Jobs

Job Category : Housing
Location : The Deane House, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £19.31

Provide advice, information and assistance to applicants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Help applicants to explore their housing options and find suitable accommodation that meets their needs. To work with a range of partners and agencies to prevent and reduce homelessness in the community. Referral signposting to supporting agencies. - Remote working, Duty rota 2 days a week, details discussed at interview. - Team size roughly 10 including management support - Case load to be managed alongside homelessness duty cover

Work Experience Knowledge & Skills
Effective written and verbal communication
Ability to deal inventively and sensitively with a wide range and spectrum of people in greatly varying circumstances.
Ability to establish and manage realistic applicant expectations.
Ability to manage a diverse caseload effectively where detailed and complex investigations are required, working with precision and attention to detail.
Ability to maintain accurate detailed and timely case notes and other evidence-based records.
Good organisational and administrative skills.
Ability to speak fluent English as stated in
Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016)
Qualifications
Essential
Education qualification to at least A level standard or acquired knowledge to NVQ level 4 and ongoing commitment to continuous professional development and where required will acquire specialist accreditation and skills

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified
Location : Kennet House, Wiltshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:30
PAY RATE is £35 - £40 per hour depending on experience

Team: Support and Safeguarding East
Location (office): Our main work base is Kennet, House, Devizes.
• You will have access to free, priority parking.
• Our team is positioned adjacent to the East of Wiltshire, with easy links to A road and M3 corridor.
• We offer a hybrid working model, so you will also have more opportunities to work remotely from home or across the county.

About the team
The East Support and Safeguarding Service works with children, young people, and their families from early help through to permanence.
We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join the team.
The team benefits from a management structure headed by Team Manager, with Assistant Team Managers who offer direct supervisory role to Social Workers and pride themselves on offering quality monthly supervision through reflective, open, and strength-based support.
We offer multi-disciplinary team support including key workers who will co-work cases with you as lead social worker.
We offer dedicated Practitioner Support; these roles are in place to support with minute taking of your meetings with families and professionals (CIN and Core Group review meetings).
We offer access to wider wellbeing support service for practitioners which includes a brand-new support service to reduce the likelihood of secondary trauma in our staff.
Through our teaching partnerships with Bournemouth University, we offer you teaching opportunities, masterclass and more.

About the role
We are ambitious for our families and child, for our staff and for ourselves and are determined to see all Wiltshire families thrive. If you share this vision then please get in contact and help us to continue being a progressive, supportive, and learning organisation.
A ‘one journey’ model means you stay with the child from the front door right the way through to permanence if required.
We are looking for a Social Worker with experience in referral and assessment casework and leading on Child in Need and Child Protection plans and, in some instances, supporting legal processes to secure a child or young person’s permanence.
The successful candidate will be provided a protected casework, using a case weighting tool.
The successful candidate be able to apply a hybrid working model, so you will also have more opportunities to work remotely from home or across the county.

Job Category : Technical
Location : County Offices, Flintshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £15.12

Time served, fully qualified electrician, able to produce a high standard of work in both tenanted and void properties and have experience within social housing. A wide knowledge base is essential and the candidate will need to have excellent testing and diagnostic skills and able to trace and rectify faults within domestic properties including repairs to various types of central heating systems.

Job Category : Admin & Clerical
Location : Queens Road 1, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.93

To cover the duty admin system, answering phone calls, responding to emails and dealing with service users who are coming into the building to provide documents and collect weekly money for personal expenses

