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Service Support Assistant

Employer: Sandwell Children's Trust
Location: Hybrid Working
Salary: £19,312 to £20,493 pa pro rata
Closing date: 19 Apr 2022
Reference: SAND000005812

Sector: Health & Social Care / Work
Job Type: Administration / Clerical / Secretarial - inc PA
Contract Type: Part time permanent
Working Pattern: Part Time
Hours: Part-Time

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Sandwell Children's Trust are currently recruiting for a part-time Service Support Assistant to join the Assessment & Intervention Teams, to provide comprehensive admin support to practitioners and managers. Our teams are at the heart of safeguarding Sandwell children to ensure the most positive outcomes for them. It’s a role that matters.

At Sandwell Children’s Trust, we put the child at the heart of everything we do.

In the Trust we are transforming the way we do things and we want to strengthen our teams to enable us to provide intervention and preventative solutions for the families we work with. We have the freedom to make quick decisions that matter the most, resulting in the best possible outcomes.

We believe in providing the best possible work environment and opportunities for our staff, where together with an inspirational leadership team we strive to serve our purpose of improving the lives of children and young people.

Permanent

Hours - 30 per week

Working days - Monday to Thursday (9.00 am to 5.30 pm)

Admin tasks will include:

Ensuring accuracy and consistency of information;
Updating Children's Social Care systems;
Taking and producing of accurate minutes;
Prioritising incoming post and messages, alerting officers & practitioners to matters which require attention;
Maintaining files and record systems including scanning and uploading of documents;
Ensuring that tasks allocated are completed accurately and within allocated timescale.
Raising and receipting of purchase orders as well as procurement purchases.

What you need to be successful in this role:

Be able to demonstrate previous experience of working in a business admin role;
Will hold NVQ Level 1 in Business Administration or equivalent;
Experience of using Microsoft Office packages;
Experience of finance and procurement would be an advantage;
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and good attention to detail.;
Have the ability to plan & organise diaries.

A standard DBS check will be required for this role.

To apply please click on the apply button below

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date if a large number of applications have been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible.

Due to the volume of applications received by the Trust we are unable to give individual feedback on each application received.

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Company

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.

With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust.

Working for us

There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children’s Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development. Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children’s Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team. Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

There are many benefits for working for us too:

Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

Up to £6,500 re-location package
Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
Access to a range of discounts on products and services
Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
Refer a friend scheme
Wellbeing initiatives and forums
Discounted gym membership
Eye care vouchers

About Sandwell

Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12^th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.

For all recruitment enquiries please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and one of our friendly team will call you to discuss opportunities with the Trust.

Company info

Website: https://www.sandwellchildrenstrust.org/
Telephone: 0121 569 2200
Location: Sandwell Children's Trust
The Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DL
United Kingdom

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