Office Administrator / Support Worker
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Summary
Office Administrator / Support Worker role at [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]. The role involves office administration, supporting foster parents and looked after children, answering phones, and general office tasks.
- Main duties include audio and copy typing, answering phones, directing calls, and dealing with inquiries.
- Preparing training material and panel papers.
- Maintaining and ordering office supplies.
- General filing, photocopying and faxing.
- Recruitment checks and support to foster parents and looked after children.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title of Post Office Administrator / Support Worker
Location Head Office
PERSON REPORTS TO Office Manager, Senior Managers and Directors
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
To have experience in working within a multi-cultural environment and demonstrating a commitment to Equal Opportunities towards both staff and young people placed with the organisation, and foster parents.
To have a clear understanding of office systems especially filing and word processing of letters, memoranda, statements, reports, etc.
To have an understanding of computers and word processing packages. To also have a good typing speed.
To demonstrate a good telephone manner, and an ability to deal with queries from both callers and colleagues.
DESIRABLE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
Experience of working with a regularly inspected organisation and complying with policies and procedures.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Audio and copy typing of letters, memoranda, statements, reports and any other documents.
- Receiving visitors to the office and dealing with enquiries where possible.
- Answering telephone calls to the office, directing calls to the appropriate member of staff or taking messages, and dealing with queries where possible, supplying information where necessary.
- Preparing training material also preparing all the panel papers for panel.
- Maintaining and ordering stocks of office stationary and despatching as appropriate.
- Arranging refreshments for meetings held in the office.
- General filing, photocopying, and faxing of documents.
- Recruitment checks for prospective members of staff.
- Preparing and processing petty cash, pocket monies etc. for residents and units.
- Undertake minutes of meetings and the panel.
- To undertake reasonable tasks that is associated with working in a Foster Agency and any other duties of the business.
- To give support to foster parents and looked after child/ren within the organisation.
- To undertake pick-ups and drop-offs for looked after child/ren between the identified placements and the institutions such as the Home Office.
- Completing checks for prospective foster carers and liaising with them throughout their application.
- Organising training and other meetings that may need to be held.
- Ensuring the statutory checks are being completed and keeping the tracking systems up to day.