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Locality Business Support Assistant
The closing date is 23 July 2025
Adult Social Care Unplanned Business Support team in Staffordshire require a Locality Business Support Assistant - Band 3 full time 37.5 hours per week. This is a virtual team to support the Unplanned Care Social Care Practitioners. This post is available in East Staffs - Burton on Trent
Burton on Trent - Edwin House, Second Avenue, Centrum 100, Burton on Trent, DE14 2WF
Main duties of the job
As a Locality Business Support Assistant to the Social Care teams you will provide a high level of dedicated administrative support to established teams of Social Care Practitioners. A strong sense of teamwork and commitment to maintaining high standards is essential to this position. The post holder will be required to provide comprehensive and confidential administrative and clerical activities to meet the needs of various services; they will effectively communicate related information and advice to enable the teams to achieve operational excellence. The post holder will be required to undertake general office duties and support the teams and Managers where required. The post holder will also be required to take minutes at Adult Protection meetings, producing a written record following the meeting on a regular basis.
All posts require suitable candidates who possess a good standard of literacy and numeracy, good communication and interpersonal skills, IT skills, including well developed data entry skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, ability to multitask and prioritise own workload.The post holder will be expected to behave in a way that is clearly aligned to the Partnership Trust values of:.We put quality first.We focus on people.We take responsibility
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people
Job responsibilities
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information of this role please see attached the job description and person specification.
On appointment, the post holder will be auto-enrolled in the SWLA and aligned to the appropriate British Association of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework. The relevant SWLA stage (i.e. stage 1 (ASYE), 2 (Social Worker) or 3 (Advanced Social Worker) will also be agreed taking all prior Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and relevant experience into consideration. The post holder will be required to take responsibility for their own Continuous Professional Development.
Please note:- If enough applications are received prior to the closing date, the vacancy may close sooner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE English grade C or above or equivalent experience
* IT qualification equivalent to the competency level of ECDL/CLAIT etc.
* Apprenticeship/ NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
* Demonstrate a commitment to further training and development commensurate with the grade
Experience
* Experience of using computer based information systems in an office environment
* Ability and experience of using IT systems including Microsoft Office/MS Teams and have accurate and competent keyboard skills
* Experience of minute taking
* Experience of knowledge of budget management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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