About the role
Administrators
Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service (SQAS)
1 x full time post (37 hrs per week)
1 x part time post (28.5 hrs per week)
1 x full time post (37 hrs per week) Fixed Term for 6 months Grade G Salary £22,039 - £23,788
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) is looking for 3 enthusiastic and dedicated team players to join the service. We are looking for candidates who are flexible, dynamic, solution-focused, and good communicators, with experience in business support for frontline and operational services.
These posts will support our Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Service, including Child Protection Chairs, Independent Reviewing Officers and Designated Officers who are based across the County.
Talk to us
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email Alison Leeson at Alison.Lesson@nctrust.co.uk or Susan Quinn at Susan.Quinn@nctrust.co.uk
What will you be doing?
As part of this team, you will be party to confidential and sensitive information about children their families and carers. The role will require you to convene, and or minute take all aspects of Child Protection Conferences/Child in Care Reviews and Joint Evaluation Meetings. This includes preparing and distributing invitation letters, booking meeting venues, and collating reports.
You will provide proactive support to ensure that all electronic records are accurate and up to date in relation to Child Protection Conferences/Children in Care reviews and Local Designated Officer files.
You will be required to liaise with Service Managers, Local Authority Designated Officers, Social Workers, and other internal and external partners.
About you
Previous experience of minute taking is required as are good organisational skills, flexibility, and the ability to prioritise and work independently to strict deadlines.
Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 2 Day Induction Programme
- 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues)
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.