Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £24.79.
We are looking for an experienced manager to join the Short Breaks team to lead on the development, implementation and maintenance of robust contract management and monitoring of Hackney’s short breaks for disabled children and young people. The post will support the Service Manager for Disabled Children’s Service (DCS) and other managers in the development of the accessibility of short breaks in mainstream/universal settings for disabled children and young people, and associated workforce development issues. The role will be working in partnership with NHS City & Hackney and Hackney Education to ensure that the overall delivery of short breaks for disabled children and young people in Hackney is as holistic, seamless and equitable as possible across the Children & Young People’s Partnership.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
● Very high standards of literacy and numeracy.
EXPERIENCE
● Significant past experience of working in or with services for disabled children.
[Desirable]
● Experience of commissioning services for children and young people and/or social
care services. [Desirable]
● Experience of managing a substantial budget. [Desirable]
● Experience of line management of front-line staff. [Desirable]
● Experience of working within a contract management/monitoring capacity. ●
Experience of work in the field of service user involvement. [Desirable] ●
Significant project management experience relevant to this post. ● Experience of
working within an education/social care/healthcare organisation.
● Experience of inter-agency working within an education/social care/healthcare
setting.
● Experience of working with local third sector organisations. [Desirable]
● Experience of working with people from a range of backgrounds and at different
levels of seniority.
● Experience of producing in-depth reports and papers for a senior children’s
services and/or social care audience.
● Experience of being able to collate, analyse and present information in a number
of formats and for different audiences.
KNOWLEDGE
● A detailed knowledge of the policy agenda for disabled children, young people and
their families, and the current issues facing statutory partners in this sector.
Job Features
Job Category | Admin / Clerical |
Job Category : Admin / Clerical.Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.Hours Per Week : 36.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00.Salary: £24.79. We are looki…
Job Category : Human Resources.
Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM Monday – Friday.
We currently looking for 5 HR assistants. The rate is currently £14.50 PAYE but may be reviewed.
To deliver operational excellence across a range of HR processes including HR Advisory, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Contracts and Systems and Learning and Development. Candidates need strong admin skills, attention to detail, not afraid of systems
Main duties and responsibilities
Operational Delivery
Makes judgements on prioritisation of work to manage workload and respond to urgent requests, supported and directed by the Team Leader and Contact Point manager where appropriate
Responds to customer demand on the HR Function, supporting casework, recruitment, workforce reporting, systems support, learning and / or organisation development
Acts as a first point of contact for the HR function, resolving process or policy application-based queries and basic data access request, and triaging other requests and connecting to the relevant individual within the HR Function as required
To demonstrate flexibility whilst working across various HR teams to support workload peaks and troughs, developing knowledge and experience across all teams
Uses HR systems and databases appropriately to record all work actions, ensuring accurate information is stored in line with information and record management policies
Maintains compliance with the Data Protection Act, GDPR and confidentiality of employee information and the Council’s data
Drives a culture of continuous improvement through the HR Function by identifying opportunities to make changes to ways of working to reduce support requests through Contact Point, and to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the HR Function’s operations
Experience:
Experience of working in an HR department in a customer focused organisation, proactively facilitating and leading change
Experience of applying HR policies and processes in a shared service centre environment
Job Features
Job Category | HR & Recruitment Jobs |
Job Category : Human Resources.Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.Hours: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM Monday – Friday. We currently looking for 5 HR assistants. The rate is currently …
Job Category : Housing.
Location : Edmonton Centre, Enfield Council.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:15.
Salary: £14.81.
• To be responsible for providing a high quality neighbourhood management service to a designated patch, supporting residents to comply with their tenancy and lease conditions.
• To deliver an excellent and proactive housing management service to tenants with a high level of presence and visibility on designated patches, whilst delivering high performance.
• To be responsible for consulting with residents, members and senior officers with regards to housing management issues
• To support tenants sustain their tenancies.
• To work with residents so that they are satisfied with their home and local environment and to be active members of their community.
