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Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified
Job location:  Trinity Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours per week: 7.5Start date:

Immediate start
Salary: £16.83 per hour

Job Category: Housing

Job location: Godfrey Road , Newport, South Wales, NP20 4UR, Newport City Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £19.19 per hour

The service is embedding a restructure.  Working broadly to the attached Job Description, the role requires a focus on delivering the cultural changes required to drive service improvements.  This will involve working directly to support 5 Team Leaders who manage a Team of 25 Officers.

It is imperative that the successful candidate can demonstrate experience of delivering cultural change.  

IN -depth knowledge of the Housing Wales Act is secondary to this experience and not essential for this role.

A 4 day week will be considered (pay would be on a pro-rata basis).  

The candidate is required to be present in the office at least 3 days per week.

Job Category : Interims

Location :London Borough of Hillingdon

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00
Salary: £610.15

The Director of Public Health is a statutory Chief Officer of the authority and is the Council and wider system leader for assessing and improving the health and wellbeing of residents, reducing inequalities in health outcomes and protecting local communities from public health hazards including infectious diseases and environmental threats. 

As the leader for health, the Director of Public Health is the principal advisor on health and wellbeing matters to elected members, officers and partners, with a leadership role spanning health improvement, health protection and healthcare public health. 

The Director of Public Health is required to be a visible system leader in Hillingdon Health and Care Partnership (HHCP) and will contribute available resources directly under the DPH control and influence HHCP resource allocation to ensure that the local public health system proactively tackles the health, care and wider determinants that affect health and wellbeing in Hillingdon communities. This will include working with local communities, to develop solutions in response to challenges that affect health and contribute to health inequalities.

1. 
   Statutory Responsibilities 

The statutory responsibility and purpose of the post holder is to provide leadership, deliver key functions described below. The post holder is expected to demonstrate a high level of expertise in the Faculty of Public Health Competencies (Appendix 1) and the person specifications (Appendix 2). 

The Director of Public Health is responsible for:

• Delivering Hillingdon’s duties to protect and improve public health, and any functions and regulations to improve public health protection and health improvement delegated to the local authority by the Secretary of State
• Being the chief officer and principal adviser for public health to the Council, system partners, and local communities, influencing policy and practice 
• Supporting the Chief Executive and Councillors in developing and delivering the Council’s strategic agenda and maintain their confidence, and the confidence of national, and regional partners
• An effective role as statutory member of the Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board; to advise on the development of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy that sets out the priority assessed needs of the population, and for shaping the health and wellbeing agenda; using the national outcomes frameworks; public health, NHS and social care 
• Being an active participant at Place through strategic participation as a leader within HHCP, contributing and directing the priorities for population health improvement, influencing change and enabling a culture of continuous improvement in health and wellbeing, innovation and evaluation. 
• Exercising the functions of Hillingdon Council to plan for, and respond to emergencies that present a risk to the publics’ health

1. QUALIFICATIONS

Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register(UKPHR)

If in the above Register / List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice

Public health specialist registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers

2. STATUTORY or ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e., be up to date) in accordance with the Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body 

3. EXPERIENCE

Minimum of three years’ experience of public health practice at senior level

Experience of working in complex political and social environments

Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars etc

4. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation

Full understanding of and commitment to addressing relationships and cultures of organisations that impact on the wider determinants of health

Full understanding of and commitment to delivery of improved health through mainstream NHS activities

Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures and policies

Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice

Understanding of social and political environment

Understanding of interfaces between health and social care

Substantially numerate, with highly developed analytical skills using qualitative and quantitative data

Good presentational skills (written and oral)

Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement policies

Excellent staff and corporate management and development skills

5. COMPETENCES

Passion to make a difference

Acts as a role model to others demonstrating a commitment to improving outcomes for residents, working with partners to continually improve and develop services.

“Can do” positive attitude

Demonstrates commitment to working collaboratively at a senior level, remaining positive and motivated and overcoming obstacles and barriers to change.

Leads and inspires others

Identifies and nurtures talent, providing individuals with the scope and support necessary to reach their full potential – understanding and respecting diversity within teams and encouraging innovation.

Credibility 

Takes corporate responsibility and remains accountable for all aspects of service delivery. Guides and coaches’ others towards sound decision making, whilst demonstrating the ability to make quick and measured decisions when necessary.

Drives improvement

Acts as a role model to others, listening to and respecting input from others and creating a culture of continuous improvement – identifying and positively overcoming barriers to change.

Strategic thinker

Understands and examines the wider public sector and business environment, contributing to new business strategies and acting as a source of expertise.

Decision maker

Makes sound decisions based on the advice and guidance of subject experts whilst taking ultimate accountability for that decision.

