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The Role
We are recruiting a Community Warden to provide a reassuring uniformed patrol presence on the estates, streets, town centres, parks and open spaces of Southwark, addressing concerns of crime, anti-social behaviour and environmental crime through targeted operations and patrols in areas of most need. Community Wardens are a valued and flexible resource that supports organisational efforts in helping our communities, especially in response to an emergency or major incident.
To ensure close working with key partners; local police teams, CCTV, housing & estate services, anti-social behaviour unit, street population outreach team. To engage with members of the business community, estate based organisations, community representatives and voluntary groups.
A comprehensive training package includes:
- Core Skills Award
- Personal Safety in the Workplace
- Community Safety Accredited Scheme (CSAS)
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- Anti-Social Behaviour, Enforcement & FPN
About You:
Previous experience in this area is not essential; however, previous experience of working in a front line customer-facing role or similar challenging environment will be of benefit.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
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.
Additional Details
- Community wardens work an alternating shift pattern that covers evenings and weekends, for which a shift allowance is payable
- Full uniform provided
- The successful candidate will require security clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
- There is a requirement to successfully achieve and maintain Police Vetting at NPPV level 2/CTC (with Counter Terrorism Check)
- Women are actively encouraged to apply as they are under-represented in this role
Plus an alternating shift allowance of 12.5%
Weekend Working is required for this position.
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment. We encourage any internal staff to to gain agreement from their substantive line manager if considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference ato the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: 8 August 2025
Interview Dates: 16 & 17 Sept 2025
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
SWCINT
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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