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Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Laurence House – Second Floor, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £21.80

SW posts in the Adults with learning disability transition team, candidate need to have a background in working with adults with LD, ADHD, Autism. Need to have completed ASYE , 2 years post qualifying. Must have good skill set including, strength based assessment, reviews, legal literacy, must have good working knowledge of legislation including MCA and DoLS , Safeguarding, Care Act. Equality Act. All assessments and Reviews are undertaken face to face. SW will have access to in house training and wider team learning events for CPD.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The main purpose of this job is to work as a care management social worker to assess the needs of vulnerable young adults and their carers, and to support them to arrange services to meet the needs and outcomes identified. The promotion prevention, independence and self-directed support, choice and control will be central to this post. Risk management and safeguarding will also be key parts of this role (including children’s safeguarding where relevant), together with case management support for those adult requiring frequent specialist intervention to meet their needs.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL DUTIES:

Main activity

1. Ensure service users and their carers receive timely and proportionate care management assessments of their needs that identify the outcomes they wish to achieve.
2. Promote service user independence and recovery, including the promotion of Enablement and linking the service user to community based services that enhance personal wellbeing.
3. To work as part of multi agency teams providing seamless health and social care services.
4. To ensure that service users and carers are involved in individualised and creative support planning, encouraging choice and control through the use of personal budgets, including Direct Payments as the default position
5. Work with Community Development Staff to help people access community based services.
6. Ensure that risk management and adult safeguarding procedures are adhered to in social work practice. 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 procedures.
7. Carry out any assessments and service users reviews to a high standard in a timely manner in accordance with procedures reflecting the needs and outcomes of the service user and carer

All CV’s must have the Lewisham coversheet attached or they will be automatically rejected

SW posts in the Adults with learning disability 18 + transition team, candidate need to have a background in working with adults with LD, ADHD, Autism. Need to have completed ASYE , 2 years post qualifying. Must have good skill set including, strength based assessment, reviews, legal literacy, must have good working knowledge of legislation including MCA and DoLS , Safeguarding, Care Act. Equality Act. All assessments and Reviews are undertaken face to face. SW will have access to in house training and wider team learning events for CPD.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The main purpose of this job is to work as a care management social worker to assess the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers, and to support them to arrange services to meet the needs and outcomes identified. The promotion prevention, independence and self-directed support, choice and control will be central to this post. Risk management and safeguarding will also be key parts of this role (including children’s safeguarding where relevant), together with case management support for those adult requiring frequent specialist intervention to meet their needs.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL DUTIES:

Main activity

1. Ensure service users and their carers receive timely and proportionate care management assessments of their needs that identify the outcomes they wish to achieve.
2. Promote service user independence and recovery, including the promotion of Enablement and linking the service user to community based services that enhance personal wellbeing.
3. To work as part of multi agency teams providing seamless health and social care services.
4. To ensure that service users and carers are involved in individualised and creative support planning, encouraging choice and control through the use of personal budgets, including Direct Payments as the default position
5. Work with Community Development Staff to help people access community based services.
6. Ensure that risk management and adult safeguarding procedures are adhered to in social work practice. 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 procedures.
7. Carry out any assessments and service users reviews to a high standard in a timely manner in accordance with procedures reflecting the needs and outcomes of the service user and carer
8. Work with advocates and carers where the service user does not have mental capacity to achieve outcomes in his/her best interests.
9. Ensure the principles of the Mental Capacity Act are applied where appropriate.
10. Ensure that all relevant case work recording is made on appropriate electronic systems in an accurate and timely manner. To be responsible for update Service User and Carer information and identifying and rectifying missing or incorrect information.
11. Manage own work and use both professional supervision, and the Council’s Performance Evaluation Scheme, as opportunities to seek advice and reflect on and develop practice.
12. Base decision making on research/evidence in consultation with others.
13. Prepare reports as required.
14. Work collaboratively with the lead officer, line manager and staff to provide positive peer challenge, and professional support to develop practice.
15. 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.

Partnership Working/ Team Work

16. Promote joint working at a frontline level, working in a multi-disciplinary way with colleagues in other departments of the Council and in Health.
17. Attend team meetings and foster a positive team working environment
18. Take responsibility for own and other people’s safety, by ensuring that team members and other staff are not knowingly exposed to the risk of violence
19. Alert line management to any situation of high risk which may attract negative public attention to the department.

General Duties

20. Adhere to legislation, guidance, proce

Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : Lewisham Library, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £21.92

Local Historian – Librarian

Working pattern 35 h/w on a 3-weeks rota including 1 Sat, 1 Sun, and 1 weekend off. Working pattern can be reviewed.

This is a key role responsible for the delivery of the Local History provision within the Local History and Archives Centre located on the top floor of Catford Library Catford Centre, 23-24 Winslade Way, London SE6 4JU.

You will be responsible for developing, driving, and evaluating local history material and projects that continuously improve services to residents. The post-holder will be working with the Archivist to develop current services to reflect current and future needs of our audiences.

