About The Role
Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference to children and young people?
Are you an enthusiastic administrator looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to work for a progressive children’s service with ambitious plans for the future? If so, we want to hear from you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person to join our successful team that is reflective and creative in practice. Working collaboratively with all stakeholders you will strive to ensure that the children and young people in our care reach their full potential.
You will work from our Newcastle office; however, you may be required to travel in your role to support the business within your region, which can be for a variety of reasons including office cover, training and meetings.
We are looking for a committed member of the team who would like to work within a children’s service offering support within compliance team to support our Residential Children’s Homes service, You will:
- Support the organisation in ensuring that the service is run in line with the Government Legislation, Regulations and Standards, together with the Inspecting Body.
- Represent Compass Children’s Homes Vision and Values, whilst developing and providing a comprehensive and flexible administration service to all stakeholders.
- Have a willingness to understand Residential regulations, child care law and safeguarding issues.
- Be a strong team player and be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Attend meetings as required and ensure accurate minutes/notes are produced.
- Be able to answer incoming telephone calls in a professional and friendly manner.
- Be proficient in using Microsoft Word and Excel and have a willingness to learn the use of our in-house databases.
- Have an ability to work under pressure and priorities your workload whilst remaining calm and professional.
- Previous administrative experience is preferred for this role. Auditing & File Archiving: To undertake regular file and database audits, reporting findings to Line Manager. Ensure files are kept up-to-date both via the database and e-files in line with strict weekly timescales.
- Preparation for inspection: Ensure all admin functions are compliant and assist the Residential Compliance manager in preparation for regulatory inspections and or tender submissions.
The benefits of joining Compass
- Cashback for various medical appointments & treatments including optical and dental with MediCash.
- Win up to £150 per month in our REACH awards.
- Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 days within 4 years, plus all bank holidays.
- Additional 2.5 days each year for your birthday, a health and wellbeing day and a half day festive shopping day.
- Life Assurance Scheme. Named beneficiaries qualify for 3x annual salary after successful completion of probationary.
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers, technology and cycle to work.
- Clear progression pathways with our Management Training programme.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to satisfactory references. Please note that Compass reserves the right to close this vacancy early upon receipt of sufficient applications