About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Child Protection Meeting Administrator to join our Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Team. This role is crucial in providing first-class, confidential, and proactive support to Senior Managers and the wider team, ensuring that our service operates efficiently and effectively to improve the experience and outcomes for our children and young people.
We are seeking a proactive, enthusiastic, and highly organised individual with experience in minute-taking. The successful candidate will be able to establish and maintain strong professional relationships with internal colleagues at all levels, as well as with external partners.
The ideal candidate will be a quick thinker, a collaborative team member, and adaptable to changing priorities on a daily basis. They must work with the utmost discretion and be a confident communicator. This is a fast-paced, demanding, and varied role, but also extremely rewarding.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Alison.leeson@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.
Previous applicants need not apply.
What will you be doing?
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Safeguarding and Welfare: Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in the care of the service. This includes undertaking regular Child Protection training at a level commensurate with the role.
- Minute Taking: Attend various locations across Northamptonshire to take minutes of statutory Child Protection Conferences. Prior experience in minute-taking during high-level, complex conferences or meetings is desirable. Strong organisational skills, adaptability, and the ability to prioritize and work independently to meet strict deadlines are essential.
- Communication: Acknowledge and respond to queries received through various contact points, accurately logging information and alerting relevant staff and managers as needed.
- Meeting Management: Manage meetings, including coordinating, liaising with external providers when necessary, and circulating relevant papers.
- Team Support: Support the team and the wider Business Support Service to ensure continuity of service delivery. Work flexibly to meet competing needs and demands.
- Record Keeping: Ensure that all electronic records related to Child Protection Conferences are accurate and up to date.
- Proactive Support: Provide proactive support to Child Protection Chairs.
- Liaison: Collaborate with Social Worker teams, external agencies, and representatives regarding clerical and administrative procedures for the service.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other team members to ensure continuity of support for Children's Services. Undertake additional tasks as appropriate to the role to meet business needs.
About you
- You have strong organizational skills and can prioritize tasks while working independently to meet strict deadlines.
- You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in written English.
- You demonstrate emotional resilience and can process sensitive information appropriately.
- You can relate to a wide variety of people in a warm, calm, and professional manner.
- You are adaptable and have experience working in a fast-changing, dynamic environment.
- You have a full UK driving license and possess your own transport (business mileage will be paid).
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the attached person specification. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education.
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:
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- 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
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
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.
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