Team Player & networker

Encourages and enables collaborative ways of working across different teams and functions, ensuring that wider organisational business needs and priorities are met.

Management

Motivates a team to deliver their business objectives by delegating effectively and directing when necessary, communicating business needs clearly and meaningfully, and leading by example.

CommunicationCredibly promotes the needs of the business to a wider audience, acting as champion for those needs using tact and negotiation to achieve business objectives.

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified

Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £16.10 

Cardiff Children’s Services are looking for a number of social work assistants to work with Children.

This could be for any of the below teams.

Fostering/Kinship

The successful candidate will join our established and supportive team who, with the support of the Principal Social Worker (PSW) and Team Manager will assist with the delivery of services. The successful candidate will be responsible for case allocation of a small caseload of where necessary for the particular team.

Relevant qualifications and experience in the following will attract a premium hourly wage in relation to the following –

•              Youth

•              Speech and language

•              Occupational Therapists

•              Counselling,

•              Experience in deliver CBT/DBT skills.

Job Category: Manual Labour

Job location: Furze Brake, Whitepit Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1NJ, Southern Housing

Hours per week: 40

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.50 per hour

Job Category: Manual Labour

Job location: Furze Brake, Whitepit Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1NJ, Southern Housing

Hours per week: 40

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.50 per hour

operative will be part of a mobile team working over the whole of the IOW – will be collected and dropped back to Furze Brake 

The job involves cleaning communal areas to general needs housing stock 

Job Social Care Qualified

Job location:  1 Catford Road, Catford, London, Greater London, SE6 4RU, Lewisham Council

Hours per week: 35

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £21.21 per hour

We are seeking to recruit experienced Social Workers to our busy Adult MASH Team.

Experience and good knowledge in Safeguarding Adults is essential. 

Job Category: Housing

Job location: Carshalton Road, Sutton, Greater London, SM1 4LE,  Sutton Housing Partnership

Hours per week: 37.5

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £21.00 per hour

Increased hourly rate to the candidate up to £33:19 p/h. The rate will range between £24:82 and £33:72 depending on experience. Please submit candidates that ONLY have previous Resident Liaison Officer experience other candidates will not be considered. 5 days a week in the office or on-site.

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide information and support for tenants and leaseholders whose home are affected by major works and to ensure that procedures for communicating and consulting with residents on capital projects demonstrate Best Value.

3.      DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The postholder will be responsible to the Project Manager on specific matters relating to their projects. The postholder will undertake the following specific duties:

� Offer information, advice and assistance to tenants and leaseholders whilst major works are being carried out to their homes.

� Liaise with and set the standard for contractors and their RLO�s (and where appropriate consultants) engaging with residents.

� Take an active role in developing, agreeing and managing the residents� consultation plan for individual projects.

 � Agree with contractors the resident�s information packs, and format and content of updates to residents, including newsletters using a variety of media outlets.

� Coordinate the temporary or permanent re-housing of residents, where necessary. � Advise Project Managers of the likely effects of capital works on residents.

� Provide information, and assistance to leaseholders concerning their obligations to contribute to the cost of major works thorough service charge payments. � Liaise with contractors, external agencies and SHP staff to secure satisfactory outcome where there are difficulties in gaining access to dwellings or where there are other disputes with residents.

 � Ensure that insurance claims and other claims submitted by residents are processed efficiently. � Initiate and manage legal action against individual tenants and/or leaseholders where necessary.

 � Participate in the development of capital projects, as a project team member.

 � Advise Project Managers of any issues which may affect the project.

� Arrange and attend meetings, presentations and exhibitions for residents. This will require working outside normal working hours and at evenings and at various locations throughout the borough.

 � Design and carry out social surveys prior to the commencement of major projects. � Establish and maintain a customer feedback/complaints procedure for each project. � Ensure information on vulnerable residents or those posing a risk is communicated in line with policy.

� Ensure proactive approach to identify vulnerable residents within programmes, and where appropriate ensure adequate provision made for their needs long term.

 � Devise and maintain systems for reporting defects arising during the work or afterwards.

� Undertake resident satisfaction surveys following the completion of capital projects, including a full analysis of the results Page 3 of 6

 � Review regularly the procedures for consulting and communicating with residents and suggest improvements.

� Assist in the implementation of the Best Value Action Plan for the HRA Capital Programme.

� Any other relevant and appropriate duties as may be required for the delivery of the capital investment programme

Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified

Job location: Williams Terrace, Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, CF46 5HH,  Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Hours per week: 10

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £13.05 per hour

The candidate should be able to cook basic meals for the home and undertake paperwork to comply with Environmental Health.

