Location
Ealing

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£39,276 per annum

About the Role
We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Fostering and Permanence Panel Co-ordinator. This role is crucial in ensuring the smooth operation of our fostering and permanence panels, which play a vital role in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in need of fostering and permanence.

Key responsibilities include providing comprehensive and confidential business support to both the Fostering and Permanence Panel and Agency Decision Maker (ADM), implementing and maintaining systems to ensure panel dates and initial review approvals meet statutory timescales, and maintaining professional communication as the first point of contact for the panel chair, panel advisor, and internal/independent panel members.

The role also involves drafting agendas, booking venues, taking complex confidential minutes, maintaining full records of panel business, managing the central list of members and confidentiality agreements, producing post-panel documentation, liaising with professionals to meet statutory notification timescales, processing panel members’ invoices, and advising on administrative processes associated with the panels.

Joining Ealing Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference in the lives of children and families, working in a supportive and collaborative environment with opportunities for professional development and growth.

Ealing Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and follows safe recruitment practices. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring check and Ealing Council’s enhanced vetting process. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We welcome applications from all residents of the borough, particularly those entering the employment market in the early or mid stages of their career and those underrepresented in Ealing’s workforce. All applications will be determined on merit.

Experience
- Experience in managing professional panels or a PA type role
- Experience in taking detailed and accurate minutes of meetings
- Skills in the use of word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases

About you
- Highly organized with the ability to work to deadlines under pressure
- Effective communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to prioritise and work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to devise, implement, maintain, and review office systems
- Ability to work within and interpret policies, procedures, and legislation
- Appreciation of the need for confidentiality

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are stated; however, relevant experience and skills as outlined above are essential.