Local Referral Unit Clerk

Role: Local Referral Clerk

District: Barnsley

Location: Wombwell

Salary: £25,242 - £27,204

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

As a Local Referral Clerk, you will provide administrative and call handling support to the Referral Unit and support officers within District PPU.

Key responsibilities

• Provide call-handling and administrative support to the PVP Referral Unit.
• Maintain and update records, systems, and inventories in the PVP Referral Unit.
• Create and update records on the SYP Child Protection Database.
• Record crimes requested by management.
• Process telephone calls to the Referral Unit and prioritise as appropriate.
• Research persons using CATS, LYNX, CONNECT, COMPACT, PNC, PND, SMART CONTACT and Internet systems as appropriate.
• Liaise with internal departments, other Police Forces and Agencies.
• Deal with internal/external enquiries.
• Support management in daily duties within the Local Referral Unit.

Skills and experience

• Experience of using Microsoft Word packages.

• Experience of working with confidential information.

• Must be able to type/input accurately.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile.

What we offer

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme

• Generous annual leave allowance

• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

• Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.

• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust

• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police

• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.

• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.

• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)

• Membership to the Sports and Social Club

• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been categorised as a Fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Contact details

For further information about the role, please contact: Rochelle Rowe on View phone number on uk.workus.org.

Closing Date: 16th September 2026.

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable, underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on ***email_hidden***

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Documents to Review

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

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