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Job Category: Manual Labour / General Industrial
Location: Colley Lane Depot, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 07:30
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £10.98

Role Purpose:
To carry out a variety of operational roles in a flexible manner, to promote a clean and attractive environment for residents and visitors within the district.

To undertake all grounds/horticultural operations to a high standard. Duties include but are not limited to highways, highway verges, cemeteries, public spaces, landscaped areas, including grass/hedge maintenance, weeding, clearing leaves, clearing shrub beds, pruning, planting shrubs, summer bedding and seeding, removal of graffiti and fly posting.

Qualifications:
Essential:
• Good standard of education
• Level 2 Certificate of Competency in the safe use of ride-on lawnmowers
• Full UK Driving licence.
Desirable:
• NVQ level 2 in Horticulture.
• Routine Playground Inspection qualification.
• Chapter 8 NRSWA 002 Signing, Lighting, and guarding & Excavation of the Highway.
• Excavator 360 mini digger qualification.
• PA1 and PA6 Pesticide Training.
• Hiab training.

Knowledge:
• Competent knowledge to Comply with COSHH regulations and Health and Safety at work Act.

Skills:
Essential:
• Outdoors manual working and demonstrates the ability to use hand-operated equipment appropriate for the role.
• Takes care to evaluate environmental issues.
• Must have an understanding and knowledge base of Outlook, Word and Teams and possess the ability to learn new systems.
• The post holder will be expected to conduct activities that require manual dexterity and physical co-ordination for the role. Such as XXXX
• The post holder will be expected to manoeuvre heavy objects such as bagged materials and resources.
• Adapts work style to suit changing circumstances, such as weather conditions and volume of pedestrians.

Job Category: Social and Healthcare Unqualified
Location: Camberley Court, Nottingham Community Housing Association
Start Date: Immediate Start
Salary: £14.68

What does a Customer Wellbeing Call Agent do?

As a Customer Wellbeing Call Agent, you will help support vulnerable people to live independently, by providing a range of different services. You will monitor assistive technology solutions, which includes critical equipment such as falls detectors or smoke and door sensors. You will also need to provide a range of wellbeing checks; either face to face(full driving licence required) or over the phone including medication prompts, emotional support and reassurance, contacting next of kin and emergency services. In addition, you be required to help arrange maintenance repairs, provide a mental health helpline, monitor CCTV, support colleagues with safeguarding concerns. You will also be part of delivering a mental health helpline which takes around 6,000 calls per month.

“You have to think on your feet, and every day is different!” – quote from a current colleague

Sound like you?

We need a motivated, resilient individual who is patient and shows empathy to our callers. Someone who can work in a fast pace service, but can remain calm, professional and react effectively and efficiently to our most vulnerable customers.

You will have experience of working in a customer facing team environment and experience of working in a telephone support service. You will also be educated to NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Telecare, Care, Housing, Customer Service, Business Administration, ITC), or be able to demonstrate relevant work experience.

Above all, you will be passionate about supporting vulnerable people and have NCHA’s core values at heart.

Working Hours:
This is a 24hr service so you will be required to work on rota basis on the below shift pattern:
• Early: 6am to 2pm
• Late: 2pm to 10 pm
• Night: 10pm to 6am

Now more than ever, we need people like you!

Job Purpose:
• Working in NCHA’s 24/7 Customer Experience Centre, you will deliver internal and external services that truly impact social value.
• Primarily delivering contact centre services to respond to alarms generated from Assistive Technology, you will also be the voice of our wellbeing helplines, which deliver support services to service users who are experiencing moments of crisis or mental health issues.

Knowledge:
• Working knowledge of and demonstrable experience of working on Wellbeing Helplines.
• Demonstrable awareness of Mental Health issues.

Skills and Experience:
• MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) qualified or willingness to achieve the qualification.
• Demonstrable experience of identifying opportunities to improve service user safeguarding and reporting outcomes for service delivery.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced contact centre environment with demanding priorities.
• Demonstrable numeracy and literacy skills.
• Demonstrable excellent communication, organisational and administrative skills.
• Demonstrable IT skills and knowledge.
• Effective problem solving skills.
• Demonstrable experience of using strong conflict resolution skills to de-escalate issues.

Personal Qualities, Values and Behaviour:
• Understanding of the needs of people from diverse social/cultural/racial backgrounds.
• Commitment and ability to model NCHA’s CLEAR values and purpose.
• Is self-aware and willing to develop.
• Willing to challenge the status quo to do the right thing for the customer with resolution and adding value in everything that you do.

Other Requirements:
• Hold a valid driving licence and be able to drive company vehicles.

Job Category: Housing
Location: Laurence House – Fourth Floor, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £33.00

Property acquisitions person – they should be able to negotiate good prices, manage diaries for the valuers and contractors and progress sales from sourcing and offer, right through to completion and turnkey. It will require travelling beyond the Lewisham borough for the completions and dealing with numerous staff departments and contractors. The current position is held by someone who is excellent at the role, but is currently long-term sick. Therefore, the role is 3 months to start with. Depending on when the current postholder recovers and how well the new person does, may result in a contract extension, because we have over 300 homes to purchase over 3 years, and due to the success of my first programme, more Council departments are asking us to source properties for them.

