Criminal Justice Administrator

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Criminal Justice Administrator to join Inspire, a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services in West Northamptonshire.

As an Administrator based within our criminal justice team, you’ll provide wide-ranging administrative support to our team, so they can focus on helping people to get back on their feet by supporting the development of personal, flexible and realistic support packages.

Running substance misuse services on a not-for-profit basis, we invest every penny back into our care – and our people. So, if you’re ambitious, focused on supporting substance misuse and looking for an administrative role with real value, progress your career with us.

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Role Responsibility

• Making sure everything runs smoothly at the heart of our substance use service, you’ll support the operation with a range of administrative tasks. This will include answering telephone calls, maintaining accurate records and helping continual focus on improving performance.
• The role will involve supporting with the smooth delivery of Criminal Justice Pathways including ensuring all Prison, Court, and Probation processes are completed accurately and in a timely manner. This will include acting as a single point of contact between external agencies.
• The role will also entail varied administrative workflows including but not limited to managing referrals, monitoring and updating trackers, arranging appointments, oversight of custody alerts, data checks and attendance of multi-agency meetings.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a confident communicator who can prioritise a varied workload and provide wide-ranging administrative support – it is vital that you are able to achieve this without losing your methodical attention to detail and accuracy. Making sure everything runs smoothly will be at the heart of what you do.

We are looking for a dynamic, solution focused, problem solving individual with the ability to both follow work instructions and use own initiative. You will be expected to be able to work to set targets and deadlines that the service requires and adhere to policies and regulations. You will be able to manage your time effectively, while equally having the ability to adapt priorities and be flexible.

Working closely with our teams, you will deal with a large number of professionals every day and it is therefore important you have the ability to communicate in a positive and professional manner. People skills and ability to maintain confidentiality are crucial.

You will have experience with databases and knowledge of Microsoft Applications, especially Excel, Word and Outlook. Demonstrating organisational and IT skills will be important and imperative. You will also be confident learning new bespoke software's and be comfortable training other people to use it. The successful candidate will be a point of contact within the service for queries and training on our case management system.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
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We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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