Violence Reduction Lead | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF2 0XQ |
| Company: | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7251572/174-VRL-040625 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Safety team as the Lead for Violence Prevention and Reduction.
We are seeking a confident and self-motivated Violence Prevention & Reduction (VPR) Professional to lead and promote a positive violence reduction culture where our YAS colleagues feel supported, safe and secure at work.
The VPR Lead will also act as the subject matter expert on violence reduction and lead on implementation of national standards and guidance across the organisation and build and maintain positive working relationships (internally and externally) to support and improve the violence reduction culture.
The post holder will be responsible for leading and taking responsibility in the preparation and development of a strategic framework to address violence & aggression within the workplace, co-ordinating and ensuring performance management of the Trusts VPR action plan, acting as the organisational lead supporting the Head of Safety and IPC Lead, providing specialist advice on policy, legislation and service developments.
The post holder will be responsible for the long-term planning, development and implementation of policies and strategic plans which will impact across the whole of the organisation.
The post holder will be the first point of contact for some of our partner agencies and will need to develop and maintain a strong working relationship with those agencies.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
Benefits:
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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For full details of the role including role responsibilities and person specification please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025