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Job Category : Permanent
Location : Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week :  37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start

Base Salary : £58,849.00

Plymouth City Council is a great place to work, but we have ambitions to make it even better. To create a place where everyone, whatever their background, has the opportunity to reach their potential, to work in a safe and healthy environment and to enjoy a good quality of life. To build an organisation where employees feel valued, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our goals and provide the best services possible to our residents.

Plymouth’s HROD department has reshaped its services. We are realigning our service provision to put digital, learning and innovation at the heart of what we do. We have created four new functions – HR Consultancy, Culture and Employee Engagement, Health and Safety, and the HR Culture Partnering Team.

Head of Culture and Employee Engagement Role Profile
Grade L: £58,849 - £62,895
Relocation package available (subject to terms and conditions)
Role Reference: 

As our permanent Head of Culture and Employee Engagement, you will be part of our senior management team, responsible for delivering key elements of our People Strategy and will provide expert and professional HROD leadership, and advice. You will be partnering with and coaching senior leaders to ensure services are accessible, efficient and provide value for money to our customers and residents.

Working closely with the Service Director of HROD, you will be responsible for a small team developing and leading organisational development activities which deliver a culture of high performance and employee engagement in support of the Council's People's Strategy. This will include developing, implementing and evaluating the impact of cross-organisational strategies, plans, systems and processes in areas including learning and development.

You will need to be a highly credible professional with a demonstrable passion and drive for organisational development and employee engagement.

You will need: 
• A recognised HROD or L&D qualification and CIPD member status is essential
• Experience of leading an organisational development function for a complex organisation, whether as a stand-alone practitioner or as a manager
• Current  knowledge and understanding of organisational design techniques and approaches 
• Knowledge and understanding of HROD processes and interventions which embed culture change, behaviours and values, and achieve employee engagement.

Job Category : Permanent
Category : Permanent Recruitment
Location : Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date :Immediate Start
Base Salary : £58,849.00

Plymouth City Council is a great place to work, but we have ambitions to make it even better. To create a place where everyone, whatever their background, has the opportunity to reach their potential, to work in a safe and healthy environment and to enjoy a good quality of life. To build an organisation where employees feel valued, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our goals and provide the best services possible to our residents.

Plymouth’s HROD department has reshaped its services. We are realigning our service provision to put digital, learning and innovation at the heart of what we do. We have created four new functions – HR Consultancy, Culture and Employee Engagement, Health and Safety, and the HR Culture Partnering Team.

Head of Health and Safety Role Profile
Grade L: £58,849 - £62,895
Relocation package available (subject to terms and conditions)
Role Reference: CORP/2029

As our permanent Head of Health and Safety, you will be part of the senior management team, responsible for delivering key elements of our People Strategy in line with the Council’s values and behaviours.   

You will provide expert and professional health and safety leadership, and advice, working collaboratively with colleagues to contribute to the safe, efficient and effective delivery of the Council’s vision, priorities and services.
Working closely with the Service Director of HROD, you will be responsible for a small team delivering a high quality service to leaders and managers across the Council in a variety of settings. 
To be considered for this opportunity you will need to be a highly credible professional with a demonstrable passion and drive for health and safety. 
You will need: 

• NEBOSH diploma in occupational health and safety, or equivalent 
• Chartered membership of IOSH, or equivalent.
• Post graduate or professional qualification in safety management and/or risk management
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of laws, regulations and guidance that apply to health and safety
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant statutory duties and functions provided by local authorities 

Job Category : Manual Labour / General Industrial

Location : Crematorium & Cemetery, Swale and Maidstone Borough Council

Hours Per Week :37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time:07:00

End Time:15:00

Salary: £9.93

Job Category :Social Care & Health Qualified
Location :Civic Offices, London Borough of Sutton
Hours Per Week :36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £30.55

Reporting to the Service Manager or service specific Team Manager, Team Manager’s will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Service. Using their advanced knowledge and experience they will lead and model practice which meets statutory requirements and provides Early Help and prevention to reduce need and support independence using the relevant practice framework for the service. They will support the manager to develop and embed a culture of learning and improvement through supervision, mentoring,sharing of best practice knowledge, research and the competent application of legislative frameworks, including deputising in their absence

These roles will deputise for the Service Manager or Service specific Manager and will form part of the on call duty rota as appropriate

Job Category : Management

Location : London Borough of Havering

Hours Per Week :36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start              

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £35.00

The role will be mainly remote working but there are staff on site so attending the office occasionally will be required, perhaps once or twice a month.

