Administrative Officer - Mental Health Team HCC606580

Job Details: Salary Range: £23,703 - £26,401 pro rata per annum
Work Location: Havant Plaza (hybrid working - home and office based)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 12 February 2023
Expected interview date: week commencing 13 February 2023
The Role: Joining our proactive and diverse Mental Health Business Support team, you can develop a career in social care by providing administrative support to teams responsible for helping people with mental health conditions and substance misuse issues, as well as their families and carers.
Our Business Support team provides a high quality service to our social care practitioners, partners, third parties and the public. This is a varied and rewarding role in a demanding environment, where your proven track record in administration can make a real difference.
Your excellent communication skills will enable you to build relationships with colleagues across the department, and to provide the highest standard of Personal Assistant support to our District Service Manager. Using your attention to detail and your strong organisational skills, you’ll schedule meetings and take accurate minutes. Your supervisory skills, or willingness to learn these, will enable you to manage and supervise our Senior Administrative Assistants. Your flexibility and ability to work both under your own initiative and collaboratively, will play a key role in the smooth running of our busy team. Your empathy and customer focused approach will enable you to occasionally provide phone cover and manage calls from distressed clients sensitively.
This is a hybrid working role, meaning that you’ll have the flexibility to work from home or from the office. There is a minimum expectation of 1 day per week office presence, depending on business needs. Equally, full-time office presence can be accommodated if preferred.
Hampshire County Council is a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We will also invest in you through our internal development programmes and training. Hampshire County Council offers a competitive salary and benefits package. Travel Requirements
You may be required to visit other locations within Hampshire, and therefore need to have the ability to travel, as necessary.
Values Based Recruitment We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate the 4 core values we hold in your application. The 4 core values are:

• Person Centred: Has a person centred and strengths-based approach that empowers service users and carers to live independent lives.
• Resilience: Successfully manages change and develops and maintains their wellbeing and resilience.
• Accountable: Takes responsibility for work, actions and development; and acknowledges individual and shared accountability.
• Works Together: Builds supportive internal and external working relationships through positive communication and constructive feedback.
Additional Information: Administrative Officer - Mental Health Team AHC Candidate Pack Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: For general enquiries contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk. For an informal chat about the role contact Ira Vashchuk 03707 796413.

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