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Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Municipal Buildings, Knowsley, L36 9YU, Knowsley Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £23.75

Purpose of the job
To provide safe care and support of adults ‘at risk’ ensuring all their basic needs identified in their support plan and risk assessments are fully met.

To provide person-centred quality care that is tailored to the needs and aspirations of each individual. This personalised approach must ensure that individual outcomes are met and everyone is treated with dignity, respect and compassion.

Duties and responsibilities

This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks, which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken:-

Social Care Worker

1. To support the delivery of agreed plans of care ensuring that service users are supported safely and individual needs and service targets are met. The quality and standard of care must meet CQC fundamental standards.
2. To support clients with their personal care as determined within their individual care plan. Personal care can include supporting service users undertake activities such as dressing, washing, bathing or shaving, toileting, getting in or out of bed, eating, drinking, taking medication and communicating.
3. Postholders are required to be involved in monitoring the progress of service users, being mindful of triggers for challenging behaviour, seizures and acting appropriately in line with agreed guidelines and to highlight any changes in an individual’s behaviour to the manager so that the support plans can be updated.

To provide support for individuals who may regularly place emotional demands on the jobholder; and raising significant issues to the manager.

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: £28.04

Either £38 per hour, or £35 per hour plus £150 expenses per week.
Location - Office base will be County Hall North- Horsham but will be expected to carry out visits County wide
Working arrangements - Mixture of working from home and 1 - 2 days in the office - Visits locally

Join us – make a difference in our communities We’re on a drive to achieve our ambition to provide West Sussex residents with the tools and support to help children, young people and adults with Lifelong Disabilities to achieve the outcomes that are right for them. We are creating a Lifelong Service for anyone that has a lifelong disability – learning disability, physical or sensory disability, acquired brain injury or autism – acquired before the age of 25, providing a consistent approach where we understand and work in partnership with children, young people and adults with lifelong disabilities, autism and their families in order to: • Offer early intervention
• Build on an individual’s strengths to develop skills and independence
• Build and promote links with the individual’s community
• Promote and maintain safety and good health, and
• Facilitate employment. About the job As a Social Worker within a dedicated reviewing team, your role will involve working with adults with lifelong disabilities, including physical and learning disability and autism. You will be responsible for supporting the local authority deliver its Adult Social Care Strategy by undertaking quality, strengths-based Care Act Reviews. You will be required to work at pace, and to consider a whole person approach to reviews, not just the services a person receives, but one that recognises peoples’ strengths, taking into account the wider support network and assets. Workers will be encouraged to explore creative approaches to managing personal budgets, that do not rely on funded services. Reviews will be targeted where the authority has determined the best opportunities lie to deliver alternative means of support and achieve savings. You will be expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative requirements. Reviews will need to be in person where required, although the authority is adopting new ways of working which means SWs will not be required to be on site every day. It is expected however SWs will be required to spend approximately (and a minimum of) 2 days per week present in West Sussex (either completing face to face visits or being on site), the other 3 days can be worked at home. We would be happy to see applications for SWs who can work a minimum of 3 days a week

Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 10.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £10.57

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CORRECT RATE IS £11.57 PAYE PER HOUR!
Off-Payroll

• Collate and file completed and approved business cases
• Collate and file completed CEST’s
• To provide general assistance and guidance.
• To liaise with such managers who have engaged an off -payroll worker without going through the correct process.
• To monitor a dedicated Off-Payroll email inbox
• General data entry work

Benefits and rewards

1. Undertake administration in support to the council’s Benefits and rewards including any new employment initiatives as when necessary.
2. Update Mini Merit excel spreadsheet once E-Voucher orders have been placed, ensuring all employee information and cost codes are recorded accurately.
3. Provide support to any employees Real Benefits.
4. Provide assistant to keep the Council’s web pages up to date to reflect any changes in Council pay and reward package including staff benefits.
5. To provide assistant to maintain and update the HR pages on Transform relevant to the work of the section.
6. Undertake administration in support to help organise the annual staff awards ceremony.
7. Provide administrative support including minute taking to key corporate groups which may be set up from time to time.
8. Carry out duties of post with sensitivity and due regard to Council’s Equal Opportunities policy, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times.
9. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the Department / Section.
10. Contact local retailers and restaurants to ensure deals and offers being provided are still current and up to date.
11. Chase Edenred invoices and once processed on Fusion, send to LBB accounts payable for payment.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Bracknell Forest Council
Hours Per Week : 20.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £30.38

mental health outreach worker required to work within our rough sleeping team to offer support and assistance to service users with mental health issues

