Adult Social Care Business Support team in Cannock require an Area Business Support Assistant - Band 2 - 22.5 hours per week - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Cannock - Civic Offices, Beecroft Road, Cannock, WS11 1BG
The post holder will provide generic business support to the Cannock planned care Adult Social Care teams. This will include a variety of tasks including data cleansing, maintaining the IT system and distributing documents. The postholder will also be expected to provide customer care cover for the South West and be rostered on the Adult Safeguarding minute taking rota., A strong sense of teamwork and commitment to maintaining high standards is essential to this position. In addition, the post holder will be required to provide comprehensive and confidential administrative and clerical activities to meet the needs of various services; they will effectively communicate related information and advice to enable the teams to achieve operational excellence.
The post holder will be required to undertake general office duties and support the teams where required. The post holder will be responsible for inputting data, data cleansing, maintaining records and providing support to the social workers.
All posts require suitable candidates who possess a good standard of literacy and numeracy, good communication and interpersonal skills, IT skills, including well developed data entry skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, ability to multitask and prioritise own workload., On appointment, the post holder will be enrolled in the SWLA and aligned to the appropriate British Association of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework. The relevant SWLA 'stage' (i.e. stage 1 (ASYE), 2 (Social Worker) or 3 (Advanced Social Worker) will also be agreed taking all prior Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and relevant experience into consideration. The post holder will be required to take responsibility for their own Continuous Professional Development.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
+ Supporting your career development and progression
+ Excellent NHS Pension scheme
+ Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
+ Options for flexible working
+ Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
+ Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
+ If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
+ Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
+ Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
+ Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
+ Free car parking at all trust sites
+ Free flu vaccinations every year
+ Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
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