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Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership: Support Officer Full time (36 hours) Scale 4

Are you passionate about safeguarding children?   Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to support a team who work with a range of partner agencies, service providers, professionals, third sector organisations, and other stakeholders to ensure that we all work in a system that responds to the needs and interests of children and families across Kingston and Richmond?

If yes come and join the Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Partnership team To offer critical administrative support to all members of the team.  This includes supporting the manager and team members with their specific work streams and supporting the wider business functions of the Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership in achieving its outcomes and targets. You will be required to work in Richmond Council and Kingston Guild Hall. Remote working will be considered.

You must have:

A good understanding of the responsibilities of a Safeguarding Children Partnership & knowledge and previous experience of working in an Education or Children’s Service 

Be skilled and experienced at providing administrative and business support and have experience in providing administrative support to projects with Sound knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)

Be skilled and experienced at organising meetings and taking minutes and at collating and presenting information in different formats.

Be skilled and experienced at maintaining websites and social media accounts

Have the ability to build effective relationships both internally and externally, showing sensitivity for others’ viewpoints and valuing diversity.

We are a small supportive team that work flexibly and have a wide ranging brief addressing all aspects of childrens safeguarding.  Building positive relationships with our safeguarding partners is our priority as is keeping the voice of the child central to everything that we do. 

Closing Date:  7^th October 2024

Shortlisting Date: 14^th & 15^th October 2024

Interview Date: 21^st - 23^rd October 2024

To arrange an informal conversation please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk 

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. This campaign is anonymised.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.  

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils