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Job Category: Admin & Clerical
Location: County Hall, Somerset County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £16.60

Main Responsibilities & Duties:
• Responsible for supporting all aspects of the successful delivery of projects or other time specific work assignments to defined time, cost and quality. Including project planning; change planning and management; resource planning; communications planning; stakeholder engagement, proactive risk analysis, management and resolution and benefits realisation.  
• Supports the establishment and management of appropriate governance arrangements, including production and maintenance of key documentation – business case, project mandate, highlight reports, project plan etc.
• Coordinate the delivery of change activities associated with programmes and projects of change.
• Be a positive ambassador of change.
• Provide advice and guidance on change and project management activities, tools and methodology in support of programmes and projects of change.
• Work with staff at all levels across the authority.
• Act in an advisory capacity to ensure services are ready to operate new processes or within new environments that are associated with the implementation of a new system, process or transformation.
• Ensure the effective understanding and operation of any specific statutory or regulatory duty contained within the role.
• Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the council’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies; health, safety and wellbeing of self and others; and Organisational values in everything you do. Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.

Job Category: Financial
Location: County Hall, Somerset County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £11.18

• Ability to collate and record data, facts and figures with care, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to form and maintain good working relationships with colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to communicate with others in an appropriate, concise and accurate manner, orally and on paper.
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise time.
• Ability to solve issues and/or seek advice when necessary.
• Ability to enthuse, lead and supervise.

Happy to accept 2 years referencing for this role.

Main Responsibilities & Duties:
• Maintain systems to enable practices and procedures to operate to specified standards (e.g. administer imprest and unofficial funds, verifying clients personal finance records, security of cash).
• Prepare orders for goods/services, receive and check delivery notes, invoices and accounts. Process invoices for payment after certification by an appropriate senior member of staff. 
• Check financial information and arrange amendments as necessary (eg monthly downloads and uploading of journals).  Deal with general queries from colleagues, suppliers and clients relating to the financial information systems (eg payment queries).
• Prepare invoices for services/goods provided, receive and check payments, update financial records and investigate debt recovery.
• Use IT systems to input and extract information and distribute information to appropriate staff (eg SAP, spreadsheets)
• Extract statistics for the completion of statutory returns, drawing relevant issues to the attention of Senior Officers 
• Act as a point of contact for staff, clients and suppliers to give routine advice and information relating to the work of the team.
• Prepare and process routine correspondence, reports and other documents 
• Contribute to the office management of departmental buildings in the area, to propose and implement solutions to many and varied problems (eg ICT, accommodation, health & safety).
• Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the council’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies; health, safety and wellbeing of self and others; and Organisational values in everything you do.
• Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: White Rose House, Northallerton, DL6 2NA, North Yorkshire County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £15.36

Job Requirements:
• All candidates must have had the Covid-19 vaccination prior to being submitted to this order. 
• Be responsible for the development and co-ordination of reablement plans 
• Directly commission packages of support for adults with care and support needs or carers to achieve identified outcomes.
• Undertake assessments of need with Deaf, deafened and deafblind people as allocated by your line manager and where indicated, to undertake assessments of need with carers. 
• Provide social work services to Deaf, deafened and deafblind people or people with vision loss, including:
• Community work to help support, develop and stimulate local Deaf communities.
• Providing targeted interventions to people requiring help, including safeguarding, in mental health settings and in overcoming everyday barriers to social participation.
• Acting as ‘Best Interests Assessor’ for the whole of Sensory Services following appropriate training.
• You will facilitate 1:1 and group sessions with North Yorkshire County Council staff and other professionals working with members of the Deaf community to promote awareness and understanding of Deaf culture.
• The post holder will work with the Team Manager to contribute to the development of communities to enable the empowerment of Deaf, deafened and deafblind people. 
• Liaising with local, universal and other services to promote vulnerable people’s access to them. 

Knowledge:
• Good working knowledge, understanding and application of the Care Act and regulations. 
• Knowledge and understand of other relevant legislation for adult social care, for example the Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge and understanding of social care policy developments and good practice at a local and national level.
• Knowledge of statutory requirements, including requirements in respect of carers, equality and anti-discrimination legislation, maintaining a safe working environment, data protection and confidentiality.
• Knowledge and understanding of how Equality & Diversity, Dignity & Respect and Human Rights will apply to this role.