About Us

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced manager in Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Discretionary Payments to lead Havering’s Benefits Services within oneSource, Exchequer & Transactional Services.

Exchequer & Transactional Services is an innovative department with a strong commitment to administering Benefits in a fast, efficient and controlled manner.

The Benefits Service is responsible for paying out £54 million in Housing Benefit and £15 million in Council Tax Support to residents of Havering. The service works closely with a number of council departments and the voluntary sector to maximise income to vulnerable households. 

About the Job

The Exchequer Controls Manager will be instrumental in promoting continuous service improvement while delivering change.

We will provide you with varied and exciting work in a dynamic virtual business environment. This will include management and control of all aspects of the administration of Benefits Services.

You will be responsible for maximising income, making savings and improving efficiency using innovative models and initiatives. A team of up to 30 people lead by you will support you in service delivery and delivering service improvements.

Government grant return completion, developing and maintaining policy and introducing new processes will all form part of your diverse portfolio.

The successful candidate will be able to identify solutions and make decisions to achieve the best possible outcomes.

The majority of the role can be undertaken remotely in the UK.

About You

We are looking for a self-motivated, organized and committed individual to share our vision. You should have at least five years’ experience of leading in a busy benefits environment.

The successful candidate will have:

•          A firm knowledge of current policy and practice and the ability to interpret and apply Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support legislation to work practices

•          Leadership and people management skills including motivation, performance and capability

•          Transformation management skills to deliver service improvements

•          Experience in communicating with a diverse range of audiences both orally and in writing

•          Managed projects and

•          Supported seniors in setting strategy

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified

Client Location :London Borough of Havering

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start              

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £15.00

Havering Access Team is a front door (fast paced) service which accepts and receives referrals on a daily basis. The team manages urgent or immediate as well as short-term referrals.

The team is a multi-disciplinary team which includes senior staff, contact workers (who takes the referrals); Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, care assessors, social workers.

Qualifications/Experience 

• ·  GCSE English & Maths or equivalent level of competency. 
• ·  Experience of completing assessments and/or reviews. 
• ·  Experience of working with adults/older people/people with a physical or learning disability and their carers in a community or hospital setting. 

· Experience of multi-disciplinary team work.
· Experience of preparing needs-led assessments/reassessments and support plans. 

· Experience of using IT systems.
· Some knowledge and experience of moving and handling legislation and practice 

Candidate requirements:

1. . Knowledge of social care practice and legislations (e.g. Care Act 2014, Equality legislations, Mental health Act, safeguarding and making safeguarding personal, GDPR and Data Protection policies 

2. Good communication/assessment and written skills

3. Ability to prioritise case load and ability to work in a fast paced team 

4. Experience ( preferable but not essential) of using social care database (Liquid Logic)

5. Car driver preferred 

6. Experience working in Adult social services 

Havering is a great place to live and work, within easy travelling distance to the centre Havering Council launched the ‘Better Living Model ’ – where customers strengths is considered as crucial to their assessment. Havering provides laptop device with opportunities to smart work across various locations. Staff are expected to come into the office at least x2 a week to support with duty functions. Mandatory training is provided for all staff Monthly supervision and also informal supervision/discussion as and when needed. 

London borough of Havering have a open door policy

Job Category :Interims

Client Location :Romford Library, London Borough of Havering

Hours Per Week :36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start              

Start Time :09:00

End Time :17:30

Salary: £300.00

This is a face to face role at Havering Town Hall  – panel sits 2 Wednesday’s per month as a minimum.  Panel Members are on a Rota basis.  These are both set requirements.

Qualifications

• CQSW, Diploma in Social Work, CSS or equivalent.

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a Fostering service 

• Experience of being and independent panel member for  a fostering or adoption panel 

• Experience of multi-disciplinary inter-agency basis 

• Experience of the application of theoretical models and relevant research.
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The London Borough of Havering Children’s Services is looking to recruit independent foster panel members. Our inclusive Foster panel meets at least twice a month in person in the Havering Town Hall, based in the centre of Romford (30 minutes from the centre of London). We are a rapidly changing borough with one of the highest growing child populations in the country. We want to reflect the growing diversity of Havering’s local population in our panel membership and are looking for people from different professional and cultural backgrounds to join us.

