Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated team player to join the service. If you are flexible, dynamic, solution-focused and good communicator, with experience in business support for frontline and operational services this could be a great opportunity.

You will support our Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Service.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Carol.Cummings@nctrust.co.uk or Hillary.King@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 2 Day Induction Programme
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Local government Pension Scheme
• Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years’ service
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly quality supervision

As part of this team, you will be party to confidential and sensitive information about children their families and carers. The role will require you to minute take for various meetings, manage diaries and calendars. You will be required to write up reports and format them from recordings or notes.

You will provide proactive support to ensure that all electronic records are accurate and up to date.

You will be required to liaise with Service Managers, Local Authority Designated Officers, Social Workers, and other internal and external partners. 

You are an experienced and confident minute taker

You have good organisational skills and are able to prioritise and work independently to strict deadlines.

You find it easy to relate to a wide variety of people in a warm, calm and professional manner

You are flexible and enjoy and have experience, of working within a fast changing, dynamic environment.

You are adept at using Excel and manage spreadsheets

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.