Responsibilities

1. Identify the need for office support tasks and take proactive steps to provide cover for colleagues when required (e.g. PA support), duties may include; dealing with incoming phone calls, meeting arrangements and note taking, minute taking, data management, duty support.
2. Apply council wide administrative processes which support the work of the service; e.g. ordering goods and services, sending out letters etc.
3. Maintain IT systems, including local and corporate IT systems, spreadsheets, databases and text files. To be able to produce appropriate outputs, e.g. reports.
4. Update IT systems to ensure that individual records are up to date with information required for statutory returns and local datasets, ensuring the data is up to date, accurate and reliable.
5. Scanning and uploading of documents to the information system, ensuring accuracy and appropriate disposal of paper documents.
6. Dealing professionally with incoming phone calls, emails and correspondence; taking messages in an efficient manner and redirecting calls to the appropriate officer where necessary.
7. To respond to enquiries sensitively and efficiently, from professionals and service users on the role and function of the service, either orally or in writing, taking into account individual circumstances.
8. To maintain strict confidentiality of all records produced and received and be aware of requirements of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
9. Compose and produce written and statistical reports, using council IT systems, such as MOSAIC, or with Microsoft Office suite and other appropriate software. This may be running standard reports or the worker may design for a specific need.
10. Take specific responsibility for a function related to the smooth operation of the office environment, which may require some specific knowledge (e.g. health and safety issues), or co-coordinating others’ activities.
11. To carry out the duties and responsibilities of the job in accordance with the Council’s Health and Safety Policy and relevant Health and Safety legislation and to actively promote equalities through the application of the Council’s employment practices and procedures in accordance with relevant legislation.
12. Undertake other duties appropriate to the post that may reasonably be required from time to time.

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office at a level to compile reports (including embedding tables/diagrams), correspondences, presentations, maintaining spreadsheets, meeting arrangements.
Knowledge of the nature and operation of adult and children’s social services
Awareness of health and safety issues within an office environment.
Understanding and appreciating the importance of and need for confidentially.
Experience:

1. Experience of working to directorate and corporate policies, procedures and practice including performance frameworks and their application within a social care setting.
2. Experience of compiling and maintaining records and administrative systems.
3. Experience of data cleansing, producing statistical information.
4. Experience of composing written materials; including original correspondence, appropriate use of email, simple reports and administration of meetings including note/minute taking.
5. To have extensive administrative experience, including data input and retrieval.

Job Category : Manual Labour
Location : Unit 2 Sandgate Street, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 07:00
End Time : 13:00
Salary: £13.23

6 days a week Mon-Sat 36hrs
Street litter picker, Sweeper,
changing dog, litter bins
Able to read maps and follow schedules.
Job Purpose

To be responsible for ensuring the security, safety, and cleanliness in relation to the cleaning of designated streets and estates within Southwark. These will determined by the needs of the service.

Principal Accountabilities

To undertake cleaning duties specified below in the following areas of the Council’s estates and highways:

⦁ Corridors, utility rooms, balconies and pedways, entrances and lobbies, refuse stores, lifts/stairs and landings, store rooms, external areas and other areas and accommodation that might exist.

Cleaning duties using appropriate equipment and materials, to include:

⦁ Sweeping of hard floors and walkways, damp and wet mopping of hard floors and walkways.

⦁ Sweeping of external areas e.g. pathways/pavement/channels and courtyards.

⦁ Scrubbing of internal and external hard floors, walkways and other areas as might be directed.

⦁ Wall wash, high cleaning of walls, associated furniture, fixtures, fittings and internal window cleaning.

⦁ Collection and removal of bulk/bagged refuse from all areas on the estate.

⦁ Emptying of external litterbins and rotation of paladin refuse stores.

⦁ Litter picking/leaf clearing/snow clearing.

⦁ Cleaning of major spillage, soilage and other deposits.

To attend training sessions organised by supervisory staff and to use new equipment after training, and to carry out new methods or procedures as and when directed.

To follow all procedures relevant to maintaining the security of Council property as directed.

To clean, maintain and store all cleaning equipment and materials as directed and to report all defective equipment and materials to the Supervisor.

To note when cleaning materials and other supplies are required and to order or request that an order be placed for the necessary materials and supplies with the Supervisor.

To be responsible for the security of all cleaning equipment and materials under the employees control.

Carry out all duties with due regard to:

⦁ Health and Safety at Work Act
⦁ The Council’s Equality and Diversity Policy

Job Category : Social & Health Care Non-Qualified
Location : Talfourd Place, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £23.87

.Please ensure candidates have experience as a broker.

Ensuring our children and young people have the best possible placements that are proportionate to their assessed needs and that help them to achieve their full potential is absolutely key. You will be a very experienced, highly motivated, well organised and determined colleague who understands why we must get placements and support right for our children.

We operate in a fast paced and dynamic market place and your work style and work ethic must reflect this.

CHILDREN's SERVICES: To work as part of the Access To Resources Team - responding quickly to referrals from Social Work Teams seeking the right placement and support for our children and young people.