Knowledge
Of the priorities for managing a local history and archives service
Of sources of information for local history
Of current developments within the libraries, museums and archives sector
Working knowledge of partners and potential partners in the heritage world
Excellent knowledge of managing projects with a range of partners
Good knowledge of delivering services to a wide range of customers and community groups S*
Good knowledge of the latest developments in heritage service delivery

Aptitude
To champion heritage services and infrastructure
For discovering, learning and sharing skills and knowledge
An inclusive team player with the ability to work collaboratively
For customer care and quality service delivery
For using primary and secondary source materials

Skills
Excellent research and discovery skills
Excellent display and exhibition techniques
Excellent communication skills, including delivering training
Excellent interpersonal skills
Good training skills

Experience
Excellent experience of working in a local history/archives environment
Excellent experience of promoting local history/archives services to a range of client groups
Excellent experience of working collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners
Excellent experience of delivering quality customer service within a Council environment
Good experience of leading and managing performance improvement
Good experience of interpreting community needs and responding appropriately
Experience of providing staff training and development
Experience of analysing information/statistics/performance and producing reports
Experience of undertaking project work with a range of partners
Experience of working with schools to promote the service
Experience of using ICT for information storage and retrieval

General Education
Literate and numerate
Good general education
Chartered or qualified Librarian, Archival qualification (or equivalent standard through relevant experience)

Personal Qualities
Enthusiastic about heritage and local history
Passionate about delivering quality services
Motivated to discover, learn and share new skills and expertise
Flexible approach to Service delivery
Adaptable and receptive to new ideas and willing and able to adapt to changing circumstances
Enthusiastic and customer focused
Creative

Job Category: Interims 8hr Day Rates
Location: Lewes and Eastbourne Council, Lewes and Eastbourne Councils
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £28.65

It is an exciting time to be joining our planning team. As Head of Planning, the successful candidate will play a central role in leading our team of planning and building regulations professionals.
The Planning First service area is a joint Development Management and Planning Policy team which covers the councils’ Local Planning Authority areas.

We are seeking an individual who is looking to grow with the organisation and provide innovative insights to achieving excellent performance within the service and deliver continued improvement through our transformation process, and beyond.

As Head of Planning, you will be responsible for:
• Leading the planning service
• Ensuring planning supports the strategic place shaping agenda.
• Evaluation, negotiation, recommendation of applications
• Ability to work with landowners and developers on ensuring high quality sustainable schemes are delivered.
• Leading the Planning Policy formulation
• Briefing committees and Council Members as well as representing the Council at appeals, hearings, and public inquiries.
• Leading planning service improvements and projects
• Assisting with recruiting and developing a well-functioning planning team and managing the team’s workloads, finances, and budgets.

To succeed as Head of Planning you must be competent in a variety of IT systems and packages. You will communicate with customers, colleagues, and managers of different social, economic, and professional backgrounds via face-to-face, email and telephone. You must also have:
• A recognised planning qualification.
• Full RTPI Membership.
• Aptitude for progressing applications and development projects.
• Aptitude for Planning Policy formulation.
• Management and supervisory experience.
• High level communication and presentation skills including clear, concise reporting and correspondence particularly concerning complex or controversial issues.
• A working understanding of The Building Regulations.

Job Purpose:
• To lead the process for development of the Local Plans, including commissioning of and support for specialists, and focusing on meeting the needs of customers, residents and Members through a consistent and robust evidence-based approach.
• To hold a unifying accountability over all aspects of planning strategy, policy and delivery, working closely with Head of Case and Specialist Services to ensure close alignment across planning policy and case work ensuring seamless end to end customer service.
• To oversee the planning functions for the two councils working with the Director of Planning and Regeneration and development partners in delivering our regeneration ambitions across the two authorities.
• To work closely with the South Downs National Park to ensure two planning authorities for Lewes work well together in terms of delivering spatial and economic development priorities of the local areas.
• To provide specialist expertise as required to meet the needs of the Planning Committee, especially around contentious cases.

QUALIFICATIONS: 
Essential:
• Qualification at degree level or above in town planning or similar.
• Full corporate membership of RTPI

Desirable:
• Evidence of on going management training and development
 
TRAINING:
Essential:
• Management principles and practices

Desirable:
• Coaching
• Project Management
 
SKILLS and ABILITIES: 
Essential:
• Excellent communication skills.
• High level of financial planning and budget management acumen.
• Commissioning – demonstrable ability to determine the most appropriate provision in order to deliver and improve service outcomes in the most efficient, effective, equitable and sustainable way.
• Able to ensure that services are delivered in an efficient and cost effective manner that delivers maximum value for money and reduce the need for subsidising the planning budget.
• Able to prioritise effectively.
• Ability to work directly with elected Members on a regular basis, providing professional advice on sensitive matters related to planning and development
• The ability to impact and influence – influences stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes and drive positive change.
• Excellent relationship building and partnership working skills.
• Attuned to the formal and informal structures, organisational culture and politics of the council and partner organisations.
• Able to promote trust, purpose and collaboration internally and with key external partners providing effective community leadership.
• The drive to improve performance for internal and external customers and improve service users’ quality of life.
• Able to identify and implement better outcomes and processes. 
• Able to engage and help others to achieve improvements.
 
