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Salary: £16,050 per year
Hours: 20 hours per week
Days: Monday - Friday (hours to be agreed)
Location: Sanderstead, South Croydon
Bring your administration skills into one of our homes and you will be a key factor in helping us to deliver high quality care for young people at risk in the community. We need experienced and enthusiastic part-time administrators to join our team of professional staff and share in building brighter futures for young people.
About the Role
- Answer telephone calls in a professional manner, take accurate messages and return calls at the Home Manager’s request.
- Undertake typing/word processing, including confidential reports for Local Authorities, assessments, review records, letters, memos, etc.
- Carry out routine filing and set up and manage filing systems as appropriate, including archiving records in line with procedures.
- Assist the Home Manager in keeping and updating the petty cash records and other financial accounts for the home and assist with the system of invoicing.
- Minute internal and external meetings to a high standard.
- Maintain staff records including appraisals, sickness reports, annual leave and TOIL records.
St Christopher’s Academy
At St Christopher`s we can provide more than just a care job. We can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.
When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website.
We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.
Applicants should have:
- Experience as administrator, ideally within residential homes.
- An organised approach and the ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
- Ability to use IT including Word, Excel, Access and Power point.
- Good communication skills, oral and written and ability to use IT including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
- Have high personal and professional standards
In return we offer:
- Competitive salary.
- A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture
- 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
- Industry Leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy.
- Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
- UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
- BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
- Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
- Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
- Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.
St Christopher’s Approach
At St Christopher’s Fellowship, Social Pedagogy is our core philosophy of care, drawing together theories and concepts from related disciplines such as sociology, psychology, education, philosophy, medical sciences and social work. Our use of social pedagogy centres on attachment theory and building positive relationships with young people to bring out their inner “diamond”.
We make sure our actions reflect our values. Working in this way allows us to build trust and empower people to do their best, whatever their role.
At St Christopher’s having the right people and investing in their development is crucial. Our Training Team, alongside the Home Managers, ensure that each member of staff has a detailed development plan that matches the work they do and equips them to be knowledgeable, creative, calm, supportive and confident in whatever situation comes their way.
Recruitment Process
At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.
Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification plese visit our website. CV’s will not be accepted.
It is against the law to apply for work with Children/Young People if you are barred from working in Regulated Activity and if your name is added to a Children Barred List.
All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a Self-Declaration and Disclosure form which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.
St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.
For more information or assistance during the application process, please contact us.
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Contract: Fixed Term Contract (maternity)
We are thrilled to be seeking to recruit a Senior Practice Learning Officer (Delivery and Support) within our Knowledge and Learning Team! This is a national role working across our three nations (England, Northern Ireland and Wales). Working in a team of Practice Learning Officers, the Senior Officer will be a trusted expert in learning design and delivery, supporting and coaching Practice Learning Officers across the team to deliver against scheduled learning frameworks. The Senior Officer will champion versatility in learning, seeking to find varying methods of delivery which support practitioners and managers across our services to deliver the highest quality of care and support to those affected by dementia.
About you:
- Evidence developing and delivering good quality and diverse learning products and programmes.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate to a range of stakeholders.
- We want someone who can organise their own work and that of the team to ensure outputs are achieved and deadlines are met, encouraging positivity with a proactive, solution-focussed, strengths-based approach.
- Ability to support a team through coaching and mentoring activities and in their own development in pursuit of overall team objectives.
What you’ll focus on:
- Supporting the development of new and revised learning as outlined within quality assurance processes, involving appropriate stakeholders both internal and external.
- Delivering induction, coaching and mentoring for Practice Learning Officers; supporting the Practice Learning Manager in planning activities and resource
- Providing and presenting data on performance, compliance, and training quality for reporting purposes.
- Strengthening the Dementia Practice Academy by sourcing and promoting learning opportunities.
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Our hiring process
During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply. Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team via [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.
We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.
We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.
Giving back to you
Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.