The current pay is £42 per hour/£294 per day, but there is some scope to pay more for the right person who can start immediately. It’s hybrid working at 2 days in the office (Weds and Thurs) which is not negotiable, but the rest is working from home. They will be provided with a laptop and a mobile phone.

Knowledge:
• RICS registered Red book valuer with excellent knowledge of best practice in aspects of property valuation and good knowledge of project and programme delivery and budget management with experience in a similarly complex, challenging environment.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the conveyancing process, valuation negotiations and timekeeping and related regulatory and professional compliance.
• Good knowledge of fire regulations and other building control requirements and some knowledge of wheelchair and adapted housing.
• Good knowledge of the political interface in a local authority and the role and needs of elected members.
• Good knowledge of the issues facing the management of a public sector organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of successful financial management associated with the conveyancing process, including what has to be paid and at what points in the process in order to complete in optimum time and good financial knowledge of financial viability.
• Excellent knowledge of procurement practice
• Excellent knowledge of sustainability and retrofitting
• Excellent knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
• Excellent knowledge of Property Systems and Processes

Experience:
• Substantial experience of property valuation work within a similarly complex and challenging environment with experience of successfully managing and delivering cross-cutting or integrated programmes of work within a local authority or Housing Association environment.
• Substantial experience of project and programme viability.
• Substantial experience of successful budgetary management and control, both at departmental level and contributing to overall corporate effectiveness.
• Substantial experience of having delivered effective performance measures and a performance culture that achieves objectives and drives up performance standards.
• Substantial experience of developing and managing strategic partnerships that are focused on outcomes rather than process and that have made a demonstrable difference to the quality of programme delivery.

General Education:
• Surveying and / or Planning and Development qualification
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors status including Red Book Valuation accreditation.
• High level of literacy and numeracy.
• Evidence of professional development (CPD).

Job Category: Planning
Location: Laurence House – Fourth Floor, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £23.56

We are seeking up to two suitably qualified planners for entry level opportunity with London Borough of Lewisham Development Management Team with opportunity to progress for the right candidates.
Hybrid working role: must be able to work from Catford office (Laurence House) every Tuesday and Wednesday. Can work remotely other days but can also work in the office if the candidate prefers.
Must be located to be able to conduct site visits with 24hrs notice so London or accessible Home Counties preferable. We will consider candidates from farther afield subject to their committing to moving prior to taking on the role. We are also open to overseas candidates on the same basis.

Main Purpose of the job:
• To manage and process all planning applications and other related development control work.
• To ensure that development is in accordance with current planning legislation, the Council’s planning policies and sound planning principles.
• To provide planning information and advice, including Pre-application advice.
• To assist with technical validation, registering and consultation on planning applications as required.

Knowledge:
Fully trained town planner conversant with:
• Town and Country Planning Acts
• Development Management procedures, Central Government Policy Guidance and associated regulations.
• The London Plan and Local Development Plans
• Broader Council-wide Corporate and Planning issues
 
Aptitude:
• The ability to give limited advice to Planning Support Officers and more junior members of the team as appropriate.
• Ability to liaise closely with Planning Support Officers and other staff.
• Ability to coach and motivate junior members of staff.
• Ability to accurately assess a range of proposals and produce accurate reports with minimal checking/alteration.
• Ability to produce high quality work, whilst maintaining performance targets.
• Ability to provide advice and to interpret and apply policy.

Skills:
• Good writing skills to enable the preparation of clear and accurate reports and to deal efficiently with general correspondence.
• Clear verbal communications, including explaining technical planning information and giving advice to non-technical people.
• Carry out straight forward negotiations with the public, developers, builders, architects etc.
• Prioritising own work to respond successfully to frequent changes in work whilst maintaining performance.
 
Experience:
• Experience of Development Management work, dealing with all householder applications, Lawful Development Certificates and simple changes of use with limited supervision.
• Experience of dealing with complex Minor planning applications with support from senior planning officers.
• Experience of representing the Council at written representation appeals.

General Education:
• Town planning degree or recognised degree (e.g. Geography, Economics, Environmental Studies etc.) leading to membership of the RTPI.

Personal Qualities:
• Able to work as part of a team.
• A high level of motivation for town planning and environmental issues and as appropriate, to be prepared to undertake formal training with a view to becoming a qualified, experienced town planner.

Job Category: Engineering & Surveying
Location: Guildhall 2, Royal Borough of Kingston
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £17.82

Street works permitting officer required to process street works permits in the borough of Kingston. Working predominantly from home with one day a week in the office.
Experienced in processing permits in Mayrise (desirable) and Street Manager (essential). Good understanding of permit conditions.

About You:
You will be an experienced professional in network management or similar highways function. You will have experience of relevant IT systems and be skilled at negotiating with outside stakeholders.

About the Role:
The role is situated in the Highway Operations Team within the Highways & Transport Service. As part of a small team it provides a network coordination function across the two councils’ areas. The role is a critical part of the Highway Authorities’ discharging of their Network Management Duty – managing permitting and other licensing matters, negotiating with works promoters to ensure disruption to the network is minimised.