Experience:
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting. (Newly Qualified workers only)
• Demonstrable experience of contributing to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. (Newly Qualified workers only)
• Experience of undertaking assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting. 
• Experience of inter-agency collaboration practice.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking complex assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting.
• Demonstrable experience of initiating the appropriate statutory and other actions required to undertake adult protection investigations.   
• Experience of working positively in a changing environment.
• Relevant community experience for nursing qualified applicants

Occupational Skills:
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. 
• Ability to use persuasion, influencing and/or negotiation techniques to influence others.
• The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
• Professional Qualifications/Training/Registrations required by law, and/or essential for the performance of the role
• A professional social care qualification e.g. Social Work, DipSW, CQSW with current registration with SWE 
• A commitment to undertake ASYE if in first two years of qualifying as a social worker and not completed already.

Job Category : Engineering & Surveying
Location : Bracknell Forest Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Base Salary : £55,596.00
Top Point Salary : £60,650.00

To be the lead technical adviser on all Mechanical & Electrical matters.
Key Objectives of the role
Reporting to the Head of Strategic Asset Management, to lead and manage the Councils energy strategy and identify energy saving greening initiative works.

To review options to reduce the Councils energy costs, across the estate, in line with the Councils climate change strategy.

To be the lead technical adviser on all Mechanical & Electrical matters.

To lead the Councils Mechanical & Electrical services to the Councils property stock, to include designing and managing the works from inception to completion.

To liaise with and manage third party consultants and contractors. To be able to offer advice for other departments and provide updates to stakeholders
Skills and qualifications

Accredited Building Services Degree

Evidence of continuous professional development

Proven Autocad and NBS experience.

Experience of managing a technical team to provide all Mechanical & Electrical related advice and manage construction works from inception to Completion working alongside consultants
DESIRABLE
CIBSE qualification

City & Guilds apprentice trained advance craft and/or C&G 2391 Testing and/or Gas Safe registered

Competence Summary
(Knowledge, abilities, skills, experience)

Detailed understanding on managing consultants, to deliver one off capital projects, which include Mechanical & Electrical services.

Experience with developing a client brief, designing, and delivering projects in excess of £1m.

Knowledge of EU procurement regulations.

Significant experience in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering or skilled in one discipline with a sound knowledge of the other, in a similar role from either a public or private sector background.

Experience of providing technical support to and managing projects and programmes, initiate improvements and ensure lifecycle value for money.

Detailed knowledge of building and service contract administration and contract law.

Experience of overseeing, maintaining, planning multiple compliance work streams and projects.

Management level experience which demonstrates the ability to analyse, interpret and report on complex information which includes the use of information technology and systems as an analytical and management tool.

Experience of reviewing supply chain and processes and the introduction of new technology and systems across teams and services which successfully identified waste and maximised efficiencies
Demonstrable experience of effectively managing contractors and consultants to deliver a high quality, customer focussed and value for money service.

Experience of monitoring programmes and budgets in excess of £1m.

Intermediate level of PC skills, including knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and Project.

Ability to produce clear concise reports.

Sound and logical thinker.

Extensive knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, including CDM Regs.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Good negotiation and organisational skills.

Work alone unsupervised or as part of a team

DESIRABLE
Working in a Local Authority in a similar role.

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

We will pay either £35 per hour and £150 per week expenses, or £38 per hour (no expenses).

Location: Mid Sussex 

Job Description:
In this varied and challenging role, you will work with both Health & Social Care colleagues to provide an excellent Social Work Service. 
In West Sussex we have a real focus on strengths-based approaches and community led support; both yourself and the team will be working hard to support people to regain their skills and independence following their hospital admission, wherever possible. 

As an experienced Social Worker, your focus will be on delivering statutory social work service. This includes undertaking complex work, and ensuring work is delivered in a timely manner. You will work collaboratively with individuals and effectively into the future. You will remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies, codes of conduct and the values of West Sussex. You will also carry a small complex case load and supervise a small number of staff within the team, including supporting our duty function. 

The role will involve you working with the Northern area Social work teams. These teams comprise the Mid-Sussex, Horsham and Crawley teams, working out of County Hall North and Crawley Library (if designated to work with the Crawley team). To provide an accountable statutory social work service to those people who access or need the service to include assessment, planning and review. The worker is expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative requirements. 

