Job Introduction

Administrator

• Area of work: Learning Disabilities
• Salary: £12,517 
• Location: Burseldon, Southampton
• Contract type: Part time
• Working hours: Up to 25 hours per week

Previous administrative experience is strongly desirable.

About us:

Everything we do is aimed at providing the very best quality and person-centered support, making a real difference for the people and communities we support.

At Turning Point, we support people with learning disabilities, mental health and substance misuse across the country. Your administration skills will make a real difference to the lives of people we work with. As an Administrator with Turning Point, you will provide wide-ranging administrative support across our teams providing support to individuals in their own homes with a learning disability so that they can focus on delivering person-centered services that enable the people we support to achieve their full potential.

Role Responsibility

About the role:

Making sure everything runs smoothly at the heart of our learning disability services, you’ll support the operation from our Burseldon office. This will include answering telephone calls, maintaining accurate records and helping continual focus on improving performance.

This rewarding and varied role will support our service managers through a variety of administrative tasks - from generating and processing invoices to dealing with newsletters, travel, accommodation, post, stationery, petty cash, minute-taking as well as visiting the people we support with learning disabilities in their own homes to audit their financial records.

The Ideal Candidate

About you:

We’re looking for a confident communicator who knows how to prioritise a varied workload; somebody who can welcome the people we support and also provide wide–ranging administrative support.

You must have strong interpersonal skills, the ability to maintain confidentiality and gather management information, and meet deadlines under pressure. You must be highly organised and a real team player, with keen attention to detail, and a good understanding of Microsoft Office and Excel.

Running services on a not-for-profit basis, we invest every penny back into our care and our people. If you are looking for an administrative role where you will be able to develop your skills and career and help to make a big difference in your local community, then this new post we have available  could be for you.

About us

Why Turning Point?

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive opportunities to learn and develop, with silver accreditation from Investors in People
• 28 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 30 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays
• Flexible benefit options including cycle to work schemes and season ticket loans
• Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
• Employee assistance programme and access to online health and wellbeing support
• Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
• Access to a wide range of discounts, including cinema tickets, grocery and high-street shopping and gym memberships

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Turning Point