Clerical Officer

Please note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with existing right to work in the UK.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to support the Business Support Team within our Families First Front Door Service.

Families First provides a 24/7, 365-day response to concerns about children and young people, delivered by skilled and experienced practitioners.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive, forward-thinking service and play a key role in safeguarding children and families across Plymouth.

We are a flexible employer and provide a variety of working arrangements tailored to the needs of each role.

• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages.
• Experience of working in a clerical or administrative environment.
• Experience of working in a team.
• NVQ Level 2 or 3.
• Knowledge of databases and recording such as Eclipse/Care First or similar.

Clerical officers will all undertake a range of generic clerical work.

There are a number of more specialist tasks which all clerical staff will be expected to undertake.

The role requires the candidate to search through a variety of different systems to identify families, summarise historical involvement with Services and add Contact Records to our system.

• Search different systems to identify families and add Contact Records to the system.
• Summarise historical involvement with Services.
• Self-motivate, follow process accurately and work within a busy team.
• Work within the team hours of 8am-8pm.

Disclosure & Barring Service Check requirement for this post:
Enhanced Check + DBS Children’s Barred List & DBS Adult’s Barred List.

For more information regarding this role, please contact Kathryn Smith by email K

Wednesday 24 June.

Plymouth City Council is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, care experience, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation.

As part of our commitment to promoting equality we offer guaranteed interviews to those who meet the essential criteria and are considered disabled, care experienced or are an Armed Forces Service Leaver within the last two years.