Anti-Social Behaviour Officer

*This job is being advertised as Anti-Social Behaviour Officer but on appointment your job title will be Community Safety Specialist.

The vacancy

As a Community Safety Specialist, you will manage a full range of community safety casework, ensuring Peabody’s Community Safety Service is delivered within agreed timeframes, collaborating with internal and external partners to ensure compliance with all necessary protocols, keeping accurate records and maintaining risk assessments.

1 day is required in the office and the rest is spent between working from home and visiting estates/areas you work in. You will cover a patch spanning Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Milton Keynes and Cambridge. 

What we’re looking for:

• Have you worked in community safety or ASB teams?
• Do you have a good understanding of key issues and effective solutions?
• Do you have a good understanding of relevant legislation and community safety solutions?
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills? Can you influence, negotiate, and persuade?
• Track record building effective partnerships with agencies?
• Do you have experience in a proactive, innovative, and solutions-focused approach to resolving community safety issues, showcasing problem-solving skills and efficient customer and neighbourhood support? 

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Community Safety Specialist on a Permanent and full-time basis. 

A bit about the role:

Manage a caseload of medium and high risk anti-social behaviour cases, developing and maintaining expert knowledge of ASB prevention and collaborating with key external partners through creating effective relationships, (including Police and Local Authorities) to resolve local community safety issues.

Engage with Peabody’s internal and external legal teams on complex cases, preparing documentation and where needed representing Peabody at Court and external meetings.

You will provide our Neighbourhood Managers with advice, support and all necessary tools and tactics to remedy cases with a key focus on prevention, intervention, and enforcement when necessary.

Collaborate with colleagues in Customer Services and Communities team to identify support needs, accessing relevant agencies for both victims and perpetrators of anti-social behaviour, completing referrals to mediation and other support services as appropriate.​

This role will require a Basic DBS check, a full UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle.

A bit about us: 

It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners.

Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish. 

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody: 

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role) 
• Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays  
• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates  
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year  
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal  
• 4 x salary life assurance
• Up to 10% pension contribution 

Are you ready to apply? 

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Community Safety Specialist, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role.  

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.

Closing date: 09 June 2024

Interviews will take place during week commencing 17th June.

Contract type Permanent

Weekly hours Monday - Friday 9-5