Inclusion Support Officer - Oldham, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

Oldham Council

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Oldham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Education, Skills & Early Years

Job Ref:
G2/OL-73537

Salary:
£21,189 - £21,968 per annum (Grade 2)

Hours:36.66 per week

Location:
Oldham Civic Centre

Closing Date:
Sunday 19th February 2023

Interview Date:
TBC.

Job Description & Person

Role Overview:

To provide effective business support to the Inclusion team, to contribute to their service delivery and achievement of their team objectives.

To support the Penalty Notice process for the Inclusion Service

To provide effective support to the Inclusion Manager and wider service, in the discharge of the Authority's responsibilities in relation to pupil tracking and children not in receipt of a suitable education.

Key Responsibilities:

To assist the Education Attendance Officers in the processing of Penalty Notices, warning letters, Holiday Penalty Notices, inputting onto PSS and the Tdrive
To assist the Education Attendance Officers in dealing with queries from parents, schools and other agencies regarding issues relating to penalty notices, payments and attendance issues.
Produce reports (16 day, 29 day) for the processing of Penalty Notices and for the unpaid Penalty Notices ensuring that these are circulated on a weekly basis to attendance officers and process 29 day report for Proceed to court for nonpayment of Penalty Notices
Check incoming Penalty Notices appeals, scan and save on to system
Able to liaise with other agencies to gain information and to share information when required including with GMP, MASH, Schools staff and others where applicable.
Investigate anomalies/discrepancies especially around the payments of Penalty Notices, and propose a course of action.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

The ability and experience to use computer packages for word processing, spreadsheets and databases
Experience of undertaking a wide range of administration and clerical tasks and to be able to follow instructions, procedures (including financial procedures)
To have customer service skills to be able to deliver polite, courteous and efficient service to colleagues, partners and service users
To be able to work within a team effectively to meet deadlines and complete work to a high standard.

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.

Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans.

We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

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Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels.

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