Arson Reduction Coordinator – Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Salary: £27,803 – per annum (rising by annual increments to £30,296) (pay award pending) More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

Hours: Full Time – 37 hours per week

Location: The service encourages flexible working and is open to flexible working options. The role will have the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices, agreement of your base location will be discussed with the successful candidate.

The successful postholder will be required to travel extensively across Dorset and Wiltshire visiting children, young people, their families and professionals.

Appointment Type: Permanent

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Tess Cross, Education Manager on 07768 266305

Closing and Interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 14th July 2024 (midnight). It is intended that interviews will take place on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.

What is an Arson Reduction Coordinator?

The Role of the Arson Reduction Coordinator has three main areas of responsibility:

• Managing the Fire Safety Intervention Scheme.
• Working within our Education team to deliver education to reduce the risk of fire play / fire setting.
• Working with partners and stakeholders to reduce wildfires and deliberate fires.

You will need to be confident working with vulnerable children and young people who are undertaking risky behaviours, working with compassion, and understanding whilst ensuring they understand the potential consequences of their actions.

Many of the children referred are vulnerable teenagers, however we do work with younger children and currently adults up to 25 with special educational needs.

You need to be organised with your time and documents, making sure that all referrals and case notes are kept secure in line with GDPR. You will need to be confident talking to a wide range and size of audiences, such as individual children and young people, parents/carers, professionals, delivering assemblies and classroom activities, attending community events and talking to the public. You will need to represent the team and Service and share information with key stakeholders and partners at both formal and informal meetings.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

As well as being one of the largest combined Fire and Rescue Services in the country we are also one of the top performing. In February 2022, inspectors from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) looked closely at our Service and graded us as ‘Good’, ‘Outstanding’, and ‘Good’ across the three inspection pillars of Effectiveness, Efficiency and People.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes and health & well-being services.

As the Arson Reduction Coordinator in our Prevention department, you will:
• Manage the Fire Safety Intervention Scheme, including allocation and management of cases to advisors as well as delivering interventions yourself.
• Research best practice and develop methods of interventions and share with Advisors.
• Work with the Education Manager to develop resources and techniques for arson, risk behaviours and wildfire prevention.
• Deliver arson and wildfire reduction education sessions as required.
• Support collaboration opportunities with the relevant stakeholders and partner organisations to support arson, risky behaviours, and wildfire prevention.

What makes you our ideal person?
• 4 GCSE passes – Grade A*-C / Level 9-4, including English and Mathematics or equivalent Level 2 qualification.
• Qualified to NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification, or able to demonstrate significant level of graduate calibre experience within a similar role.
• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of providing advice and guidance on reducing risky behaviors.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, for effective engagement and understanding with a wide range of audiences.
• Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding.

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Other Information:
• You must have a full current driving licence and be able to fulfil the significant travel requirements of the role. A Service vehicle will be provided. Please note Service vehicles are manual transmission only.
• If you are unable to drive due to a disability, we would still welcome your application and will explore any reasonable adjustments that could be put in place.
• There is a rigorous selection process and the identity of the successful candidate will be checked thoroughly, including an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance for this role prior to offer of employment. This role involves regulated activity with children. Therefore, a person who is on the child barred list must not work in this role.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include
identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical and receipt of satisfactory
references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People.  All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via their website. Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

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Our recruitment, assessment and progression processes are based on our Code of Ethics that has been developed specifically for Fire and Rescue Services.  When recruiting, we identify the most important behaviours for the role and these are used as part of the short-listing and selection process.