Job Purpose:
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Location: Quarry Centre, Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Full Time
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job purpose/about the role
The post holder will be responsible for to carrying out a range of business and finance tasks to support the provision of an effective and efficient support service to Children’s Social work.
We have an exciting opportunity to join Aberdeen City Council, Children’s Social Work Service to provide administrative support. The post will be based at Quarry Centre, Cummings Park Crescent, Aberdeen, predominantly providing administrative support to the teams supporting kinship and foster carers and adopters, as well as the Family Time Hub.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
1. Educated to National 4 level or equivalent
2. PVG Membership for Regulated work with Children and/or Protected Adults or willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
3. Office administration
4. Working with others co-operatively and flexibly to achieve better services and customer- focused outcomes
5. Using a variety of IT packages
6. Organising and prioritising own workload
About Us
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
7. have a disability as defined by the Equality Act (all jobs)
8. looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
9. are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
10. have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
11. are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.