Previous panel experience is not essential. We want to recruit panel members from a wide variety of backgrounds including professionals with a background in heal, education and social care. You must have experience either professionally or personally, or both, of the journey of a child in care. We would welcome applications from previously care experienced adults. The successful candidates will be placed on our central membership rota. If you are successful you will receive an induction to our systemic model of practice and regular training to assist you in undertaking role on the panel.  You will have a thorough induction and an opportunity to observe panel before you start.  This post is subject to a requirement for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) enhanced check. 

The main responsibilities of the role are:

1.         To draw upon both personal and professional experience and attend Foster Panel meetings in person

2.         To fully contribute to panel discussions that contribute to the recommendations to approve  foster carers,

3.         To read circulated paperwork in advance of the panels to ensure a thorough understanding of the applicants prior to panel.    

4.         To Promote equality  and challenge any discrimination  

5.         To fully engage in panel induction, ongoing panel training 

6.         To participate in constructive annual appraisals of your panel membership 

7.         To confirm to Havering Council if they have been charged, cautioned or convicted for any criminal offence or if any criminal proceeding are pending   

If you are interested please contact Tendai Dooley / Jane Gouge for an informal conversation about the role.   

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified

Client Location : Mercury House, London Borough of Havering

Hours Per Week :36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start              

Start Time :09:00

End Time :17:00

Salary: £164.00 Per Day

to be able to complete the EHCP process from application to finalisation, ideally I also require the Officer to be experienced in processing Annual review amends and liaising with parents.

Responsible to the Assessment and Placement Team Manager for duties associated with statutory functions in relation to the implementation of the new SEND Code of Practice and Adult Social Care’s Assessment processes.

To undertake a key role in the newly created Assessment and Placement team.  The team is responsible for carrying out all the statutory assessments as part of the EHC and LDD planning processes.   The team will work closely with the Children and Adults with Disabilities Commissioning and Procurement Team and the Children and Adult Support Service, to ensure there is a streamlined process to assess, support, commission and place all service users, based on the “Asset Model” of working.

The postholder will carry out person centred, outcome based statutory assessments.  They will work closely with children and young people, their families and their carers, and with early years settings, schools, colleges, independent, supported and residential placements.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified

Location : Glebelands Day Centre, West Sussex County Council(Glebelands - Shoreham - By - Sea)

Hours Per Week :37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary : £30.44

Location - Glebelands - Shoreham - By - Sea 

Working arrangements - Mix of home and office - Minimum of 3 days a week in office - Will be required to carry out home visits in Adur / Worthing.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Diploma/BSc Occupational Therapy or recognised equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

You will work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational therapy service. In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments in highly complex situations maintaining a sophisticated understanding and application of relevant legislation, advanced Occupational therapy skills and knowledge. You will utilise these skills to develop and implement plans of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. You will manage, and support others to manage, a varied and complex caseload collaborating with people and family or friend carers. You will draw on a wide range of highly developed skills to make sophisticated professional judgements, and support others to make judgements aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets, and ensuring that eligible needs are met. You will have a role in improving the practice of unregistered and registered social care practitioners and developing, leading, and championing best practice and professional standards. You will advise others and facilitate access to and dissemination of more specialist advice where necessary to further develop capability and professional confidence. 

Job Category : Admin / Clerical

Location : Ruislip Manor Library, London Borough of Hillingdon

Hours Per Week : 26.50

Start Date : Immediate start   

Start Time : 08:30

End Time : 19:00

Salary: £13.25

To undertake the routine tasks required to ensure the efficient and smooth operation of the library, serving customers and promoting the service to the local community within the context of the library service plan.

They are expected to deliver a high standard of customer care assisting members of the public with enquiries, supporting them with any ICT issues they might have as well conducting book circulation tasks such as issuing and discharging of books. They also need to support the events and activity programme in their library assisting their managers with the planning, promotion & delivery of events and activities. Other routine tasks include things like the serving of refreshments, creating of displays, selling parking vouchers and handing out recycling bags??

English A-C GCSE or equivalent 

Ability to work the days and shifts as outlined in the advertised work pattern for this post.