Shifts are 7:30am to 3pm or 4pm to 8pm

Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified

Job location: County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QP,

Nottinghamshire County Council

Hours per week: 30

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £13.26 per hour

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Job location: County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QP, Nottinghamshire County Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £22.14 per hour

experienced social worker needed for a busy district team, court report writing skills essential, must have 3 years permanent post qualifying experience. Car and full driving license essential.

Job Category: Manual Labour

Job location: Pershore Lane, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR4 0AA,  Worcester City Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.21 per hour

7:30-3:30 Monday to Thursday

7:30-3:00 Friday

Grounds maintainance, strimming hedgecutting, blowing, litterpicking

Job Category: Financial

Job location: Trinity Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC

Hours per week: 22

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £30.84 per hour

Risk and Audit Service Manager 

1. To directly support the Head of Corporate Support to develop and maintain an independent review function to ensure effective, efficient and economic delivery of services
2. To be responsible for promoting / championing best practice in governance, objectively assessing the management of existing and emerging risks, and proposed developments. To provide evidence based opinions on all aspects of governance, risk management and internal control and making recommendations   to improve the risk management, control and governance processes.

Must demonstrate the following leadership competencies.

1. Provide clear vision and direction. 
2. Lead and manage change. 
3. Plan strategically. 
4. Lead people and performance. 
5. Work corporately as well as collaboratively with partners. 
6. Communicate effectively. 
7. Focus on excellence. 
8. Develop self and others. 
9. Personal resilience. 

Must demonstrate the following behaviours.   

1. Provide support with a view to improving quality. 
2. Provide appropriate and constructive challenge. 
3. Create a culture that looks for understanding and solutions. 
4. Visibly and positively respect and value staff. 
5. Communicate a consistent and clear message throughout the Council and with partners. 
6. Respect, listen to and value others views. 
7. Maintain a customer focus with a relentless pursuit of excellent outcomes. 
8. Have collective integrity and responsibility. 
9. Endeavour to improve outcomes for the communities of Sefton. 

Qualifications

Member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA) or a qualified accountant Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) with Internal Audit experience.  

a minimum of 5 years experience in managing complex audit services

experience of the work of a Finance Department of a Local Authority, other public body or large organisation relevant computer related or ICT qualification

Experience

Experience of the internal audit and regulatory environment applicable to public service organisations 

Experience of strategic objective setting 

Experience of developing initiatives to improve services

Experience of Project Management and evaluation techniques within the audit and risk and health and Safety functions. 

Experience of data collection and analysis for internal audit, risk management, Health & safety, Insurance, Emergency Planning and the ability to identify relevant sampling techniques and to challenge on the results of that analysis. 

Ability, Skills & Knowledge

Facilitating and negotiating and influencing skills

Indepth understanding of local government strategies and policies  relating to risk and resilience and internal audit management

Ability to establish and monitor Performance management  arrangements. 

An effective communicator with the ability to develop persuasive arguments and address concerns.

In depth knowledge of the regulations and legislation that govern Health & Safety, Insurance, Civil Contingencies and Audit

Ability to analyse information to ensure risk and resilience functions are effective and efficient 

An understanding of the complexity and importance of procurement and contract audit and the risks related to the organisations strategic objectives

Ability to interpret and assess issues based on early indicators and understand the impacts in order to make appropriate decisions 

Job Category: Driving

Job location: County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QP,Nottinghamshire County CouncilHours per week: 20Start date: Immediate startSalary: £12.85 per hourPassenger assistant required for a SEND contract that we operate from County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham, this duty is a split shift 07:30-09:30 and 14:30-16:30 Monday to Friday. term time only,This role includes supporting the children and driver while transporting the children form home to school 

Job Category: Admin & Clerical

Job location: County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QP,Nottinghamshire County CouncilHours per week: 37Start date: Immediate startSalary: £12.85 per hour

Working hours will be from 8:00-9:00am and finishing 4:00/5:00pm, when fully trained.Whilst training start time to be 08:30-09:00am.Please make candidate aware the rate of pay and how their leave is accrued/paid.Successful candidate will be expected to work from County Hall (West Bridgford – Nottingham) for 3-6 months whilst training.Once trained, the worker will be given the option to work from home 2/3 days, so someone who is self-motivated is essential.Due to the nature of the job will be required to be in the office 1/2 days a week, even when trained.There’s plenty of on-site parking along with a bus stop directly outside the site with connections to Barton & NCT buses.The candidate will need to be familiar with MS Office, and will be using 3 different systems throughout the day, so the ability to pick up systems and multi-task would be desired.High organization skills and the ability to plan/prioritise workloads would be essential. The team is quite small (six), so communication is vital.

job Category: Building Services & Maintenance

Job location: Block B3, New Road, Tir-Y-Berth, Caerphilly, CF82 8AU,  Caerphilly County Borough Council
Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.85 per hour

JOB PURPOSE

Provide an effective and efficient cleansing/waste collection service for the County Borough that includes the removal of waste, detritus and bulky items from pedestrian areas, grass verges, parks, roads, pavements, wasteland, houses and public properties.  It can also include street washing, undertaking yardman duties, working on Household Waste Recycling Centres, etc.