Competencies, Skills and Knowledge:
Essential:
• Relevant technical qualification, e.g., HND/HNC/Degree or significant equivalent experience.
• Works collaboratively with others, leading by example in accordance with STAR Values and Behaviors
• Supports a learning environment where innovation and creativity are celebrated and risks are managed with a ‘Can do’ attitude
• Is competent with IT and Digital processes, seeking to drive digitisation
• Has political awareness and has the ability to work collaboratively with elected members
• Is accountable and responsible for resources to undertake their role
• Ability to analyse data and intelligence to drive improvements and collaborate with partners
• Communicates clearly and effectively with colleagues and understands corporate vision, plan and activities which may impact them
• Highly organised , juggling priorities, often under pressure.
• Committed to Equalities Diversity and Inclusion in everything we do
• Knowledge, including the practical application, of legislation relating to highway matters including the Highway Act 1980, TMA 2004, New Roads & Street Works Act 1991 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Knowledge of inspection procedures/requirements for maintaining the highway
• Knowledge of highway engineering and reinstatement materials and methods used by Contractors and Statutory Undertakers
• Knowledge of Health & Safety as it relates to working on the public highway
• Able to communicate both orally and in writing with staff, members of the public, contractors including conclusion of sensitive negotiations around streetworks matters

Desirable:
• New Roads & Street Works qualification or accreditation
• Experience of Street Manager, permitting software

Job Category: Legal (Specialist)
Location: London Borough of Hillingdon, London Borough of Hillingdon
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £33.93

The role is for an information governance lawyer within the council’s Information Governance Team. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Deputy Principal Lawyer for the Freedom of Information Data Governance legal team by providing proactive, specialist, in-depth, legal advice to the client departments as well as implementing initiatives and processes in order to set high quality standards in managing legal risk.

The successful candidates day to day responsibilities will include:
• To have conduct of cases in all Courts, Tribunals etc., to appear personally on the Council’s behalf as appropriate in cases in civil courts and before Tribunals and Inquiries.
• To maintain a cross-functional perspective when advising the Council, by understanding the inter-play between different departments where there maybe competing interests and risks.
• To review and advise on all legal aspects of cabinet reports and Council publications.
• To advise on, respond to and review Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Requests
• To be a point of contact with the Information Commissioner and to assist the achievement of statutory targets on FOI / SAR etc.
• To take responsibility for advising senior officers and other officers and Members of the Council on relevant matters.
• To deal with those legal matters delegated by the Head of Legal Services.
• Provide legal advice and support to other groups in the Council as directed by the Head of Legal Services.
• To personally provide accurate and timely legal advice to clients in a cost effective and efficient manner.
• To demonstrate understanding of the Council’s Customer Care Standards and ensure that these standards are met in order to deliver the Council vision of ‘putting our residents first’.
• To brief the Head of Legal Services on all significant matters as necessary.

The successful candidate will be a qualified solicitor, barrister or legal executive with experience in information governance.

Experience of working within a local authority or at least reviewing and understanding local authority files particularly sensitive files such as social work files is preferable.

The following knowledge and skills are essential:
• Knowledge of local government law, and recent legislative developments.
• Knowledge of information governance law and an ability to acquire a specialist knowledge of at least one of these areas.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to proactively provide legal advice and support to customers including Councillors and senior officers
• Ability to provide legal advice related to the Council’s policy objectives
• Problem solving skills

The local authority will consider requests for the role to be fully remote.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: Oakmeadow Community Support Centre, Widnes, WA8 6TJ, Halton Borough Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £20.67

Job Purpose:
• In conjunction with the Principal Manager you will organise, lead, motivate and supervise a number of staff across the Care Home.
• You will work closely with health colleagues and key stakeholders to develop Millbrow as a teaching care home and centre of excellence. 
• You will perform the duties of the Registered Manager for Care Home, to ensure services are operated and compliant with the Care Quality Commission minimum standards.
• To assist in the coordination, performance and promotion of prevention and health and social care services in Halton and to contribute to the directorate and corporate development agenda.
• To assist the Principal Manager in the organisation & development of the delivery of services to vulnerable adults, within the intermediate care services by supervising, supporting and advising the teams.
• To contribute to the management, delivery and operation of a range of measurably high-quality, cost-effective services to meet individual needs.
• To perform the duties of the Registered Manager for the Reablement Service and Residential services, as required by the CQC’s minimum standards for registered services.

Education & Qualifications:
Essential:
DipSW / CQSW / DipCOT/ RGN / RMN / or equivalent qualification as appropriate, and progressed.

Desirable:
• Post Qualifying professional qualification
• Registered Managers (Adults) NVQ level 4 or evidence of the equivalent QCF Credit Value or equivalent qualification

Experience:
Essential:
• Proven experience of working in a supervisory role within a relevant area of health / social services
• Post qualification experience within
• Staff and / or student supervision
• Organising and writing rotas
• Experience / awareness of Adult Protection procedures.
• Care management experience with health / social services

Desirable:
• Performance management and monitoring. 
• Budget monitoring.
• Using Information Technology
• Background in home management

Skills / Knowledge:
Essential:
• The supervisory process and performance management 
• Clear and effective communication
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty ( DoLS),
• Knowledge of a person-centred and asset-based approach to care
• Assessment of risk and the development of effective risk management plans
• Experience of change management
• Working as a team member
• Detailed understanding of the relevant professional / practice issues relating to the service area
• Detailed understanding of wider health & social care provision

Desirable:
• Understanding of key issues in strategic planning
• Understanding of Human Resource issues including the management of poor performance