This is a hybrid role requiring colleagues to be in the office at least 2 days / week and 5 days for the week when they are on duty

work proactively within the Placements Team to ensure all children are placed in suitable
placements, monitoring referral patterns and use of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs), and
ensure that senior managers are alerted to any risks or threats in relation to sufficiency.

2. help develop and manage systems that track all referrals, placements, placement moves and
   endings, and ensure that high quality management information is available to assist in the planning
   and review of the service.
3. deliver a responsive and efficient service alongside the Fostering Service: ensure that all parties
   involved in the referral and placement process are kept fully informed when placements are made, and that children’s views are taken into account.
4. undertake the sourcing and negotiation of suitable placements, and to contribute information about the market for health to maintain the quality of services. To keep accurate records and reporting on placement and financial activities by updating individual case notes on Mosaic.
5. negotiate on placement costs/support packages to ensure cost effective placements. Also ensuring placements are agreed and placements contracts (IPAs) are completed in a timely manner as well as Mosaic finances.
6. help put systems in place to ensure foster carers and providers are paid promptly and that any additional or special payments are processed in a fair and transparent way, in keeping with the operating principles of the Fostering Payment Policy.
7. track and maintain an overview of all children waiting for placements and monitor progress on identifying suitable carers. Alert senior managers to any corporate threat or risks relating to the council’s sufficiency strategy.
8. ensure that information systems are fit for purpose and that high quality management information can be produced for a range of indicators. Use management information to inform planning and reviewing the sufficiency strategy.
9. ensure the best use is made of Southwark’s fostering resources, keeping use of external placements to a minimum and promoting the use of Friends and Family Placements as far as possible.
10. keep abreast of local and national changes to best practice when securing placement’s options for children and young people including legislative changes and Ofsted guidance.
11. provide placement briefings to the Team Manager and to senior management when requested.
12. provide professional guidance, support and developmental opportunities with less experienced or knowledgeable social work colleagues, including taking the role of practice educator with social work students.
13. maintain case records and management information on appropriate systems, ensuring that case files are organised and up to date.
14. work with a degree of independence without the need for close supervision, whilst recognising when and how to seek advice from a range of sources. Use supervision to identify strategies to build professional resilience and balance the potential for bias in decision-making.
15. contribute experience and expertise to group and individual supervision processes, to support evidence-informed judgements in complex cases.

Job Category : Social & Health Care Qualified
Location : Queens Road 1, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £21.64

Children and adult 0 to 25 service. Experience in Child Protection and or assessments required. Strong focus on performance. Will provide training for the right candidate with regards to the Care Act and adult legislation.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Responsibilities

1. Provide focused and purposeful social work interventions, including dealing with a wide range of problems presented by children and young people facing crisis.
2. To take responsive action in accordance with the statutory provision and departmental policy/practice to ensure that individual needs are met.
3. To work within a systemic framework to provide a comprehensive and effective integrated social work service to respond to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner.
4. To be responsible for decisions on the assessment of individual needs and the provision of services at individual customer level. Decisions may have implications on the short and long term future of customers.
5. To ensure the co-ordination and completion of a strength based approach to assessment, the completion of outcome focussed support plans, to support individuals to be active and engaged within their local community and maximise their independence.
6. Work directly with service users and their families and/or carers undertaking clear and accurate strength based assessments, undertake interviews and observations and gather information to capture their voice and that of their family and/or carer.
7. Use a variety of professional skills, including consultation (i.e. pre-referral work), identification, assessment, intervention planning / delivery, review, etc. to (a) promote effective partnerships between service users, their parents and practitioners who work with them and (b) achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable children, young people, adults and families/carers.
8. On the basis of assessed needs and risks, devise, implement and review outcome focussed care plans, including the development and management of protection plans within a child protection framework.
9. Manage a caseload of children and adults (0-25) as directed and organise and plan work activities prioritising tasks and responsibilities within appropriate statutory timeframes.
10. Ensure that statutory responsibilities are undertaken; including visiting, arranging reviews, reporting to the court. Delivering within timescales and meeting any other departmental or national performance targets.
11. Use Social Work expertise to provide reflective case discussion with practitioners and, if appropriate group work or other Social Work services, to individuals, families and other groups.
12. To work closely with other Departments, statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of service users and families/carers within the community.
13. To establish, build links and support local groups, customer representatives, and other local resources which provide informal networks of care.
14. Provide written and verbal reports, that are concise, informative, based on analysis of complex evidence and which make cogent arguments based on evidence.
15. Establish a rapport and build and maintain a professional, respectful and honest relationship with the service user and their family/carer to develop trust and assist in safeguarding and promoting positive and timely outcomes.
16. Maintain case records and management information on appropriate systems, ensuring that case files and all administrative related to the social work function are organised and up to date.
17. Apply research knowledge of social work interventions and statutory guidance to inform social work practice and keep up to date with changes in legislation and developments within social work; to assess the implications of change on children and adults and advise team colleagues accordingly.
18. To actively recognise, uphold and promote the Council’s Equal Opportunity and Diversity agenda.
19. Deliver services flexibly across different parts of the service (as dictated by service need) and within homes, schools or community settings as required.
20. Undertake other duties appropriate to the post and grade that may reasonably be required from time to time.

