PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS 

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA 

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £35,451-£39,165 per annum (pro rata for part-time) 

Working Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 27th January 2026

Interview Date(s): 5th February 2026

About the Role

We are currently looking for two Operation Encompass Schools Liaison officer. 

We have an exciting opportunity for two individuals to come and join Leicestershire County Council’s Extended Domestic Abuse Team. The Domestic Abuse liaison Officer roles were created to provide training to schools in order to develop the support offered to children and families after the Police are called out to domestic abuse incidents resulting in schools receiving Operation Encompass notifications.

Job role - to provide training and support to schools using a trauma informed approach to understand the impact of domestic abuse and children and young people

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

For this post we are looking for an individual who:

• Is passionate about making a difference to children and young people 
• Has a working knowledge of Operation Encompass
• Are confident at presenting to other professionals
• Has the skills to work with schools across Leicestershire to support there understanding of domestic abuse and how to support children and YP when they receive an OE call
• Is aware of trauma informed practise and is committed to driving this work forward within LCC

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement.

• Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject, e.g. /NVQ4 childcare, youth justice, social work qualification, teaching qualification, child nursing qualification, or
• Significant and demonstrable and relevant knowledge and experience evidenced against the headings below including significant experience of working within children and family services in a multi-agency environment. 
• Experience of supporting staff to maintain, develop and improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Experience of assessing information and application of thresholds/criteria to ensure an appropriate response is made to requests for support.
• Experience of working with families with a range of needs and from diverse backgrounds
• Experience of working with children and families who have experienced domestic abuse.
• Ability to deliver training, coaching, share information, etc in a way which motivates and inspires others to develop their practice.
• Ability to quickly analyse information and apply threshold criteria to support the screening of referrals.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

If you would like any more information about this post then please contact 

Rebecca Woollock, Service Manager, 0116 305 5222 or rebecca.woollock@leics.gov.uk 

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. 

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
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