Key Accountabilities: 
• Act as a professional representative for the service by working with a focus on delivering services to those people who access or need the service, acting with integrity, professionalism and respect on behalf of the organisation, ensuring at all times that the needs of individuals are paramount. 
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 
• Prepare for, and work with individuals, families, carers, groups and communities to assess their needs and circumstances, implement care packages and evaluate and monitor progress considering best value care package options. 
• Participate in a help desk/duty system and manage a caseload under regular supervision. Assess needs, risks and options taking into account legal and other requirements. Work effectively in partnership with other staff and voluntary agencies and gain a good understanding of all the relevant health, voluntary and private services in the area. 
• Report any allegation or suspicions of abuse or potential abuse of a vulnerable person to an immediate manager or supervisor. Contribute to Safeguarding Investigations and child/adult protection planning where appropriate. 
• Use professional knowledge to negotiate with and on behalf of those people who access or need the service and with a wide range of providers and other professionals. 
• Ensure effective implementation of department policies and procedures in line with statutory responsibilities. 
• Maintain accurate records of all work undertaken and produce case reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences including meetings, conferences, court, panels and other agencies. 
• To contribute to initiatives and development work as required. 
• To develop effective working relationships and communicate effectively with those people who access or need the service, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals in order to deliver the appropriate interventions. 
• Prepare for, attend, contribute and participate fully in supervision. 
• Support Family Aides/Community Support Workers and sessional workers in providing care and support for vulnerable people and their families as required. Assist in supervision and mentoring of students as appropriate. 
• Ensure the best value use of resources particularly when commissioning work. 
• Responsible for small expenditures from an agreed budget when appropriate. E.g. making necessary purchases in relation to situations arising with people who access or need the service. 
• Responsible for the care of, accuracy, confidentiality, security and maintenance of all individuals’ records and related manual and/or computerised information, including highly sensitive and confidential adult/child protection issues. 
• Support equality and diversity and respect individuals, carers and colleagues regardless of gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic origin. Challenge oppressive practice and behaviour. 
• Remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct in order to uphold a high quality seamless service. Identify own continuing professional development needs and strive to meet these. 
• Equalities – Supports equality and diversity and respects anyone in contact with, working for and using the services provided by West Sussex County Council regardless of gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic origin.

It is a generic SW role – They will be undertaking general social work within a locality team as per the role profile. We work with customers from 18 to end of life irrespective of conditions.

Work that will be undertaking will include but not limited to:
• Adult Safeguardings
• Care Act Assessments and reviews 
• Mental capacity Assessments 
• Working and contributing to a duty rota as required 

The candidate will be expected to spend 2-3 days per week doing visits, and the rest of the time can be worked from home.

Job Category: Administration
Location: County Hall North, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week: 28.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £11.90 to £12.68 per hour

Please note these roles require a mix of home and office working. 1 part time person required, to work 4 full days per week.

Job Purpose:
⦁ A member of the Business Services team who is responsible for providing a range of administrative support within and across safeguarding administration services as determined by the Team Manager or Business Service Manager.
⦁ Responsible for the provision of an effective and efficient, professional and flexible administrative service to support our client. Undertaking a range of administrative tasks as directed and maintaining excellent customer service and standards of work in order to uphold and enhance the reputation of the Business Services team.   
⦁ Working on an assignment basis the Safeguarding Administrator will provide a range of administrative services requiring daily liaison with colleagues of all levels in both the Business Services and Council teams.
⦁ Regular contact with people who use the Council’s services, who may, at times, be distressed or angry. 
⦁ The Safeguarding Administrator will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to take account of the changing needs of both the Business Services and Council teams. 

Qualifications:
⦁ Demonstrable experience of using administrative systems and practices.
⦁ Good general knowledge of IT software and related systems / procedures.
⦁ Competent note taking skills (electronic)

Role Demands:
⦁ The job requires concentrated mental attention over lengthy periods and prolonged concentrated sensory attention in order; to take minutes, word process documents, and prepare complex documents for distribution.
⦁ The work will involve exposure to people or subject matter, which can place emotional or environmental demands on the job holder.
⦁ The job requires extended periods of concentration in order to ensure work is completed accurately.

Job Category: Administration
Location: Burnside Centre, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £11.12 to £12.42 per hour

Mon – Fri 08:30am-5:00pm and requires a day or 2 in the office and the rest can be worked from home.

