residents, visitors, businesses and other sources, recording findings, gathering evidence, problem-solving and initiating action as necessary.
  7. To provide evidence against persons suspected of criminal breaches of law and bye-laws, issuing fixed penalty notices (FPNs), maintaining accurate records, writing of statements and giving evidence in court as necessary.
  8. To provide advice and information to residents, businesses and visitors as appropriate on community safety and crime prevention issues.
  9. To support local crime prevention and community engagement initiatives.
  10. To work closely with and develop effective working relationships with the community, community groups, voluntary sector, businesses, stakeholders and other Council departments to address local issues and problem solve for the short, medium and long term.
  11. Although working alone and on their own initiative for much of the time, Safer Streets Wardens must also ensure that they work as part of a wider team, communicating issues to the ASB Team Leader and other ASB team members, using designated equipment and systems. This will include working closely with the Police, CCTV Control Room, ShopWatch and PubWatch.
  12. To be committed and sensitive to ensuring equality of opportunity in terms of service provision and employment practices and to perform his/her duties in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Policy.
  13. To understand and comply with regulations regarding the management of confidential and sensitive information/material
  14. To keep abreast of current legislation and undertake any necessary training relevant to the role.

 

 

Last Updated on Thursday, January 16, 2025