Ability to move and transfer books onto a trolley and from the trolley to book shelves. This involves bending, stretching, pushing and carrying.

Ability to file in alphabetical and numerical order

Ability to work in any location in the borough as required

Paid or voluntary experience of face-to-face customer contact with a diverse range of adults and children

Experience of working in a team dedicated to frontline service delivery.

Experience of working calmly, quickly and accurately under pressure.

Experience of speaking to large groups, delivering talks, presentations etc.

Experience of engaging with children, young people and people with disabilities in individual and group settings.

Ability to communicate clearly and to a high standard with customers and team members verbally (in person and on the telephone) and in writing (via letters and email).

A thorough understanding of the aims of a public library service, and what the library service offers.

A range of IT skills, including Google apps (including spreadsheets and documents), email and other Windows based environments in order to work efficiently and support the public with IT enquiries. Able to respond to changes at work which can be unpredictable and unplanned requiring constant shifts of priority

Ability to think quickly and solve problems using imagination, sensitivity and creativity.

A resilient, confident approach when dealing with challenging behaviour and difficult situations.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified

Client Location : Thomas Hardy House, Enfield Council

Hours Per Week :35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time :09:00

End Time :17:00

Salary: £25.69

We are looking for a L3 Social Worker to work within the Domestic Abuse Team supporting families affected by Domestic Abuse. The majority of the work is Child In Need with some assessment work and we work with all members of the family including the perpetrator and wider family network to help create safety. 

Degree in Social Work (minimum Upper Second, if classified) or equivalent. Must be HPCP registered.

Knowledge and understanding of child development, relevant social policy and key legislation, with strategic reference to safeguarding

Excellent spoken and written English, and computer literacy adequate to case recording and production of fit-for-purpose reports within strict deadlines

Communication skills in direct work with children, and proven ability to work in partnership with parents/carers, ensuring children’s needs are paramount.

Familiarity with diversity/equality principles in general, and specific experience of working in a culturally/ethnically diverse locality

Familiarity with Attachment theories in relation to risk assessment and management

Successful completion of Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)

5 years + experience

Job Title : customer Services Officer

Job Category : Admin & Clerical

Category : Agency Workers

Level 1 Name : Deputy Chief Executive's

Job Category : Admin & Clerical

Location : Council Offices, Broxtowe Borough Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate start

Start Time : 08:30

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £10.42

As a customer services specialist you’ll have the ability to answer and resolve a wide variety of enquiries over the telephone. We provide a broad range of different services, including Benefits, Council Tax, Income Collection, Refuse and Switchboard, so you’ll need to demonstrate the ability to quickly understand and interpret information from a range of sources. **For this placement the successful candidate will be responsible for answering Refuse and Switchboard calls only.**

The service is very busy handling over 100,000 enquiries every year, so solving problems and queries in a quick and efficient manner is one of our key objectives. Previous Call/Contact Centre experience in this type of role would be preferable.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

1.         To take ownership of and resolve customer enquiries and communications including those requiring referral to other services, agencies, stakeholders and organisations by providing assistance, advice and information. 

2.         To identify customer needs and expectations, to deliver service requests, ensuring the customer receives an effective service by being efficient, knowledgeable and consistent in delivery, with the objective of achieving first contact resolution. 

3.         To respond to telephone, electronic or face-to-face service requests, enquiries and customer communications, utilising Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to improve service delivery and efficiency.

4.         To operate the Council’s cash handling and payment facilities including the acceptance, allocation and reconciliation of payments made.

5.         When applicable, to assist and direct Members of the Council and their guests, contractors, company representatives, members of the public and other visitors to the Town Hall.

6.         To keep up to date with the Council’s activities and to be fully conversant with all information available to the public.

7.         To act as an advocate for the Customer First Contact Centre, promoting positive communication across the organisation encouraging constructive and effective relationships.

8.         To ensure that the terms of the Data Protection Act are adhered to, confidentiality maintained at all times and the guidelines for the release of information are followed.

Job Category : General Industrial

Location : Civic House, North Yorkshire County Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : immediate start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary:£11.50

Are you interested in maintaining and developing our first-class waste and recycling service? 

We maintain very high standards for our operation, and you would be part of the team which sees its role as having a pride in the waste and recycling collection in the Harrogate District, helping to encourage tourism by contributing towards our high cleanliness scores in competitions such as Britain and Yorkshire in Bloom.