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : Bridgewood Nursing Home, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £13.21

Care home cook

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £33.25

The worker will be expected to be able to be available to come into Cardiff into Cardiff 5 days a week if needed.
This will be so that they are able to observe the practice of SW - watch them with families - Shadow in court etc

Cardiff Children Services is committed to developing the practice and service to children and young people. We are committed to developing a trauma informed and responsive service.

A Practice lead develops the practice and is involved in skill and capability development across the organisation. Within Children services we recognise Practice Leadership is a central issue in enabling people providing support to do a good job. Practice Leaders are the custodians of the vision of the team and its culture. A practice leadership management style promotes positive staff experiences when working in challenging environments
Practice Leadership encourages the workforce to demonstrate effective delivery of services by modelling the desired behaviours and using practical examples. This ensures that the workforce feel truly supported by a manager who understands the reality of their role.

We are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to lead on the delivery and active development of the service including the direct line management of a small core team of Future Practitioners. You will have experience of effecting change or be ready to move into a leadership role.

This team will both provide direct community-based casework but also develop effective partnership working across the various localities and systems that these young people are in contact with. As Lead Practitioner you will be expected to take the lead in developing effective partnership working, oversee a small staff team and support casework in absence of practitioners.

You will be an experienced senior practitioner with knowledge and expertise in a range of social and psychological approaches that can provide and enable holistic packages of care and intervention to promote good social work interventions. You will have a working knowledge and direct experience and be able to support a team working within extreme and challenging situations.

The practice leads will be responsible for overseeing a small caseload, supporting less experienced workers in developing their skills, knowledge and experience and observing practice and providing feedback. they will shadow visits where necessary and assist with identifying CPD for practitioners. this is a real opportunity to lead in training and developing the social workers of the future whilst remaining in practice.
you will receive supervision and support from an experienced team manager and contribute the ongoing excellence in practice program Cardiff has developed

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £18.81

Children’s Services have created a new team to focus on expanding and strengthening the current and future workforce.

About the Role
The post holder will design and deliver a wide range of training programmes including E-Learning platforms that meet the training and development needs of Children Services teams.

You will be responsible for assessing the training and development needs of Children Services employees, to implement training strategies and track training progress and impact.

Help implement “grow your own” arrangements by strengthening staff training opportunities to support staff career progression.

Duties will include:
• identifying training and development needs within children’s services through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with senior management and Social Care Wales.
• design and expand training and development programmes based on the needs of the organisation and the individual teams
• develop effective induction programmes for new staff
• create and/or deliver a range of training using classroom, online and blended learning

What we are looking for from you
We are looking for someone with a Social Work Qualification who is registered with Social Care Wales and can demonstrate post qualifying experience working as a social worker within a statutory social care setting.

Good Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels of an organisation, motivate others and change people's attitudes towards learning.

You must have knowledge of best practice in Social Work / Social Care and qualification framework and experience of designing and delivering training face to face and on-line.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £25.00

About the Service
Cardiff Youth Justice Service is on an improvement journey following a HMIP inspection, where we are striving to achieve excellent outcomes for all children and young people in our service.

To help us continue with our positive progress to date, we are seeking an enthusiastic, self motivated and experienced Social Worker or Probation Officer to join the service. The post is offered on a full time permanent basis and will sit within the Case Management Team.

About the Role

We have both full time and part time positions available.

You will have an understanding of the criminal justice system as it affects children and young people (aged 10 –17) who offend; a practical understanding of the principles of restorative justice and restorative approaches, have experience of working with disaffected children and young people and able to evidence building positive relationships with young people.

What we are looking for from you
You will have experience of undertaking assessments and managing complex cases, in addition to planning appropriate and targeted interventions to reduce the risk of offending/re-offending. You will also have the ability to write high quality reports including preparing sentencing proposals and will present information to the Courts when required.

