Senior Independence and Wellbeing Advisor (Redeployment 23117)

• Suffolk County Council
• Address: Endeavour House Ipswich Suffolk Russell Road IP1 2BX - Onsite
• Salary: 28598 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent
  

When you join the Customer First team as a Senior Independence and Wellbeing Advisor well support your development from the start. Well help you to play to your strengths diversify your skills and build an influential and impactful career. With a variety of career paths and learning opportunities to explore if youre motivated and passionate theres no limit to how far your ambition could take you.

Reimagine the possibilities.

Your role and responsibilities

As a member of the Customer First team you will deliver a high-quality professional front-line service to both internal and external customers. You will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day operation of the contact centre providing expert guidance to colleagues and helping to ensure an efficient customer-focused service.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as an expert point of contact within the team supporting colleagues with complex enquiries and providing accurate timely advice.
• Taking daily operational responsibility for the contact centre ensuring adequate coverage across calls webchat portals and administrative tasks.
• Coaching and mentoring new and existing colleagues on relevant policies processes and best practice and supporting the identification of development needs.
• Providing regular proactive floor walking and feedback to Independence and Wellbeing Advisors to ensure high standards of customer service and quality.
• Acting as duty floor worker when required responding swiftly to minutebyminute operational demands proactively managing call and workflow volumes and escalating issues to the Team Manager where necessary.
• Resolving complex or escalated customer enquiries identifying solutions that are effective and mutually beneficial.
• Managing incoming work within the Customer First inbox triaging and allocating tasks appropriately to ensure timely responses.
• Contributing creative and innovative ideas to manage periods of high demand and improve service delivery.

The role also includes providing effective administrative and supervisory support to Team Leaders. You will contribute to the development of efficient ways of working and best practice across the service helping to ensure excellent customer experiences at all times.

There is a supervisory element to the role with responsibility for coaching and mentoring colleagues overseeing specific areas of work acting as an escalation point for customer enquiries and supporting staff to manage challenges when handling complex or sensitive contacts.

You will work closely with colleagues across Children and Young People Services (CYP) and Adult Social Care (ASC) to ensure that customer service activity aligns with organisational priorities business objectives and cultural values.

You will need

• The ability to communicate clearly confidently and tactfully with managers colleagues and customers.
• Strong listening and questioning skills to gather accurate information and resolve enquiries effectively.
• An open and collaborative communication style.
• Flexibility and adaptability with a positive approach to change and new ways of working.
• Resilience and the ability to remain calm when dealing with challenging or confrontational situations.
• Excellent organisational and timemanagement skills with the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• A clear commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults.

You can view a full list of requirements in theJob and Person Profile (Word).If you believe you can succeed in this role apply. Even if you dont meet all requirements still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team

Customer First are a multi-channel 24-hour contact centre who act as the first point of contact for Social Care across Suffolk.

We pride ourselves in ensuring we operate a safe and efficient service across Adult Social Care Children and Young People Services and Mental Health.

Customer First support development through eLearning and training as well as supporting and encouraging career progression where this is an individual aim. Due to the nature of the service Customer First are operational from Endeavour House Ipswich. This allows Team members to have support readily available to them at any point throughout their day.

Empowering Everyone

Were big believers in potential possibility and the power of different ideas. Were always searching for ways to encourage respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation as shown in our Workforce Equality Report.

For more information

Please contact Sian Alexander (she/her) for a casual conversation. You can reach her by calling or emailing .

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (JPP) (Word).

Step 2 - Click Apply Now to start your online application

Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use theSupporting Statement template (Word).

1. Tell us about a time when you had to make a decision under pressure with limited information. How did you approach the decision and what was the result
2. Describe a time you identified an opportunity to improve a process system or way of working. How did you contribute to implementing the improvement and what impact did it have

3. Describe a time when you coached or mentored a colleague to improve their performance or confidence. What approach did you take and what was the result

Step 4 - Upload a CV (without name and personal details).

Please note: Without a supporting statement or a CV your interest will not be progressed. Any supporting documents must be in either PDF or MS Word format.

For guidance on completing your application please see our How to Apply page.

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Do you need any reasonable adjustments to help you to apply If you are disabled and/or have additional support needs you can request reasonable adjustments. You can do this by contacting our Recruitment Team ator. You can find examples of possible adjustments on our Reasonable Adjustment pages.

Closing date: 11.30pm 4 May 2026.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. #LI-Onsite