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SalaryWe have a fantastic opportunity to provide support to children and families in the Child Care Assessment Team within the Social Services and Housing directorate.
The Child Care Assessment Team is a statutory team that undertakes child protection and family support work with families under the remit of the Social Services and Well Being Act (Wales) Act 2014 and related codes of practice.
The CCAT Admin Support Assistant will be based within the child care assessment team and will be required to take minutes of meetings, to complete chronologies, genograms, update systems with regards to addresses and names, to support with requests and queries, such as financial and transport and will undertake checks for MARAC as and when requested by the Lead Senior Social Worker for MARAC. The admin assistant will be supporting with telephone calls received and other tasks assigned by the social workers and or managers. The Admin Assistant will be supervised regularly by a manager and will have opportunities to apply for all relevant training.
We provide a supportive working structure across all of our social care teams, ensuring you have all you need to perform to the best of your abilities, whilst doing a job you love. Supporting this team would provide opportunities to contribute directly to the work and for personal development and further training opportunities will be available.
Successful applicants will have five GCSEs Grade C or equivalent and have previous Administrative experience.
Employment Checks
This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.
Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.
This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.
Support & Additional Info
- Please contact the Recruitment Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online or require support by emailing recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.
- Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
- Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.
Welsh language skills are not needed. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