Aptitude:
Essential:
• A proven team player who has experience of building a team and has the ability to lead and motivate staff 
• Flexible approaches
• Ability to work co-operatively with colleagues from all disciplines
• Able to demonstrate anti-oppressive practice and a willingness to challenge discrimination
• Able to work on own initiative
• Willingness to undertake continuous development

Desirable:
• Recognition of the value of the multi-disciplinary team approach and the importance of each role in the team

Other Requirements:
Essential:
• Ability to travel throughout the borough and wider. 
• Willingness to work outside normal hours if required, including regular weekend cover
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities issues

Desirable:
• Understanding and clarity regarding roles and responsibilities within nursing home environment

Job Category: Construction Trades & Operatives
Location: City Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week: 40.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £10.90

Casual staff for events

Job Category : Procurement

Location : Lincoln County Offices (Newland), Lincolnshire County Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate start 

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £18.00

Integrated Commissioning Programme Officer

PURPOSE OF JOB:

To support a programme of joint commissioning in line with the Commissioning for Lincolnshire approach.

The post holder will provide support to the Programme Manager for Children’s Integrated Commissioning on ensuring delivery of all aspects of the commissioning cycle, including: shaping, planning, design and delivery of new commissioned services; the redesign of existing services, performance review frameworks and joint review processes and ensuring an integrated approach to performance management, quality standards and service delivery.

The work may cover all aspects of integrated children’s commissioning but for the most part the post holder will be leading or managing projects with whole service or county–wide impact or leading LCCs and/or Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) most complex projects. However the post holder will be flexible in order to work on whatever is the current priority.

Assist with the delivery of a consistent strategic commissioning approach across the Council and ICB in assisting, as appropriate, with:

• Embedding new ways of thinking and working

• Developing and maintaining strong, positive working relationships across service areas,

with providers and partners

To support the Programme Manager within the Children’s Integrated Commissioning team on a range of projects relating to integrated children’s health and care commissioning, providing day to day leadership as appropriate to deliver the agreed priorities within commissioning strategies.

To lead work primarily with senior managers to provide critical challenge, facilitation and support to help their areas improve and plan for that improvement.

To work with senior managers on the most complex projects to review current service delivery and work with them to develop effective commissioning solutions.

To analyse the most complex data and information on performance and utilise relevant approaches to help improve it including statistical analysis, benchmarking, target setting etc.

To build and maintain a good understanding of local and national priorities and needs.

To support relevant engagement and consultation activities forming part of any project including ensuring compliance with legal obligations and inclusion of the voice of the child.

To lead on working with senior managers, both internally and with external organisations (primarily NHS organisations), to develop all aspects of the post holders own or someone else’s projects to include benefits strategy on the most complex projects, providing expert advice and guidance as appropriate for own area of expertise.

To develop, maintain and influence effective and regular relationships with a wide range of stakeholders both internal across the council (most of whom will be senior managers) and external, also at a high level including health commissioners, LSCP etc. This will involve working particularly closely with the ICB in Lincolnshire and to understand and influence ways of working across organisations in relation to the joint health and care commissioning agenda.

To help LCC and ICB managers make the changes they need to deliver the benefits they anticipate by managing the most complex projects and work streams and advising individual managers.

Professional & Specialist Knowledge

Relevant qualifications (such as an appropriate degree or professional qualification) or demonstrable experience in a relevant specialist area, and

Relevant and demonstrable experience across most of the diverse range of knowledge needed for the role.

Understanding of health and social care landscape, including responsibilities, drivers and priorities of organisations represented.

Proven experience in managing

complex improvement projects

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified

Location : Laurence House, Lewisham Council

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Hybrid Working 

Use of a Rota currently 

Good Access to transport links , Catford Bridge Station is 3 min walk. Pre booked Parking available. 

 In Lewisham Children’s Social Care, we know what good social work looks like and we are passionate about creating the right conditions and culture for good practice to thrive.

Families are respected and supported to stay together, whenever there is safety.

Families will tell us they understand why we are involved.

Children will tell us their social worker has made a difference to their lives.

Children who are in our care know we care, and we won’t give up on them.

Young people who have been in our care feel confident about their future.

We have taken a whole system approach to improving our services to children and young people in our borough using ‘Signs of Safety’ as our practice model.  Ofsted recognised the progress we have made noting that:

•          Staff talk positively about their manageable caseloads, regular supervision, team meetings and access to a range of training, including the social work model of practice.

•          Senior leaders demonstrate a clear focus on hearing the voices of children to develop and improve services. 

•          Leaders know the service well. They have a clear understanding of areas for development that are being appropriately addressed.

We are making progress but need passionate, creative and energetic social workers, managers and leaders to get us where we want to be. Could this be you?

Key Skills 

–           An ability to work in a fast -paced environment and prioritise. 

–           Daily allocation of MASH referrals, screening using the SOS Framework (discussions with the referrer, parents, and young person. Consideration for MASH Enquiries to inform Threshold. 

–           An ability to show good multi agency working. 

–           A good understanding of threshold

–           An ability to use Tools to inform decision making.

–           An ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills with complex and diverse range of needs. 

–           An ability to make decisions in a timely manner. 

–           Safety Planning

1.         To work as part of a multi agency team, ensuring integration and seamless delivery of services to service users and their carers.

2.         Ensure risk management and adult safeguarding is effectively embedded within practice and responded to appropriately.  Be aware of any potential children’s safeguarding concerns and liaise as appropriate with Children’s Social Care Services taking into account children’s safeguarding procedure.

