We are looking for passionate and motivated individuals to provide exceptional levels of customer care as part of a dedicated team for Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands.
You will provide generic business and office support to the Newcastle planned care Adult Social Care teams. This will include a variety of tasks including data cleansing, maintaining the IT system, distributing documents as well as answering all incoming calls to Adult Social Care for all locations.
A strong sense of teamwork and commitment to maintaining high standards is essential to this position. In addition, the post holder will be required to provide comprehensive and confidential administrative and clerical activities to meet the needs of various services; they will effectively communicate related information and advice to enable the teams to achieve operational excellence.
As part of this role you will be required to undertake general office duties and support the teams where required and will be responsible for inputting data, data cleansing, maintaining records and providing support to the social workers.
A good standard of literacy and numeracy is required along with good communication and interpersonal skills, IT skills, including well developed data entry skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, ability to multitask and prioritise own workload.
We actively advocate the importance of our Trust Values and Behaviours and you are expected to adhere to our Trust values of:
Putting people at the heart of what we do
Empowering people to improve care & wellbeing
Delivering better health, better care in partnership
Working for your organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
For further information of this role please see attached the job description and person specification.
Social Work Learning Academy (SWLA)
On appointment, the post holder will be enrolled in the SWLA and aligned to the appropriate British Association of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework. The relevant SWLA ‘stage’ (i.e. stage 1 (ASYE), 2 (Social Worker) or 3 (Advanced Social Worker) will also be agreed taking all prior Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and relevant experience into consideration. The post holder will be required to take responsibility for their own Continuous Professional Development.
