Business Support Officers (6 Posts)

at  Lambeth Council

HYBRID WORKING - 2 DAYS PER WEEK

Do you enjoy assisting people? Would you like to work in a fast-paced dynamic team where no two days are the same? Do you love working with families and young people? Are you confident in using IT? And proficient in minute taking whilst possessing good organisational skills, if so, Lambeth is looking for enthusiastic people like you to join our team.

ABOUT YOU

We require a skilled, experienced, and innovative Business Support Officer to help us drive forward our ambitious plans for a service that improves the outcomes for vulnerable children, young people, adults and families. You will have the energy and commitment to rise to the challenges faced by young people in Lambeth and a belief in the potential of young people and families to achieve their aspirations.
You will need to provide a comprehensive, professional, proactive, customer focused business support service to the FSCP and EDT departments, enabling services to meet their statutory and legal obligations and our Borough Plan.
We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations.
Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs
You will also be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here www.cifas.org.uk.
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Interested, click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’.
Job Description & Person Specification
Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024 at midnight
Please note the advert will close earlier than advertised if we receive an overwhelming response.

ABOUT THE ROLES

The role of our Business Support Officers is to provide effective administrative and information support within the Lambeth Children Social Care and to enable efficient, accurate and comprehensive passage of information between staff and computerised systems. As a Business Support Officer you will lead on providing support for the Emergency Duty Team or the Family Support and Child Protection team, and you will be responsible to undertake a range of systems and administrative duties within the Service. Additionally, you will be required to use the information databases, namely Mosaic and be proficient in their use of Office 365.

Although officers will work within their knowledge (specialism) areas, there will be opportunities for officers to move across different work areas. Operationally, from time to time, officers may need to move service areas. There will always be full training for staff to ensure they are fully equipped to undertake their role. Areas of responsibility within Business Support:

• Children’s Services
• Adults and Public Health
• Corporate Resources
• Neighbourhoods and Growt