3.         In personal professional practice (and that of supervised staff) promote an ethos of helping people help themselves or one another through initiatives to facilitate and support increased individual and community capacity.    This includes utilising own resources, promoting social inclusion and community networks, reciprocal support and sustainable caring roles, through taking a strength based approach to assessment.

4.         Maintain a strong focus on improved outcomes around independence and personalisation, including the promotion of enablement and linking the service user to community based support services that enhance personal wellbeing. 

5.         Promote the principles of self directed support and outcome based support planning, enabling service users and their carers to make choices about how their Personal Budget is managed and the services purchased to meet agreed outcomes.

Skills

Able to supervise the professional casework of a number of staff , to record supervision, management overview and offer feedback and advice

Able to chair meetings and case conferences

IT skills across a range of systems and tools e.g. social care client database, e-mail, internet based programmes, word processing, financial database.

Excellent writing skills in order to record casework and prepare complex reports

Has good communication skills and is able to relate well to service users, families and other professionals. 

Experience

Previous post qualification experience of working as a social worker, in particular work with adult service users.           

Experience of working with service users who have complex needs that require frequent interventions to support their changing needs.

Significant experience working in the area of adult safeguarding and managing significant risk

Experience working with service users who are “difficult to reach” who have been socially excluded.

Experience working with service users and their families where there is an extensive breadth/depth of need and economic deprivation.

Experience of chairing meetings and handling interpersonal conflict

Experience of working with service users and advocates where the service user does not have mental capacity.

General Education

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF QUALIFICATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES ONLY WILL BE ACCEPTED, THESE WILL BE VERIFIED AT START OF APPOINTMENT.

Qualified and Registered Social Worker 

Job Category : Legal

Location : Halton Borough Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £18.00

To prepare Local Authority applications in care proceedings, as directed by the Group Solicitor.

In consultation with Legal Services provide social workers and their line managers with timetable for all Court processes and proceedings.

Coordinate LAM’s between Legal Services and social workers.

To issue proceedings using the Family Public Law Portal and serve documents/papers on Legal representatives/Courts, and the client team.

To be able to use IT and office equipment and software to produce documentation necessary for the role

To assist solicitors in ensuring case files are kept updated using the councils case management systems,

7.         To contribute to the provision of an efficient and effective legal service with a commitment to continual improvement and performance management.

8.         To manage work related pressures from deadlines, interruptions, and the caseload and balance those conflicting demands of the job

9.         To attend court and meetings with counsel, as necessary (if applicable to the role).

10.       To assist with disclosure of documents for court and court bundles as agreed by the Group Solicitor.

11.       To co-ordinate the attendance at Court of social workers, managers and external parties

12.       Requirement to work flexibly when required

To assist with case progression in the social care teams in relation to Discharge of Care 

To assist the team with its case management system.

To assist the council in meeting its targets in accordance with PLO protocol and court directions

Experience

Minimum 2yrs Post qualifying experience in relevant Child Care/Child Care Law setting

Family Court experience, including preparation of Statements and ability to work with people from a range of professions

Experience of working within LA Social Services/Legal Services/Courts settings

Involvement in the presentation of evidence to court

Experience of delivering training

Skills and Abilities

Supporting colleagues and assisting them to meet deadlines.

Ability to coordinate & support colleagues through Court Protocols and Processes 

Demonstrable communication skills (verbal and written)

Good presentation skills

Knowledge

Knowledge of Child Care Law & Court Protocol

Job Category : Housing

Location : Edmonton Green Library, Enfield Council

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £23.98

“The Market Management Service was established to ensure that Enfield’s private rented sector meets resident’s needs. The aim of the Market Management is operationalised by the provision of range of PRS interventions and initiatives including emergency and temporary accommodation and PRS Housing Services, including procurement, allocation, and management services.  

The Housing Supply officer will ensure the supply of TA and PRS housing meets demand and standards. The Housing Supply Team will acquire new TA and PRS housing in line policies and procedures. The Housing Supply Team will also work with suppliers to convert existing leases onto new leasing schemes and ensure the timely and effective hand backs of all types of temporary and privately rented accommodation. The Housing Supply Team will also ensure   

The Housing Supply Officer will also: 

•          Work with the market to improve the supply of TA and PRS Housing to fulfil the LA homelessness duties  

•          Increase the number of households exiting emergency and temporary accommodation, by efficiently securing PRS for residents in need. 

•          Procuring Private Rented Sector properties on commercially sustainable terms for use by Enfield households and manage relationships with landlords on behalf of Enfield Let (Housing Gateway) and the Council  

•          Procure Private Leased Annexes (PLA) and Private Sector Leased (PSL) properties suitable for use on a temporary basis by households while more sustainable housing solutions are secured  

•          To provide advice and guidance to landlords with the purpose of gaining trust in the PRS market and develop relationships with those landlords therefore increasing supply of accommodation for use.  

•          To record and monitor service delivery issues and complaints as they arise to implement correct processes to address and remedy issues, as appropriate. “

Job Specifics – Skills, Experience, Knowledge, Behaviours 

1.         To negotiate with managing agents and landlords to procure and renew various forms of leased temporary and settled accommodation, to meet the needs of homeless clients to whom the Council has a statutory responsibility.  

