Social Work Co-Ordinator

An opportunity has arisen for a well-organised and resilient individual to join the Children and Family Services as a Social Work Co-ordinator in the Business Support Team, to support with the Child Decision Making Panel. This role is part of the wider Business Support Service and as such an important part of this role is to provide back up to colleagues across locality areas and to assist in handling urgent work on a day-to-day basis., Maintain accurately and keep up-to-date, a range of computer-based monitoring systems to support service areas. Use these databases to produce ad hoc summaries and analyses of information, involving manipulation of data and creating new spreadsheets as required, to ensure the need for timely accurate and complete information, including CFS Software Systems as directed by managers. To ensure that incoming and outgoing correspondence and generic inboxes and duty lines are appropriately managed/recorded/tracked/progressed and prioritised in accordance with service requirements. To compose and send out routine correspondence, emails, reports, minutes, and other such documentation. To maintain diaries, and associated records and to support all admin tasks for the Child Decision Making Panel for the Head of Service. To include minuting the meeting and distributing the minutes once approved, maintaining confidentiality and being mindful of the sensitive nature of the information. Collect, interpret, and maintain statistical information including Health Assessments, medicals, and dental records, undertake a range of financial routines including BACS payments, petty cash and purchases and monitor budgets associated with service requirements. Provide advice and/or information relating to the teams as required, including to partner agencies and members of the public. To support the administrative resource within other locality offices as and when required which may involve working at other localities on a semi-permanent basis, to support locality teams when contractors and other visitors are on site., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

• Recognised Academic Qualifications e.g. 'GCSE', 'A' Levels, Vocational Quals, Professional/Further Education Quals in relevant area. NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent. Or equivalent level of relevant experience.
• Good computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, with the ability to use spreadsheets and perform basic data analysis. To give evidence of establishing and maintaining manual and electronic admin systems.
• Excellent organisational and customer care skills with good written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly and accurately by telephone, in person or in writing to a wide range of people (internal and external).
• Experience of working in an administrative, financial and secretarial setting.
• Able to produce accurate work to deadlines and give evidence of numeracy, literacy and statistical analysis skills.
• Able to work effectively as a member of a team and manage staff.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and work under minimum supervision, with a flexible approach to changing deadlines and priorities
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.


• Guaranteed contracted hours.
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to staff wellbeing and counselling service.
• Access to an employee discount scheme, providing a whole host of retail discount including your supermarket weekly shop and gym membership!
• Work for an organisation which 95% of our staff say is a good employer.