KNOWLEDGE: 
Essential:
• Excellent understanding of Planning policy context and recent legislatives changes and implications for councils
• Excellent understanding of development management and building control policy and practice
• Knowledge of council structures and skills in working effectively with operational and strategic managers and elected members.
• Experience of working with local partners including county councils and other districts and boroughs to meet our corporate priorities.
• Detailed knowledge of local government services and structures.

Desirable:
• Experience of working with South Downs National Park
 
EXPERIENCE: 
Essential:
• Experience of leading and managing professional planning staff at a senior management level in a local planning authority.
• Experience of working in a political context and able to build and maintain relationships with elected members, senior officers, staff and partners.
• Experience of evaluating and appraising programmes and services.
• Experience of successfully identifying and implementing changes to services to improve delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Proven track record of budget and people management experience.
 
PHYSICAL, LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 
Essential:
• Willingness to work within the councils’ Management and Core competency frameworks
• An engaging, enthusiastic and positive manner with a strong “can do” approach
• Able to attend evening meetings, often at short notice.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £27.87

We are looking for social work practitioners who are able to undertake work across our social work teams including child in our assessment teams.
Sefton is a changing and vibrant authority, already on a journey of aspiration and ambition as it works towards an exciting 2030 vision and delivering our 5 year children and young peoples plan.

Sefton is an exciting place to be and we would like social workers to join us, to be part of our journey of continuous improvement. Sefton has a committed workforce and we are keen to drive down caseloads and achieve good outcomes for our children and Young People.
If you come to work for Sefton, we have a flexible working policy for all staff with the ability to work from home and car parking if you come to the office. We believe training and supervision is key to our workforce and this will be available for anyone who joins sefton. Consistency and stability is important to us and we are able to offer 6 month contracts to those that join us and pay can be negotiated, subject to previous experience and suitable reference checks.

JOB PURPOSE:
• To contribute to the operational delivery of an effective Children’s Social Care Service as part of a team responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and young people continuously improving outcomes.
• To be responsible for social work provision including managing own caseload whilst managing the reputation of the Department and Council and complying with national and service procedures and guidance.

Qualifications:
• SW Degree or equivalent
• Current registration with SWE

Experience:
• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in statutory Children’s Social Care service.

Demonstrable skills, knowledge and aptitudes:
• Knowledge of Children Act 1989 /2004, Adoption & Children Act 2002, Children and Young Persons Act 2008, other appropriate legislative frameworks, statutory guidance and processes for Looked After Children and Children subject to Child Protection Plans.
• Knowledge of the Assessment Framework and other relevant assessment and planning tools.
• Knowledge of child development and family dynamics
• Ability to research, cascade and incorporate new guidance and procedure into work quickly and effectively; and use to inform professional decision making. 
• Ability to demonstrate advanced skill level in applying needs-led assessment and planning.

Special requirements:
Essential:
• This post is registered as exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and in accordance with the Police Act; the successful candidate must be able to obtain satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in order to be appointed to the post. 
• In this respect a criminal record check will be undertaken prior to confirmation of appointment.
Desirable:
• This post is designated casual car user.

Other:
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to own professional development and that of other colleagues
• Ability to understand and demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity.
• Must be legally entitled to work in the UK.
• The Council operates a no smoking policy. Employees are not allowed to smoke in the workplace or to take smoking breaks during work time.

Job Category: Housing, Benefits & Planning
Location: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Hours Per Week: 24.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £50.00

A Tree Officer is required to work in the Planning Department, assessing tree works applications with potential also to assess impacts of planning applications/development proposals upon trees. Aided by existing P/T Senior Tree Officer.

General description of role:
• An opportunity has arisen for a well organised and effective individual to join our busy Development Management Service in the role of Tree Officer.
• The role will involve assessing planning applications in relation to the impact upon trees, and assessing proposals to carry out works to protected trees, liaising with applicants and their agents, where required.
• You will also have the opportunity to get involved in other aspects of the Planning service’s tree work, including the preparation, service and confirmation of Tree Preservation Orders and the investigation of unauthorised tree works.
• A minimum qualification of a National Diploma in Arboriculture or FdSc arboriculture is desired, although consideration will be given to candidates that are working towards these qualifications or can demonstrate strong working knowledge of modern arboricultural practices with at least 2 years’ experience, preferably within the field of development planning.
• You should be able to demonstrate ability to work on your own initiative, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to putting our customers first.
 
Top duties / responsibilities of role:
1.Make assessments of planning applications in respect of their tree impacts
2. Suggest conditions and consider tree protection and/or landscaping details submitted
3. Assess proposals to undertake works to protected trees (TPOs or within Conservation Areas)
4. Liaise with applicants and their agents to find solutions, overcome issues or discuss concerns.
5. Prepare and serve Tree Preservation Orders
6. Assist with investigation of unauthorised tree works
7. Provide advice appeal or in prosecution as required
8. Maintain up to date arboricultural knowledge]
9. Provide general advice and support to elected councillors, officers of the planning service and wider Council and members of the public.

