Information Officer - Hackney

Information Officer – Hackney (Temp Vacancy)

Umbrella Pay Rate: £20.00ph

Full-Time (37 hours)

Job Purpose:

• The First Access & Screening Team (FAST) operates as a single ‘front door’ for Children & Young People’s Services. Through integrated social work professional expertise and multi-agency intelligence the service is able to rapidly assess risk and need to ensure that children and young people are rapidly signposted to the right help at the right time.
• The service is led by a team of Screening & Referral Managers responsible for providing an effective safeguarding response to professionals and members of the public who are concerned about a child’s welfare and/or requesting services to meet identified needs.
• The service is co-located with a range of agencies and works closely with professionals delivering services for children across the council. 

Accountabilities:  

• To create accurate records of ‘contacts’ to the service in respect of children and young people in need of help or protection by loading time sensitive data in an efficient manner.
• To undertake thorough database checks on children and families in response to local authority information requests ensuring that these are completed in a timely and professional manner.
• To support the service by screening duty calls from the public and professionals and accurately recording safeguarding concerns.
• To provide clear, concise and accurate reports detailing proportionate and relevant information held about children and families on request.
• To support the development and maintenance of operating procedures covering all elements of data input; data cleansing and other controls to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data.
• To identify discrepancies in systems and information contained within systems and to rectify discrepancies as required or when directed by managers.

We offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy or other vacancies in your area please contact 

uss this vacancy or other vacancies in your area please contact

parbejm@4recruitmentservices.com