Business Support Fostering and Adoption
Cumberland Council
Location(s): Countywide (base negotiable)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Salary: £26,421 to £27,334 pro-rata
About the role:
Are you organised, efficient, and hardworking?
Would you like to provide excellent administrative support and customer service?
We are looking for the right candidate to join us as a Business Support Admin, providing efficient, effective, and confidential administration support to the team at Oak Tree Road Childrens Home in Kendal (11 HOURS) and to the Fostering and Adoption Teams (7.5 HOURS). This is a permanent opportunity and a great time to join a focused and motivated team, who are passionate about supporting children, young people, families and carers.
The role will support the home with many of the statutory functions/processes which business support do on behalf of the managers, assistant managers and RSWs. This includes managing and booking supervisions for all staff, organising the on call rotas, organising meeting between young people and multi agency staff, pocket money allowances and maintaining the petty cash system. Business support also organise and minute the whole managers meetings, the Registered managers meetings, in home staff meetings, TCI Co-ordinators meetings as well as any HR meetings requested by the Service Manager
The role will also provide support to the Fostering and Adoption Teams We are looking for the right candidate to join us as a Business Support Admin, providing efficient, effective, and confidential administration support to the Fostering, Adoption Teams. The post holder will need to have some knowledge of reporting and mainting database and spreadsheets and minuting meetings. The Post holder will also prove business support to the Sharefound information (Junior ISA and Stepladder) enquiries
This is a permanent opportunity and a great time to join a focused and motivated team, who are passionate about supporting children, young people, families and carers.
This role is essential to support a statutory function for CLA for both Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness Councils.
Registered or Senior Managers. Business support also where possible supports the Senior Manager with admin tasks.
The successful candidate will be part of the wider Fostering and Adoption Business Support Team to provide cover for leave and sickness, and to ensure that all systems and processes are maintained and developed to meet the performance needs of the service. You will be motivated, engaged, and passionate about providing a fully responsive and flexible business support service within the department.
If you are interested in being part of a team that is committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for children, young people, carers, and their families and you have the ability to work under pressure, we would like to hear from you!
What can we offer you!
Safer Recruitment
At Cumberland/Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all employees, volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.
DBS
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Children’s and Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults and Children. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults and/or Children.
Application and Interview information
Closing date: 11/10/2024
Interview date: TBC
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss.
If you are invited to a virtual interview, this will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software, which is currently free for new users, however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Cumberland Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
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