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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: £26.96

Job Title Description:
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. Housing Solutions Manager We are recruiting a Private Rented Housing Manager to lead the development of Private Rented Housing Team. We want ambitious, proactive people who can find creative and innovative solutions to local problems and are keen to challenge yourself in one of the most demanding roles in homelessness in London to develop your career ambitions. You will have a passion for customer service with a substantial track record of successfully managing homelessness services. You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong IT skills and be able to work autonomously and inclusively in a team. To succeed in this role, you will:
• Have a detailed knowledge of housing legislation, regulation, caselaw and best practice
• Be able to design and implement new services and initiatives
• Be an excellent manager of both people and task
• Be able to work effectively with colleagues across the Council
• Be organised in your work and able to keep on top of changing priorities
• have high expectations and standards for both yourself and for your service and be able to deliver them in practice.

Job Category : Administration
Client : West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Pay – Grade 6 – £12.02 Per Hour
Location – Chichester
Working arrangements – Mix of home and office – 1 day in the office and 4 days from home ( candidates can choose to spend more time in office if wish ) There may occasionally be ad hoc additional meetings requiring colleagues to come into the office.

Job description :
We are committed to ensuring continuous improvement in the quality of care for our customers and our expectations of the health and social care market which deliver those services are high.
Working as part of a team this role will play a key part in delivering that commitment, working in partnership with customers, Providers, other departments in WSCC and external organisations.
The key purpose of this team will be:

1. To be responsible for the provider monitoring cycle with initially a primary focus on domiciliary care providers
2. Support and assist with responses to provider concerns/failure with a focus on improvement and development in quality. This may include other types of contracted providers (e.g. residential care providers).
3. Support development of clear processes and responsibilities enabling effective coordination and response to performance related information within AS Operations, Safeguarding and Contract colleagues in the H&SC Commissioning teams. Supported by Team Manager and the broader team, you will identify performance issues, agree performance improvement plans and use your knowledge of the contracts performance framework to improve the quality of delivery for customers. This will include both onsite and desktop performance checks as part of the monitoring cycle. In addition this will require close working relationships with your colleagues in Adult Services Operations, Health and Social Care Commissioning and Contracts teams and Adults Safeguarding.
   The Provider Monitoring & Support team will have a countywide remit and some travelling will be required. This team will form part of the Adults Social Care Quality and Improvement team.
   Experience
   Experience of collation and management of data and production of management reports.

Experience of using information systems and reporting tools.

Experience of analysing and interpreting data and producing conclusions and recommendations.

Experience of resolving customer care issues.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location : Walkers Close, Central Bedfordshire Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £10.00

You will work in partnership with customers to maximise their independence and support them to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. Your main task will be to work directly with customers following their care and support plans providing physical, social, and emotional support within their own home and the local community. Your other key responsibilities will include financial management, keeping accurate records and some personal care.

Job Category : Admin / Clerical

Location : Runnymede Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £9.23

This purpose of this role is to roll out new monitors and docking stations across the council. It will involve unpacking monitors and gas arms. Asset tagging. Rolling out to users across the council following a clear checklist for implementation.

Job Category : Admin & Clerical
Location : Isle of Wight Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £10.14

2 x admin workers required for filing exercise

This is initially for 1 month only

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location : Claverings Industrial Estate, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.81

The placement is for a 35hr per week assistant Enablement Manager. The placement will work within our Quality Assurance Pathway and be responsible for dealing with customer complaints and concerns, along with auditing clients care plan and files which include Medication audits of Compliance in line with policy, support plan audits to ensure they meet the needs of the customer and outcome focussed, along with risk assessments and case notes. All working in line with CQC KLOE. so an attention to detail is important, and an understanding of the CQC KLOE. the candidate will be required to supervise staff and provide collated data reports to the CQC registered manager, identifying trends. working Monday to Friday generally 9-5pm with a level of flexibility to work different hours if an emergency situation occurs.

Job Category : Revenues / Benefits
Location : The Basildon Centre, Basildon Council
Hours Per Week : 37.25
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £12.12

The purpose of this post is to administer all aspects of Council Tax billing, up to and including the issue of the bill ensuring a high standard of quality and accuracy of work. Staff will ensure that all work undertaken is in accordance with law, regulations and guidelines and handled as promptly and efficiently as possible.

