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Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified
Location : Monkton Park Council Offices, Wiltshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £28.03

Team is Children in Care North - office location is based in Chippenham, however expectations of office work will be duty days (potentially one day a fortnight) and f2f meetings (currently once a month) managers can look at allocating caseloads based on location of social worker.

Experience required: parenting assessments, safeguarding, court experience.

Job Category : Manual Labour
Location : Prince Rock Depot, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 06:30
End Time : 16:15
Salary: £11.18

Collection of Garden waste across the city
Primary purpose of role
To keep the city and local environment clean, tidy and adequately maintained with minimum disruption to residents and the public in compliance with relevant environmental legislation.

Job Category : Interims
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.17

MAIN PURPOSE:

1. To undertake the collection, collation and reporting of data and information to
   support performance management of Children and Education or Adults and
   Housing services.
2. To provide data and information to support needs analysis, strategy development
   and business planning for Children and Education or Adults and Housing services.
3. To support the analysis of data and information which enhances the understanding
   of practitioners, managers and elected members in respect of Children and
   Education or Adults and Housing services.
4. To undertake the collection, collation and submission of statutory returns and
   collections in respect of Children and Education or Adults and Housing services.
5. To provide data and information for the SLA with schools (Children and Education
   postholders).
6. To provide data and information in respect of integrated adults and health services
   (Adults and Housing postholders)
7. To provide data and information for commissioning and contract monitoring
   purposes

SKILLS & ABILITIES

1. Highly numerate.
2. Good skills in ICT applications and tools.
3. Good skills in the manipulation and reporting of data and information.
4. Ability to draw together diverse data and information strands to support analysis and reporting.
   Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff and operational managers in the council, schools and commissioned services
   KNOWLEDGE
5. Good knowledge of the business processes involved in delivering children’s/adults’ services.
6. Knowledge of performance management frameworks.
7. Good understanding of information governance and data protection principles and requirements
   EXPERIENCE
8. Experience of collecting, collating and reporting a diverse range of data and information in a council or similar setting.
   QUALIFICATIONS
9. Good standard of general education.
10. Practitioner level training and skills in key ICT software packages and reporting tools.

Job Category : IT
Location : Monaghan Row, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.37
Main Purpose of Post/Job Summary

Act as part of a multidisciplinary IT Department contributing to the management and delivery of IT services, with a focus on coordination and administration, and support for local service request fulfilment.
Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide operational and administrative support across the range of IT Department functions:
   a. Assist the IT Manager in the development of IT service delivery processes, including the development of IT related standard operating procedures and policies to enable effective operational management of the IT Department
   b. Contribute to the coordination and administration of IT Department operational processes (e.g. team documentation, finance, risk management, procurement etc.)
2. Respond to and deal with service fulfilment requests, in accordance with agreed procedures, including local user, service, equipment and site supports.
3. To provide advice and assistance to Elected Members, staff and associated groups on all IT matters that contribute to the efficient running of the service.
4. Maintain a register of all IT assets
5. Maintain appropriate stock of IT equipment and consumables
6. Where directed, oversee works provided by third parties and contractors ensuring compliance with agreed processes
7. To administer user and system accounts and security features to protect information while allowing appropriate access to users.
8. To support council training in Information Technology through identification of training needs and the provision of ‘in house’ training.
9. Support Information Management governance to ensure safe, effective and legally compliant use of Council data
10. Contribute to the development of information management processes and promote best practice within the organisation
11. Provide IT support in response to the invocation of the Council Emergency or Disaster Recovery Plans.
12. Responsible for temporarily assigned staff and the co-ordination and overseeing of students supervised and the administration of all relevant records, in line with the placement.

Job Category : Legal (Specialist)
Location : London Borough of Hillingdon
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £44.05

Plannig Lawyer undertkaing full spectrum of local authority legal planning work

Job Category : Admin & Clerical
Location : Eastbourne Town Hall, Lewes and Eastbourne Councils
Hours Per Week : 37.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £10.61

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £24.38

PLEASE ENSURE ALL COMPLIANCE IS UPLOADED ON CV SUBMISSION

• This is an essential OT role within Adult Social Care, where you will be responsible for carrying out OT assessments needs and providing advice and guidance to our service users. You will liaise and work closely with contacts from different sectors, health and the voluntary sector, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that communication is effective, and that knowledge and best practice are shared.
• You will review and monitor care plans and the quality of service provision and respond to changes need. This includes, develop, and evaluate reablement programs as part of care packages ensuring that programs to support independence are implemented.
• You will be responsible for managing your own caseloads or specific projects to ensure specialist inputs are obtained and effective outcomes achieved.
• You will raise awareness of a range of care issues and their implications and carry out risk assessments and complete safe methods of work practice guides, in order to ensure that needs are assessed, and appropriate action is taken.

Full clean driver’s licence and access to a car (or able to use another appropriate means of travel) to travel to a range of locations including home visits.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

1. You will hold or be working towards a professional qualification e.g. degree, NVQ 4 or equivalent
2. You will have relevant experience of working in similar service areas.
3. You will demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, processes and procedures.
4. If relevant: you will have a proven ability to supervise and allocate work to others, monitoring their performance and taking corrective action.
5. You will have well developed interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships and engage successfully with colleagues and service users.
6. You will have financial experience or training to carry out associated financial tasks.
7. You will have a good level of general IT skills and the ability to use, or be trained in the use of, appropriate specialist in-house software packages.
   Able to demonstrate the Council’s values and behaviours.

