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Location

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | United Kingdom

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Job description

Business Support Assistant - Children's Social Care
Grade 2 £23,500 - £23893 per anum
37 hours per week full time

INTERVIEW DATE 26th MARCH 2024

Based at Sandhill Centre, Grindon Lane, Sunderland and Stanfield Centre, Addison Street, Hendon, Sunderland.  Free On-Site Parking.
Following completion of induction & training, flexible & agile working is available.

Together for Children deliver Children’s Services on behalf of Sunderland City Council.  We are proud to be the first in the country to make the leap from Inadequate to Outstanding. The Company continues to deliver upon its ambitious improvement journey with better outcomes for children and young people at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for Business Support Assistants to provide administrative support to our busy children’s social care teams, who support children, young people and their families.  The main duties include inputting and retrieving information into the Liquid Logic database, organising meetings, notetaking/minute taking, preparing, and sending letters and other office tasks to support our social work professionals. These are busy teams so the ability to be flexible, manage and prioritise workloads is essential to the service.

We are looking for candidates who:

• have excellent communication and strong IT/keyboard skills
• the ability to use these skills confidently in a conference/meeting situation
• have a clear understanding of the need for confidentiality.
• have experience of working in an office
• are customer focused and have a high level of commitment to work in partnership with service users.

We have many benefits on offer to our employees.  Please see our Employee Financial Wellbeing & Support Guide contained in the supporting documents on North East Jobs.

Closing date 19th March 2024

Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.

As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:

• Accessibility Network
• LGBTQ+ Network
• Racial Equality Network

We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.

As well as an attractive and competitive salary, other benefits of working for Together for Children include agile working arrangements, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a flexi-time scheme. A comprehensive health and wellbeing programme is also on offer to all employees

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