The Post will be based at Claro Road in Harrogate, but the successful applicant will work throughout the District.  You will be part of a waste or recycling crew ensuring that waste or recycling materials are collected from households and containers returned correctly thereby maintaining our first-class service.  Full protective clothing will be provided.

Applicants must, be able to lift heavy loads, walk considerable distances and work outside in all weather conditions.

Hours are up to 37 per week Monday to Friday, start time is usually 7am.

Job Category : Sec / Admin
Location :Parklands Complex, Liverpool, L24 0TY, Liverpool City Council
Hours Per Week :35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £11.45

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
To provide high quality administrative support to SENISS and the Speech and Language Communication Service.

To manage appointments and electronic diaries to ensure that up to date information regarding staff availability/whereabouts is available at all times.

To ensure that accurate information is recorded on relevant IT systems and undertake a support function and link with the Strategic Intelligence Team on the management and utilisation of data.

To liaise with schools, head teachers, SENCOs and other professionals within Children and Young People’s Service and partner agencies to ensure that policy and practice in relation to Early Help is communicated effectively.

To create, manage and keep up to date electronic filing systems pertinent to the needs of the services.
To maintain databases and records on a weekly basis for contracts and Service Level
Agreements, raising invoices, tracking payments and keeping accurate financial
records.

To co-ordinate the processing of orders and the issuing and payment of invoices for
the SEN Assessment and Pupil Support team using the LCC financial management system, including the tracking of credits and debits.

To assist with the production of financial information for Finance as and when required.

To liaise with professionals on all relevant matters related to financial payments and recoupment.

To provide high quality administrative support to local authority SEN panels including the provision of comprehensive support documentation for each case referred.

To assist the SENISS team manager in the administration of contracts, including monthly updates, raising invoices, ensuring all information is dispatched in a timely manner and maintaining meticulous financial records.

To prepare information packs for training sessions, ensuring all paperwork is available for the trainers.

To maintain accurate records around all training, ensuring bookings are processed, invoices are raised and candidates are kept informed of times, and details of the venues etc.

To assist in the co-ordination and preparation of national and local Performance
Indicators, data retrieval and management information.

To be responsible for minute taking and follow up work from team meetings to include circulation of minutes, inform relevant parties of outcomes and undertake any additional follow up work required.

To contribute to the coaching and development of appropriate staff.

To engage in and contribute to personal development activities and training.

To undertake a support function on information sharing and data protection.

To provide support to other areas of the business unit as and when required.

To maintain confidentiality of information at all times in accordance with the procedures of the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act.

Job Category : Interims
Location :London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week :36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £31.78

Overall Purpose of Job
To work within the Landscape Architecture Team and the wider Highways and Sustainable Transport Service to deliver a professional, efficient and effective service that is good value for money.
To assist the Principal Landscape Architect in achieving the aims and objectives of the service.
To work with a multi-disciplinary team of professional and technical staff including external consultants and external partners, to design and deliver a range of projects both within Highways and Sustainable Transport and for other service areas.
To arrange the necessary site investigations and data collection to obtain information so that projects can proceed
To assist in creating public consultation documents and arranging distribution. To note comments gained from the consultations and make proposed alterations as required to the original scheme
To make regular site visits and, if the need arises due to site constraints, to change the design and inform the contractors, to ensure the smooth implementation of the scheme, all with due regard for contract, legal and safety matters when making such decisions
Relevant degree or equivalent and 3+ years of experience
AUTOCad, Adobe Creative Cloud, MS Office Suite

EXPERIENCE:
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Experience of working with professional, technical and administrative staff within a local authority or large multi-disciplinary organisation

Experience of technical skills associated with the relevant service area

Evidence of successful innovation, initiative and consistent achievement in either a public sector or private sector environment

Experience of developing good working relationships with a wide range of internal and external bodies and customers as part of developing effective service delivery
Experience of financial management including financial monitoring and budgetary control procedures of projects and budget lines

Experience of the application of technology solutions in a relevant and changing environment

Experience of site supervision

Experience of delivering complex public realm projects within an existing busy urban context

Experience of project and contract management within the relevant service area of projects up to £2m in value

Experience in the preparation, writing and submission of committee and management reports