Safeguarding Minute Taker / Business Support Officer

Stockport

Part Time

Permanent

Expires 27/07/2025

About the Role

Safeguarding Minute Taker / Business Support Officer
Scale 4 (£12,792 - £13,634 per annum)
18.5 Hours, Part Time - Preferable working hours for this role are Wednesday morning, and all-day Thursday and Friday.
Permanent
Hybrid with a requirement for the post holder to work from our Grand Central office at least one day per week.

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 27th July 2025
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 28th July 2025
Interview Date: 1st August 2025
Interview Type: In person interview with a minute taking test

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Your Role

We have a part-time, permanent opportunity supporting the administration and minute taking of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) and safeguarding meetings for the Children’s Safeguarding Unit. Our offices are based in Stockport, with the opportunity of hybrid working both in the office and from home to meet service need.

In this role you will see the vital work carried out by the professionals we support to keep the people of Stockport safe. Is it a very interesting area of work and Business Support have a vital part to play in this, which keeps all our team motivated to make a difference.

The role centres around minute taking of safeguarding meetings and the administration linked to this.

Training and support will be provided to the successful candidate, but experience in this area is preferable.

About You

You will be a confident and experienced minute taker who can take accurate and high-quality minutes, using a laptop, of safeguarding meetings. This is a demanding and challenging role, and you will need emotional resilience as often you will be listening to distressing and upsetting information.

Working on your own and as part of a very supportive team, you will use your initiative to ensure key work is completed to meet statutory timescales. Part of your role will be to organise LADO or Child Protection meetings, and enter and retrieve confidential and sensitive information on case management systems.

You should be computer literate and proficient in working with standard office IT applications including MS Office. You will be expected to learn how to navigate in-house ICT systems to work with data and information.

You will work as part of the Business Support Hub working with front line services and will therefore need the ability to build effective working relationships, work using your own initiative, be proactive and flexible with a positive, can-do attitude.

About Us

We are a friendly and dynamic business support team, working within Children’s and Adults’ Safeguarding, who take pride in everything we do to ensure our services continue to be of an excellent and high-quality standard.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Hilary van Deursen ([emailprotected] ) or Kerry Carrigan ([emailprotected] ) for an informal discussion about the role

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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

Grand Central , Stockport , SK1 3TA, United Kingdom

A generous annual leave allowance, up to 30 days annual leave dependent on grade and length of service, plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional annual leave

Work and personal life balance. Many jobs include part time working, flexi-time and homeworking

Employee engagement networks to support colleagues and create opportunities to feed into both workforce and borough strategies

Support for volunteering by allowing up to 4 hours per month (pro rata) to carry out any duties associated with this

Learning and Development

A suite of learning and development opportunities, from important data protection training to all level apprenticeships

Discounts

A huge range of discounts via an easy to use portal, including: Gym memberships, restaurants, events, travel, cycle to work scheme, home electronics and more.

Access to an employee support hotline, available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

Pension Scheme

Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and give your pension a boost by enrolling into a salary sacrifice scheme.

Our Recruitment Journey

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Application stage

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Shortlisting

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Interviews

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Offer stage and pre-employment checks

Offer stage and pre-employment checks If you're offered the job after interviewing, you'll be sent a conditional offer detailing your new role. Along with the conditional contract and offer letter, our team will be in touch regarding your pre-employment checks.

The pre-employment checks that you will need to undertake will depend on the role that you've applied for. These checks may include:
• right to work in the UK
• Disclosure and Barring Service checks.

The information provided will be dealt with in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice
• gaps in employment
• reference checks. We will request references prior to issuing your conditional contract
• pre-employment health declaration
• qualification checks