Work directly with serious crime victims and families across the Probation Service Victim Notification Scheme. Combine liaison, safeguarding, and interagency communication.

As a Victim Liaison Officer, you will maintain contact with victims, families, and professionals across rural and urban areas. You will contribute to preventing reoffending while considering victims' and offenders' rights and needs. The post includes information sharing, referrals, meetings, and skilled guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Maintain contact with victims, families, and partner agencies
- Contribute information to offender risk management
- Attend meetings representing victims and their families
- Provide training and mentoring to practitioners




- Complete mandatory learning and maintain current knowledge

Requirements:

- Knowledge of probation, courts, prisons, and parole arrangements
- Understanding of Youth Justice Services and hospital orders
- Ability to protect sensitive confidential information
- Availability for regular travel and occasional out-of-hours work
- Ability to meet required timescales and maintain accurate records

Apply informed liaison, partnership working, and safeguarding practice to represent victims throughout statutory notification and contact schemes.

📌 Serious Crime Victim Support Officer (Oxford)
🏢 Ministry of Justice
📍 Oxford