Kinship Social Work Support Officer

Salary

£26,824 - £29,540 per annum (pro rata)

Type of vacancy

Permanent

Work pattern

Part Time

Hours per week

18.5

Work Base

Trent Bridge House, West Bridgford, NG2 6BJ

Working Arrangements

Hybrid

Job Description / Person Specification

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Competency Framework

Tier 7a

Number of posts

1

Interview date

24/10/2025

Closing Date

13 October 2025 23:55

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and team-oriented individual to appoint into the post of Social Work Support Officer within the kinship support service. This is a team, established in October 2022, supporting children and families living within kinship arrangements.

As part of a busy social care team, you will provide essential administrative support to social workers, family workers and welfare rights officers within a Children’s Social Care setting. You will need to be an experienced administrator with strong administration skills which includes having a working knowledge of Microsoft packages which includes teams, word, excel, databases, power point and Outlook and ideally a knowledge of the use of sharepoint. Minute taking experience would be advantageous. You will also need to be highly organised, have excellent time management skills, be able to work towards and meet deadlines with ease and be able to build up excellent interpersonal relationships with colleagues and families alike.

This role will be the first point of contact for families, local authority professionals and partner agencies, and so you will be able to manage difficult conversations tactfully, respectfully and effectively over the telephone and occasionally in person. Therefore, you will need excellent listening, recording and typing skills to record information accurately onto our internal database system (Mosaic). This role is a hybrid working post (office based and/or working at home is welcomed), however, there will be a requirement for limited travel on occasions (such as to team meetings/ kinship events), and so a driving licence would be advantageous but not essential. A taxi service will be provided where disability precludes this.

Please see details of locations and hours below:

Preferred working days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday though open to discussions/ flexibility.

Hybrid working both at home and other office bases is also supported.

Interviews will be held at The Home Brewery Building, Sir John Robinson Way, Daybrook NG5 6DA.

For an informal chat please contact Jennifer Williams, Service Manager, on [email protected] or [email protected]

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.