Admin Support Worker - ARB14092

The Social Work Admin Service delivers administrative support to the Justice Social Work team within the Argyll and Bute HSCP. We have a full time, permanent admin support worker vacancy within our Justice admin team which is ideally suited to someone with good organisational, IT and admin skills. This position will be office based and negotiable within West Argyll.

This position will, as part of the Justice admin team, provide high quality admin support to the Justice Social Work team who deliver agreed outcomes for people who are within the criminal justice system whether they be in the community or in custody.

The main responsibilities of this role include:

• Processing and recording of court and prison requests


• Office reception


• Monitoring team Email mailbox enquiries


• Processing invoices and orders


• Updating electronic service user records


Candidates for this role require to have:

• A good basic education


• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft office applications


• Experience of office administration


• Understanding of confidentiality and data security


• An internal system check undertaken in order to access Social Work databases. A PVG check may also be required where there is regular contact with people.


The Social Work Admin Service as part of Argyll and Bute Council and the HSCP can offer opportunities for career progression, flexible working, training and development.

Our vision is: to deliver efficiency, quality and consistency, with a staff group that is flexible, skilled and motivated and committed to achieving Social Work Outcomes.

Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.

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