Job Features
Job Category | Housing |
Job Category : Housing.Location : Edmonton Centre, Enfield Council.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:15.Salary: £14.81. • To be responsible for pr…
Job Category : Interims.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Salary: £241.21 per day.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
The Electrical/ Mechanical project Engineers role is to work within a busy Technical Services Team that delivers works across a corporate property portfolio (Non-Housing) under the direction of the Senior Electrical/ Mechanical Engineer set within a wider M&E team under the leadership of the Senior Planned Maintenance Surveyor. The Electrical Engineer post holder will organise, manage and oversee the delivery of a high quality, cost effective compliance, electrical and project engineering service in accordance with the needs of various client groups requiring a broad based knowledge of all aspects of Electrical project works
The electrical project role is to organise and manage the allocated projects, (electrically biased) works allocated to ensure delivery of these aspects of the team’s overall objectives. To provide an exemplary professional service to ensure that properties are effectively and efficiently maintained, repaired, adapted, improved or replaced, in accordance with client requirements, good practice, legislative and statutory requirements and to achieve agreed performance targets.
The role is also responsible for the compliance project management focusing on but not limited to Fire Alarm, Emergency lighting, CCTV and Lifts PPM regime. The role includes refurbishment projects from design/ specifications through procurement to delivery on site of above aspects of electrical projects.
As an acknowledged electrical project engineering expert across the broad portfolio of works including but not limited to electrical refurbishment projects of large multi floor office blocks, through to the technical expert to guide electricians in the correct processes to maintain the councils broad range of equipment in its portfolio of Non-housing buildings ensuring reactive repairs are correctly specified and delivered. The development of designs from conception for fire alarm and emergency lighting systems through specification and formal tender process to managing project delivery within agreed time and cost constraints.
Job Features
Job Category | Interim Executive |
Job Category : Interims.Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Salary: £241.21 per day.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00. The El…
Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Client Location : Tudor House Adult Day Care, Essex County Council, Chelmsford
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Residential assistants required for Tudor House Adult Day Care Centre in Colchester. Candidates must be local to Essex due to the location.
Temporary Ad Hoc Residential Assistants will be required to cover shifts as and when with most of the shifts covering night awakes, starting at 10pm going through to 7am the next day.
Regular pay rate is £9.70 per hour, Nights awake pay rate is £10.33 per hour.
Candidates need to have current experience providing one on one personal care and must be trained in Epilepsy.
If candidates are suitable they will be put through compliance to pick up shifts as soon as possible, once compliant their details will go to the care home and they will contract the worker to discuss available shifts.
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social Care – UnqualifiedClient Location : Tudor House Adult Day Care, Essex County Council, ChelmsfordHours Per Week : 37.00Start Date : Immediate StartStart Time : 09:00End Time…
Job Category : Legal (Specialist).
Location : Bromley Council, Bromley, South East London.
Salary : £38 – £40 LTD dependent on experience.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate start.
Start Time : 08:30.
End Time : 17:00.
An experienced Contracts and Procurement lawyer is required for an assignment with a London Borough to cover short term absence of a member of the Contracts and Procurement Team. The Council is looking for a person to provide expert general and bespoke drafting and advice work across the usual variety of Council activities including services and IT contracts, consultancy contracts, works/JCT contracts, collaboration, Grants ,FOI ,GDPR and Subsidy Control. The person will also be required to provide expert procurement advice. The role will include providing legal advice and input in relation to decision-making powers and reports under the Councils Contract Procedure Rules and Constitution.
Job Features
Job Category | Legal (Specialist) |
Job Category : Legal (Specialist).Location : Bromley Council, Bromley, South East London.Salary : £38 – £40 LTD dependent on experience.Hours Per Week : 36.00.Start Date : Immediate start.Star…
Job Category : Interims.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Salary: £201.01.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
The key tasks are
- Experience of local authority cash flow
- Experience of local authority investments
- Experience of using treasury software Logotech or treasury live
- Experience of using agresso financial system
- Experience of investing and borrowing
- Experience of closing local authority treasury management tasks in statement of accounts
- Experience of using banking systems like Natwest bank line
- Experience of local authority CIPFA Code of Practice
- At least 4 years working in a local authority treasury role
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting & Finance Jobs, Interim Executive |
Job Category : Interims.Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Salary: £201.01.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00. The key tasks …
Job Category : Interims.
Location : London Borough of Newham.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:15.