Job Category : Allied Health/Psychology
Location : London Borough of Sutton
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £24.22

A great opportunity to join a friendly team of experienced LD Nurses, working in the London Borough of Sutton. As an LD Nurse you will be working on a varied caseload from Continuing Health Care checklists and reviews, work with Supported Living homes and individuals in their own homes. Working to ensure all our clients have their health needs met and complete their health screening, you will be working closely with GP's and PCN's. There are also opportunities to work with the varied Multidiscipline team members in the Clinical Health Team for Adults with a Learning Disability.

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: £26.68

We are recruiting social workers to our children with disabilities service. Minimum 1 year post-qualifying experience required.

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Watling House, Central Bedfordshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £22.49

I have two positions for experienced social workers within a child protection team. The candidate would need at least 2 years experience of working CIN/ CP/ PLO. No body with less than 2 years experience will be considered.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : New Hutte Children's Centre, Knowsley, L26 1TT, Knowsley Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 25.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £10.47

Caring Services
Purpose of the job
To provide safe care and support of adults ‘at risk’ ensuring all their basic needs identified in their support plan and risk assessments are fully met.

To provide person-centred quality care that is tailored to the needs and aspirations of each individual. This personalised approach must ensure that individual outcomes are met and everyone is treated with dignity, respect and compassion.

Duties and responsibilities

This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks, which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken:-

Social Care Worker

1. To support the delivery of agreed plans of care ensuring that service users are supported safely and individual needs and service targets are met. The quality and standard of care must meet CQC fundamental standards.
2. To support clients with their personal care as determined within their individual care plan. Personal care can include supporting service users undertake activities such as dressing, washing, bathing or shaving, toileting, getting in or out of bed, eating, drinking, taking medication and communicating.
3. Postholders are required to be involved in monitoring the progress of service users, being mindful of triggers for challenging behaviour, seizures and acting appropriately in line with agreed guidelines and to highlight any changes in an individual’s behaviour to the manager so that the support plans can be updated.
4. To provide support for individuals who may regularly place emotional demands on the jobholder; and raising significant issues to the manager.
5. The activities and support undertaken by care workers should have a direct impact on the positive well-being of individuals. Therefore, postholders will work with senior officers to ensure that activities motivate and interest service users and provide a positive experience. As such they will contribute to the planning of daily activities and risk assessments.
6. Postholders will attend and contribute positively to meetings as requested by the manager providing input by sharing the outcome of interactions with service users and highlighting issues that may have an impact on the review of the service user’s case.
7. To ensure the accurate administration and recording of medication, including rescue medication, in line with the Councils Medication policy. Postholders will need to ensure that agreed protocols are followed when supporting an individual’s personal care such as peg feeding, postural care, changing stoma bags, buccal suction, medication via a peg etc.
8. Postholders are expected to ensure all records are updated and accurate. This includes ensuring appropriate information security protocols are applied when sharing and preparing information relevant to the service user’s care. Records include care plans, risk assessments, work related logs and other template based documents.
9. As postholders will be have direct contact with a range of people involved in care delivery; service users, families, care/medical professionals, other colleagues etc, they must ensure they act and communicate professionally and appropriately at all times.
10. Where appropriate to attend and contribute positively to meetings as requested by their line manager.
11. When delivering direct care postholders will need to exercise appropriate interpersonal caring skills in order to meet the needs of clients as covered under point 2 of this Job Description. This includes using guiding and persuasive skills as appropriate to encourage the service user to undertake tasks such as eating, dressing etc. Referral will be made to a senior officer where the service user’s response could have a negative effect on their or others health, safety, and/or care.
12. Postholders need to be aware of individual communication needs of service users as outlined in the care plan and ensure available/accessible support from specialist services such as sign language or interpreters is used where appropriate.
13. Postholders will be required to use appropriate equipment to support service users who have mobility issues and will be expected to undertake visual checks of and ensure the safe use of lifting equipment such as hoists slings and changing beds and to provide ‘regular’ physical support to clients such as pushing / pulling / clamping wheelchairs and using hoists and slings

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Watling House, Central Bedfordshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £22.49

I have two positions for experienced social workers within a child protection team. The candidate would need at least 2 years experience of working CIN/ CP/ PLO. No body with less than 2 years experience will be considered.