Job Category: Planning

Job location: Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP, Rutland County Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £22.85 per hour

We are seeking to appoint a Principal Planning Officer on a temporary basis for an initial period of three months, while we undertake recruitment for the permanent post.

The successful candidate must be highly experienced and able to hit the ground running, with a proven track record of managing major planning applications.  As this is a temporary post the successful applicant will need to be comfortable picking up applications part way through and moving the applications on to determination. This includes major industrial developments and residential schemes of up to 200 dwellings. The role requires someone who is self-reliant, well-organised, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.

As most of the team work remotely, the potholder must be confident using IT systems and able to manage their workload effectively from a remote setting. Experience with Idox Uniform software is preferable. The role will also involve undertaking site visits, so access to transport and flexibility to travel within the area is essential.

An initial induction will be provided at the office to introduce internal systems and processes. Following this, the officer will be able to work remotely for the majority of the week. Office space is available should they prefer to work on-site more regularly.

We are looking for someone who can contribute immediately and maintain momentum on key applications during this transitional period.

Experience of working in an office environment

Good knowledge of local government procedures and practices

Good understanding of current planning issues and legislation

Extensive knowledge of planning policy regulations and processes.                                                                                     

Knowledge of the Neighbourhood Planning process 

Experience of negotiating and monitoring Section 106 agreements

 Experience of public speaking/presentation on planning matters

Experience of working with Elected Members

 Experience of giving planning evidence at hearings/inquiries

SKILLS   

To act in accordance with the principles set out in the Employee Code of Conduct and the Council�s Values, recognising the duty of all public sector employees to discharge public functions reasonably and according to the law. 

Demonstrates a positive attitude and approach to work.

Good organisational and analytical skills; methodical and high attention to detail.

Presentation skills

High level of skill in producing effective written documents � emails, letters, reports � clear and comprehensible writing style.

Numeracy skills � preparation, analysis of statistics. 

Demonstrates evidence of providing a high level of professional advice to customers, colleagues and Elected Members. 

Competently represents the Council at Committees, Tribunals, Appeals, Courts and /or hearings and Examination in Public.

Able to demonstrate ability to lead on specific projects and /or major development schemes.

High level negotiation skills.

Able to effectively manage and develop staff.

Job Category: Housing

Job location: Council Offices, Southfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2TX, Charnwood Borough Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Job Purpose

• To provide an administrative service across the Strategic and Private Sector Housing Service.
• To deliver an effective and appropriate service to all service users, fairly and without discrimination.

Experience

Significant experience of clerical / office administration duties.

Experience working with computerised systems.

Experience working with Microsoft Office.

Experience of working in a Customer focused environment.

Skills/Knowledge

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in understandable spoken English is a requirement of the post.

Ability to accurately input and extract information from Systems and spreadsheets.

Be organised with ability to meet targets and deadlines.

Good written and numeracy skills.

Good working knowledge of Excel.

Knowledge of Private Sector Housing Grants.

Job Category: Facilities & Environment

Job location:  Pembrokeshire County Council

Hours per week: 37

Salary: £31,500 

Start date: Immediate start

The candidate will be required to undertake Food Safety and Food Standards Inspections and produce post inspection letters, using an electronic template, including the issue of new food hygiene  ratings. 

A detailed electronic food hygiene and standards inspection form will need to be completed following each inspection.

Officers will need to undertake enforcement revisits to any premises which receive a rating of less than 3.

Officers will need to serve Hygiene Improvement Notices to remedy significant contraventions and gather admissible evidence where necessary.

Officers will need to have their own transport to convey them to and from inspections across Pembrokeshire.

Candidates will need to be fully qualified Environmental Health Practitioners with an appropriate Environmental Health degree AND Certificate of Registration as an Environmental Health Officer/Practitioner, with significant experience in Food safety and Food Standards enforcement, to enable them to be appropriately authorised.

Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified

Job location: Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ,

Central Bedfordshire Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £29.28 per hour

This role is based within the Achieving Permanence Team so the primary focus is upon care proceedings and achieving permanence for children and young people. The candidate needs to have significant experience of court work including the completion of assessments, developing care plans and giving evidence.