2.         Monitor, maintain and carry out all duties and responsibilities to achieve the target levels of procurement within timescales. As part of the process ensure all properties are compliant, of good quality and meet our property standards; visit accommodation to carry out condition inspections, and/or to take an inventory; and set up and raise rental payments to managing agents and landlords, as required. 

3.         To negotiate with managing agents, landlords and tenants to procure and allocate suitable private rented accommodation as a homeless prevention measure, or as a means of discharging duty for clients accommodated in temporary accommodation. 

4.         Monitor, maintain and carry out all duties and responsibilities to achieve the target levels of procurement within timescales. As part of the process ensure all properties are compliant, of good quality, suitable and meet our property standards; visit accommodation to carry out condition inspections; visit managing agents to build and maintain relationships; and carry out housing suitability assessments in accordance with homelessness legislation, code of 

guidance, policies and procedures, and assisting welfare benefit cap affected households with moves to affordable accommodation; set up and raise rental payments to managing agents and landlords.  

5. To monitor, maintain and carry out all duties and responsibilities for the hand back of leased temporary accommodation and PRS housing; and negotiate with landlords and managing agents to minimise dilapidations claims and process payment, if required.  

6. To act as a first point of contact and offer advice when dealing with landlord, managing agent and tenant enquiries and complaints, which arise as part of your day-to-day activity and through dedicated channels of communication. 

7. Monitor, maintain and carry out all duties and responsibilities to deal with enquiries and complaints within timescales. As part of the process follow up enquiries to ensure that they are resolved as quickly as practicably possible, and where applicable within contractual obligations; building relationships with stakeholders to both increase accommodation supply and to ensure that tenancies are maintained to minimise the need for formal action being taken ultimately ending in eviction.  

8. Ensure all acquisition and housing data is accurately recorded on notes and IT systems 

9. Any other duties reasonably requested by management 

10. Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council’s Policies and Procedures

Essential: 

1.         Can demonstrate the effective use of time and resources to meet challenging targets and deadlines  

2.         Excellent communication skills both written and verbal 

3.         Excellent IT skills  

4.         Experience of working with several parties to achieve a successful outcome  

5.         Can use initiative to prioritise a heavy workload with several work streams independently of others.  

6.         Excellent negotiating skills with the ability to influence others  

7.         Experience of working in a customer focused environment 

8.         Can demonstrate initiative in improving on existing processes to achieve best value for the Council  

9.         A sound knowledge of current legislation related to the acquisition and leasing of property used as TA and PRS Housing 10. Knowledge of Housing Law (Landlord & Tenant)  

11.       Knowledge of procurement rules, framework agreements – approved lists  

12.       An understanding of the impact of local and national trends on procurement activities  13. A valid UK driving license and access to own vehicle             

Job Category : Legal

Location : Halton Borough Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £35,784 – £38,422

To provide legal and procedural advice and legal services in respect of all the Councils functions as directed by the appropriate Group Solicitor in the most cost effective and efficient way to secure Best Value for the Authority.

To work within the Social Care and Education service area in Legal Services.

Experience and 

Knowledge

Experience of conducting Child Care Cases    Experience of litigation generally

Experience of  Social Services Law Advocacy Advising Clients

All preferably acquired in local government or similar environment Application Form and interview.

Skills and Abilities

            Advocacy, negotiation, communication, analytical, drafting and presentational

skills 

Reliable and able to work on own initiative and under pressure.

Able to organise own workload and work with minimum supervision. 

Ability to give clear and accurate legal advice.

Commitment to developing

expertise in new specialisms as well as maintaining and practising regularly existing advocacy skills. 

Negotiation, communication, drafting and presentational skills.

            Knowledge and use of IT.

Ability to co-ordinate the work of others e.g. experts to ensure compliance with strict timescales.  Ability to anticipate and identify problems and recommend solutions to management on a timely basis.

Job Category : Sec / Admin

Location : Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ , Sefton MBC

Hours Per Week :18.00

Start Date : Immediate start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £10.42

The successful applicant will have responsibility for providing business support for the team including: supporting the team with Sefton Liquid Logic database, typing, telephone duties, co-ordinating the gathering of information from other agencies to support the manager and any other admin duties within the team. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.  IT skills and operational skills in the use of Liquid Logic.  The role requires the ability to work under pressure in a team setting.  A flexible approach is necessary”

1.         Undertake ICT based tasks including the production of letters, reports, schedules, uploading information and data inputting onto children’s records etc.

2.         Provide clerical support, e.g. reprographics, photocopying, filing, emailing, faxing and completing routine forms.

3.         Maintain manual and computerised records and/or management information systems.

4.         Sorting and distributing the internal and external mail.

5.         Undertake reception duties, answering routine telephone and face-to-face enquiries and signing visitors in and out.

6.         Assisting with arrangements for meetings, booking rooms, sending invitations.

7.         Take notes in meetings as required.

8.         Operate office equipment e.g. computer, photocopier etc. in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.

Experience

1. Proven clerical experience

2. Experience of working as part of a team

3. Experience of using computer systems

4.  Experience of using databases in a work setting

Comments: Shows an interest in others, taking time and effort to get to know people and a willingness to help others. Does not work in isolation, sharing information and keeping others up to date. Takes time out to listen, explain and provide constructive feedback

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

5.  Working knowledge of Outlook and Office packages to include Word & Excel 

6.  Demonstrable organisational skills

7.  Ability to prioritise work and work under pressure

8.  Awareness of GDPR/Data Protection

9.  Good communication skills

10. Literate and Numerate

Job Category : Housing

Location : Laurence House, Lewisham Council

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £21.24

To provide a comprehensive high quality homeless prevention, support and advice service to 

all households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.

