Business Support Assistant IRO (37)
Grade 2 £24,790 - £25,183 pa
Full time 37 Hours per week
Based at Sandhill Centre, Grindon Lane, Sunderland and Stanfield Centre, Addison Street, Hendon, Sunderland.with 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 situationhave a clear understanding of the need for confidentiality.
have experience of working in an officeare 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.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK”.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East