Administrative Assistant Islington, England
Job description
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Islington to assist with the appointment of a Referral Officer, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion.
Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Responsibilities:
- Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons / vulnerable adults in the care of the service, including undertaking regular Child Protection training at a level commensurate with role.
- Create, maintain and improve administrative systems to enable the service to meet its aims of delivering a high quality service to children and families.
- To work co-operatively with the CSCT Team Manager, Deputy Team Managers, Social Workers and MASH partners to ensure the team meets its aim of ensuring contacts receive a rapid and appropriate response.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with other teams within Childrens Social Care, other Council departments and clients referred to the service.
- Deal sensitively with enquiries or telephone messages, logging calls accurately and alerting social work staff or managers immediately to any issues requiring immediate attention.
Education and Experience:
- Significant experience in an administrative role.
- Experience of providing diary management support and minuting meetings to a good standard.
- Educated to at least GCSE or equivalent with Pass in English language.
- Experience of using Microsoft office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint to an advanced level.
Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
- Knowledge and understanding of Childrens Social Care, and London Child Protection Procedures, Working Together to Safeguard Children.
- Ability to work co-operatively and flexibly with others to deliver an effective support service by maintaining positive working relationships with staff and partner agencies.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, communication and presentation skills including the ability to explain complex information clearly and accurately.
- Ability to create and maintain administrative systems for the effective collation and monitoring of performance information in a busy environment.
Please note:
- You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
- You should have right to work in U.K
- This role requires an enhanced DBS
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary._ Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service._
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 3 months
Part-time hours: 20 per week
Salary: £17.00-£22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Islington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- Social Care Administrative Assistant: 2 years (required)
- Local Authority: 1 year (required)
- diary management and minuting meetings: 2 years (required)
- Microsoft Office: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Islington
