Business Support Officer

Shrewsbury

Full Time

Temporary Ongoing

£13.00 per hour

In your role as Business Support, you will be instrumental in ensuring the expedient processing of foster care applications from individuals seeking to become foster carers, as well as the prompt execution of subsequent checks.

Your responsibilities include carrying out administrative duties to provide efficient support to social workers.

The working hours are 8.45 am – 5.00 pm Monday – Friday and 8.45 am – 4.00 pm with a minimum lunch break of 30 minutes.

Your duties as a Business Support Officer would be:

• Write, detailed minutes for complex meetings, prepare related documents, and follow up actions, ensuring the documentation is suitable for legal use
• Manage and process new foster care applications.
• Administer Annual Reviews, Medical Reviews, Local Authority checks for foster care applications
• Update and maintain trackers and spreadsheets
• Perform DBS online checks
• Create and handle various correspondence, reports and documents as needed
• Deal with a wide range of enquiries from employees and customers, with patience and understanding
• Support standards that encourage equal opportunities
• Treat all callers and visitors well, providing excellent customer service

The ideal Business Support Officer needs to be:

• Reliable
• Efficient
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong IT skills

If you are available and interested, please call our office at 01743 461239 or send your CV to Erin.