At a Glance
- Tasks: Support safeguarding meetings by taking accurate minutes and managing administrative tasks.
- Company: Join Stockport Council, a recognised leader in inclusive employment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with a commitment to diversity and employee wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in safeguarding vulnerable individuals while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in minute taking and strong IT skills are preferred.
The predicted salary is between 26403 - 28142 £ per year.
This is a full-time, permanent position supporting the administration and minute taking of Child Protection Conferences for the Children’s Safeguarding Unit and/or the minute taking of Adult Safeguarding meetings for Adult Social Care. Our offices are based in Stockport’s civic complex, with the opportunity of hybrid working both in the office and from home to meet service needs.
In this role you will see the vital work carried out by the professionals we support to keep the people of Stockport safe. The role centres around minute taking of safeguarding meetings, either in Children’s or Adults’ Social Care, and the administration linked to this. Training and support will be provided to the successful candidate; however, previous experience in a Social Care or minute taking role is preferable.
You will be a confident and experienced minute taker who can take accurate and high-quality minutes of safeguarding meetings, using a laptop. This is a demanding and challenging role, and you will need emotional resilience as often you will be listening to distressing and upsetting information.
Working on your own and as part of a very supportive team, you will use your initiative to ensure key work is completed to meet statutory timescales. Part of your role will be to organise Child Protection or Adult Safeguarding meetings and enter and retrieve confidential and sensitive information on case management systems.
You should be computer literate and proficient in working with standard office IT applications including MS Office. You will be expected to learn how to navigate in-house ICT systems to work with data and information. You will work as part of the Business Support Hub working with front line services and will therefore need the ability to build effective working relationships, work using your own initiative, be proactive and flexible with a positive, can-do attitude.
We are a friendly and dynamic business support team, working within Children’s and Adults’ Safeguarding, who take pride in everything we do to ensure our services continue to be of an excellent and high-quality standard. At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough.
We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce. We want our employees to have a good work-life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce.
Business Support Specialist Safeguarding Minute Taker in Stockport employer: Stockport Council
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