Business Support Assistant

at  Birmingham Childrens Trust

EMPOWERU:

EMPOWER U Hub Missing and Exploitation Team’s aim is to ensure that all agencies have oversight of young people who are at risk of, or being, exploited and that risks are fully understood. EmpowerU is responsible for feeding current data regarding the risks to our young people into the Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) to establish an accurate oversight of the extra familial harm threat in our county. EmpowerU also drives a contextual safeguarding response to extra familial harm.

ABOUT YOU….

You will be a ‘can-do’ person, who is passionate about high quality service delivery and performance. You will be able to work effectively within a dedicated team environment, be customer focused and able to deliver the role with a flexible approach, have good attention to detail and who can work to and meet tight deadlines;

Key skills we will be looking for in your personal statement include:

• An ability to support meetings, including the provision of note taking and recording of actions, as requested by the business
• Attention to detail with an ability to work accurately e.g. literacy and numeracy
• Ability to work on own initiative with a pro-active approach to all tasks to ensure business objectives are met
• An ability to work flexibly as part of a diverse team environment, providing cover when needed to ensure continuity of service provision, and the ability to multi-task to cover other roles within the team
• Experience of dealing with several conflicting and changing priorities effectively to achieve business objectives
• Ability to analyse, collate and input data on multiple Excel spreadsheets

For Further details for Vulnerable Young People Prevention Service contact Melissa Johnson, Business Support Team Leader – melissa.e.johnson@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk, 0121 464 4411/ 07921240513
Or to discuss the role with someone who is currently undertaking a similar role you can contact Diaz McDonald via email: Diaz.McDonald@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk or by calling 0121 303 2139

ABOUT US

Help us to change children and young people’s lives!
At Birmingham Children’s Trust, we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of over 10,000 children and young people in our city every day. Our mission is to support the most disadvantaged children and young people in Birmingham, ensuring they are safe, happy, and healthy.

Birmingham Children’s Trust is going from strength to strength. We are the largest provider of family support and social care services for children, young people and families in the country. Our goal is to become a centre of excellence in both social care and family support. By choosing to work for us, you will be part of a supportive, dynamic service contributing to our service improvement journey to ‘Outstanding’.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
We actively deliver services that are culturally responsive to the needs of the children, parents and carers we work with to deliver equality, diversity and inclusivity in all we do.
We have an exciting opportunity within our Business Support Service within the Vulnerable Young People Prevention Service for the team: EmpowerU for self-motivated Business Support Assistant providing essential support and quality service to our practice staff members.