🩺 We’re Hiring – Business Support Assistant (Children’s Social Care)
📍 Location: King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AR
🔖 Reference – SCS735
🕒 Job Type: Temporary – Full Time (37 hours per week)
💼 Start Date: Immediate (Contract until 31/03/2026)
💰 Rate/Salary: £12.21 per hour
🔄 Hybrid Working: Minimum 1 day per week in the office

About the Role:
We are recruiting for a Business Support Assistant to join the Children’s Social Care team in Somerset. This vital administrative role supports social workers who assess potential kinship and foster carers. You will play a key part in ensuring operations run smoothly behind the scenes, enabling frontline staff to focus on supporting children and families.

Key Responsibilities:
• Process fostering and kinship applications
• Take and direct telephone calls
• Chase references and update records
• Manage a busy team mailbox and respond to emails
• Arrange and minute meetings
• Update client details on internal systems
• Provide support to staff with basic IT and admin queries

Requirements:
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced office/administrative environment
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (Word, Teams, Excel)
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet changing deadlines
• Warm, friendly, and professional approach, especially in sensitive situations
• Educated to GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in English & Maths
• Passion for helping improve the lives of vulnerable children and families
• Up-to-date CV (with specific dates and no unexplained gaps)
• Right to work in the UK (Passport, Visa, Biometric Residence Card)
• National Insurance Number

Why Join Us?
• Long-term contract until March 2026
• Hybrid working with office attendance just one day per week
• Play a key role in supporting vulnerable children and families
• Supportive team environment and opportunities to develop admin skills

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📝 Apply Now
To apply, please email the following documents to esther@supplycaresolutions.co.uk:
• Up-to-date CV
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK (Passport or Biometric Visa)
• National Insurance Number

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