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Senior Service Support Officer (37 hours) Bridport Adult Social Care team are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to join our busy dynamic Adult Social Care Team based in Bridport Community Hospital. You will lead a team of experienced Case Support Co-ordinators and provide supervision, personal development and guidance to your staff team of 6, and general administrative support to the Locality Manager, and Area Practice Managers based in Bridport. You will need to have supervisory/management experience, excellent customer service skills and a flexible attitude with a positive approach, providing a good quality service this would include excellent IT skills, minute taking, good communication and being proactive in supporting the team to improve and develop practice. If you would like more information please telephone Henry Knight (Locality Manger) 01305 216637. This is a unique opportunity to join a brand new council in Dorset – home to the spectacular Jurassic Coast and thriving market towns and villages with a strong sense of community and identity. On 1 April 2019, five district and borough councils and the county council were replaced by the new Dorset Council which will deliver more efficient, accessible and modern public services. You will have the opportunity to build your career in a modern, flexible and inclusive organisation, and this is an exciting time to join – at the start of our journey together. For more information about our new council visit www.DorsetCouncil.gov.uk/about Dorset Council provides a framework to explain the behaviours expected from everyone who works, or volunteers, for Dorset Council regardless of their role or grade within the organisation, find more information about this here. The behaviours will form part of the selection process, where you will be asked to evidence when you have demonstrated them. This post involves working with children or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them and will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please refer to our policy on the employment of ex-offenders for further information. Dorset Council uses generic job descriptions and person specifications and therefore the job title in the attachments on the right may differ from the job title in the advert. Further specific information may be provided in a context statement where relevant. For more information regarding Dorset Council’s rewards and benefits click here. For further information regarding Dorset Council’s commitment to Equality & Diversity click here. NB: You will be unable to view the job description and person specification forms after this vacancy has closed. We cannot accept CVs in place of an application form as we require the same range of information from all our candidates. Dorset Council is committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free, and as inclusive as possible for everyone. For more information on how to apply, please see this helpful guidance.

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