The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity within our Adult Social Care Mental Health division for a full time service support officer and receptionist for our busy office. The successful applicant will provide reception desk services, ensuring excellent and quality customer care for all visitors and callers, as well as providing administrative support across the service. This is a full time office based role.
As the first point of contact for our diverse range of visitors, you will need excellent communication skills and a friendly manner, as well as being polite, professional and organised.
About you:
The successful applicant will have the ability to deal with adults who are facing difficulties and can sometimes present challenging behaviours. A general understanding of adult social care and mental health, or a willingness to learn would also be beneficial. You will need to be able to work independently and will be undertaking a variety of administrative activities; such as responding to incoming phone calls, email and other correspondences in a sensitive and efficient manner, enabling frontline staff to concentrate on delivering the core business function.
If you enjoy working with people in a busy and varied environment please apply today.
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
ps://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and- more/
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: 21/05/23
Interviews Date: 1/06/23
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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