Department of Children’s Services

Children’s Social Care

Casual Admin Assistant – Early Help Service

Band 5:  £9.01 per hour

Owlet Family Centre, Bradford 8 and Burnett Fields Family Centre, Bradford 5 (you may be required to cover both sites)

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile shown outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

We are looking to recruit a number of Admin Assistants who, as part of a team, will provide a comprehensive administrative support function to staff within our Early Help Service.

Based within one of our Family Centres, you will assist in the provision of an efficient and effective reception and telephone service, as well as undertaking a range of core administrative tasks.

You will therefore have a range of skills including;-

• Ability to work flexibly to accommodate the needs of the service
• Able to deal with internal and external customers both face to face and over the telephone
• Able to use key IT packages
• Able to complete clerical and administrative work with accuracy and attention to detail                                                                                                     

In addition, you will have a minimum of 1 year general office experience, including reception and word processing, as well as experience of using computerised databases and spreadsheets.

Working within Childrens Specialist Services you must be able to deal with sensitive information relating to children who may be distressing and/or disturbing.  You may also come into contact with service users who may be upset, angry or abusive.

For further information regarding this post and an application form please contact Patricia Lovell on 07582 108734 or via e-mail patricia.lovell@bradford.gov.uk