Adult Services Business Support Admin Officer
What's involved with this role:
Ref number: S Tyneside 1004469515264100
Please do not apply for this role unless your CV meets the following general requirements, listed below:
You must be UK based and have the right to work in the UK.For office based and hybrid roles, your commute to the place of work must be less than 1 hour.
This is a temporary role. Please do not apply if you are seeking a permanent position.
Skills & Experience:
Have demonstrable experience of undertaking high pressured administrative support within a DoL (Deprivation of Liberty) setting within Adult Services
Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, IT and organisational skills
Ability to work off their own initiative to ensure they can meet the many time specific demands that will be placed on their time.
What's involved with this role: Your role is to provide support and assist in working towards the objectives of the DoL (Deprivation of Liberty) department within Adult Social Care. This will include undertaking a selection of specialist duties.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake the management of manual and computerised records/management information systems, escalating any issues regarding accuracy and inconsistency of information where appropriate.Provide advice, guidance or signpost staff, public etc with regard to internal policies/procedures and external regulations/legislation.
Process completed referrals and prepare completed documents for the statutory body’s Signatory.
Receive and assess referrals in order to prepare for DoLS.
Support the DoLS team in the coordination of assessments to the timescales required, and support professional colleagues undertaking the roles of Best Interest and Mental Health Assessors.
Be expected to have appropriate contact with family members and relevant persons involved in the DoLS process.
As an individual demonstrate excellent interpersonal, IT and organisational skills, which will support the Council to effectively discharge its duties as the Supervisory Body.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.1
Job Ref: S Tyneside 1004469515264100
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
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.