Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Business Support Manager to join a well-established Children’s service based in Southwark.
Pay Rate: £29.42 per hour (assignment rate)
Main duties:
- Responsible for effective and efficient administrative and project support
- Responsible for the smooth operation of the office environment - liaise with internal and external partners to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and corporate standards.
- Identify budget pressures and devise and implement solutions to reduce expenditure.
- Provide the appropriate administration support to the full range of work and duties carried out by the ART Service, contact and support service, children’s homes and finance team on behalf of the Council
- Responsible for the service’s activities and the development of the mutli-faceted administrative processes that support the work of the services, which includes the management of business processes to ensure that data is up to date, accurate, valid and reliable, organising data cleansing when required.
- Maintain and develop appropriate relationships across Children’s and Adults department and external agencies and the community to develop joint initiatives and partnerships where these add significant value to service delivery. Participate in, and on occasions lead, cross departmental activities consisting of flexible, outcome based, fixed life projects that deliver appropriate high-quality results.
- This will include helping to organise, facilitate and minute provider forums – where social care agencies that provide residential homes, foster care and Supported accommodation meet with the ART service and other social work teams.
- Support the tracking of miscellaneous expenditure in ART – via credit cards and prepay cards - providing monthly reconciliations.
- Ensure adherence to financial procedures and provide advice and training where required.
- Present detailed expenditure on a monthly basis for budgetary reviews.
- Support the Contact and support service with administrative tasks including the collation, tracking and coding of invoices.
- Support the work of the two children’s homes by providing administrative function as required and as becomes necessary as they operationalise.
- Responsible for the ensuring the maximum use of the Council’s IT systems to aid efficient working and best use of service resources.
- Develop use of new technologies, lead on the introduction and training for business
- Manage business and administrative processes within the service as well as liaison with other business support or project officer colleagues undertaking project involving commissioned or spot purchased services.
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
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- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
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- Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Requirements of the Business Support Manager:
- Working knowledge of project management
- Relevant Business/Administrative qualifications equivalent to NVQ level 3/4 or qualified by experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Knowledge of a range of IT tools and systems and their use in data collection, analysis and data presentation
- Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of key children's agencies
- Experience working in administration and office environment to deliver positive outcomes
- Experience of working across a number of areas and demonstrated experience in solving internal and external stakeholder enquiries
- Experience in researching, developing and suggesting new approaches to business support to promote innovation in the workplace
Contact: This Business Support Manager job is advertised by Michael Bowen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