Job Category: Driving
Location: Folkestone Road Depot, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 14:00
End Time: 22:00
Salary: £14.90

Driver

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified

Location: Crawley Library, West Sussex County Council

Hours Per Week: 37.00

Start Date: Immediate Start

Start Time: 09:00

End Time: 17:30

Salary: £30.55

Location: Crawley Library

Duty Weeks: Please note that all social workers are expected to be in the office for duty weeks, currently one week in every four.  

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

As a Children’s Social Worker you will be at the forefront of assessing need and risk for vulnerable children and their families. You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes by undertaking high quality assessments, care planning and, as appropriate, child protection investigations, to prevent the separation of children from their families where possible. You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

The candidate needs: – 

– To be an experienced social worker with at least 2/3 years experience in an A&I Team 

– Recent Front line – child protection work 

– Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk 

– Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs 

– Good multi agency working experience – Drivers licence to ensure visiting families is done efficiently and without relying on public transport 

WSCC SW TEAMS – BENEFITS Currently planning the roll out of the Family Safeguarding model and starting to arrange training in motivational interviewing for our perm and agency staff. Unfilled vacancy gap less than 5% so teams well staffed. 

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

Job Category: 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: £32.97

We are looking for someone who is a qualified social worker and has the following experience:

• Managerial experience
• Chairing Child Protection conference
• Carrying out the role of IRO (Independent Reviewing officer)
• Quality Assurance oversight

Full compliance checks required – DBS, SWE, Full employment history, References….etc

Job Category: Social Care – Unqualified
Location: Civic Centre, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £14.81

Provide an efficient and effective service in respect of the administration of and casework relating to the formal assessment, statementing and review procedures, including placement and provision, for pupils with special educational needs, working closely with the Named Officers. The postholder would be required to do this within the context of the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs, the national and local education system and local policies and objectives. Undertake Casework relating to the provision of transport support for children and young people with special educational needs to facilitate their attendance at school or college.

Job Category: Retail Stock Replenishment
Location: 5864 – Huyton Supercentre – Huyton Lane, ASDA
Start Date: Immediate Start
Salary: £10.00

Colleagues to replen the shop over Christmas period.
Colleagues to work 8 hours with an unpaid 30 min break.
Colleagues must have some previous experience of replen/filling shelves in retail.

Job Category: Facilities & Environmental Services – General
Location: Angel International Campus, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £10.19

Duties mainly comprise off driving: collecting and delivering skips of books from schools and libraries. Driving a 3.5 luton van with tail-lift with possibility of driving smaller Peugeot van too. Request for agency worker to bring own steel-toe capped boots, knowledge of Plymouth area needed.

Use of sack truck and York trolley for delivering/collecting items and operation of tail-lift on luton van too.

Daily checks to be completed on the vehicle and safe manual handling procedures followed at all times.

Job Category: Education
Location: Halton Borough Council, Halton Borough Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £25.72

An exciting opportunity to join the Halton Adult Learning Team has arisen. You can help support people to change their lives and learn something new.

Our key values at Halton Adult Learning are ‘Empowerment, Opportunity & Resilience’ We are a service that is dedicated to providing the best learning experience possible and pride ourselves on our positive working relationships with a variety of partners, employers and stakeholders.

‘Pathways to Teaching in Adult Learning’ is an exciting new programme comprising of a carefully integrated series of awards that offers an introduction to teaching at Level 3. The programme also offers learners a work placement in their Local Authority Adult Learning Service where they can test their learning out in practice.
The Adult Education Budget ‘Pathways to Teaching in Adult Learning’ programme is funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and will be delivered across the 6 local authority areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral. It will be co-ordinated by Halton Borough Council and we are looking to appoint a number of tutors to deliver this new, exciting and innovative programme.

As a tutor on the programme you will deliver the underpinning knowledge needed by teachers and support your learners through their assessment activities to a successful conclusion to their studies. You will also be involved in preparing them to progress to higher levels of study and may be involved in supporting learners on their teaching placement.

The role involves working across a number of sites to support the residents of the Liverpool City Region as they take their first steps into teaching. Through the Pathways programme you will work with learners to ensure they develop the basic underpinning knowledge, skills and entry level qualifications as they progress into employment or to continue their journey into Further Education.

Working under the direction of the Curriculum Manager and the Quality and Learner Experience Manager, the post holder will be responsible for the design and delivery of quality accredited learning programmes. The key duties include planning, delivery, assessment and monitoring of the learning outcomes and achievements of adult learners participating in the Pathways programme.