In the Family Safeguarding Team 

Job Purpose: 
⦁ Member of an admin resource pool, responsible for providing a range of administrative support within and across services as determined by the Team Manager.
⦁ Responsible for the provision of an effective and efficient, professional & flexible administrative service to support clients. Undertaking a wide range of technical/specialist admin tasks as directed, whilst maintaining high standards of work.
⦁ Taking notes, requiring intense concentration over lengthy periods, analysing and interpreting complicated information which is also sensitive/ disturbing / highly confidential, such as note taking at Child Protection conferences.
⦁ Delivers timely and efficient specialist financial administrative support to a team or across teams with an awareness of team requirements.
⦁ Prioritises day to day work in the short term, working with colleagues to deliver objectives and a customer focussed service. 
⦁ Analyses technical financial information relating to the team specialism and draws conclusions to process varied tasks appropriately. For example, analyses information relating to a client’s assessment or service’s budget and suggests appropriate action according to the individual situation in line with procedures
⦁ To locally deliver a flexible administrative service to a diverse range of internal clients to a high standard. To include: creation of complicated documents in specialist ICT software, electronic filing systems, report writing, organisation of large events/courses.
⦁ Communicate with and develop good working relationships with a wide and diverse range of people, such as Senior Management, customers, key contacts and members of the public
⦁ To co-ordinate case conferences or events which involve: arranging dates, booking of rooms, informing attendees of arrangements and distribution of highly confidential papers within statutory timescales.

Qualifications:
⦁ Demonstrable office experience using administrative office systems and practices.

Essential Skills:
⦁ Good understanding of data management, including collection and processing.
⦁ Relevant theoretical or organisational knowledge of systems, procedures and policies associated with operating an administrative service. 
⦁ Good knowledge of a wide and varied range of ICT software. 

Experience:
⦁ Experience of working within administrative office systems/practices and providing effective flexible administrative support to various service areas.
⦁ Demonstrable evidence of organising and handling data sets, of turning data into information and providing administrative output i.e. Word, Excel etc.
⦁ Ability to take electronic notes in meetings.
⦁ Good at organising day to day workload in order to follow/meet a given brief.
⦁ Experience and confidence in dealing with people and the ability to establish credibility at all levels of the organisation.

Job Category: Housing
Location: Civic Centre, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £20.00

We are transforming our Market Management Service to reshape the private rented sector to ensure it meets residents housing needs. 
The Market Management Service oversee the procurement and management of temporary accommodation and private rented housing, including over 3000 temporary accommodation homes and approximately 600 private rented homes. 

The new Market Management Service contains four teams:
• Market Shaping – to intervene into the private rented sector to improve supply and standards
• Housing Access – to coordinate access to temporary accommodation and private rented housing
• Housing Solutions – to provide a comprehensive leased temporary accommodation service combining housing options advice and housing management
• Private Rented Housing – to provide a commercially-focused, social letting service that will deliver decent, sustainable private rented homes.  

The role:
• We are recruiting 1.5 Private Rented Housing Officers to join our new Private Rented Housing Service.  
• We want ambitious, proactive people who can find creative and innovative solutions to local problems and a passion for customer service.
• You will be equipped with mobile technology and will be responsible for all aspects of tenancy and property management, including repairs, inspections, investigating complaints and dealing with tenancy related issues.
• You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong IT skills and be able to work autonomously and inclusively in a team.
• You have experience of working in Property Management, Housing Management or hold a property-relevant degree and have a valid UK driving license and have access to own vehicle to perform your duties. 

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified
Location : Monkton Park Council Offices, Wiltshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £28.03

Team is Children in Care North – office location is based in Chippenham, however expectations of office work will be duty days (potentially one day a fortnight) and f2f meetings (currently once a month) managers can look at allocating caseloads based on location of social worker.

Experience required: parenting assessments, safeguarding, court experience.

Job Category : Manual Labour
Location : Prince Rock Depot, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 06:30
End Time : 16:15
Salary: £11.18

Collection of Garden waste across the city
Primary purpose of role
To keep the city and local environment clean, tidy and adequately maintained with minimum disruption to residents and the public in compliance with relevant environmental legislation.

