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Together4Children Regional Permanency Partnership

Employed by Staffordshire County Council with duties across the Together4Children Region.

Secondment opportunities for internal candidates are welcome. Please seek prior consent from your line manager before applying.

We are looking for a committed and highly motivated individual to join us in this key Regional Administration Officer position.

Together4Children is a partnership between Shropshire Council, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. We are the regional adoption agency for the four councils. We also provide other services and initiatives that support children’s permanency.

Our ambition is to ensure that children who come into local authority care and are not able to return to their parents, achieve permanence within loving families without unnecessary delay.

You'll join our team within our ‘Central Permanency Hub’ to complete a range of tasks for our Regional Adoption Panels. There's a lot of variety in this role so you'll find lots to keep you interested.

Some of your main duties will include:

• Coordinating the Regional Adoption Panel, providing support to the regional Panel Adviser to prepare agendas, documentation and minuting meetings
• Liaising with partner agencies
• Recording referrals
• Maintaining and monitoring a range of ICT/digital platforms including computer-based information systems such as office email, Microsoft Office and Teams for meeting facilitation and intranet/internet facilities.
• There will also be a financial element to the role in terms of raising and payment of invoices and recording financial transactions.

The work you’ll do is really important because you will contribute towards giving our families and children the right support, at the right time.

You'll have:

• NVQ Level 2 qualification in Business Admin or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Be competent with ICT in terms of Microsoft office generally and using IT systems
• Have experience taking minutes in meetings
• Good communication and listening skills
• Ability to work to strict deadlines
• Able to complete work accurately with attention to detail
• And ideally if you have some knowledge of children and families even better!

Should you also wish to have an informal conversation about this position, please contact Amy Baddeley, Regional Business Support Team Leader – [email protected]

The base for the role will be 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH, although Staffordshire are committed to and promote agile working and this position will include working from home primarily. There may also be a requirement to travel to other Regional Offices on occasion to support them in this role when needed, however mileage expenses will be paid. The costs for this post are recharged to Stoke-on-Trent City Council under the Together4Children Regional Partnership arrangements

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.