Children’s Residential Business Support Officer

Children’s Residential Business Support Officer

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week, worked flexibly across Monday to Friday

(Exact working pattern to be agreed)

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Location: Sherwin Road Children’s Residential Home and Mettham Street Children’s Residential Home, Nottingham

About the Role

We’re looking for a Children’s Residential Business Support Officer to join our Children’s Support Services.

This post provides dedicated business support to Sherwin Road and Mettham Street Children’s Residential Homes, working closely with Registered Managers, Assistant Managers, and Children’s Residential Social Care Workers (CRSCWs).

The role provides comprehensive, flexible administrative and operational support, helping to ensure consistent service delivery and positive outcomes for children and young people. You will support the day‑to‑day running of the homes, including:

• Financial monitoring and processing
• Maintaining accurate records and systems
• Organising meetings and producing minutes
• Liaising with internal and external professionals

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential Qualifications

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths
• Experience of working in a pressured, confidential environment
• Experience of using financial systems and case management tools
• Understanding of business support processes within a local authority setting
• Awareness of safeguarding responsibilities and confidentiality within children’s services
• Knowledge of UK data protection legislation, including GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Problem‑solving skills with a proactive and solution‑focused approach
• High levels of discretion when working in sensitive environments
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

An enhanced DBS check for regulated activity is required.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

• Job Identification 7466
• Posting Date 04/28/2026, 01:55 PM

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