3 Different Rate levels:

Non-Teaching: £13.92
Non-Accredited course delivery: £22.43
Accredited Course delivery: £25.72

Job Category: Operational & Support Staff
Location: Brecon Depot, Powys County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate start
Start Time: 07:30
End Time: 15:00
Salary: £10.60

We are looking for Drivers to join our committed team in Waste and Recycling. Powys is one of the top performing recycling authorities and our crews are on the front line to help us get even better. Waste and recycling is a service that affects all our residents and we regularly get compliments for our teams and what they do. So if you are interested in joining a team that really makes a difference to the environment and the local community, we want to hear from you.

Job Category: Social Care – Unqualified
Location: North Yorkshire House, Scarborough YO12 6EE, North Yorkshire County Council
Start Date: Immediate start
Salary: £18 per hour

The right Candidates will be with us to help support disabled children with the most complex needs in a variety of different settings. This involves working with children and young people with a wide range of disabilities as part of a team responsible for direct care in residential settings, in children’s own homes and in other settings.

To contribute to all aspects of the physical and emotional care of the children and young people so as to promote their welfare whilst working in partnership with their family and other professionals.

Please see Job Description for more details but below are essentials:

• Experience of working with behaviour which can challenge and children and young people with complex needs.
• Experience of working within residential settings.
• Experience of working on a shift basis.
• Awareness of behavioural management Strategies.
• Awareness of medication management and Invasive procedures
• Awareness of Moving and Handling of Children and Young People
• Awareness of first aid training and managing medications
• Effective Communication with Children with disabilities and their preferred communication method and to provide advocacy.

** Shifts will be 2pm to 10pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday on going until the end of December.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: West Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £30.19

Location: Bognor Regis
Hybrid Working opportunity as not on duty week rota.
Full time

Payrate:

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

Candidates can start as soon as pre employment checks have passed.

Job Description:

An exciting opportunity for a social work post in Family Safeguarding West with a primary focus on Private Fostering has become available. We are seeking an enthusiastic social work practitioner who is excited by the opportunity to support and safeguard children in private fostering arrangements, including those coming into the UK as Ukrainian refugees. The role will be situated within Family Safeguarding West (based in Bognor Regis) but the successful candidate will predominantly be supporting children and their private foster carers across West Sussex. The role will involve responding to new notifications when a child is placed in a private fostering arrangement by assessing the needs of the child and suitability of a private foster carer and their home environment. You will have your own caseload of children subject of private fostering regulations, and any other intervention they need. You will also undertake the carer assessments and private fostering visits on children allocated to other social workers if their arrangements become private fostering and therefore the role will require good cooperation with the child’s Social Worker to ensure that the placement is suitable for their needs and considers their wishes and feelings. These arrangements will need to be visited and reviewed as per statutory guidance to ensure that they continue to be suitable and safe arrangements for the child. In this role, you will be actively involved in improving and promoting our private fostering service by ensuring that our responsibilities to children and their carers are fulfilled in a timely way. You will be offering consultation and support to Social Workers across Children’s Social Care to improve their identification of private fostering and raise awareness.

The candidate needs:

• To be an experienced worker with at least 2/3 years experience in a family safeguarding team.
• Recent Front line – child protection work
• Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk
• Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs
• Good multi agency working experience

Special Requirements:

The candidate must be a car driver and be happy to drive around the county to fulfil the role requirement.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: County Hall North, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £36.04

Location: – Horsham, County Hall North
Duty Weeks: The candidate would be expected to be onsite for duty weeks. Duty weeks are on a rota and currently are one and a half weeks in every three weeks ( one full week and then three days on a separate week). Do not submit candidates who can not fulfil this requirement.

As Team Manager you will lead, motivate, nurture, and manage a team (social workers and unqualified staff) to deliver a children’s social care service on a day to day basis. You will be responsible for ensuring the service provided is effective and delivering the required outcomes, as well as ensuring cases are dealt with in a timely manner. You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

For this role you will be expected to demonstrate relevant theoretical Social Work concepts, practices and detailed organisational knowledge relating to the provision of a professional Social Work service. You will need to demonstrate confidence in managing and leading staff to achieve performance improvements and service developments. You will need to demonstrate an ability to influence and negotiate partner relationships at management level.

You must have Team Manager experience for your CV to be reviewed by the MASH team and MASH experience.

