Crime Support Officer - Road Safety Portishead, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Road Safety Support Unit within Avon and Somerset Police.
The Road Safety Support Unit (RSSU) bring Road Traffic offenders to justice. In the role of Crime Support Officer you support the various teams in the RSSU including the Collisions Unit & Speed Enforcement Unit. You will be traveling around the Force area attending homes of victims following incidents to provide support, and to obtain statements from both witnesses and victims following road traffic collisions.
We're not asking for you to have worked in a similar role previously, but you’ll need to have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
The role will require you to work on your own initiative to obtain evidence such as statements and CCTV recordings, you will prepare this evidence for the Crown Prosecution Service. You will compile reports and statements and update relevant computer records.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Interviewing witnesses and obtain statements using technical equipment as necessary.
- Writing reports and statements of evidence.
- Assisting in the preparation of prosecution or other evidential files for the Crown Prosecution Service, Coroner or other relevant authority.
- Updating manual and computer records.
Skills and experience:
- You'll need experience of report writing or statement taking.
- Ability to prioritise your workload and work independently .
- Excellent interpersonal and customer facing skills with a professional telephone manner.
- You must be a confident IT system user.
Work location:
You’ll benefit from hybrid working across your home address and the office (the office located in Portishead, near Bristol). As well as regular travel across the force area. Working arrangements will be discussed with the successful candidate.
Additional Information:
At Avon and Somerset Police, you are rewarded with fantastic benefits including our flexible working scheme which is designed to give our people a degree of flexibility on start and finish times and the option of working from home for a proportion of your working week if desired.
We offer a competitive salary, flexible working options, great pensions with life insurance, and competitive annual leave. Our staff also enjoy low-cost gym memberships and retail discounts along with specialist support for health and financial wellbeing.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
We look forward to receiving your application.
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Avon and Somerset Police encourage flexible working where operationally possible.
This role has been identified as a blended role.
The successful candidate for this role will have the opportunity to work from home whilst also at a secondary work location, which will be a police premises. The successful applicant will have the option to discuss working arrangements with their line manager. All applicants must reside within the UK.
Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)
You will require the following detail to complete this application form:
- National Insurance Number
- Identification Detail e.g. passport
- Address information including proof
- Referee information
- Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
- Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have
If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos.
Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants
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