HR Support Officer

at  blossom care group

Blossom Care Group
We provide support and care service too children, young people, and their families. We have a number of residential locations in the Derbyshire/ Staffordshire and West Midlands areas.
Our primary focus is to support our children and young people, to give them the best start in life possible, that will carry through the whole of their life.
The Team
We are committed to providing the highest level of care and believe that the team is the core to achieving this. We provide regular training, appraisals and supervision. Time and commitment are given to the development and progression of every individual working as part of the Blossom Care team.
We are opening new homes and genuine internal progression opportunities are available, for all staff to develop their careers in the care sector. We ensure that the team feels valued and individuals are rewarded and recognised for their hard work and dedication to the children and young people in our care, this is done through incentives such as pay increments, celebrations of significant events such as birthdays and team building activities.
Training
We will provide all relevant training, including formal qualifications where appropriate
Safeguarding Statement
Blossom Care Group is committed to the health, safety, welfare, wellbeing and development of the young people and children it has a duty of care too.
The Role:
To support and assist the smooth running and co-ordination of Blossom Care Group’s HR function, in conjunction with current legislation, regulations, standards and the company’s policies and procedures. .
The role is a mix of staff welfare & wellbeing, administration, recruitment, strategy and planning
HR Support Officer is expected to add value to the organisation they support. The exact nature of the work will
vary according to the need of the business, though the focus is on supporting the Ofsted and CQC registered homes and service users within them
Working hours: Can be between 18 to 30 hours per week, over 3,4 or 5 days. The pay struture is pro rata of full time working hours of 37.5 per week.
If you don’t have an enhanced DBS or an enhanced DBS on the update service, a new application for an enhanced DBS will need to be made

Main duties and responsibilities within the role are as follows:

• Primarily to support the HR Manager in delivering support functions across the group and take appropriate direction from immediate line manager
• Working closely with all departments in a supporting role, assisting line managers providing advice and guidance on company policies and procedures.
• To support the business with HR matters and its 3rd party recruitment business.
• Promoting equality and diversity as all Blossom Care Group’s values.
• Liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas, such as staff performance and health and safety.
• Recruiting staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, selecting & interviewing candidates.
• Developing and implementing policies and regular reviews of polices, at least once annually.
• Issuing all relevant documentation for new starters and collating the same documents to form their HR file.
• Completing all relevant checks for new starters (i.e. DBS, Employment references)
• Supporting payroll functions and maintaining accurate employee records
• Planning and occasionally delivering training, including new staff inductions.
• Ensure compliance with all current statutory and company duties, procedures, guidelines and other instructions.
• Liaise with relevant Managers on staff welfare, wellbeing, appraisal, development, training and supervision and provide support.
• To participate in identified training and regular supervision.
• To keep update with changes to employment legislation and advise management of the same.
• To maintain a safe environment, complying with Health and Safety and other legal requirements.
• The work is office-based but may involve travel to other homes for auditing purposes.
• Handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity.
• Excellent communication skills, able to listen and effectively verbalise ideas. Communication can be via phone calls, emails, face to face.
• To take minutes of meetings (ie management meetings, disciplinaries & grievance hearings)
• Answering the phone and signposting the same call to appropriate colleague or take detailed message
• Work independently and resourcefully under own motivation.
• Be a team member that integrates in to Blossom Care Group and makes decisions based upon the greater good of the business.
• Be calm and organised, able to deal with challenging situations.
• Deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Efficient administrative skills with the ability to use MS Office.
• Support the office environment completing administration tasks delegated to you by your line manager.

This Job Description is provided to assist the HR Support Officer regarding what his/ her main duties are. The nature of the HR Support Officer is a varied one and no written Job Description can cover all eventualities and therefore, the Description may be amended from time to time without change to the level of responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £25,350.00-£28,275.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• HR Administration: 1 year (preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
• Administrative: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• DBS Certificate (preferred)
• DBS on the Update Service (preferred)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: HRSO1
Expected start date: 24/03/202

• Primarily to support the HR Manager in delivering support functions across the group and take appropriate direction from immediate line manager
• Working closely with all departments in a supporting role, assisting line managers providing advice and guidance on company policies and procedures.
• To support the business with HR matters and its 3rd party recruitment business.
• Promoting equality and diversity as all Blossom Care Group’s values.
• Liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas, such as staff performance and health and safety.
• Recruiting staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, selecting & interviewing candidates.
• Developing and implementing policies and regular reviews of polices, at least once annually.
• Issuing all relevant documentation for new starters and collating the same documents to form their HR file.
• Completing all relevant checks for new starters (i.e. DBS, Employment references)
• Supporting payroll functions and maintaining accurate employee records
• Planning and occasionally delivering training, including new staff inductions.
• Ensure compliance with all current statutory and company duties, procedures, guidelines and other instructions.
• Liaise with relevant Managers on staff welfare, wellbeing, appraisal, development, training and supervision and provide support.
• To participate in identified training and regular supervision.
• To keep update with changes to employment legislation and advise management of the same.
• To maintain a safe environment, complying with Health and Safety and other legal requirements.
• The work is office-based but may involve travel to other homes for auditing purposes.
• Handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity.
• Excellent communication skills, able to listen and effectively verbalise ideas. Communication can be via phone calls, emails, face to face.
• To take minutes of meetings (ie management meetings, disciplinaries & grievance hearings)
• Answering the phone and signposting the same call to appropriate colleague or take detailed message
• Work independently and resourcefully under own motivation.
• Be a team member that integrates in to Blossom Care Group and makes decisions based upon the greater good of the business.
• Be calm and organised, able to deal with challenging situations.
• Deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Efficient administrative skills with the ability to use MS Office.
• Support the office environment completing administration tasks delegated to you by your line manager