Job Category : Interims
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.17

MAIN PURPOSE:

1. To undertake the collection, collation and reporting of data and information to
   support performance management of Children and Education or Adults and
   Housing services.
2. To provide data and information to support needs analysis, strategy development
   and business planning for Children and Education or Adults and Housing services.
3. To support the analysis of data and information which enhances the understanding
   of practitioners, managers and elected members in respect of Children and
   Education or Adults and Housing services.
4. To undertake the collection, collation and submission of statutory returns and
   collections in respect of Children and Education or Adults and Housing services.
5. To provide data and information for the SLA with schools (Children and Education
   postholders).
6. To provide data and information in respect of integrated adults and health services
   (Adults and Housing postholders)
7. To provide data and information for commissioning and contract monitoring
   purposes

SKILLS & ABILITIES

1. Highly numerate.
2. Good skills in ICT applications and tools.
3. Good skills in the manipulation and reporting of data and information.
4. Ability to draw together diverse data and information strands to support analysis and reporting.
   Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff and operational managers in the council, schools and commissioned services
   KNOWLEDGE
5. Good knowledge of the business processes involved in delivering children’s/adults’ services.
6. Knowledge of performance management frameworks.
7. Good understanding of information governance and data protection principles and requirements
   EXPERIENCE
8. Experience of collecting, collating and reporting a diverse range of data and information in a council or similar setting.
   QUALIFICATIONS
9. Good standard of general education.
10. Practitioner level training and skills in key ICT software packages and reporting tools.

Job Category : IT
Location : Monaghan Row, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.37
Main Purpose of Post/Job Summary

Act as part of a multidisciplinary IT Department contributing to the management and delivery of IT services, with a focus on coordination and administration, and support for local service request fulfilment.
Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide operational and administrative support across the range of IT Department functions:
   a. Assist the IT Manager in the development of IT service delivery processes, including the development of IT related standard operating procedures and policies to enable effective operational management of the IT Department
   b. Contribute to the coordination and administration of IT Department operational processes (e.g. team documentation, finance, risk management, procurement etc.)
2. Respond to and deal with service fulfilment requests, in accordance with agreed procedures, including local user, service, equipment and site supports.
3. To provide advice and assistance to Elected Members, staff and associated groups on all IT matters that contribute to the efficient running of the service.
4. Maintain a register of all IT assets
5. Maintain appropriate stock of IT equipment and consumables
6. Where directed, oversee works provided by third parties and contractors ensuring compliance with agreed processes
7. To administer user and system accounts and security features to protect information while allowing appropriate access to users.
8. To support council training in Information Technology through identification of training needs and the provision of ‘in house’ training.
9. Support Information Management governance to ensure safe, effective and legally compliant use of Council data
10. Contribute to the development of information management processes and promote best practice within the organisation
11. Provide IT support in response to the invocation of the Council Emergency or Disaster Recovery Plans.
12. Responsible for temporarily assigned staff and the co-ordination and overseeing of students supervised and the administration of all relevant records, in line with the placement.

Job Category : Legal (Specialist)
Location : London Borough of Hillingdon
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £44.05

Plannig Lawyer undertkaing full spectrum of local authority legal planning work

Job Category : Admin & Clerical
Location : Eastbourne Town Hall, Lewes and Eastbourne Councils
Hours Per Week : 37.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £10.61

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £24.38

PLEASE ENSURE ALL COMPLIANCE IS UPLOADED ON CV SUBMISSION

• This is an essential OT role within Adult Social Care, where you will be responsible for carrying out OT assessments needs and providing advice and guidance to our service users. You will liaise and work closely with contacts from different sectors, health and the voluntary sector, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that communication is effective, and that knowledge and best practice are shared.
• You will review and monitor care plans and the quality of service provision and respond to changes need. This includes, develop, and evaluate reablement programs as part of care packages ensuring that programs to support independence are implemented.
• You will be responsible for managing your own caseloads or specific projects to ensure specialist inputs are obtained and effective outcomes achieved.
• You will raise awareness of a range of care issues and their implications and carry out risk assessments and complete safe methods of work practice guides, in order to ensure that needs are assessed, and appropriate action is taken.