Location:
County Hall North is in Horsham, a lovely town very close to the main shopping centre. It has some onsite parking, very close to the train station and a beautiful park. It also has a large open space with a canteen that serves light bites, teas and coffees.

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: County Hall North, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £32.16

Job Description:

Working for us is all about making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex. As our Social Work Team Manager, you will be responsible for effective leadership and management of an area-based community team in the Learning Disabilities service . You will have direct line management responsibility for a team of staff consisting of Social Workers and Assistant Care Managers. It is expected that the role will contribute to the ongoing development of the service in the context of current and new legislation and changing regulation requirements by central government. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining multi-disciplinary relationships within and outside the organisation in order to deliver an effective, efficient and timely service. You will be working with other agencies and health partners such as Sussex Community Foundation Trust and Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, and contributing to multi-disciplinary policy, processes and planning forums such as Continuing Health Care Panels.

Required experience and skills:
(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

Key Skills:

1. Ability to make sound, pragmatic, problem-solving decisions including tackling difficult problems of a technical, professional, resource or people-related nature.
2. Excellent communication skills with ability to influence actions by others and negotiate effective business solutions.
3. Research and knowledge management skills; able to apply project management principles and practices.
4. Leadership, effective people management and performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and support to individuals and teams during complex situations.
5. Ability to challenge existing practices and identify innovative strength-based solutions within the required frameworks.
6. Sound and accurate IT skills for general office duties, producing reports and undertaking research.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Post graduate professional qualification relevant to the professional service specialism (such as CQSW/CSS/DipSW or BA/MA in Social Work or equivalent and PQSW).
• Significant and broad experience demonstrating applied application of the above levels of knowledge in a relevant setting.
• Relevant chartered status of a professional body or equivalent high-level experience of involved practices.
• Registration with Social Work England and responsibility for maintaining registration.
• Significant post-qualification experience in dealing with diverse issues.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering or co-ordinating a quality customer-focussed service to others.

Please note the candidate will be expected to spend 2 days a week in West Sussex, after the team is established it will be mostly worked remotely. Please do not submit any candidate who cannot be present. We will pay up to £45 per hour Ltd

Job Category: Admin / Clerical
Location: ALEXANDRA HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:15
Salary: £160.19

Job Description:

1.To be responsible for providing administrative/clerical and financial support to the Education Capital Programme Team and wider Major Projects Capital Delivery Team including, but not limited to:
a. Monitoring and updating programme management documents, including any Audits
b. Data collection and analysis for programme monitoring and reporting
c. Provision of secretariat support i.e. circulating agendas, taking minutes of Steering

Group meetings, Core Group meetings, general meetings and site visits and following up actions:
d. Preparing presentations including PowerPoint and report images and data.
e. Filing and managing electronic records
f. Updating Capital Programme risks, issues and actions logs

2.To assist with Member Enquiries and Freedom of Information requests as and when necessary and to compile a database of queries and responses.

3.To assist the Programme Manager and team in programme related financial/budget management tasks. Interrogating SAP and cashflow forecasts with Project Managers.

4.Supporting the wider Major Projects Team project managers and wider technical procurement officers with the procurement process of external resource and services invitation to tender (ITT including undertaking the uploading, downloading of tender information and proactive coordination of receipt and response to any queries via various electronic procurement portals including Haringey procurement and contract system (HPCS) and Haringey Dynamic purchasing system (DPS).

5.Supporting a regular audit of key files and documentation across projects at all stages within the Major Projects Team (including those in defect stage), and following up with Project Managers to close gaps and ensure relevant approvals are complete / captured. Escalating any issues with the Project Support Office Lead as needed.

6.To co-ordinate, manage school liaison, including collection of data and arranging site meetings and walkabouts

7.To manage electronic data to ensure that information is organised, easily accessible and to ensure effective configuration management.

8.To assist the Programme management team and with the quality assurance of building data to be electronically held and referenced.

9.To assist the Programme management team with the research, collation and reporting of high quality programme KPI reports.

10.To provide a customer focused service to all Capital Delivery Team contacts and clients including schools, staff, Councillors, representatives of partner organisations and employees of the Council.

11.To be an effective and active member of the wider team ensuring cover and mutual support when necessary.

12.Provide a proactive customer oriented approach to communication and consultation with all stakeholders at all levels.

13.To be responsive to the needs of the Programme Management Team and be willing to work at occasional out of hours events such as publicity or consultation events as required.