Child Looked After Administrator

The Position: Child Looked After Administrator

£12,749 - £13,349 p/a; 22.5 hours a week, 38 weeks – Term Time Only.

We are seeking a highly organised and professional administrator to join our Student Services and Support Team. This role is pivotal in supporting the College's safeguarding arrangements by providing high-quality administrative support and accurate record keeping for vulnerable students, particularly those who are Children Looked After (CLA) and Care Leavers.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Safeguarding Leads and wider Student Services and Support Team, ensuring that safeguarding records, meetings, communications and documentation are managed efficiently and confidentially. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting young people and making a positive difference to their educational experience.

What Skills Are We Looking For

• Strong administrative experience with the ability to produce accurate, high-quality work within agreed timescales.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and external agencies.
• Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and electronic diary systems.
• The ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a wider team.

Responsibilities For The Role

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Safeguarding Team and Student Services and Support Team in relation to vulnerable students, particularly Children Looked After and Care Leavers.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential safeguarding records and documentation.
• Organise and support meetings, including scheduling appointments, preparing paperwork, taking minutes and distributing actions.
• Liaise with schools, colleges and external agencies to support the transfer and management of safeguarding records.
• Maintain historic safeguarding files and ensure compliance with data protection and confidentiality requirements.

The Location: The site is based at Nuneaton

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Andy Howarth to arrange a quick call by emailing: ***email_hidden***

Why Should You Apply?

• The pay range we’re offering is £12,749 - £13,349 p/a; 22.5 hours a week, 38 weeks – Term Time Only.
• Annual leave of 25 days, plus bank holidays and up to 5 additional closure days
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme with generous Employer Pension contribution
• We offer great staff development opportunities
• Family friendly policies and procedures
• As part of the application process, you’ll be asked to complete a series of shortlisting questions. To strengthen your application, we recommend linking your answers directly to the person specification outlined in the job description.**

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager.

We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees. We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references’.

'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications.'

Shortlisting Process -

Each question is scored by a minimum of 2 people on the interview panel. Those applicants with the highest overall score and meet the essential criteria for the role, will progress through to the interview stage and then their application form will be considered too