Full clean driver’s licence and access to a car (or able to use another appropriate means of travel) to travel to a range of locations including home visits.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

1. You will hold or be working towards a professional qualification e.g. degree, NVQ 4 or equivalent
2. You will have relevant experience of working in similar service areas.
3. You will demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, processes and procedures.
4. If relevant: you will have a proven ability to supervise and allocate work to others, monitoring their performance and taking corrective action.
5. You will have well developed interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships and engage successfully with colleagues and service users.
6. You will have financial experience or training to carry out associated financial tasks.
7. You will have a good level of general IT skills and the ability to use, or be trained in the use of, appropriate specialist in-house software packages.
   Able to demonstrate the Council’s values and behaviours.

Job Category : Interims
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £160.00 per day

Under the direction of Performance and Information Manager you will manage and lead a team of information analysts responsible for the Council’s Adult social care functions.
You will lead the development and delivery of strategies for the provision and use of management information in our social care functions. This includes data analysis and presentation to support policy formulation, decision making and reporting of performance measures and benchmarking, as well as the development and delivery of data to support financial monitoring and service improvement. You will also advise commissioners on the effective performance monitoring of contracted and commissioned services and support the delivery of the JSNA.

Job Category : IT
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.47

Under the direction of the Performance and Information Manager you work across the Council’s Adult and Children’s social care and Education teams to improve the reporting and information recording capabilities of the Department.
You will be working closely with Performance Managers and Operational colleagues to develop reports in line with operational and strategic requirements, further strengthening our Performance Management Framework.
Using your systems and technical knowledge you will produce and develop reports via our SQL and PowerBI systems, in order to satisfy existing and evolving requirements of the operations teams, enhancing our reporting suite to support service delivery and statutory functions.
By identifying best practice, product options, enhancements and internal practice improvements, you will recognise, promote and support the implementation of enhancements across our main Social Care and Education systems.
The implementation of system enhancements, in collaboration with senior operations staff, service users and ITD will not only ensure functionality is adequately utilised but also further enhance our reporting abilities.

The position will involve: –
(a) Substantial contact with staff at all levels throughout the Department, including extensive consultation and liaison with senior management/establishment managers.
(b) Regular close working with colleagues in other Council Departments on joint developments and projects
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

1. Significant experience within an organisation, delivering similar services.
2. You will have a relevant professional or equivalent degree level qualification or you will have equivalent relevant experience.
3. You will demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of contributing to developing processes, procedures and/or projects
4. You will have well-developed interpersonal skills for persuading, influencing and be able to build relationships and communicate effectively with customers.
5. You will have good literacy and report writing skills.
6. You will be able to understand and interpret complex data and provide solutions and recommendations to achieve appropriate outcomes.
7. You will have good analytical, numeracy and reasoning skills.
8. You will be able to work flexibly, cope with competing demands through good time management and work under pressure.
9. You will have the ability to monitor and or report on budgets budgets/financial information/resources.
10. You will have a good level of general IT skills and the ability to use appropriate specialist in-house software packages.
11. If relevant: you will be able to assist in the management and develop a team.
    Able to demonstrate the Council’s values and behaviours.

Job Category: Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location: RIVER PARK HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £17.57

Looking for a Reviewing officer – Unqualified social worker.
However qualified social workers especially newly qualified who wish to apply are welcome to apply.
However willing to have a qualified social worker with no post qualifying experience. 

Roles and Responsibilities:
• To complete Reviews people with LD living at home with a care package
• Residential and Nursing placements
• Supported living placements
• Shared Lives
   OR 
• To work within the Duty Team consisting (social worker and manager(Senior Practitioner)  to complete the following 
• Answering phone and actioning appropriately
• Receiving and sending emails and actioning appropriately.
• Recording on telephone and email conversations Data base
• Making referrals to other agencies and other team within the organisation such brokerage, Finance Team, appointeeship, safeguarding team 

Job Category: Finance – Unqualified
Location: 2 Hillman Street, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start 
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £18.76

Job Summary:
A position exists for a full time credit controller, working 36 Hours per week. Candidates must have two years credit control experience to be considered.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
• To ensure the council’s sundry debts are collected on time and to contribute to achieving maximum income collection.
• To ensure that Hackney’s sales ledgers are maintained to a high standard of accuracy.

Service Specific Accountabilities:
• Making contact with customers by telephone, letter and email to ensure invoice payments are received within credit terms.
• Establishing contact with both small and large regular customers and maintaining a relationship to ensure invoices are paid on time.
• Regularly reporting the status of top debtor’s accounts to Senior Managers, to ensure high value debts are continually reviewed, and escalated to management where intervention is required throughout the financial year.
• Contacting customers whose invoices are overdue, stressing the Council’s credit terms and identifying any query that may be preventing payment.
• Escalating queries to senior levels within the organisation where necessary until satisfactory responses are received.
• Taking payments by debit or credit card over the telephone, ensuring compliance with the council’s data protection policy.