Job Category: Social Care – Unqualified
Location: Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £16.14

An opportunity has arisen within the Client Support team for the above post to undertake Adult Social Care Financial Assessments and Reassessments. In addition to completing financial assessments, the role includes providing welfare benefit advice to maximise income for the individual and potential income recovery to the Council.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience of financial assessments or previous work in a financial role. A knowledge of Adult Social Care and Care Act 2014 is an advantage. We are looking for applicants who have excellent numeracy and literacy skills, can work with a high level of accuracy and can collate and analyse information from different sources.

You must have experience of delivering a customer focused service and be able to communicate with vulnerable adults, as well as building partnerships with internal and external agencies. An ability to manage and prioritise your own workload is essential as is experience in using Microsoft Office products.

The office base for this post is in Bootle, however, much of the working week will be spent working from home with some visits to clients in their homes throughout the Sefton borough. Therefore we are looking for candidates who are self-motivated, can demonstrate a flexible attitude and an ability to work from their own initiative.

Job Category: Trade & Operatives
Location: Broadwater Farm Community Centre, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £14.07

Roofing Labourer- working at height required

Main Responsibilities:
1. To carry out the full duties associated with the trade of a Labourer/Driver including:
a)   Carrying our deliveries normally within the borough.
b)   Transport to site and erect easy deck scaffolding to be used by others to carry out work later return and safely dismantle and remove.
c)   Picking up any rubbish and tipping within the borough.
d)   Use Catscan in order to trace and identify pipe work and services in foot paths and verges prior to excavation work being carried out.
e)   Working with other trades persons to assist and carry out breaking out and laying concrete/digging holes/ trenches/footing ladders.
f)     Sweeping up/tidying sites and alike as directed by our supervisor.
 
2. To carry out various labouring work for the repairs service.
3. Complete daily pro forma and other forms and provide simple reports as required.
4. Carry out work in accordance with agreed codes of safe working practice.
5. Take all reasonable care when working in a tenant’s property to protect the tenant’s furniture and fittings and generally to comply with Customer Care Code.

Knowledge and Experience:
• Must have working knowledge of general labouring including concreting.
• Must be willing to comply with agreed customer care code at all times.
• Must wear safety clothing supplied by Homes for Haringey.
• The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibility with due regard to Homes for Haringey Equal Opportunity Policy.
• Must work in a confined space under Flats Stairs and alike.
• Minimum of 2 years experience.
• Hold a current CSCS card.
• Hold a valid driving licence.
• Participation in Emergency Standby Service as and when required.
 
Skills and Abilities:
• Literate and Numerate.
• Must be able to deal sympathetically with tenants questions.
• Must be able to work off ladders and scaffolds.

Job Category: Trade & Operatives
Location: Broadwater Farm Community Centre, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £18.67

Damp and mould operative.

Main Responsibilities:
1. To carry out the full duties associated with the trade of a Painter/Decorator for the repairs service including:
a) Strip and prepare general surfaces as required to allow for renewal of decorative finishes including woodwork and metalwork.
b) Hang lining and decorative wall and ceiling coverings.
c) Repair patches to ceiling and walls to enable application of decorative finishes.
2. To assist with and carry out other small work requiring skills other than the trade, including:
a) Transport to site and erect easy desk scaffolding to be used by others to carry out work later return and safety dismantle and remove.
3. Complete daily pro forma and other forms and provide simple reports as required.
4. Clear away own building materials where required.
5. Take responsibility for the health and safety activities applicable to the post as set out in the Homes for Haringey policy statements.

Knowledge and Experience:
• Must possess working knowledge of painting, decorating and paper-hanging.
• Must possess a working knowledge of site safety and how it affects working practices in relationship to yourself and other persons.
• Minimum 3 years experience.
• Essential – Trade apprenticeship and/or formal qualifications e.g. C&G, NVQ Level 2.
• Hold a current CSCS card.
• Awareness of working to promote equality of access to a service within a diverse community.
 
Skills and Abilities:
• Awareness of Health & Safety.
• Ability to carry out repair work in other trades.
• Must be willing and able to carry out own labouring.
• Must be willing to deal sympathetically with tenant’s questions.
• Literacy/Numeric –able to complete timesheets and basic forms and reports.
• Ability to ensure protection of tenants’ property.
• Able to consistently produce work to an acceptable quality standard and output level.
• Able to work off ladders and scaffolding as required.

