View Vacancy -- Community Warden

COMMUNITY WARDEN

The Council is introducing a new Community Warden service, effective across Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Community Wardens will provide a uniformed, professional patrolling presence in our communities, offering reassurance, assistance and effective reporting of issues to the police and other statutory services

The Wardens will ensure close links and integrated working across a breadth of Council services such as Environmental Enforcement, the Youth Engagement and Participation Service, (YEPS) and with locally Elected Members.

There will also be joint working with external agencies and organisations, including all member organisations of the Community Safety Partnership: the Police; Health Board; Probation Service; Fire Service etc.

Successful candidates will be required to work a 7-day shift rota involving lone-working, with some unsociable working hours, and must wear the uniform provided at all times when on duty.

The main duties and functions of a Community Warden will include:

• Providing highly-visible, uniformed patrols of town centres, parks and other hotspot areas at key times and locations, reporting incidents and safeguarding concerns to partners as appropriate.
• Engaging with local residents in community safety initiatives and working with the YEPS to promote diversionary activities for young people.
• The issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices, (FPNs), for certain day-to-day environmental crimes and offences including, but not exclusive to: litter dropping and dog fouling / control in support of the Council’s Public Space Protection Orders, (PSPOs).

Posts are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

For further information please contact Tim Jones, Environmental Enforcement and Awareness Manager, on (01443) 827710.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.

This post has been advertised recently, previous applicants need not apply.