Salary: £450 per day
The role will be based in the Social Care Commissioning team which works in partnership with the Brokerage and Contracts Team and operational social care staff.
We need a person with extensive experience of commissioning, project management and procurement to lead the procurement of services particularly unregulated services. The successful candidate will also project manage income generating projects working with operational colleagues, finance, housing and other colleagues. The candidate should be both able to work within an existing framework and offer new insight to improve the current processes.
The ideal candidate will have:
• Knowledge of the accommodation, care and support services for looked after children and carer leavers and the wider issues affecting children’s social care•
• Extensive experience of running procurement activities and implementing new services
• Need for minimal supervision and be a self-starter
• Analytical skills and numeracy including ability to use Excel.
• Achieved efficiencies and savings in their commissioning of services
• Excellent communication skills particularly reporting writing for senior management
• Project management skills to maintain project plans risks and issues registers
• Negotiation and influencing skills working across disciplines and organisations
• Good attention to detail
Key deliverables will include:
• Complete the Equalities Impact Assessment
• Hold a minimum of 2 provider engagement activities for semi-independent accommodation
• Review and finalise all tender documentation for semi-independent living and supported living services.
• Evaluate of submitted bids supporting operational staff with the process
• Lead on Housing Benefit pilot ensuring income generation, procedures and processes in place to track income. Report on progress of pilot.
• Lead on options paper for develop of capital assets to be used as homes for looked after children and care leaver
Job Features
Job Category | Interim Executive |
Job Category : Interims.Location : London Borough of Newham.Hours Per Week : 36.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:15. Salary: £450 per day The role will be based in the…
Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified.
Client Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 28.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £27.17.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
- Help improve the outcome and experience of people affected by cancer (PABC) living in Tower Hamlets through enabling the integration of services designed to meet their holistic, health, wellbeing and psychosocial needs.
- Coordinate and manage work-streams, including communication and engagement activities, and specific projects associated with the Tower Hamlets – Macmillan Local Authority Partnership Programme (THMLAPP) also known as Tower Hamlets Living with Cancer Programme.
- Scope out and extend the THMLAPP model of service improvement and transformation to other boroughs in North East London (NEL) as part of the North East London Cancer Alliance’s (NELCA) programme of work
- Support any future development of a similar approach for patient groups living with a range of long-term conditions, particularly those previously considered severely life-limiting at diagnosis, such as HIV.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Summary of key areas of responsibility for this post:
• Coordinating insight and intelligence gathering
• Communication and engagement
• Partnership working including with local people affected by cancer (PABC) in NEL
• Planning and coordination of projects
• Contributing to reporting and evaluation
• Learning from innovation and research
• Managing of budgets and resources
• Designing the programme through co-production with all stakeholders including PABC
• Engaging in consultation around new proposed models
• Supporting the commissioning and delivery of any new proposed service
The post holder will work within the parameters of the Logic Model developed with stakeholders to both plan and evaluate the programme. The model describes in summary form the relationship between the outcomes that the programme is seeking to achieve, and the inputs (interventions and resources) needed to make changes, whilst setting out the context in which the programme sits, and assumptions relating to it.
Objectives of the role
- Providing business support and coordination function for the programme
- Supporting the administration of the schedule of Programme Board meetings and Partnership meetings, including minute taking, monitoring action log, coordinating attendees, speakers, and collating papers and agenda items
- Overseeing different workstreams and liaising with stakeholders and delivery partners
- Developing and implementing the communications and engagement plan
- Managing the network of people affected by cancer involved in co-production work
- Supporting set up, delivery and evaluation of the Community of Practice
- Supporting the delivery of the two new grant funded services (Take home and settle service and Macmillan Cancer Care Navigator service)
- Assisting with producing regular reports and presentations for partners and stakeholders, including a number of internal and external boards and committees
- Hosting and coordinating engagement, consultation and or co-design events with stakeholders
- Planning and co-facilitation of training sessions
- Supporting the monitoring and evaluation activities including collating reports from data provided and pulling together case studies
- Managing budget related activities including:
o ensuring payments are made to service providers on a monthly and quarterly basis
o gathering and recording evidence of activity
o tracking and reconciling expenditure
o raising and processing invoices and purchase orders
o completing end of year financial activities - Working closely with communication and finance leads from partner organisations
- Maintaining effective working relationships with teams, organisations and networks within and external to the council and across neighbouring boroughs.