Job Category: Technical – Property
Location: Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £34.48

We are seeking a Maintenance Contract Strategy and Planning Manager (R&M) to be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of repair and maintenance services for Hackney Council. The individual will play a key role in shaping roles and processes to optimise the service. Using their stakeholder management and technical expertise the role will ensure that Maintenance operates in line with best practice health & safety standards to ensure effective delivery and customer satisfaction metrics.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
• The post and team provide multidisciplinary professional advice and expertise to all Council Departments and the Council’s Cabinet in respect of the Corporate property portfolio.
• Create and implement innovative strategies, processes, and procedures to improve customer outcomes, business targets, and operational efficiency. Resolve escalated customer complaints and queries and promote exemplary customer-first service at every opportunity. Build a strong relationship with the Senior Management of Maintenance suppliers to optimise the service they provide and play a key role in the future supplier strategy.
• The job holder will be responsible for the operational delivery of Hackney.
• Council’s estate through the planning and management of all mechanical, electrical, building fabric and general Maintenance Services. This will include ensuring full availability of properties and close management of all planned and reactive maintenance activities by contractors in conjunction with both the on-site managers and supply partners to ensure that execution of work is carried out in a cost-effective and productive manner.
• To implement and manage systems for the effective management of property information and to ensure that information is analysed to inform strategic decision making in relation to the delivery of Maintenance services, and to ensure statutory compliance across the estate.

Education:
Essential:
• Qualified in a relevant Property related degree.

Desirable:
• Qualified in a relevant building or related discipline i.e RICS or IOB.

Experience:
Essential:
• Significant experience in the development, planning and implementation of property maintenance programmes.
• Able to demonstrate experience of strategy development and implementation in a large, complex organisation.
• Demonstrable evidence of managing outsourced consultants and contractors to deliver high quality, timely work.
• Able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the relevant legislation related to Property Maintenance.
• Able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the rights and responsibilities in the Landlord/ Property Occupier interface.
• The ability to make recommendations based on sound risk management principles and contingency planning, within financial, legal and ethical frameworks.

Desirable:
• Knowledge of integrating functions within private sector organisations.

Knowledge:
Essential:
• NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma (General or Construction).
• Relevant legislation and codes of practice.
• Building Regulations and their application.
• Council Procurement procedures.

Skills and Abilities:
Essential:
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills. Communication skills are paramount in this role as is the need to be able to communicate diplomatically with many different stakeholders, explain project works to widely differing audiences with widely differing styles and needs, especially external contractors.
• Able to demonstrate how to manage contentious matters to ensure satisfactory outcomes
• Ability to lead and manage a professional team to ensure the successful delivery of service and act as a mentor/coach to support their professional development and monitoring of the team against objectives.
• Ability to negotiate effectively and flexibly to secure good value for money.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with internal and external contacts, gain their confidence and persuade them to cooperate with initiatives where required.
• Strong interpersonal skills including ability to negotiate, motivate, influence, persuade and build relationships in an enthusiastic and diplomatic way.
• Excellent time management skills; the ability to plan and juggle a number of tasks and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Ability to take an innovative approach and solve problems pragmatically and creatively.
• Confident user at a minimum of intermediate level of business software and products – for example cloud based productivity and collaboration suites such as Google Workspace and/ or Microsoft 365. Also experience and practical application of asset management databases and other property information systems.

Desirable:
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, a team player who contributes to team events and the work of the team as a whole.

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location : Redbridge Council, Redbridge Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £16.36

Screening Officers are required to have a high standard of written and spoken English to deal with enquiries from the public,
professionals and legal departments.
Liaise with professionals from all areas of the Children’s Trust such as the specialist posts within the MASH notably the Domestic
Abuse Worker, No Recourse to Public Funds Worker, Health Visitor, Senior Social Worker based at King George Hospital and the
Education Welfare Officer. In addition, they liaise with the Lead Designated Officer for the Local Authority (LADO), Early
Intervention Team, Schools, Adults Social Services and Housing Services.
Complete MASH checks identifying unknown children referrals that are sent into the hub.
Identify initially whether the subject is known to the department and if so, whether the case is current. To receive and record
telephone referrals on new cases.
Complete professional file redacting preparing files for other Local authority Social Workers and professions to view.
Direct and signpost members of the public providing advice and information on local services.
Work with duty Social Workers and Team Managers to apply the Redbridge Levels of Need, Indicators and Responses to incoming
contacts.
To follow up and process referrals from the Police on domestic violence.
To make referrals to the police where there are safeguarding concerns for children and where details of children are unknown.
Receive requests for information and advice and resolve these initial contacts by giving advice and information.
To develop links with partner agencies including education and housing, and respond to regular requests for information from
CAFCASS, probation and UKBA
Give advice and information to service users on money, benefits and access to practical support services.
Follow up enquiries on referrals and initial assessments made by duty Social Workers to facilitate quick and efficient responses.
Inputting data and reports onto ALERT, a database of Adults of concern which is a list of local sex offenders and other adult
concerns. This highly sensitive database is only accessible by Screening Officers, Screening Mangers and Senior Management. It is
imperative information is correctly stored and secured as this would be a significant credibility and media risk if there was a
breach.
Be aware of the boroughs child protection procedures and disseminating this information to members of the public and
professionals.
Collecting the MASH data and statistical reports for the review of the Team Manager and any Ofsted inspections.

Experience:
Experience of direct work with the Children and Families in a statutory setting.
Experience of information technology, particularly in word processing, spreadsheets and using client

Education and Qualifications:
Office administration/information technology qualification desirable
e.g. European Computer Driving Licence
Professional Child Care Qualification or equivalent.

