Conference and Review Support Officer

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Conference and Review Support Officer, Oldham

Client: Oldham Council

Location: Rock Street Centre, Rock Street, Oldham, OL1 3UJ

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 855ca33c3e6

Job Views: 14

Posted: 18.04.2025

Expiry Date: 02.06.2025

Job Description:

Children’s Social Care

Contract: 12 month fixed term

Closing Date: Sunday 27th April 2025

Interview Dates: TBC

Role Overview:

We’re looking for a committed and motivated person to provide high quality professional support to frontline children’s social workers and managers to help families keep children safe. If you’re looking to make a real difference, Children’s Services are looking for people like you, to organise and take minutes at our Child Protection Conferences, ensuring service support needs are met efficiently and effectively.

If you join us, we will ensure that you have everything needed to do your job well and support you to progress in your career. We have a loyal, supportive, and enthusiastic workforce who will give you a very warm welcome.

• Send out invitations and prepare for Child Protection Case Conferences.
• Distribute key documents to professionals and families.
• Minute taking in conferences.
• Provide general business support, working to competing and changing priorities and demands.
• Use computer packages and communicate with a variety of audiences.
• Securely manage confidential and sensitive information.

We need you to have:

• Experience in taking minutes.
• Good organisational skills and be able to work on own initiative.
• Work as part of a team within the Safeguarding Unit.
• Be able to work at pace with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulations.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate: ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’.

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Deliver high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

Our benefits package:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, have previously been in or currently in care, those that are carers, and those who have served in the Armed Forces as a regular, reserve or cadet.

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