Business Support Officer (2 posts)

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About the Post:

Post 1) Position based across Children’s Social Care, Districts Team - Based across, Westgate, Wombwell Police Station, Cudworth and Worsborough Lift Buildings.

Duties will include

• Act as the first point of contact for all external enquiries coming into the Integrated Front Door, Assessment Team, Children and Young Peoples Team Or Disabled Children’s Team on a rota basis for the service, by phone or emails to inboxes.

• Processing referrals for services giving due regard to immediacy and priority.

• Taking the minutes of meetings in person or via Teams with often emotive content

• Process within Mosaic all documentation and correspondence/uploading to support services and maintain the child’s social care record. Also Identify children, retrieve child's record on Mosaic forwarding required information to Socials Workers

• Assist with Subject Access Requests

• Petty cash issue

• General admin duties

Post 2) Position based across Children’s Social Care, Westgate Plaza

Provide panel support facilitating, scheduling and recording of sensitive and confidential Adoption and Fostering meetings in person and via Teams directly on to laptop

Co-ordination of statutory information.

Maintaining records and dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders in support of Children’s Services.

Provide finance support to the Adoption and Fostering services

For an informal chat please email Justine Hibberd Justinehibberd@barnsley.gov.uk or Vicki Jackson vickijackson2@barnsley.gov.uk