- Supporting the development and mapping of a diverse stakeholder group and help influence their intentions and decisions
- Enabling the development of a similar programme of work across NEL in partnership with NELCA
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified.Client Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Hours Per Week : 28.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 1…
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £28.14.
To provide a professional social work service to adults, their families and
carers in line within the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the focus of the
promoting wellbeing and identifying significant impact.
• To comply with the statutory requirements of the relevant childcare, mental
health legislation, identifying, responding to, managing and evaluating risk as
appropriate considering and applying the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• The role holder will assist individuals, carers and families by completing strength
based assessments which support the identification of individual, personal
network, community strengths and universal services. Applying robust and
evidence based eligibility decision making and promoting best value.
• To develop support plans which meet personalised outcomes. Take a
preventative approach to all intervention that maximises the opportunities to
reduce and delay needs and provide sufficient advice and information to support
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00.Salary…
Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : London Borough of Newham, East London
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £10.85
minute taker for child protection conferences. must have relevant experience.
Job Features
Job Category | Admin / Clerical |
Job Category : Admin / ClericalLocation : London Borough of Newham, East LondonHours Per Week : 36.00Start Date : Immediate StartStart Time : 09:00End Time : 17:00Salary: £10.85minute taker for child…
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £30.55 per hour.
Seeking someone with management background for MASH team (children’s) who can support the Team Manager to make threshold decisions for cases. This role requires someone with at least 5 years post qualification and 2 years MASH experience to carry out the work as required.
The person in this role is also required to give social workers advice and overall support on day to day basis.
They will also be responsible for chairing our daily MASH meetings with all the key partners.
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00.Salary…
Job Category : Human Resources.
Location : Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham, East London.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Pay rate £23.00 per hour.
- Has experience in managing Employee relations cases
- Has experience with leading on organisational/transformational change processes
- Has an understanding of the context of HR and best practice in a public sector/local government setting
- Has the ability to advise on HR policies and procedures and make recommendations for improvements?
- Has TUPE experience (in/out)
- CIPD level 5 desirable
Job Features
Job Category | HR & Recruitment Jobs |
Job Category : Human Resources.Location : Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham, East London.Hours Per Week : 36.00.Start Date : Immediate Start. Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00.Pay rate £23….
Team – North Kent.
Pay rate – Max £340.00 per day (umbrella).
5 days per week.
Start date – Immediate Start.
Location – Full time remote working.
DBS – Basic required
Job details –
Must have Local Authority experience
Extensive knowledge of code of practice
Complex cases in North Kent, very challenging area – currently 3,000 cases
Purpose of the Job:
To oversee a team responsible for discharging the Local Authority’s statutory functions in
relation to the statutory assessment process and for carrying out the day to day duties
associated with arranging provision for children and young people in a defined geographic
area.
To ensure a high-quality service is delivered to children and young people and their
families/carers though the Statutory Assessment (SA) process and in relation to all
processes in relation to children and young people who have an EHC plan. This includes
the ongoing monitoring of high-quality provision for those children and young people with
Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.
EXPERIENCE
Practical experience in a relevant field to include working with parents and schools in challenging situations
Experience of managing conflicting priorities
Significant management experience including performance management
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Ability to establish effective working relationships with professionals, children, young people and their parents/carers
Effective communication skills including diplomacy and sensitivity to the needs of others without the use of jargon
Ability to support children, young people and families to implement the EHC plan
Able to solve problems in a constructive and solution focussed manner
Resilient
Effective networking skills
Able to use all IT equipment and software to the level required of the role
Evidence of being able to work successfully under pressure and priorities tasks to manage workload effectively
Evidence of being able to successfully manage a team to deliver service
Ability to analyse and interpret information from a wide range of sources including professional reports and to convey information in a range of appropriate formats fit for intended audience
Able to challenge staff (and self) effectively to improve own, individual and team performance
Knowledge of the importance of early intervention and support
Takes responsibility for problem solving and decision-making providing support and challenge, as necessary.
Seeks to drive forward national and local strategies through team and self-motivation
Promotes equality of opportunity for children and young people and KCC colleagues as related to national and local strategies and policies.
