Business Support Officer

Business Support Minute Taker – Children’s Safeguarding Team

📍 Location: Bootle
⏳ Contract: Initial 3 months
🕓 Hours: 36 hours per week
💼 Department: Children’s Social Care

About the Role We are seeking a highly organised and professional Business Support Minute Taker to join the Children’s Safeguarding Team on a temporary basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to support vital services that make a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and families.
You will play a key role in providing high-quality administrative support, with a particular focus on minute-taking for Strategy Meetings and other multi-agency meetings. This role requires confidentiality, accuracy, and the ability to work under pressure in a sensitive and fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurately minute and produce records of Strategy Meetings and other professional meetings.
• Prepare and type reports, letters, memos, and other correspondence.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records in line with data protection requirements.
• Provide general administrative support to the Children’s Services safeguarding team.
• Liaise with partner agencies to ensure smooth information-sharing and communication.
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail, as well as handling telephone queries.
• Support colleagues by participating in supervision, team meetings, and training activities.

About You We’re looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in minute-taking in formal settings.
• Skilled in using Microsoft Word and other office software.
• Organised, with strong time management and prioritisation skills.
• An excellent communicator, able to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Adaptable and resilient, able to work well in a team environment.

Qualifications & Experience (Essential):

• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent).
• Proven clerical/administrative experience.
• Experience in providing word processing services.
• Ability to cope with sensitive child protection information.

What We Offer

• A meaningful role within children’s services, supporting safeguarding and protection work.
• Flexible working across different Children’s Services sites if required.
• Ongoing support, supervision, and access to training.

📩 Interested?
If you are highly organised, reliable, and able to take accurate minutes in a fast-paced safeguarding environment, we would love to hear from you.

To express interest or request more information, please contact Emily @ Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or emily.bentley@servicecare.org.uk 

The benefits of working with Emily at Service Care Solutions:

• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of the market
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week
• At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.