Minute Taker – EK

Sefton MBC; Sefton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington Blake Recruitment is seeking an experienced Strategy Minute Taker to join the Children’s Services Safeguarding Team in Bootle. This important administrative post attends strategy meetings and produces accurate minutes of discussions, decisions and actions, with strict confidentiality required.

The role demands excellent typing (65 wpm with 95% accuracy), strong organisational skills and the ability to prepare minutes suitable for potential court proceedings.

Qualifications

• Experience in minute taking, ideally in safeguarding or local authority settings.
• Excellent typing and word-processing skills.
• Ability to type 65 words per minute with high accuracy.
• RSA II Word Processing qualification or equivalent.
• Clear, concise meeting minutes with strong written English.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, strong organisation.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Attend safeguarding strategy meetings and produce comprehensive, accurate minutes.
• Record discussions, decisions, recommendations and actions clearly.
• Produce verbatim minutes when required for potential court proceedings.
• Handle highly confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Communicate with social workers and other professionals by phone and in person.
• Liaise with relevant professionals to support meeting administration.
• Ensure all meeting records are completed accurately and to a high standard.

Skills

Minute taking

Typing speed 65 wpm

Word processing

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Communication with professionals

Organisational skills

Education

RSA II Word Processing

Tools

Word processing software

Job description

Strategy Minute Taker – Safeguarding Service

Location: Bootle, Merseyside (Magdalen House, L20 3NJ)
Department: Children’s Services – Locality Services
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday–Friday
Contract: Permanent

About the Role

We are currently seeking an experienced and highly organised Strategy Minute Taker to join the Children’s Services Safeguarding Team.

This is an important administrative position supporting safeguarding professionals by attending strategy meetings and producing accurate, comprehensive minutes of discussions, decisions and agreed actions.

The meetings involve highly sensitive child protection and safeguarding matters, so the successful candidate must demonstrate excellent attention to detail, professionalism and the ability to handle strictly confidential information.

The minutes produced may be required for court proceedings, making accuracy, clarity and a high standard of written work essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend safeguarding strategy meetings and produce comprehensive, accurate and detailed minutes.
• Record discussions, decisions, recommendations and agreed actions clearly.
• Produce verbatim minutes where required, ensuring documentation is suitable for potential court proceedings.
• Handle highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• Communicate with social workers and other professionals, both face to face and over the telephone.
• Liaise with relevant professionals to support the smooth running of meetings and associated administration.
• Ensure all meeting records are completed accurately and to a consistently high standard.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience in minute taking, ideally within safeguarding, children’s services, social care, legal services or a local authority.
• Excellent typing and word-processing skills.
• Ability to type at 65 words per minute with 95% accuracy, or equivalent.
• RSA II Word Processing qualification or equivalent.
• Ability to produce clear, concise and comprehensive meeting minutes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Confident communicating with professionals at different levels.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an experienced minute taker or administrator with a strong background in producing formal meeting records. Experience supporting safeguarding strategy meetings, child protection conferences, social care teams or legal proceedings would be particularly advantageous.

You must be comfortable working with sensitive information and able to remain professional, accurate and organised when dealing with potentially challenging subject matter.

If you have excellent minute-taking skills and are looking to join a Children’s Services team in an important safeguarding support role, we would love to hear from you.