Early Help Advice & Allocations Officer

We are currently looking to recruit 2 x Early Help Advice & Allocations Officer's to join our team within Sunderland.
This is a Full Time, office based position.
Duties Of Vacancy:
*Monitor the progress of Early Help Plans and Reviews, seeking updates from partner agencies where these are missing
*Cleanse on a regular basis the operating system to ensure that all open cases are being worked
*Query with all Co-ordinators of Early Help (Lead Professionals) any cases which have been open for more than 12 months
*Provide data on Early Help to senior officers for the purposes of reporting and performance management
*Take telephone and e-mail queries about Early Help, providing advice or signposting callers to the most appropriate officer for a response
*Provide support to the Early Help Advice and Allocations Team to ensure that effective Early Help support is allocated in a timely fashion to children, young people and families.
*Facilitate the fortnightly meeting (or frequency as determined by the senior lead), booking the room, inviting partners, collating and distributing paperwork, minuting the meeting and distributing the minutes.
*Follow up actions from the meetings in a timely fashion.
*Maintain a data base of cases considered and actions taken.
*Provide data from this to senior staff for reporting and performance management purposes.
The Ideal Candidate:
*Must have previous, similar experience.
*Must be willing to undergo a DBS.
*Must hold a minimum of 5 GCSE's including English and Maths at grades A-C (5-9).
*Have previous experience in a similar environment/role.