Able to self-reflect and improve own skills and performance
Job Features
Job Category | Education and Training Jobs |
Team – North Kent.Pay rate – Max £340.00 per day (umbrella).5 days per week.Start date – Immediate Start.Location – Full time remote working.DBS – Basic required Job details –Must have …
Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : London Borough of Newham.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 06:00.
End Time : 14:00.
Salary: £13.39 per hour.
Business Support Officer based in a busy Council depot.
Split shift rota 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 8pm
£13.39 per hour
Overall Purpose of Job
- To support the Council’s vison and resilience agenda by providing a consistently high quality, cost effective and timely business support service.
- To ensure that the administrative functions are carried out to a high level of accuracy and to corporate standards.
- To ensure that continuous cover and support is provided to managers and staff based across council offices.
EXPERIENCE:
⦁ Previous experience of secretarial, clerical and administrative work.
⦁ A proven record of communicating in person, by telephone and in writing in a calm, courteous and confident professional manner.
⦁ A proven record of providing administrative support within a team.
Track record of working in an office environment
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
⦁ Able to work accurately and methodically.
⦁ Understanding of confidentiality issues and how this is observed and maintained.
⦁ Able to work on own initiative to manage and prioritise own workloads.
⦁ Ability to deal with telephone enquiries in a tactful, courteous and efficient manner.
⦁ Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
⦁ Ability to prioritise own work and work of others to meet deadlines.
⦁ Ability to work on own initiative, identifying and implementing solutions to problems.
⦁ Ability to deal diplomatically with difficult situations and individuals.
⦁ Ability to contribute to corporate/service projects and initiatives.
Job Features
Job Category | Admin / Clerical |
Job Category : Admin / Clerical.Location : London Borough of Newham.Hours Per Week : 36.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Start Time : 06:00.End Time : 14:00.Salary: £13.39 per hour. Business Support O…
Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £22.94.
We are seeking staff to assist with our Housing Licensing project – carrying out inspections and processing HMO applications
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Provide high quality specialised services in the area of private sector Housing and advise on the full range of issues which meet the needs of Tower Hamlets multi-racial community including managing projects and assisting in policy development as required.
Qualifications & Experience
⦁ Experience of responding effectively to changing demands and priorities, meeting targets and deadlines and maintaining quality services
⦁ Experience of working in an Environmental Health department investigating complaints.
⦁ Degree or Diploma in Environmental Health
To be progressing towards the near completion of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health(CIEH) Experiential Learning Portfolio or logbook, professional examinations and interview.
Job Features
Job Category | Facilities & Environmental Services |
Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services.Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.Hours Per Week : 35.00.Start Date : Immediate start.Start Time : 09:00.End Time : 17:00.S…
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £28.00 per hour.
Nations Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join the Looked After Children Team for Luton Borough Council.
The successful Social Worker will be joining a supportive and agency friendly authority with strong, supportive and long-standing management.
Benefits as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Competitive Rates
Remote Working
Possibility of an extended contract
Duties as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Work effectively on complex situations, use their initiative and evaluate their own and others practice.
Responsible for a caseload of more complex cases, providing advice to other social workers in relation to their cases.
Provides casework supervision to other social workers in the team and may also supervise students, trainees, less experienced professional team members, support staff and volunteers.
Participate in the planning / reviewing of cases.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families and carers.
Provide advice and support and promote independence and early intervention, as necessary.
Liaise with colleagues in own or other departments or external agencies to gather relevant information for assessment and care planning activities.
Maintain and update case notes and other records to required ethical and quality standards.
Write high quality reports as required and where required give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
Requirements as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Social Work England registration
Eligible to work in the UK
Hold a full UK licence
Post-qualified experience
Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.Hours Per Week : 37.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Salary: £28.00 per hour. Nations Recru…
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Non-Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £170.00 per day.
Youth Offending Service (YOS) and Targeted Youth Services (TYS) A Partnership between Bedfordshire Police, Bedfordshire Probation Trust, Luton Borough Council, Luton Clinical Commissioning Group & Luton Health & Well-being Board
As the Operations Manager you will effectively manage the day-to-day operations and delivery of youth justice and Targeted Youth Services in Luton to achieve best outcomes for children, young people, families, and victims and protect the public from serious harm. Ideally you will have a relevant professional or degree level qualification, ideally as a qualified social worker, probation office, police chief inspector.
