- Pay Rate:
£11.38 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
- LEICESTER,
LE3 8RF
Temporary Service Support Assistant - Children & Family Services
Reference no: Leicestershire TCL 0008 2A77 / 1
Pay Rate: £11.38 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: LEICESTER
Hybrid working
To provide and support efficient and effective database support, referral process and a clerical family response, including database entry tasks to a very high standard within Children and Family services. Apply safeguarding checks to day to day tasks, reading, analysing and highlighting concerns with staff, referrers and families, as directed by a team leader or manager.Undertake basic checks with referrers and families, and data quality activities to support the programmes as directed by a team leader or manager from within the service areas
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing invitation letters and requesting Police Checks for Child Protection Conferences. This will mean working to tight timescales as the Police require 7 working days prior to the conference to prepare the information.
- Minuting the Child Protection Conferences. These are multi-agency meetings and can be distressing as they deal with the abuse of children. The meetings can range from 2 hours to 3.5 hours. This role will be allocated 3 meetings per week to minute and for the associated administrative tasks. These meetings are held via Microsoft Teams.
- Preparing a Child Protection or Child in Need Plan after the meeting (this usually dictated during the meeting by the Chair of the meeting) and this needs to be approved and distributed within 5 working days of the meeting being held.
- Typing up a record of the meeting and ensuring that the record is approved by the Chair and distributed within 15 working days of the meeting.
- Uploading documents and adding information onto our in-house database
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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.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Recognised Academic Qualifications e.g. 'GCSE', 'A' Levels, Vocational Quals, Professional/Further Education Quals in relevant area.
- NVQ 2 or equivalent in literacy and numeracy.
- Word processing (or equivalent).
Knowledge:
Knowledge of Children and Family Services.
- Knowledge of Ofsted inspections and the requirements for Children and Family Services.
- Full understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality.
- A good understanding of the importance of monitoring impact and outcomes for the families receiving services from C&FS
Experience:
- Previous clerical experience ideally in a public sector setting.
- Experience of using a range of software packages (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.)
- Previous reception experience, telephone enquiries and correspondence.
- Experience of filing and record systems.
- Previous experience within Children and Family Services.
Skills & Abilities:
- Good level of verbal and written communication skills.
- Evidence of numeracy, literacy and statistical analysis skills.
- Good computer skills, including MS Word, Excel and Access.
- Presentation skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload and work under minimum supervision, with a flexible approach
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