Location
Liverpool | United Kingdom
Job description
This opportunity is for Liverpool City Council
About the Role
Business Support Officer, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) and Leaving Care Service, Children’s Social Care
Liverpool Children’s Services have high ambitions and are on an improvement journey to become outstanding. We have a new permanent locally based inspirational leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward. It’s an exciting time to join us and be part of that change.
Part of our vision is that we are creating a new dedicated service for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) and Leaving Care Children and Young People and we are looking for skilled, passionate and dedicated professionals to join us to specialise in this service area.
You will be a skilled Business Support Officer who has the passion, drive and motivation to deliver invaluable administration services to support our social care team in achieving the best possible outcomes for our children and young people.
The role
This is a very varied busy role, in which you will be responsible to accurately and efficiently record data and process information across various IT systems, take minutes at meetings, complete all administration duties to support the team, as well as other responsibilities. So, it is essential that you have strong experience in these areas.
You will need to be able to thrive under pressure, be able to multi-task and be a flexible key player in a team environment to excel in this role.
Why Liverpool?
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with it’s rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Our offer to you includes an attractive package;
35 hour working week with hybrid working model
Very competitive salary, highest in our region
Generous pension scheme
Regular high-quality supervision
Ongoing training and development and career opportunities
Wellbeing support
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Our Service Lead, Alison O’Connor warmly invites your application;
‘We are very excited about the huge investment and growth in our Care Leavers and UASC Service, which will allow us to develop and provide the highest quality service to all our young people. It is the perfect time for people who enjoy influencing service design and delivery to join our service, as there will be a huge number of opportunities to be creative, expansive and forward thinking. The future is looking really bright for all of our staff and young people!’
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment and Retention Lead
[email protected] Face to Face interviews will be held w/c 1.4.24
Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.
We advise you save the job description and person specification on your own device (e.g. laptop, tablet, mobile), as once the closing date has passed they will not be accessible.
Applicants to apply online, the reference for this opportunity is LCC04437.
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£23.5k - £25.12k per annum