Skills:
Good understanding of issues in relation to children in need and their families
Ability to engage with service users who are upset, agitated and angry and members of the public who
are concerned about a child who may be at risk of harm.
Ability to communicate, listen and record information.
Ability to work effectively with colleagues, other professional and service users.
Ability to write reports and to present written and verbal information clearly and concisely in a variety
of ways.
Ability to work to deadlines, organise and self-motivate, and manage time effectively.
Ability to work to deadlines, organise and self-motivate and manage time effectively.

Job Title : Driver LGV
Job Category : Driving
Location : Council Depot – Downpatrick, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : immediate start
Start Time : 06:00
End Time : 14:00
Salary: £12.02

Scale 4
Main Purpose of Post/Job Summary
Working within the Environmental Cleansing Service (Refuse Collection), the post holder will be required to provide, in a safe and effective manner, a quality and efficient Refuse Collection Service including all recycling collection activities, in all weather conditions.

The post holder, as Team Leader, will be expected to interact with the public in an appropriate manner and within own initiative to ensure service is provided within the area of responsibility of the post holder.

The post holder may be required to drive any vehicle requiring a LGV Category C class of licence, providing relevant training has been provided. The post holder will also be responsible for staff supervised on a day to day basis.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
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: £24.22

Social Worker – Learning Disability Team
Duration- up to 3 months ( subject to review)

The Community Learning Disability Team is a very friendly, motivated and dedicated team of social care staff. Our team undertakes care management and safeguarding responsibilities in line with the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other adult social care statutory duties.

We work closely with a multi-disciplinary health team including Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Behaviour Analysts to support adults with Learning Disabilities and associated complex needs.

The team provides a transition service by working closely with children social care and Special Education Needs in line with the Children and Families Act 2014 to support young people who would be eligible for adult social care to have a smooth transfer to adult service.
We support adults and their carers’ in a person-centred way to assess their needs and create effective outcome-focused support plans. Responsibilities include reviewing support plans, taking turns to act as a duty officer to cover for unallocated cases, undertaking safeguarding enquiries, liaising with families, advocates, health professionals, providers and key agencies.

An opportunity has arisen for 3 Social Workers to join the team due to a number of vacancies that has recently arisen.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to enable adults with learning disabilities achieve the best possible outcomes. The ideal practitioner will have an understanding of the challenges adults with learning disabilities and their families face in their day to day lives.
You would be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England and have some experience of working with people with a learning disability. You must have excellent communication skills, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to form and maintain effective working relationships with people.
Benefits include:
• Comprehensive Learning and Development programme
• Regular supervision
• A friendly and supportive team
• A forward thinking and networked organisation where employee’s views are valued.

Job Category : Senior Interims
Location : Laurence House – Fifth Floor, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £288.75 per day
Standard DBS required

There is flexibility on the rate for the right candidate with the relevant experience.
Shortlisting of CVs to take place on 5th Dec with a view for interviews to take place w/c 8th Jan.

Main Purpose of the job:
To be responsible for and have strategic oversight for all borough wide Capital investment and
improvement work to London Borough of Lewisham housing stock and have day to day
responsibility for contract management of third-party delivery partners.
To lead numerous teams to deliver a competent client function in accordance with CDM (2015)
Regulations for all functions of the capital investment service including:
• To lead the team responsible for the collation and co-ordination of stock data informing
future investment and supporting applications for grant funding.
• Installation of component replacement to provide a minimum of ‘Decent Homes’ standard
in all council homes on a planned basis
• Installation of retrofit works to reach the Councils ambition of net zero carbon including
the requirements under the legislation to be retrofit compliant
• Project and contract management of major capital projects, such as high-rise
refurbishments, including remodelling or buildings and providing additional units
• Installation of aids and adaptations in all required housing in the borough
• ensuring customer engagement from inception to completion of all scale capital investment projects.
• To act as the main contact for repairs with other Housing Teams, elected members and
other internal and external stakeholders concerning the delivery of capital investment.
• To be responsible strategically and operationally for ensuring LBL delivers a high
quality, customer focused and value for money service, driving forward operational
change and managing performance to ensure continuous improvement on behalf of
customers
Qualification[s]
Membership of a relevant professional body

Experience
A minimum of 3 years’ experience within an Asset Management and Investment field
3 years’ experience at the level of a senior role delivering Capital programmes
Extensive management experience including people management, budget
management, performance management Contract and risk management
Experience of leading the tendering and procurement of significant work streams,
and work was won and/or purchased on a sustainable basis.
Experience of leading significant organisational and cultural change that resulted in a
step change in service and financial results.
Experience of managing in a strong performance management environment where
there were clear, explicit service targets, with evidence of consistently meeting the
targets.
Experience of working within a client/contractor environment.

