Administrative Assistant North Cumbria Mental Health Support TeamsBarnardo's North Cumbria Mental Health Support Teams are looking for an Administrative Assistant to work within our administration team.Are you organised and enjoy administration duties ?
This role could be for you.For the right applicant we can be flexible about hours of work.
The role is for 22.2 hours a week and ideally would include a Thursday and a Friday but this can be discussed further at interview.
For example the hours could be completed during the school day across the week.The service bases are situated in West Cumbria in Workington and Cockermouth.
The office base for the post holder will be agreed following interview.We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Administrative Assistant who will support our team.
We are looking to appoint a person who will be able to hit the ground running.The Administrative Assistant is often the first point of contact for referrers and you need to be confident with good communication skills.
You will be exceptionally organised, ensuring that reporting systems are in place, data is collected and input.The successful candidate will provide administration support to the Mental Health Support Teams.What are the essentials that we need from you?It is especially important that the successful candidate is able to demonstrate experience of and/or an understanding of the following: Essential Experience of using Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2 years experience of providing administration support.
Demonstrate ability to work on their own initiative.
Be able to be flexible and work across the North Cumbria locality as required.
Desirable Experience of providing administration support in Health/ Education/Care/ Charity organisations.Experience of maintaining social media.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme.The programme has three main commitments: Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needsSupporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approachGiving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education MHST's enable the promotion of wellbeing and good mental health with particular focus on early intervention.
They work with existing emotional and mental health support within education, building relationships with each setting and with children, young people, parent-carers, and partners in the local system, to co-design and evaluate the offer required.Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing is a key component of Barnardo's Corporate Strategy and Mental Health Support Teams are part of this strategy.Please be aware, Barnardo's use generic Job Descriptions and Person Specifications when recruiting to posts.
However, when completing the application form for this role, applicants must provide evidence to demonstrate how their skills, experience and, if required, qualifications, relate to the essential requirements as set out in the Additional Information Sheet.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.
We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possiblePay & Reward FrameworkWe know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's?.
We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy.
It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.
More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for youThe world of work has changed.
We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment.
We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.
This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years serviceThe ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus schemeA host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave optionsService related sick pay from day 1Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's.
Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contributionDeath in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal PensionCycle2work schemeInterest free season ticket loansDiscounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal20% discount at Barnardo's storesOpportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etcFree access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and supportAccess to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer *T&C's