We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate administrator to join our kinship team and play a key role in supporting kinship carers and their families. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the delivery of a nationally significant Kinship Allowance Pilot, helping ensure children can remain safely within their families. As the single point of contact for kinship carers and prospective carers, you will provide clear, accurate and timely information about kinship care arrangements, financial support, and available services.
Duration: 3 years fixed term.
Please note that the expectation is that you will be office based 5 days per week for at least the first month of employment whilst you undertake training and familiarise yourself with the teams and systems. Following this, hybrid working may be considered dependent on the needs of the service at a maximum of two days per week.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 25th June 2026.
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.