Skills & Knowledge
Evidence of managing significant multi-million-pound programmes of work
successfully – on time and budget.
Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulatory standards and how to this can impact
on service delivery
Understanding of local government decision making and governance and experience
of working with elected members and boards
An understanding of partnering contracts and partnering operating within service level
agreements, housing repairs legislation and construction health and safety legislation.
Excellent communication and negotiating skills and ability to shape outcomes through
reasoning, negotiation and persuasion.
Shows evidence of clear analytical thinking, gets to the heart of complex problems and
issues; applies own expertise effectively, communicates well in writing
Demonstrates highly developed leadership skills that inspire and encourage
commitment from others and promote a positive and motivated organisational culture.
Produces workable solutions to a range of problems.
Works productively in a high-pressure environment.
Thinks broadly and strategically, focuses on results.
Handles problems with innovation and creative thinking.
Demonstrates financial awareness, delivers efficiencies, controls costs, and thinks in
terms of added value.
Develops and delivers clear and creative strategies to deliver change

Job Category : Facilities
Location : 160 Tooley Street, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £23.81

Provide efficient, effective and economic building related facilities services to 160 Tooley Street and the Queens Road campus, the council’s administrative headquarters, and allocated ancillary buildings to ensure the optimum working environment fully supports the council’s modern ways of working.
Manage the site-based customer/client-facing activities; manage customer relationships and take a proactive approach to establishing and maintaining good relationships and working processes with internal clients and customers.
Principal accountabilities

1. In the absence of the building manger, lead and manage site based facilities team and deliver all site-based facilities management services and be the primary point of contact in respect of all reactive and planned preventative maintenance work including building related compliance activity undertaken by contractors
2. Liaise and consult with the CFM Technical team on 160 Tooley Street property matters drawing on the technical expertise available from building surveyors, quantity surveyors, architects, or mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers to ensure the building remains safe and operationally compliant
3. Operationally manage, monitor and audit the delivery of contracted services for the building. Ensure all key performance indicators are met and service delivery achieves value for money targets; that enable contractors to produce robust operational performance reports. Develop collaborative working practices with contractors
4. Manage, develop and deliver the buildings reception services to meet the highest standard expected by the council when greeting VIP’s, councillors, staff and visitors. Ensure staff provide a courteous and professional service at all times and meet or exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in relation to the service
5. Manage, develop and deliver the building event management service ensuring that all planned corporate, democratic / constitutional and community events held at 160 Tooley Street are managed efficiently and delivered on time and within budget
6. Identify and monitor the allocation of resources in respect of the corporate reception services, event management, mail service including but not limited to folding /inserting mail operations, locker keys, porterage and minor works/repairs, pool vehicles, cycles and stationery, taking appropriate action to mitigate adverse risk associated with the occupation and client use of the building
7. Implement agreed improvements to business processes, role changes and corporate reception and event services operation to achieve Divisional priorities and strategic objectives
8. Respond promptly and confidently to emergencies at Tooley Street or Queens Road assisting with incident management and liaising with the borough emergency control centre and emergency services as appropriate

KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO THE JOB
. BIFM qualification or evidence of ongoing professional development.

2. Membership of IOSH or equivalent
3. Proficient in Word and Excel
4. Knowledge of mandatory and statutory building compliance
5. Operational facilities management experience

EXPERIENCE
Previous experience of managing customer focused teams and building relationships in a large multi site blue chip or government organisation

7. Experience of managing change, implementing advanced workplace principles (new ways of working)
8. Ability to simultaneously project manage a range
   of projects, and operational building tasks
9. Experience of operational report writing
10. Experience of budgetary control of capital and revenue spend in excess of £1million

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: £20.47

The Specialist Resettlement Housing Coordinator will provide specialist casework to single homeless applicants leaving institutions, such as hospitals and prisons, and with complex support needs.
The Coordinator must have expert knowledge of welfare, housing and homelessness policy, legislation, and practice as well as specialist knowledge surrounding the complex needs of single homeless applicants. They should also have knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults.
Experience, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential experience, skills and knowledge:

1. Significant experience of providing specialist homelessness casework to single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions including prisons and hospitals
2. Significant experience of working collaboratively to improve outcomes for single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions
3. Ability and experience to consistently deliver high levels of customer service to single homeless applicants with more complex needs
4. Ability and experience of ensuring all aspects of casework is carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level
5. Ability and experience of consistently achieving performance objectives in the provision of specialist homelessness casework
6. Ability to contribute to the identification, dissemination and embedding of existing and emerging best practice within the team, and across the wider Housing Advisory Service
7. Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders, including applicants, members, partners, and so on
8. Significant knowledge of welfare, homelessness and housing policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service
   Significant knowledge of safeguarding best practice, including policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service

Qualifications & Professional registration criteria

1. High level of education or equivalent demonstratable experience
2. Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

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: £20.47

The Specialist Resettlement Housing Coordinator will provide specialist casework to single homeless applicants leaving institutions, such as hospitals and prisons, and with complex support needs.
The Coordinator must have expert knowledge of welfare, housing and homelessness policy, legislation, and practice as well as specialist knowledge surrounding the complex needs of single homeless applicants. They should also have knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults.
Experience, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential experience, skills and knowledge:

