The job itself
This role is based within the Targeted Services Business Support Team, supporting the Making a Change and Intensive Family Support Teams. These teams provide high level support to young people and families, including those at risk for criminal and/or sexual exploitation, with an aim to provide integrated children's services and multi‑agency response working closely with the Police and other external agencies.
The Right Candidate
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, self‑motivated and confident individual to join a busy administration team providing a wide range of administrative support including minute taking for several different meetings, maintaining locality agendas, collating data, covering reception, dealing with queries, processing invoices and orders and other administrative support as required.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and committed to providing a quality service, have a flexible approach and the ability to adapt to a changing environment. To undertake this role successfully you will need to be customer focused, able to work easily within a challenging environment, have excellent administrative and organisational skills and have the motivation and desire to achieve a high‑quality service. You should be able to demonstrate effective use of a range of ICT systems and software packages.
As well as a high level of customer service, the ability to maintain confidentiality and to deal with highly sensitive information is paramount. Teamwork plays a vital role as does the ability to meet deadlines and work on your own initiative.
This is a great opportunity to have an insight into Children Young People Support and Safeguarding Services and the invaluable support we provide for families in the East Riding.
Why work for East Riding?
We really value our staff, and it is our fundamental belief that our staff are the most important asset in fulfilling our responsibility to provide a quality service to children, young people and their families.
Benefits of working within CYPSSS, include:
* Regular reflective supervision with a focus on your wellbeing, your development, and what is working well
* Strong management support at all levels
* A service wide commitment to celebrating best practice and practice strengths
* A service wide commitment to promoting wellbeing and support
Our Model of Practice Stronger Together: You can, I can, We can
We have created a bespoke practice model that reflects and connects our vision, our value base and our behaviour as one East Riding of Yorkshire approach to working with children, young people and their families, which is nurtured and grown from within East Riding of Yorkshire CYPSSS and owned by our workforce.
Our Stronger Together approach is strengths based, solution‑focused, and relational recognising that the very best work with families takes place within the context of excellent, collaborative relationships.
Other important information
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is pursuing equality of opportunity in employment.
These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
This position is fixed term for 6 months once in post.
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