Witness Care Officer

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Full time

**Job Title**: Witness Care Officer

**Salary**: £28,511 to £30,504 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £28,511 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £30,504 will be via incremental progression.

**Location**: Various locations around London

This is an exciting time to be working as Witness Care Officer for the Metropolitan Police Service. In addition to large-scale transformation, there's the unique and ever-evolving challenge of policing London. This means that as a Witness Care Officer there are more opportunities for you to get involved with making London the safest global city in a time of unprecedented change within the UK's largest Police Service.

The Witness Care Unit is responsible for maintaining contact with victims and witnesses of crime and complying with the Victims Codes of Practice VCOP.

**Role Involves**:

- Being a single point of contact for victims and witnesses who will be attending Court.
- Warning police officers, victims, and witnesses to attend Court.
- Informing victims and witnesses of the outcome of the case that they have been involved in post sentencing.
- Identifying where an enhanced service may be required (i.e., vulnerable victims of crime such as domestic abuse, serious sexual offences or those involving children or the elderly)
- Offering the services of support agencies to vulnerable and intimated victims and witnesses.
- Liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service and other key stakeholders such as the Probation Service and Witness Services.
- Completing assessments to identify individual needs.
- Liaising with the officer in the case for an assessment to be completed for individuals involved in serious offences.
- Recording all written and oral communications clearly and concisely and in a timely manner.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and MPS policies.
- Working until 6.00pm, usually 1 week in 4 on a rota basis.

There are various IT systems that you will be required to use, training will be given, however you must be IT literate.

**Knowledge and skills required**:

- Experience within a Customer Service environment is desirable but not essential.
- Strong Interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to a wide variety of people.
- Ability to work both alone and within a team.
- Ability to work without close supervision, to make decisions and establish priorities amongst conflicting demands.
- Ability to effectively negotiate and encourage whilst maintaining an awareness of Data Protection Acts and its implications.
- Ability to prioritise workloads on a daily basis ensuring deadlines are met.
- Able to proactively manage and prioritise own workloads.



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