Intern Adult Social Care (8 WK FTC)

Are you passionate about making a real difference in your community?

Southwark Council's Adult Social Care Department is offering an exciting internship opportunity for an 8 week placement set to start early in July 2025.

About the Role:

Adult Social Care covers a wide range of services, including Mental Health, Substance Misuse, All Age Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Short Breaks, Older People, and Physical Disabilities. This placement offers a unique opportunity to gain experience across these diverse service areas, providing vital administrative and project support.

You'll have the chance to contribute to a variety of tasks, such as:

• Supporting the delivery of projects by developing key resources and documentation
• Organising events, professional meetings, and sessions involving service users and key partners
• Managing data through accurate input, monitoring, and analysis
• Assisting with a range of essential administrative duties that support the day-to-day functioning of the service

While there may be opportunities to engage with service users and their families or carers, the primary focus of this role is on business and administrative support.

What You'll Gain:

• Hands-on experience within local government, with a focus on Adult Social Care
• A chance to make a meaningful contribution to the local community
• Valuable networking opportunities with Southwark's business leaders and policymakers
• A chance to play an active role in shaping Southwark's 2030 vision for a strong, fair, and inclusive economy.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Aware of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as health and safety and confidentiality
• Responsible and reliable, with a clear understanding of expectations around timekeeping, attendance, and professional behaviour
• Able to work efficiently and build positive working relationships with customers and colleagues
• Flexible and collaborative, with a team-focused mindset
• Organised and capable of managing and prioritising their own workload effectively
• Applicants must be a Southwark resident and be aged 16 - 24
• This role offers flexible home working blended with travel into our London Bridge office 3 days a week.

For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification located at the bottom of the advert

Benefits and more information:

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Salary: £28,881

Recruitment Timetable

Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on 9th of May 2025

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Application Process

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit a CV and complete the application form detailing your suitability for the role. The Job Description and Person Specification can also be found at the bottom of this page under attachments.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative.

We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

* Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
* Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
* If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.