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Business Support Officer (Childrens' Social Care), Bury
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Client:
Bury Council
Location:
Bury, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
3872005c8b19
Job Views:
5
Posted:
25.08.2025
Expiry Date:
09.10.2025
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Job Description:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Support Officer within our Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub team, this role provides administrative support to the front-line teams based in 3 Knowsley Place, Bury. You will be working as part of a welcoming and supportive team providing Business Support to Social Workers, Health and Education professionals to ensure the safeguarding and best possible outcome for children and young people. You will work Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday 8:45-17:00.
Childrens’ Services places the interests of children firmly at the centre of everything we do, working with families to offer quality advice, support and guidance.
We are looking for an organised, self-motivated and professional individual who is able to provide a high level of administrative support. You will be working in a rewarding and fast paced environment, dealing with on line and phone referrals into Childrens’ Services, from the public and a wide range of professionals including the Police, Health and Education. You will enjoy working to tight deadlines and a high degree of accuracy is essential.
* You will have exceptional organisational skills in order to work under pressure to complete tasks to potentially conflicting deadlines, without direct line management, re-prioritising your own work as appropriate or allocating tasks to others.
* You will be capable of resolving problems, using your own initiative to provide practical solutions.
* You will be experienced in using computer packages and be confident in quickly being able to use bespoke software used within different services.
* Excellent communications skills will be required, together with high levels of customer service skills to deliver polite, courteous and efficient service to colleagues, partners and service users.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your CV application covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home | greater.jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Gill Berry on 0161 253 5454
Interviews will be held w/c 8th September 2025
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