Senior Anti-Social Behaviour Officer

Why Southwark?

Are you ready to play a key role in delivering Southwark’s 2030 commitment to making our borough a safer by tackling crime and anti social behaviour? As a senior anti social behaviour officer you will be part of the Community Protection management team, playing an integral part in delivering a Safer Southwark.

What You'll Be Doing

•Take day-to-day autonomous operational decisions to maintain service delivery.

• Provide direction, supervision and support to a team of Anti-Social Behaviour Officers.

• Develop and implement Anti-Social Behaviour strategies to deal with more complex casework and wider incidents of disorder.

• Develop and contribute to the strategic objectives of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) taking the lead on specific portfolio work for the partnership.

• Develop best practice and improvements in service delivery incorporating legislative and policy changes.

• Act as the interface for SASBU with other community safety forums and co-ordinate the activities of a range of partnership agencies on an area or thematic basis to achieve identified outcomes.

• Work as part of a multi-agency unit and develop and maintain external links with statutory, voluntary and community groups to develop and progress holistic strategies for dealing with specific incidents of anti-social behaviour

What We're Looking For

Southwark Antisocial Behaviour Unit (SASBU) is a specialist team responsible for tackling serious, high‑risk, and complex antisocial behaviour affecting Southwark Council tenants and leaseholders, together with managing cases where legal powers are required to resolve the issue.

You will bring to this role;

• An extensive knowledge of current criminal and civil legislation and contracts relevant to dealing with anti-social behaviour in all tenure types and to providing a practical interpretation of this

• An extensive knowledge of ‘good practice’ in relation to anti-social behaviour strategies and operational procedures

• Knowledge of best practice in managing staff

• Experience of setting and monitoring performance targets and using statistical information to implement change

• Substantial experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, ideally in a managerial or supervisory capacity

• Ability to manage own workload with competing priorities, under pressure, to meet deadlines and performance management targets

Additional Information

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 12.04.26
• Interview: 23.04.26

The Unit will be required to provide a highly flexible and responsive service to meet the needs of the residents, and therefore, on occasions, the post holder will need to be able to work outside normal office working hours, including weekends and evenings.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities.

Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service DBS check at Enhanced level.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

Benefits

Working for Southwark Council – Southwark

*Please note, we reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date indicated above - please apply as soon as possible - we look forward to receiving your application.

Please note: If you have applied for this role within the last three months, your previous application would have already been considered as part of our recruitment process. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept repeat applications during this period, and any new application submitted within this timeframe will not be progressed.

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