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Qualified Social Worker with HCPC registration and evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance and the social work and care management practice, particularly relating to safeguarding practice.
Knowledge of and an understanding and commitment to “social work matters” and its key principles of openness, transparency, accountability, and leadership and to the principles in Southwark’s practice framework (child centred, relationship based, outcome focused, family minded, strengths based, evidence informed, fairness).
Knowledge and understanding of child development, parenting capacity, environmental factors and risk and protective factors.
Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of key children’s and adult’s agencies.
Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to communities from diverse backgrounds and being familiar with the problems of patterns of deprivation

Experience:
Experience of direct social work with children and their families, as well as adults which includes assessing the needs of the individual, their families and/or carers.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary service with a range of professionals and of undertaking multi-disciplinary assessments
Ability to demonstrate social work competence within a Learning Disability environment and experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and carers to assess their needs and implement care plans.
Experience of successful working in an integrated manner, including team working and partnership to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people and adults.
Experience of assessment and childcare planning for children in need.
Experience of child protection.

Job Category : Social & Health Care Qualified
Location : Sumner House, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £28.56

To assess and support foster carers in our community, and where necessary challenging others to have high expectations for Southwark’s children and improve their outcomes.
We work within a systemic framework, offering group supervision and clinical support to work
closely with members of your practice group to supervise and support a group of foster carers. You will help them to develop confidence, skills and expertise in caring for children who have suffered abuse, trauma and loss, assessing where extra support and training is required.
You will work with colleagues in the care and safeguarding teams to maintain these placements as well as matching suitable short and long term placements for children, and to help prepare them for permanence.

Job Category : Admin & Clerical
Location : Northcott House, Keyworth & Wren Road Hostel, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £14.22

This is an additional post as a receptionist withim the hostel to help the Supported Pathways Officers
Mon-Fri 8-4pm
No weekend working or late working

The Receptionist and Service Support Officer is responsible for providing effective and efficient administrative support to the Supported Hostel Service. Their main responsibility is to provide reception desk services, ensuring excellent and quality customer care for all residents, visitors and callers; dealing appropriately with their query.

The Receptionist and Service Support must have the ability to deal with Adults who may be facing difficulties and can sometimes present challenging behaviour, and should be able to deal with this in a highly sensitive and professional manner adhering to health and safety and strict confidentiality procedures.

They will undertake a variety of administrative activities to ensure that service targets are met and continuous improvement is achieved, enabling frontline staff to concentrate on delivering the core business function

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Knowledge of the challenges faced by homeless vulnerable and disadvantaged adults

An understanding of the principles of a quality customer care service
Knowledge of Health and Safety issues in relation to a supported housing setting

Experience:
Experience of dealing with customers / members of the public on a professional manner
Extensive administrative experience, including data input and retrieval

Experience of compiling and maintaining records and administrative systems

Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:
Ability to communicate clearly and professional with clients and colleagues
Ability to plan and organise own workload and respond to changing priorities and deadlines
Ability to record written/financial information accurately
Ability to prepare simple reports and correspondence

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Client Location : Luton
Start Date : Immediate start
Salary: Day £14.14 Night £18.85

