Business Support Officer - Assessment and Intervention

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Kirklees
Children & Families
Child Protection & Family Support
37
1
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Temporary
Up to July 2021
Grade 5

£23,500 - £23,893

Family Support and Child Protection brings together the statutory elements of Children’s Social Care provision, a wide range of Family Support, Youth Offending and Youth Services into one overall management arrangement.  The service provides clearly focused targeted interventions to take place within a context of integrated assessment and service provision.

Your role will be to provide Business Support to the Assessment and Intervention Team team, duties will include:


  • Data processing (input and retrieval) – including service based IT systems.
  • Information and record management as directed.
  • Responding to non-routine enquires/complaints, signposting as required.
  • Specialist word processing.
  • Minuting meetings
  • General administrative duties as required.
  • Cash handling and processing of invoices or cheques.

It is essential that you are familiar with computer packages e.g. Microsoft Word, Access and Excel, and that you are able to demonstrate business and administration skills to NVQ 2 level or equivalent.  A level of literacy to be able to produce routine documentation and numeracy skills to be able to deal with, for example petty cash is also essential.

Please refer to the attached Day In The Life for further details about this job.


Sam Payne is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

07 February 2021, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.