Community Prevention Officer

If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and relish being part of a close-knit team, supporting colleagues to deliver better outcomes for the residents of West Sussex. we want to hear from you!, Join our team as a Community Prevention Officer and make a positive impact on our community!

We're looking for someone passionate about working in the local community, building relationships, and implementing effective prevention strategies to keep people living well at home and in their local community.

A significant part of the role is engaging with people and the wider community. You will be the first point of contact for those people who access or need the service.

Placing the customer at the centre of what you do, you will ensure that they are supported to make positive changes to allow them to reach their full potential.

You will be to manage an online inbox to provide tailored information and advice to West Sussex Residents. You will assess needs, risks and options considering legal and other requirements.

You will maintaining accurate records and reports of all work undertaken and be responsible for the care, accuracy, confidentiality, security, and maintenance of all individuals' records., We are particularly interested in hearing from Social Workers interested in joining our Family Safeguarding Teams. These teams work with children and families at the point in their journey where there are safeguarding concerns and act to reduce those risks. They play a key role in child protection, child in need cases and working with families to keep children safe.

The Family Safeguarding Teams undertake meaningful, transparent direct work with children and their families ensuring the most positive outcomes and our diverse practice teams work within a nurturing environment where successes are celebrated and individuals within the team are supported to grow and develop.

There are 6 service teams working geographically, with each managed by a Service Manager. They in turn support 4 to 5 practice teams led by Team Managers. We have a Court Progression Officer leading on our improvement plan for our children within the public law outline. There is a cohort of approximately 1958 children that our Family Safeguarding Teams support ,from pre-birth to 18 years, and children subject to child protection plans and within the public law outline. Some child in need work is undertaken as children step down from child protection planning and transition on to our universal or Early Help service.

If you are passionate about delivering excellent social work and making a difference, have a look at some of the exciting opportunities we currently have in Children's Services.

This is a role that requires someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as personal resilience and professionalism when dealing with potentially sensitive, confidential, or distressing queries.

You will have keen attention to detail, be comfortable working independently and be at ease in this fast-paced, agile environment with rapidly changing deadlines, workloads, and priorities.

If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the community, then this role is perfect for you. Join us in shaping the future of West Sussex and contributing to the well-being of its residents!, West Sussex County Council

Children First in West Sussex

West Sussex is a beautiful county located on the South Coast of England. Within easy reach of sandy beaches and rolling hills, West Sussex also boasts a perfect balance of cosmopolitan towns such as Crawley and Horsham, and flourishing market towns like Chichester. West Sussex has so much to offer and is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

At West Sussex County Council, we see the workplace as an environment where people can be themselves, perform to the best of their ability and achieve their potential to deliver services to our residents living in West Sussex. Our staff are our greatest asset and we are committed to the employment, retention and career development of talented individuals.

Social work is a challenging career, and we recognise that to achieve excellent outcomes for our residents, our people need to feel supported, developed, and recognised. Our Social Workers change lives, supporting children and families from the very start and at every step of the way. Our social work teams are based at offices across Chichester, Bognor, Worthing, Horsham, Crawley and Burgess Hill.

Along with a generous holiday entitlement of 25 days plus opportunity to buy additional leave).

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

• An excellent local government pension scheme


• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role


• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave


• Volunteering opportunities


• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring


• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)


• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans