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About This Opportunity
To provide efficient, effective and confidential administration support to the Fostering, Adoption and Performance and Review Panels, and to provide support to the Fostering and Adoption Panel Advisor and Panel Chair to ensure they are assisted in meeting the requirements of their post effectively and to ensure that they are able to release and deploy time.
Job Title: Business Support to Panels
Location: Carlisle
Salary: £32,061 to £32,597
Hours: 27.5 Hours
Contract: Permanent
To support the Should be placed decisions and provide effective administration to support the Adoption panels to make a considered recommendation on whether the child should be placed for adoption within six weeks of the statutory review where adoption was identified as the permanence plan.
To help and Support the administration of the Letterbox process, helping birth families and adoptive families keep in touch and exchange information and to be part of the wider Business Support Team to provide cover for leave and sickness and to ensure that all systems and processes are maintained and developed to meet the performance needs of the service; to provide a fully responsive and flexible business support service within the department.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for individuals who embody our organisation's core values: ambitious, collaborative, compassionate, empowering, and innovative. We believe in the power of these values to drive positive change, deliver excellent public services and shape a better future for our communities.
We’re also about potential over perfection and we can help you grow in the role and thrive in your career.
Be sure to take a look at the post specification (below) for the essential criteria for this role.
Contact
For more information about the role or to arrange an informal chat prior to your application, please contact Carole Lomas by email at Carole.Lomas@cumberland.gov.uk
DBS Checks
This role requires a DBS check. The level of check for this role is Standard DBS.
Guaranteed Interviews
We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants, as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role:
* Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
* Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
* Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed forces
If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application. Find out more.
Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments
We’re dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. That’s why we’re a proud Disability Confident Leader and also an Age Friendly Employer – to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailing Resourcing@Cumberland.gov.uk. While adjustments aren’t always guaranteed, we’ll always listen and we’ll try our best to accommodate your needs.
Easily apply by submitting your CV and answering a few short questions.
Application and Interview information
* Closing date: 05/11/2025
* Interview date: TBC
Please note this role may close early subject to demand. If you’re interested in applying, you should apply well before the advised closing date. We cannot accept applications once the role has closed.
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