Home Safety Advisor – Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Home Safety Advisor – Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Job reference: REQ000405

Based at Bedford – with travel across the county

Are you passionate about keeping people safe in their homes? Do you want to make a real difference in your community? We are looking for a proactive, compassionate, and organised individual to join our Prevention Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Contact residents to arrange and deliver Home Fire Safety Visits using a risk-based approach.
• Conduct Home Fire Safety Visits and well‑being assessments, providing safety advice, installing assistive technology, and reducing home risks.
• Identify and assist at‑risk individuals, collaborating with multi‑agency partners to reduce risk and improve well‑being.
• Make needs‑based referrals to partner agencies with the occupier’s consent.
• Comply with the Service’s Safeguarding Policy and facilitate appropriate referrals to support vulnerable residents.
• Maintain knowledge of local support services and build relationships with partner agencies.
• Manage your diary, record Home Safety activities, and ensure referrals are processed and communicated to relevant partners.

About You

• Some experience of working in a fire, or injury prevention/health promotion capacity, risk management, customer service role or voluntary sector organisation.
• Some experience of working in situations requiring the ability to empathise whilst remaining professional, confidential and impartial.
• Some experience with working efficiently to organise own time and maintain safe working practices.
• Some experience, understanding and commitment to principles of community fire safety and well‑being issues, particularly relating to risk reduction and safety education.
• Able to demonstrate a high standard of oral and written communication with the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate written and spoken English.
• GCSE in Maths and English at grade 4 or above or equivalent, or a relevant vocational qualification at Level 2.
• Current full driving licence with no pending issues.

Salary: £27,694 per annum rising to £29,540 per annum

Contract type: Full Time

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