? To provide an assessment service to customers presenting to the Council to ascertain what 

duties are owed to them by the authority and what alternative housing options are available to 

them.

? To demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Homelessness legislation 

and case law coupled with hands-on experience of preventing homelessness and making 

statutory decisions.

? To develop specialist knowledge and skills in relation to customers required to enable the 

delivery of a flexible and responsive housing needs service that can effectively meet changing 

demands and customer pressures. 

? To keep up to date, clear, accessible and accurate casework and data records and report on 

performance as required.

Skills

A high level of ICT skills to use packages such as word, excel, outlook and bespoke databases

Excellent interviewing skills to extract relevant information from customers and complete accurate assessments

Excellent communication skills at all levels

Excellent negotiating skills with varied parties, including partner agencies and internal colleagues

Excellent written skills to be able to produce detailed and accurate reports and letters to the public and other professionals

Ability to avoid and manage conflict and stress

Experience

Experience of composing and issuing detailed and legally robust S184 decision letters in line with the duties owed to customers under the homelessness legislation S

Experience of producing detailed and accurate reports and letters to the public and other professionals

Experience of working in a demanding front line service in a housing environment S Experience of “front line” interviewing and of dealing effectively with confrontational situations S Experience of working with vulnerable client groups and providing appropriate support as required

Experience of giving detailed advice on a range of welfare benefits to customers to enable them to resolve their accommodation difficulties

Experience of working effectively as a part of a busy team as well as being able to manage your own case load S

Experience of advocating on customer’s behalf with other statutory and voluntary agencies and members of the public

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified

Location : County Hall North, West Sussex County Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £26.53

Location : County Hall North, Horsham

Payrate : £38 an hour.  We are bound by the MoC, which means pay rates are capped. Whist we are able to pay up to £42, this rate is for those deemed to be at ASW level. Please ensure your candidates are aware that the pay rate they request may not be the rate they are offered; managers are assessing skills and competency at interview. If the candidate is being offered less than requested, we will make the reasoning clear whilst providing feedback

DUTY WEEKS – they are one in three.  Strategy meetings are held in the office face to face, so require the candidate to be onsite.    Candidates may also be asked to attend meetings or provide cover at other times, so will need to be able to attend the office at short notice.   DO NOT SUBMIT CVS OF CANDIDATES WHO CAN NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THE OFFICE FOR DUTY WEEKS

They need to be experienced workers with at least 2/3 years experience.

Front line – child protection work

Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk

Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs

Good multi agency working experience

WSCC SW TEAMS – BENEFITS 

Currently planning the roll out of the Family Safeguarding model and starting to arrange training in motivational interviewing for our perm and agency staff.

Unfilled vacancy gap less than 5% so teams well staffed.

Agency staff are treated as part of the service and encouraged to attend transformational and other leadership events

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services

Location : Central Depot Bromley Council

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £18.59

To undertake cyclic and continual safety inspections of trees in Highways, Parks and Greenspace sites, ensuring databases are kept up to date and remedial works are undertaken to mitigate Health and Safety or insurance claims. Assist the Arboricultural Services Manager in the overall task commitment of the unit, and designated responsibility for the planting, maintenance, preservation and safety of all trees

SKILLS & ABILITIES

•          Ability to work accurately and methodically in order to carry out adequate monitoring.

•          Ability to work on own initiative and also to be a key team player.

•          To possess well-developed verbal and written communication skills to ensure effective communication and to deal with contractors and customers.

•          To possess IT and people skills to be able to respond in all formats to complaints and enquiries.

•          To have an open and flexible attitude to working with ICT.

•          Ability to organise workload and programme tasks.

•          Ability to set work objectives and achieve results.

•          Ability to prepare, collate, analyse and interpret specialist information and present the information in an appropriate manner.

•          Ability to present ideas and show initiative

EXPERIENCE 

To have experience of:

•          Working with contractors.

•          Managing an arboricultural asset inventory system.

•          Managing Insurance claims

•          Using computers in a Windows environment including Word and database software.

•          Customer services, resolving enquiries and complaints

            QUALIFICATIONS

•          Level 3/4 or equivalent in Arboriculture or Forestry and at least 2 years’ relevant hands-on experience.

Job Category : Education

Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate start

Start Time :09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £20.84

•          To act as lead professional for Alternative Provision Settings and Specialist Settings where a family’s presenting needs are around school attendance, using a whole family approach to improve outcomes for the family and tackle the root causes of the child/ young person’s poor attendance or absence from school. 

•          The post holder will also be responsible for acting as a community connector and capacity builder within their allocated schools and locality, participating fully in Locality Action Panels and supporting colleagues to manage attendance and welfare issues creatively and proactively. 

•          To conduct direct work with children and young people to improve their school attendance and unpick the issues between the young person and their education provider.

•          Ensuring Lambeth Council meets its statutory obligations in relation attendance and support for vulnerable pupils, applying a thorough understanding of the Police And Criminal Evidence Act (PACE 1984). 

