About the role
The council receives around 600 requests for disclosure of records, which are often social care records containing information connected to abuse, safeguarding and child protection. It is critical that we process these records accurately and in accordance with data protection legislation and agreed processes. The disclosures to the police can support criminal investigations and prosecutions whilst subject access responses can help our customers understand their life story, how and why the council made its decisions or simply what information we hold.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Matthew Smith, matthew.smith@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Matthew Wells, matthew.wells@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for reviewing sensitive and often complex council records, identifying relevant information, and helping to prepare appropriate disclosures. This will include supporting requests from the police where information may assist their investigations, and helping the council meet its legal obligations when responding to subject access requests.
You will work closely with colleagues across the council to ensure that records are reviewed carefully and responses issued are lawful, accurate and timely in line with data protection legislation and council procedures.
You will need to work with colleagues to clarify requests, gather relevant records, and ensure appropriate checks are completed before information is disclosed. You will also need to maintain clear records of decisions, searches undertaken and information disclosed or withheld
About you
We are looking for someone who:
Has knowledge and experience of undertaking disclosure work including subject access requests especially where these relate to social care, safeguarding or health records.
- Can make considered decisions about what information may be appropriate to share and be able to explain any decision to withhold
- Has excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and the ability to work confidently with sensitive information.
- Can work proactively and manage competing priorities
- understands the need for excellent customer service and has excellent communication skills
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
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
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 Leader. 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. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process 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.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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