Adult Social Care Business Support Officer
The Role
Do you see yourself supporting a busy frontline service making a real difference in people’s lives?
Can you use your strong administrative skills to help deliver efficient and person-centred services?
Does the idea of joining a dynamic team that supports people with disabilities appeal to you?
If yes, we have the perfect role for you!
Our All Age Disability Service is looking for a dedicated and organised Business Support Officer to join our fantastic team and help make a difference today!
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly organised Business Support Officer to provide essential administrative support to the All Age Disability Service in Adult Social Care. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring frontline staff are able to focus on their core responsibilities.
Your duties will include maintaining and updating data on our Mosaic and SAP systems, running and producing statistical reports, tracking financial data, and handling a variety of correspondence with professionalism and care. As part of a frontline service, regular office attendance is required.
This is a Fixed-Term contract of up to 14 months.
About You:
We’re looking for someone who brings efficiency, attention to detail, and a team-player mindset. The successful candidate will have:
- Substantial experience in an administrative or business support role
- Strong knowledge of MS Office and ability to work confidently with databases and spreadsheets
- Experience working with financial data
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- An understanding of disabilities, including autism and learning disabilities, and/or the adult social care sector would be an advantage
About the Team:
Our All Age Disability Service supports children, young people, and adults with disabilities and eligible social care needs. The team is made up of social workers, team managers, assistant practitioners, and business support officers. We work collaboratively with education, health, and voluntary sector partners to provide high-quality, person-centred services.
We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive, and supportive team with opportunities for professional development and growth.
For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification located at the bottom of the advert.
Contact Information:
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sarah Petty at Sarah.Petty@southwark.gov.uk.
Additional Information:
- This is a Fixed-Term contract of up to 14 months.
- This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) DBS check at Basic level.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Advert close date: 11:59pm on 13th July 2025
Interview date/s: 22nd July 2025
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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Salary range
- £31,884 - £36,888 per year