The job is a support worker role which is a step up from a care worker.
The support worker will be shadowed for 12 weeks.
They will need 6 months of work experience in the UK.
There are 5 roles available which are for Temp to perm with 21 hours. Possible additional hours
The hours are 07:00-11:15 and 17:45-22:00 Monday to Friday and weekends available.
Mileage can be claimed, there is also £80 a month for central care user.
It is contracted so even when there aren’t shifts, they will still receive pay for 4 1/4 hours.
It is £19,000 per annum.
They need to be Drivers with UK Drivers Licences

Job Category : Construction Trades & Operatives

Location : Bute Park Education Centre, Cardiff Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time :08:00

End Time :16:00

Salary: £10.42

We want to recruit 2 x 37 hour pw temp rangers for Bute Park

8am start time

Tues to Sat – 5 days

Sun – Thurs – 5 days

Tues, Wed Thurs overlap to allow for working together on specific tasks

Job description can be provided by email.

Ranger will be based in Bute Park (Visitor Centre).

Job Category : Admin & Clerical

Location : Newcastle Centre, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Hours Per Week :23.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time :08:30

End Time :21:45

Salary: £12.02

Average of 23  hours per week, over 2 week alternating rota – Newcastle Centre

Week 1            

Mon   17:00 - 21:45    (4.75 hrs)

Tue    16:30 - 21:45     (5.25 hrs)

Wed   14:30 - 21:45    (7.25 hrs)

Thu    14:30 - 21:45     (7.25 hrs)

Fri     16:30 - 21:45      (5.25 hrs)

Sat     Off         

Sun    Off         

Week 2            

Mon   Off         

Tue    08:30 - 16:45     (8.25 hrs)

Wed   Off         

Thur   Off         

Fri     08:30 - 16:30      (8 hrs)

Sat    Off          

Sun   Off          

*All shifts are inclusive of breaks (where applicable), which must be taken on-site

Job Category : Administration

Location :West Sussex County Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate start

Start Time :09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £12.02

Pay - Grade 6

 Location - Chichester

Working arrangements - (Hybrid and Flexible Working) 

Job description: This job role will be responsible for supporting with tasks associated with the commissioning and contract management of hospital discharge services. Some of the tasks the individual will be required to carry out include: • Working a team email inbox - triaging and forwarding correspondence to the relevant personnel, • Drafting response emails, • Gathering data from service providers regarding the delivery of their service, • Drafting reports highlighting the delivery of hospital discharge services, • Arranging contract management meetings between the providers, the contract officer, and partners from the NHS, • Minute taking of contract management meetings, • Assisting with the processing of invoices and monitoring of budgets, • Assisting with the gathering and analysis of data regarding demand, throughput, and trends, and • Assisting with organising and minute taking of market engagement workshops. The individual is required to have IT, literacy, and numeracy skills, and be able to work as part of a team in an office environment.

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: £35.90

Key Skills:

1. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence the actions of others and communicate wide ranging information which may be complex and contentious.

2. The ability to negotiate solutions across wide areas of the business and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action or adopt a specific approach for the safety and protection of children

3. The ability to formulate and oversee plans, within which child safety is promoted, risk is sufficiently managed, permanence is progressed, and aspects of care, development and protection are thoroughly considered.

4. Able to formulate accurate, accessible and comprehensive reports

5. The ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children of all ages, capturing and responding to their wishes, feelings and lived experiences.

6. Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing needs, in a high pace environment.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Professional social work qualification and registered with SWE.

• Extensive working knowledge of Child Protection Procedures, The IRO handbook, relevant legislation, regulations and guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children.

• Knowledge of Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Legislative Frameworks

• Previous leadership experience within a Children's Social Care environment

• Comprehensive knowledge of roles and responsibilities of all other agencies involved with children.

• Significant understanding of relevant research, particularly that concerning child development, the effects of separation and loss and attachment theory.

• Detailed experience of child's journey through social care.

Please only submit candidates who can commit to the working arrangements and happy to work as a CP Chair and on CWCF reviews.   

Key responsibilities

Chair a range of meetings to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, ensuring that plans are formulated and progressed by Children's Social Care and their partners, that are conducive with ensuring that the best outcomes are achieved for children and their families.

Ensuring that the child's plan is SMART, outcome focused and that progress is measured in accordance with the impact that the plan is having upon improving children's outcomes, including promoting permanence for children.