The key objectives of the post:
Manage and direct the operational staff and resources across the service to meet the statutory aim of preventing offending and re-offending by children and young people in Luton.
Manage and direct the Targeted Youth Service staff, resources, and budgets to assess the needs and provide services to support young people and families where a young person is vulnerable.
Promote and maximise the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people (and their family members) and victims known to the service and protect the public from serious harm.
Increase awareness, understanding and confidence in the youth justice system by other agencies and members of the public
Contribute and assist in the operational and strategic development of the YOS, Youth Justice and Targeted Youth Services in Luton
What skills and experience you will need to be the Operations Manager
Able to act as a role model for the service and lead by example.
Able to work effectively with others, co-operate with colleagues and help the service achieve its goals
Commitment to providing a high-quality service to meet the aims of the Youth Offending Service
Able to build a harmonious team, mentoring/supporting/encouraging and helping to reduce stress and tension between members.
Able to keep professional detachment.
Demonstrates commitment, tenacity and integrity.
Previous experience of establishing and maintaining long term partnerships between statutory agencies and voluntary and independent sector agencies and work with a wide range of people to effect crime reduction in Luton.
You will have substantial and up to date specialist knowledge, skill and expertise in fast and frequently changing youth justice and children’s services arenas.
Experience of management responsibility for the Targeted Youth Service element. This will include management of casework, leading on case allocation and risk management for the service; also managing detached programmes, and group work curriculum’s within neighbourhood localities.
In relation to TYS, the post holder will maintain effective links and working relationships within the Department and with relevant statutory, voluntary, and private agencies.
Additional Information
You will be required to work some out of office hours including evenings/weekends and less often bank holidays, and participate in a 7-day on call’ rota system including attending where court cover may be required or where issues of safeguarding and/or risk of harm to the public occur (on average approximately 1 weekend in four).
A normal office environment, although travel throughout the Borough, Bedfordshire and the eastern region on a regular basis is expected. Some travel around the eastern region of England and to London and other areas of the country from time to time.
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Non-Qualified.Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.Hours Per Week : 37.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Salary: £170.00 per day. Youth Off…
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £28.00 per hour.
Candidates will ideally have:
• Have at least 2 years’ experience of working as a social worker in an Asssessment Team
• Social Work England registration
• Be self-motivated and able to use own initiative
• Be able to work under pressure and in stressful and challenging situations
• Be able to demonstrate sensitivity, vigilance and professionalism in their work
• Have a can-do attitude and flexible approach
• Eligible to work in the UK
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.Hours Per Week : 37.00.Start Date : Immediate Start.Salary: £28.00 per hour. Candidates wi…
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start..
Salary: £28.00 per hour.
Interviews are held over SKYPE
Key skills and experience of Social Worker for our Adoption team
We are looking for a qualified social worker with in-depth experience in the field of child and family & adoption social work. You’ll need experience of coaching and mentoring including practice teaching, however we do not require you to have a Practice teaching qualification. We need someone who has knowledge of children’s safeguarding and management of risk.
Our ideal candidates will need to be able to negotiate, organise, prioritise and plan tasks and work to competing deadlines while meeting agreed targets. We need you to be confident in making and acting upon sound professional judgements based on levels of risk.
• You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing knowledge and understanding of current legislation, national guidance and best practice relevant to this role as well as knowledge of social care need of children and families.
• We do ask that you have Dip SW, CQSW or recognised equivalent, substantial professional social work qualification and registered by the Social Work England.
• The post is based in an open plan office at Unity House.
• You will need to attend frequent meetings in a variety of locations and make visits to family homes. Home visits frequently undertaken alone, subject to risk assessment and in accordance with the Lone Worker’s policy.
• Applicants must be willing to undergo child and/or vulnerable adults protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
Luton Borough are practising COVID restrictions with regards to safeguarding their employees.
Job Features
Job Category | Social & Healthcare |
Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.Location : Luton Borough Council – Luton Bedfordshire.Hours Per Week : 37.00.Start Date : Immediate Start..Salary: £28.00 per hour. Interviews a…