Experience and Working Knowledge:
• Sound relevant credit control experience in a large organisation.
• Experience of investigating and resolving customer queries and advising service managers.
• Basic knowledge of local government functions.
• Thorough knowledge of computerised debt collection systems.
• Experience of taking payments over the telephone.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office software (Excel/Word/Outlook).
• Knowledge of legal and enforcement processes in respect of debt recovery.
• Experience of setting up direct debits over the telephone and trained in direct debit rules and regulations.
• Experience of achieving performance targets in order to continuously improve services.
• Understanding of how income collection and allocation processes work.
• Experience of working in teams that takes into account the needs of diverse customer groups.
• Experience of reconciling customer accounts.

Skills:
• Excellent customer care skills.
• Able to keep calm and remain professional in the face of irate customers.
• Excellent telephone and writing skills when contacting customers.
• The customer base is diverse and the ability to communicate fully and effectively is paramount.
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise workloads in order to meet corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Ability to reconcile both simple and complex accounts.
• Able to apply direct debit rules and regulations.
• Ability to assist in the implementation of new initiatives to support corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Ability to understand and resolve customer queries from a diverse customer base. 
• Good numeracy skills.
• Ability to understand the services being invoiced so as to communicate clearly with both service areas and customers.
• Ability to focus on what is important and make decisions based on available information.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with both large and small customers.

Job Category: Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location: Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate start
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £357.60 per day

Focus is on Learning Disabilities:
• Length up to 6 months
• Hybrid with 2 days per week in office

Head of Commissioning Commissioning Learning Disability Services Working with ICB to develop integrated learning disability strategy and services Working with contracted providers to deliver the best outcomes to residents with a learning disability and carers Manage a small team of commissioning staff.

MAIN PURPOSE: 
• To lead and manage the commissioning function (strategy, service design, procurement and contract management) for aspects of education, adult and children social care, public health, housing and health services within the ECHS Department.
• To lead and manage a team of officers responsible for commissioning/market management and health and social care transformation programmes.
• To develop and implement commissioning strategies in order to improve outcomes for children and adults and their families and carers in line with best value principles.
• To consult, inform and communicate with all key stakeholders on all aspects of the delivery of commissioning activity.
• To ensure compliance with national and local regulations, processes and procedures, and ensuring consistency between strategic service delivery plans and commissioning strategies.
• This is one of two current posts at Head of Service level managing aspects of the education, social care, housing and health service markets. 
• The post-holder will be accountable to the ECHS Director of Programmes and for joint projects with health will have dotted-line accountability to the Director of Transformation and Innovation at Bromley CCG.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:
• Proven ability to operate at a senior level in the organisation and when liaising with partners.
• Proven ability to manage and lead on complex projects under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written to effectively disseminate information at all levels within the organisation.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative, managing and prioritising workload and making decisions after exploring the options and considering the implications.
• Proven project management skills to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Ability to assess and evaluate risk.
• Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels within the organisation and with the Council’s service providers.
• Confidence to manage internal and external project participants ensuring projects are delivered to timescale and budget.
• Proven ability to mentor and guide staff in the responsibilities of project roles, motivating others to maximise their performance.
• Ability to add value through project management.
• Proven ability to produce and analyse financial data.
• Understanding of financial systems used in Bromley.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Professional and/or management qualification (desirable).

KNOWLEDGE:
• Strong understanding of  commissioning and procurement.
• Knowledge of the range of issues pertaining to commissioning education, housing, care and health services.
• Understanding of the key issues facing local government.
• Understanding of the wider integration agenda with Health and other partners.
• Knowledge of the commissioning cycle and best practice in commissioning.

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience of managing commissioning activity ideally within a local government or similar setting.
• Strong staff management experience.
• Proven track record of providing high level advice and briefings both written and verbal to senior managers and elected Members.
• Evidence of managing change and improvement effectively in an organisation.
• Strong leadership and experience of delivering improvements by successfully project managing complex and contentious projects.
• Experience of working in a strategic role implementing best practice in commissioning.