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Safeguarding Administrator - Horsham

Employer
Capita
Location
Horsham
Salary
Up to £19000 per annum
Closing date
21 Oct 2019

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Sector
Administration, Secretarial & PA
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Set hours
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Safeguarding Administrators

Salary: £19,000 per annum. Full Time Mon-Friday 8.30am - 5pm

Location: Horsham

About the role

We are looking for Safeguarding Administrators to provide an effective and efficient, professional & flexible administrative service to support clients. Working on an assignment basis the Safeguarding Administrator will provide a range of administrative services requiring daily liaison with colleagues of all levels in both the Business Services and Council teams. Regular contact with people who use the Council's services, who may, at times, be distressed or angry, the Safeguarding Administrator will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to take account of the changing needs of both the Business Services and Council teams.

 

About Capita and West Sussex County Council partnership

Capita Local Government delivers a wide range of specialist services to local authorities, schools, academies and other public sector organisations, including IT and digital transformation, customer management, revenues, benefits, finance, property development and regulatory services, education support and back office processing.

Our 10-year partnership with West Sussex County Council began in 2012 and is dedicated to lowering cost, delivering a better digital experience and generating more revenue for the County. We have over 4,000 staff based in 60 UK & Ireland offices offering a vast range of professional and technical expertise across an unrivalled number of services. The breadth and depth of our experience ensures that we are able to add value to any project, regardless of size, complexity or sector.

 

What you will do:

The specific accountabilities for this flexible role may alter from time to time in order to meet the needs of the business/client, but accountabilities will include (or to be equivalent in nature to) those listed below:

 

  • Taking notes or formal minutes (electronically) at meetings such as Adult or Child protection safeguarding case conferences or other such meetings whether there is a statutory or legal requirement to document the content of the meeting; including the use of medical and pharmaceutical terminology.

  • Providing a 'Meet and Greet' service.

  • Typing, formatting and presentation of documents such as reports, minutes, emails, letters, presentations.

  • Data entry to maintain or create spreadsheets and databases for the purpose of gathering statistics or record keeping.

  • View, update and maintain bespoke IT systems, responsible for the accuracy, confidentiality and security.

     

  • Ensuring the accurate and prompt filing of papers to manual or electronic filing systems and the update of tracking systems. Retrieval and archiving of files to file stores. Prepare new paper or electronic files and labels where required.

 

Your experience will include:

  • Must to able to handle sensitive and potentially disturbing information with professionalism and maturity

  • Competent note taking skills

  • Good understanding of data management, including collecting and processing

  • Good knowledge of a wide and varied range of ICT software

  • Experience of working within administrative office systems/practices and providing effective flexible administrative support to various areas

  • Demonstrable evidence of organising and handling data sets, of turning data into information and administrative output i.e. Word, Excel, etc.

  • Good at organising day to day workload

  • Experience and confidence in dealing with people and the ability to establish credibility to all levels of the organisation

What's in it for you?

At Capita, training and development aren't optional extras: they're how we do our job. We are able to offer NVQ's in Business Administration to successful candidates who meet eligibility criteria.

We will motivate you to perform at your peak, recognising your achievements and rewarding them appropriately. As well as a generous basic salary we also give you generous holiday, company pension scheme and access to voluntary benefit options including; child care vouchers, share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional but fun environment.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - click apply now.

 

Capita Resourcing operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender identity or gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.

Company

Whether you’re expecting, returning to work, a working mum, or just looking for a better work/life balance, you can be sure of support at Capita. Whoever you are, you can be yourself and know you’ll be valued. Your work will make a difference and help to drive our transformation for the future. In return, we’ll support you with flexible working options to help with your learning and development, and give you access to a wealth of opportunities to further your career.

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