•          To maximise the attendance of pupils at Altnerative Provision and Specialist Settings. To facilitate the attendance and participation of vulnerable children in particular those who experiencing bullying or are on child protection register as well as those children atr risk of missing education as part of the national Troubled Families Programme.  

•          To ensure a multi-agency approach in meeting the needs of pupils to raise attendance levels by liaising where necessary with other partners including Social Care, Inclusion Teams, Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Youth Justicw Service (YJS) to ensure high levels of education provision are provided.

•          To provide expert advice, support and case consultation for Alternative Provision and Special schools where a children was at risk of poor school attendance, persistent absence, missing education or being excluded.

Key Responsibility Areas:

1.         To undertake the full range of assessment, planning and reviewing activity in relation to children and families with additional needs relating to education welfare. This will include:

–           supporting Alternative Provision and Specialist settings and families to achieve positive outcomes for their pupils/selves 

–           Co-ordinating work across networks, communities and agencies to support families

–           Providing evidence-based support

–           Sound decision-making with an appropriate level of independence and autonomy

–           Taking the initiative, to form constructive alliances and to act as a change agent

–           Modelling good practice for universal and community professionals

–           Undertaking direct work with children, young people and their families on an individual or group basis.

2.         To be responsible for arranging and facilitating meetings with parents, pupil’s, schools and other agencies, ensure that Lambeth Council is represented to a high standard and operates within the legislative framework.

3.         To act as the link between Education and Early Help Services 

4.         Where there is a contravention of the education act and court action is deemed appropriate, to support in the delivery of the “PACE” caution on the local authority’s behalf. 

5.         To chair the Borough Court Panels in accordance with statutory duties.  

6.         To prepare and present evidence to the Magistrates & Family Proceedings Court, as instructed by the Education Welfare and Enforcement Manager.

7.         To manage fixed penalty notices in accordance with the Council code of conduct for issuing fixed penalty notices

Qualification   

            A Recognised qualification in work with children or young. Recognised disciplines include social work, teaching, youth work, health worker, police and probation work. 

Relevant Experience

Experience of working with families within schools, local government or other similar public sector agencies.

Experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences.  

Experience of casework support with children and families with additional needs within a schools setting or other similar setting. 

Experience of writing high level reports that analyses statistical and complex data.    

Experience conducting investigations and collating evidence in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE 1984).

Experience of providing expert advice and support to universal and community settings supporting families 

Experience of delivering training for schools on the court process and attendance guidelines.

Experience of Chairing Court Panel / School Attendance Panels and Team around the family 

Job Category : Social Care (Qualified)

Location : Keily House, Lincolnshire County Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £30.00

To manage a caseload of CIN, CP, Children in Care (including private and public law proceedings) within a small Local Authority Children’s Social Care Team.

We are based in the market town of Louth, and span the Lincolnshire Wolds as far as the traditional seaside at Mablethorpe. Sitting in traffic jams will be a thing of the past for you, as your travel time will be spent enjoying an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our office has ample free parking, is open plan and shared with other services such as Early Help and Children’s Health, which promotes good multi-agency working. We are in walking distance of the food shops and cafés which make Louth a foodie destination, and one of the best places to live and work in the UK.

We are a small, supportive team, who are friends as well as colleagues. We have an experienced management team, who value staff wellbeing and promote flexible working and self-care, along with development opportunities and challenges to help you progress your career.

Looking for an experienced agency Social Worker to join our team to cover vacancy and mat leave for a period of around six months – potentially longer.

Job Title :IT Procurement & Contracts Manager

Job Category : Interims

Location : Lewisham Council

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £384.29

Experience of contract management in large complex organisations.

Exposure and delivery of IT and Digital related procurements and purchasing.

Experience of sourcing and delivering IT related procurements, on time and to budget.

Working with the Procurement and Contracts Manager, deliver successful procurements of specific IT & Digital solutions, including but not limited to Lewisham Homes. This also includes sourcing, purchasing, procurement and effective contract management. Experience in delivering different aspects of the procurement process, through requirement gathering, identifying the route to market, to evaluation, moderation, contract award and overseeing delivery of the contract.

Delivering customer focused services across complex organisations, dealing with many stakeholders, often with conflicting priorities.

Experience of undertaking small to medium size contractual negotiations, with an understanding of the impact of terms and conditions, indemnity, liabilities, warranties, performance insurance and termination clauses etc.

Experience of ensuring that the Council are adequately protected and have the ability to invoke any contractual remedies if required.

Forward planning, anticipating changing priorities, different technology solutions, organisational change, predict and deliver future service requirements within the Procurement and Contracts function. 

Delivering to relevant performance standards as set out by senior managers, including the Head of IT and Digital Services.

Monitoring and managing IT and Digital supplier delivery of contracts by managing KPI’s and SLA performance. Escalation by Business areas for non delivery or performance. Implementing and delivering on service improvements within the IT Procurement and Contracts function across the council.

Appropriate experience to challenge, support, advise, influence and engage senior stakeholders regarding IT Procurement and Contract management.

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Consideration of risks and how to manage and mitigate across IT and Digital Service outsourced supplier contracts. 

Working with Finance team, ensure effective and efficient billing for all IT services that are recharged to service areas, including the Shared Technology Service. 

Monitor IT supplier invoices and ensure their accuracy, in particular or bills variable according to usage and terms of contracts.