Targeted Services Support Officer X2

6 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Council Full time

**About The Service**
The Targeted Support, Early Help and Engagement Service is part of the wider Education Directorate in Cardiff Council. The service comprises of the Education Other than at School (EOTAS) service, the Education Welfare Service (EWS) and the Youth Service. It is a large service serving a wide range of provisions with direct links to Children's Services, Youth Justice, schools, Early Help and Housing amongst others. It works closely with other local authorities, private providers and the third sector.

The service targets support to vulnerable young people and families. As well as delivering high quality education and quality assuring commissioned provision, the service has a high emphasis on safeguarding and equality.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for professional administrators with strong business support skills to support the work the Education Welfare Service and the administration of panels dealing with the placement of panels. Posts will involve establishing and maintaining tracking systems for groups of learners and recording outcomes.

The successful post holders will demonstrate excellent customer services skills, be confident working within a multi-disciplinary team and display sensitivity and competence in the management of confidential personal information.

You will be dealing with daily queries by managing team mailboxes and will need to be extremely organised with good written and time management skills.

You will be required to communicate with schools, parents/carers, and other agencies to provide advice and resolve enquiries at the first point of contact wherever possible.

**What We Are Looking For From You**
You will have experience of providing excellent customer service, work well in a team and have a flexible approach as duties will vary.

You will have a positive attitude to new challenges with a willingness to adapt quickly to change and engage with new ideas and make them work.

You will have a passion for delivering the best outcomes for vulnerable people and ability to organise your work effectively are more important than prior experience in a similar role. We would however like to see that you are highly organised, a good listener and communicator and that you have the ability to produce high quality written work. Experience of minute taking is desirable.

You will have experience of managing sensitive data and other forms of information in accordance with data protection requirements/GDPR.

A good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding are desirable as the post requires resilience to be able to deal with complex and sensitive issues.

**Additional information**
The position will be based in County Hall with some home working.

One of those posts is part time and will work 22.2 hours per week. The salary shown however relates to 37 hours per week and will therefore be pro-rata’d accordingly.

Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
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Job Reference: EDU00670



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