Business Support Assistant, Children's Social Care - Permanent
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,583 i £25,989 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sunderland, Tyne & Wear |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Together for Children Sunderland |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 284443 |
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Business Support Assistant, Children’s Social Care Team
Grade 2 (SCP 5-6) £25,583 - £25,989 per annum
Full Time – Permanent
This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, and have maintained the outstanding rating in 2025, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
We are looking for a Business Support Assistant to provide administrative support to our busy children’s social care teams, who support children, young people and their families. The main duties include inputting and retrieving information into the Liquid Logic database, organising meetings, notetaking/minute taking, preparing, and sending letters and other office tasks to support our social work professionals. These are busy teams so the ability to be flexible, manage and prioritise workloads is essential to the service.
We are looking for a candidate who:
has excellent communication and strong IT/keyboard skills
the ability to use these skills confidently in a conference/meeting situation
has a clear understanding of the need for confidentiality.
has experience of working in an office
is customer focused and have a high level of commitment to work in partnership with service users.
We have many benefits on offer to our employees. Please see our Employee Financial Wellbeing & Support Guide contained in the supporting documents on North East Jobs.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this post please contact peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
Menopause Network
Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.
Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East
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Grade 2 (SCP 5-6) £25,583 - £25,989 per annum
Full Time – Permanent
This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, and have maintained the outstanding rating in 2025, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
We are looking for a Business Support Assistant to provide administrative support to our busy children’s social care teams, who support children, young people and their families. The main duties include inputting and retrieving information into the Liquid Logic database, organising meetings, notetaking/minute taking, preparing, and sending letters and other office tasks to support our social work professionals. These are busy teams so the ability to be flexible, manage and prioritise workloads is essential to the service.
We are looking for a candidate who:
has excellent communication and strong IT/keyboard skills
the ability to use these skills confidently in a conference/meeting situation
has a clear understanding of the need for confidentiality.
has experience of working in an office
is customer focused and have a high level of commitment to work in partnership with service users.
We have many benefits on offer to our employees. Please see our Employee Financial Wellbeing & Support Guide contained in the supporting documents on North East Jobs.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this post please contact peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
Menopause Network
Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.
Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East
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