CYPL Coordinator - Assessment & Intervention Crawley

About Us

Here at West Sussex County Council, we are ambitious for our children and our workforce. We are committed to continually improving our services for the children and families in West Sussex, and by providing professional business and administrative support, you will be making a difference and enhancing the effectiveness of the whole service.

About The Job

Salary: NJC Grade 6 £23,194 to £24,496
Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hours)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Crawley

We're looking for a part-time coordinator to work in our Family Safeguarding team, who will deliver high-quality, fast-paced administrative support. You will work alongside and support colleagues within the social care teams, managing complex and demanding workloads to ensure that all children, young people, and families we work with receive a high-quality service.

As a Coordinator, you will have a genuine passion for wanting to make a difference and an understanding of the positive impact that your highly skilled administrative support will have on the wider Children, Young People and Learning team and the work they do to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Experience and Skills

Key Skills:

• Ability to build strong working relationships to negotiate and influence across the organisation.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of risk and recommend appropriate course of action.
• Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, complicated or sensitive information to a range of audiences to achieve positive outcomes.
• Highly accurate IT and keyboard skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint and be adept and proactive at picking up new technologies quickly.
• Good time management to manage short deadlines and conflicting priorities.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent qualification or experience operating at this level of literacy and numeracy.
• A recognised qualification in office skills or administration, or a business-related subject at level 2 or 3 of the national qualifications framework or have acquired equivalent experience within the workplace.
• Experience of providing business support, advice and/or guidance to others.
• Experience of forming effective working relationships.
• Experience of administrative tasks and processes.
• Experience of inputting data and using databases.
• Experience of working in a fast paced, innovative work environment, whilst remaining calm.
• Experience of applying relevant legislation, policies and/or procedures to individual pieces of work.
• Good, up-to-date working knowledge of legislation relevant to the specialist area of the post e.g., West Sussex Continuum of Need, working together 2015 and Children's Act 1989 - Desirable

Rewards and Benefits

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance, and are rewarded for the work they do.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04381.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Helen Humphry at for issues or queries regarding your application please contact .