1. Significant experience of providing specialist homelessness casework to single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions including prisons and hospitals
2. Significant experience of working collaboratively to improve outcomes for single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions
3. Ability and experience to consistently deliver high levels of customer service to single homeless applicants with more complex needs
4. Ability and experience of ensuring all aspects of casework is carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level
5. Ability and experience of consistently achieving performance objectives in the provision of specialist homelessness casework
6. Ability to contribute to the identification, dissemination and embedding of existing and emerging best practice within the team, and across the wider Housing Advisory Service
7. Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders, including applicants, members, partners, and so on
8. Significant knowledge of welfare, homelessness and housing policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service
   Significant knowledge of safeguarding best practice, including policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service

Qualifications & Professional registration criteria

1. High level of education or equivalent demonstratable experience
2. Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Job Category : General Industrial
Location : County Offices, Flint House, Church Street, Flint CH6 5BD, Flintshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £12.18

Time served groundworker-please note -this job is NOT for a laborer. You will be required to lay drains, shutter, concrete, unblock drains. lay paths and build concrete steps. Make your own decisions, work alone and be part of a team. Measure and ordering of own materials and report to line manager daily. On going work for right candidate, no criminal convictions or pending with checkable references. You will need own transport payable at 45p per mile although a vehicle can be supplied for right person. Initial one months trial with a view to permanent work placement.

Job Category : Building Services & Maintenance
Location : County Offices, Flint House, Church Street, Flint CH6 5BD, Flintshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £14.41

Time served plasterer with checkable references needed for work on housing for local authority in Flintshire. Must live locally, have own transport, mileage rates apply, (vehicle can be supplied for right candidate). No criminal convictions or pending. Initial one month trial with view to eventual full time employment. Must be able to lone work and be part of a team. 37 hrs. per week, flexible on times.

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: £349.04

We are looking for a senior engineer to help support us with our project related work to further migrate to cloud technologies

Skills

• Level required – Essential:
• Azure VMs + on-premise VM migration
• Azure AD/SSO/CA
• Azure networking
• Azure Firewall
• Azure containerization
• Azure app services
• Azure SQL
• Azure AVD

Useful knowledge/experience:

• Technical design (solution designs etc)
• Technical implementation (planning, change)
• Azure AppGateway
• Power BI Admin (inc Data Gateway / SHIR)
• Power Platform Admin
• Dynamics 365 CE Admin
• Dynamics 365 FO Admin
• Exchange 365 Admin
• Logic Apps

Hybrid working

Job Category : Allied Health/Psychology

Location : London Borough of Sutton

Start Date : immediate Start

Base Salary : £43,815.00

Top Point Salary : £53,946.00

A full time position (36 hours)To work in a multidisciplinary team within the Sutton Community LD Team.  We are looking for a clinical Psychologist with Learning Disability experience with clients and supervisory experience with Psychology trainees and assistants.  The job is hybrid but we would expect most assessments to be face to face (as a guideline 3 days a week in Sutton).  We are in the London Borough of Sutton with good travel connections.  It is an exciting opportunity within the Team and the wider network of Sutton Health and Care.

Specific accountabilities

•          Manage a caseload and be professionally responsible for offering evidence based Psychological practice governed by national and professional best practice guidance as evidenced by the use of outcome measures, feedback forms and service evaluations.    

•          To provide specialist Psychological assessments of clients referred to the team.    

•          Provide specialist Psychological advice, guidance, training and consultation to other professionals/carers contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

•          To demonstrate high level expertise in adapting Psychological assessments, interventions and reports to the cognitive, communication, sensory, social and physical needs of people with Learning Disabilities and their carers.  

•          To take an active role in working with clients who present with behaviour that challenges following best practice guidance to inform the MDT, Social Services, carers, external providers and families on how best to support the client through the use of Positive Behavioural Support.  

•          To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions and or carers on Psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.  

•          To receive regular professional supervision from a senior Psychologist and attend mandatory as well as relevant professional training and development to maintain CPD requirements.  To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the specific client group.  

•          To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording and report writing in accordance with the requirements of Information Governance, NHS Code of Confidentiality, Data Protection Act 1998 and also the terms and conditions in your contract of employment.

•          To develop and deliver training as required by the service.

Person specification

 (knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours required in the role)

Education/ Knowledge/ Qualifications

•          BSc/Msc Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)

•          HCPC registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist

•          Skills in the use of complex methods of Psychological assessment, intervention and management.

•          Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised Psychological assessments and therapies used with adult clients with learning disabilities. 

•          Knowledge of legislation and current national guidelines in relation to the client group and mental health.  

Experience

•          Experience in the assessment and treatment of learning disabled clients.

•          Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.  

•          Experience of training.

Skills: 

•          IT skills, such as, Mosaic, Google, Excel, Word

•          Negotiation and problem solving skills

•          Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills

•          Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

•          Excellent presentation skills 

•          Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with client, carers and other partners, using appropriate systems to relay clinically sensitive information.

•          Good organisational and prioritisation skills 

•          Clear and effective decision making

•          Ability to work autonomously as well as effectively with team members and other partner agencies

•          Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance

Other

•          Takes responsibility for own CPD

•          High levels of initiative, innovation and self-motivation

•          Flexible

•          Car Driver/ Owner – Preferable