About the role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to gain experience within the Local Authority and develop your knowledge and understanding of Children’s Services.
The Quality Assurance and Practice Improvement (QAPI) Service require 1 full time (37 hours) Business Officer to support the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) team.
The LADO team responds to concerns raised about any adult in a position of trust who is employed or volunteers to work with children, that they might pose a risk of significant harm to children, either as a result of past concerns or a current incident. The LADO liaises with the employers, partner agencies and, where relevant, chair Allegations Management Meetings (AMMs) to ensure safeguards are in place and children are protected. The team provide advice, awareness raising training and support to employers and partner agencies.
Your role will be supporting the work of the LADO’s by minuting statutory Allegation Management Meetings as well completing various administration tasks.
If you are interested in this opportunity and have questions about the role, please contact Louisa Altounis Gilby, Senior Business Officer – Louisa.Gilby@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 15 September 2024 at Midnight. Interviews will be held week commencing 23 September 2024 at Scott House, Huntingdon.
What will you be doing?
This role will include the convening, minuting and administration of the Allegation Management Meetings (AMM’s), managing a team inbox and completing relevant checks on our internal systems for MAPPA meetings and prison notifications.
You will need to have the ability to summarise and produce information in a concise manner. Minutes are recorded on a template. Minuting experience is preferred but not essential as training and support will be provided.
You will need to be flexible in your approach to work, as this is a varied role. You will need good administration skills and the ability to prioritise is key as this is a fast paced role with short statutory deadlines. Along with diary management, you will need excellent customer service and communication skills as you will be liaising with external agencies such as the Police and Schools.
You will be expected to work on your own initiative, keep calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines. You should have a methodical and concise approach to tasks and the ability to prioritise workloads effectively. You will need a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft packages (Word and Excel) and be able to use databases.
About you
Please evidence on your supporting statement how you meet the essential criteria of the person specification. However, please note, you do not need to meet all of the essential criteria to be able to apply, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are keen to learn.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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