Job Category : Housing
Location : Sutton Gate, Sutton Housing Partnership
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £20.57

The postholder will be responsible for the managing the Aids and Adaptation contract, working closely with contractors, OT, residents and the wider stakeholder in order to deliver excellent customer service. They would need to be good with excel and have good financial understanding in order to support the wider Asset Management Team with KPIs on Capital works. They must have the ability to setup and manage an electronic filing system.
Responsibilities & Outcomes
Key Responsibilities:
⦁ Uphold SHPs Values, Behaviours & Leadership expectations at all times (see overleaf)
⦁ Responsible for raising Aids and Adaptation orders and occupational therapy,contractor and resident liaison, liaising with contractors for this works area for appointments, responding to residents queries and complaints for the works, ensuring all sign offs and documentation is in place
⦁ Help implement and maintain the Planned Works Module to enable accurate tracking and validation of valuations against projects and accurate and timely payments
⦁ Responsible for all Contract Administration, gate report records and actions and ensuring all valuations are checked against tendered rates for accuracy and agreed.
⦁ Responsible for updating Pentana Performance Indicator suite, ensuring comments from managers are accurate prepare updates and action summaries for Asset Lead,setting and monitoring of improvement plans related to KPIs
Responsible for setting up and maintaining electronic filing systems and good administrative processes for key contract and project documents including the

Skills & Experience
Essential:
⦁ Proven experience of providing contractual administrative support including financial reporting ,minute taking at meetings and the ability to produce clear and concise letters and simple reports
⦁ Experience of working within a Social Housing environment
⦁ Experience of using standard office software such as word processing and spreadsheets and other bespoke software packages to manage information and performance data.
⦁ A willingness to learn, develop, keep abreast and adapt particularly in regard to the relevant specialist knowledge and to take on other such duties as may be required to facilitate the design and delivery of the department’s priorities.
⦁ Ability to work effectively under pressure, to plan work and meet a range of deadlines against a background of changing priorities and to perform with minimal supervision.
⦁ Ability to prioritise, organise and schedule activities and resources to ensure achievement of results and experience of making timely and balanced decisions.
A customer-focused approach and able to demonstrate awareness of internal and

Qualifications:
⦁ Qualifications related to Asset Management or finance or knowledge supporting a good understanding of asset management and capital programme delivery
⦁ Good basic level of education including maths and english
GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English desirable

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Durban House, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £30.55

Location: Durban House in Bognor Regis. The office provides a comfortable team space with good onsite parking.

There are lots of flexible working opportunities. Social Workers are on duty 1 in 4 weeks. We require Social Workers to be present in the office when on Duty as our Team Managers want to provide support face to face and value workers spending time together as a team.

The candidate must be able to drive around the Western locality, which covers the Arun (Littlehampton and Bognor) and Chichester area.

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

Candidates can start as soon as pre employment checks have passed

Our Assessment and Intervention service is a fast paced and supportive duty team completing Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 enquiries with children, young people and their families. We are looking for team players who are enthusiastic, creative and have a passion for engaging children and young people. We are aspiring to become an outstanding service so are seeking candidates with experience of completing excellent assessments and direct work with children.

The service is developing fantastic relationships with our newly formed Family Safeguarding Service where children subject to Child In Need and Child Protection Plans transfer.

For this role you will be expected to demonstrate relevant theoretical Social Work concepts, practices and detailed organisational knowledge relating to the provision of a professional Social Work service dealing with complex issues e.g. attachment, impact of developmental trauma & child development. An understanding of the therapeutic interventions that can be used e.g. solution focused, systemic and evidence-based programmes and an excellent understanding of partner agencies. There is a requirement to have good verbal and written communication.

The candidate needs:

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

Please note that your CV submission will not be reviewed if you have not completed the screening/profile questions with the exact information requested Please see attached job description.

An agency worker has provided this regarding her time in A&I Bognor …
“I have worked for West Sussex as an agency social worker for 18 months now, I continue to enjoy my time here. I have felt supported and valued by team managers and built supportive relationships with my colleagues. The support here in West Sussex has been great and despite being an agency worker I have been supported with my ongoing learning and development with assess to training”.