Hybrid Admin & Meeting Support for Children's Services

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Birthday off

Pension scheme

Service awards

Flexible working

Job summary

Sandwell Children’s Trust in Oldbury is seeking a Service Support Assistant on a 37-hour week, hybrid working, fixed-term until August 2027. The role supports frontline practitioners with administrative tasks, including call handling, booking and minuting meetings, and diary management.

You will be IT literate with strong communication and organisational skills, able to work independently and as part of a team, and committed to improving the lives of children and young people.

Qualifications

• Experience in business administration roles.
• NVQ Level 1 in Business Administration or equivalent.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office packages.
• Finance and procurement experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and good attention to detail.
• Ability to plan & organize diaries.

Responsibilities

• Setting up Family meetings.
• Completing finance tasks – such as ordering items for the practitioner/or the family.
• Ensuring accuracy and consistency of information.
• Updating Children’s Social Care systems.
• Taking and producing accurate minutes.
• Maintaining files and record systems including scanning and uploading of documents.
• Ensuring tasks allocated are completed accurately and within allocated timescale.

Skills

Business administration

MS Office

Communication

Diary management

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 1 in Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Sandwell Children’s Trust in Oldbury is seeking a Service Support Assistant on a 37-hour week, hybrid working, fixed-term until August 2027. The role supports frontline practitioners with administrative tasks, including call handling, booking and minuting meetings, and diary management.

You will be IT literate with strong communication and organisational skills, able to work independently and as part of a team, and committed to improving the lives of children and young people.