Ensuring that plans formulated are informed by the child's lived experiences and to engage with children and their families, ensuring that they are supported to share their wishes and views either via attendance and/or representation at all meetings.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence the actions of others and communicate wide ranging information which may be complex and contentious. Including the ability to negotiate solutions across wide areas of the business and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action or adopt a specific policy for the safety and protection of children.

Deliver presentations and training to a range of audiences in a variety of settings.

Provide professional Child Protection, Safeguarding and Permanency planning advice to specified agencies.

Monitor the implementation of the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures and contribute to the development and maintenance of quality multiagency Child Protection and Safeguarding standards and practice.

Provide mentoring/coaching/on the job training to staff to encourage their development.

Ensure that relevant data is collected for quality monitoring purposes.

Lead service projects and/or reviews, or contribute to corporate projects and/or reviews, challenge existing practices and generating ideas and solutions.

Remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation, organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct in order to uphold standards of best practice.

Working Arrangements : The post holders can work from the WSCC office closest to them - Horsham, Crawley, Worthing or Bognor Regis. Must be able to travel to chair face to face statutory meetings at venues both within the county and country wide.  Attendance at office required for Service /other meetings. Some home working can be agreed for report writing /admin tasks requirement of the role. 

The role is  a dual role ( CP Chairing and CWCF Reviews, roughly a 50/50 split) and the candidate will be expected to travel into West Sussex most days as conferences are held in the office and CWCF reviews are held at placements.  We need a lot of cover in the north of the county, ie Crawley and Horsham area

Please do not submit candidates who can only work remotely.  

Job Category : Human Resources

Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £26.05

Recruitment Consultant - Children Services

Objectives 

-           Increase frequency of candidate communication and liaison

-           Reduce onboarding timescales by revising and shortening current service level agreements (e.g. 5 working days from advert request to go-live)

-           Deliver candidate/applicant experience improvements 

-           Improve accessibility of HR advice and guidance to hiring managers

-           Engage HR more directly in supporting the development of strategic Children’s Social Care recruitment projects and initiatives 

Key duties and responsibilities 

-           Primary point of contact for all Children’s Social Care related HR recruitment enquiries

-           End-to-end advert setup and launch

-           Maintaining regular contact with onboarding candidates, chasing references, timely DBS requests, medical screenings, fraud checks – chasing hiring manager as required

-           Monitoring CSC recruitment data and performance

-           Supporting recruitment projects undertaken by Children’s Social Care such as agency absorption sessions, development of campaign assets and managing events

-           Delivering process improvements for candidate and applicant user experience.

Main duties and responsibilities

Operational Delivery 

•          Supports the business to attract talent through effective advertisement of roles internally and externally 

•          Drives a strong candidate experience through high responsiveness and engaging stakeholder management with applicants

•          Approves job descriptions, incorporating an inclusion lens and ensuring roles are appropriately articulated and are aligned to skills and competencies requested in Person Specification

•          Advises line managers on appropriate resourcing solutions (temporary, permanent, agency etc.) dependent on requirement to ensure value for money

•          Outlines interview technique and assessment best practice throughout and provides support where required

•          Reduces the average time to recruit through effective management of processes and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement

Business Protection 

•          Mitigates people related risks by running effective and timely vetting processes

Stakeholder Management 

•          Manages relationship with external recruiters as required and use of those throughout the council to achieve VFM

Flexibility 

The above is not an exhaustive list and the role holder may be required to undertake additional or alternative tasks and duties as the needs of the business dictate, provided they are within the individual’s capabilities and skills set at an appropriate level. 

Variation 

This is a description of the job as required at the date shown. It is the practice of this Authority to periodically examine job descriptions, update them and ensure that they relate to the job performed, or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the appropriate manager in consultation with the postholder.

In these circumstances it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible the Head of Service reserves the right to make changes to your job description following consultation.

Experience: Experience working within a recruitment role 

 An understanding of how to use different software and channels (e.g. social media) for advertisement and recruitment purposes Knowledge of candidates selection methods

Qualifications: Desirable but not essential

•          A relevant degree or equivalent qualification OR

•          Studying towards, or willing to study towards a relevant degree or equivalent qualification 

•          A graduate membership of an appropriate professional body e.g. CIPD