Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Room 700, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker - at home and County Hall
Salary: £25,998 to £27,273 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Monday to Thursday - 08:30am - 5:00pm, Friday: 08:30am - 4:30pm
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 17/02/2025
About the Role
Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Service are looking to recruit to the role of DoLS Support Officer. We are looking for someone with an ability to work on their own as well as part of a team, with an eye for detail in a fast-paced role covering a range of tasks using Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and in-house systems.
Under the supervision of the DoLS Support Co-ordinator, the DoLS Support Officer will support the delivery of a high-performance, high-quality service that ensures the department meets its legal procedural deadlines and responsibilities. This includes supporting the work of the DoLS service and other multi-agency sub-groups such as the LIN, MCA Regional groups, including providing statistical and performance reports, arranging meetings, and minute-taking.
The successful applicant must be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines, be highly organised, resilient, and have a high level of experience in working with Microsoft Office applications.
Please note there will be a Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word test after the interview.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Have experience of working within a service area with tightly defined procedures with a focus on accuracy and quality assurance.
* Have experience of monitoring key legal administrative processes to ensure the department remains compliant, identifying and escalating legal issues and/or risks as they arise.
* Have experience of working with confidential and sensitive information and adapting working practices appropriately.
* Have the ability to utilise technical knowledge to offer support and advice to members of the public and internal/external stakeholders.
* Have the ability to gain and maintain relevant technical knowledge of the day-to-day operational DoLs legal procedures, including a sound understanding of the associated legal duties of all involved professionals and the end-to-end process, with an ability to scrutinise and challenge where appropriate.
* Demonstrate clear communication (verbal and written) and strong use of ICT (All Office applications).
* Have an understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
We'd also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Sarah Clifford, DoLS Support Co-Ordinator
Telephone: 0116 3058124
Email: sarah.clifford@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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