Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK to overcome substance use issues. Your administration skills will make a real difference to the lives of people we work with. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Criminal Justice Administrator.

Running services on a not–for–profit basis, we invest every penny back into our care and our people. Develop your skills and career and take on this key role in our Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service and help to make a big difference in your local community.

As a Criminal Justice Administrator we offer a starting salary of £23,808 rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands.

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Role Responsibility

Based at the either the Taunton or Yeovil hub, you’ll support the Criminal Justice team by maintaining accurate records and helping us to continually improve our performance. Offering plenty of variety and training, this rewarding role will also involve raising and changing prescriptions as instructed by the prescribers, completing clinic letters, data input of new client information into client database, monthly data uploads, completing spreadsheets and audits .

The Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for a reliable, confident communicator who can prioritise a changing workload, welcome service users and provide high quality administrative support. Comfortable talking to service users, you should be customer focused with the ability to maintain confidentiality, gather management information and meet deadlines under pressure. You must be a superb organiser and supportive team player with keen attention to detail, impressive administration skills and a good understanding of Microsoft Office, including Excel spreadsheets. This role will be office based.

About us

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

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.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees Turning Point Benefits.

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

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