Job Category : Interims
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £160.00 per day

Under the direction of Performance and Information Manager you will manage and lead a team of information analysts responsible for the Council’s Adult social care functions.
You will lead the development and delivery of strategies for the provision and use of management information in our social care functions. This includes data analysis and presentation to support policy formulation, decision making and reporting of performance measures and benchmarking, as well as the development and delivery of data to support financial monitoring and service improvement. You will also advise commissioners on the effective performance monitoring of contracted and commissioned services and support the delivery of the JSNA.

Job Category : IT
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.47

Under the direction of the Performance and Information Manager you work across the Council’s Adult and Children’s social care and Education teams to improve the reporting and information recording capabilities of the Department.
You will be working closely with Performance Managers and Operational colleagues to develop reports in line with operational and strategic requirements, further strengthening our Performance Management Framework.
Using your systems and technical knowledge you will produce and develop reports via our SQL and PowerBI systems, in order to satisfy existing and evolving requirements of the operations teams, enhancing our reporting suite to support service delivery and statutory functions.
By identifying best practice, product options, enhancements and internal practice improvements, you will recognise, promote and support the implementation of enhancements across our main Social Care and Education systems.
The implementation of system enhancements, in collaboration with senior operations staff, service users and ITD will not only ensure functionality is adequately utilised but also further enhance our reporting abilities.

The position will involve: -
(a) Substantial contact with staff at all levels throughout the Department, including extensive consultation and liaison with senior management/establishment managers.
(b) Regular close working with colleagues in other Council Departments on joint developments and projects
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

1. Significant experience within an organisation, delivering similar services.
2. You will have a relevant professional or equivalent degree level qualification or you will have equivalent relevant experience.
3. You will demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of contributing to developing processes, procedures and/or projects
4. You will have well-developed interpersonal skills for persuading, influencing and be able to build relationships and communicate effectively with customers.
5. You will have good literacy and report writing skills.
6. You will be able to understand and interpret complex data and provide solutions and recommendations to achieve appropriate outcomes.
7. You will have good analytical, numeracy and reasoning skills.
8. You will be able to work flexibly, cope with competing demands through good time management and work under pressure.
9. You will have the ability to monitor and or report on budgets budgets/financial information/resources.
10. You will have a good level of general IT skills and the ability to use appropriate specialist in-house software packages.
11. If relevant: you will be able to assist in the management and develop a team.
    Able to demonstrate the Council’s values and behaviours.

Job Category: Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location: RIVER PARK HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £17.57

Looking for a Reviewing officer - Unqualified social worker.
However qualified social workers especially newly qualified who wish to apply are welcome to apply.
However willing to have a qualified social worker with no post qualifying experience. 

Roles and Responsibilities:
• To complete Reviews people with LD living at home with a care package
• Residential and Nursing placements
• Supported living placements
• Shared Lives
   OR 
• To work within the Duty Team consisting (social worker and manager(Senior Practitioner)  to complete the following 
• Answering phone and actioning appropriately
• Receiving and sending emails and actioning appropriately.
• Recording on telephone and email conversations Data base
• Making referrals to other agencies and other team within the organisation such brokerage, Finance Team, appointeeship, safeguarding team 

Job Category: Finance - Unqualified
Location: 2 Hillman Street, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start 
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £18.76

Job Summary:
A position exists for a full time credit controller, working 36 Hours per week. Candidates must have two years credit control experience to be considered.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
• To ensure the council’s sundry debts are collected on time and to contribute to achieving maximum income collection.
• To ensure that Hackney’s sales ledgers are maintained to a high standard of accuracy.

Service Specific Accountabilities:
• Making contact with customers by telephone, letter and email to ensure invoice payments are received within credit terms.
• Establishing contact with both small and large regular customers and maintaining a relationship to ensure invoices are paid on time.
• Regularly reporting the status of top debtor’s accounts to Senior Managers, to ensure high value debts are continually reviewed, and escalated to management where intervention is required throughout the financial year.
• Contacting customers whose invoices are overdue, stressing the Council’s credit terms and identifying any query that may be preventing payment.
• Escalating queries to senior levels within the organisation where necessary until satisfactory responses are received.
• Taking payments by debit or credit card over the telephone, ensuring compliance with the council’s data protection policy.

Experience and Working Knowledge:
• Sound relevant credit control experience in a large organisation.
• Experience of investigating and resolving customer queries and advising service managers.
• Basic knowledge of local government functions.
• Thorough knowledge of computerised debt collection systems.
• Experience of taking payments over the telephone.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office software (Excel/Word/Outlook).
• Knowledge of legal and enforcement processes in respect of debt recovery.
• Experience of setting up direct debits over the telephone and trained in direct debit rules and regulations.
• Experience of achieving performance targets in order to continuously improve services.
• Understanding of how income collection and allocation processes work.
• Experience of working in teams that takes into account the needs of diverse customer groups.
• Experience of reconciling customer accounts.

Skills:
• Excellent customer care skills.
• Able to keep calm and remain professional in the face of irate customers.
• Excellent telephone and writing skills when contacting customers.
• The customer base is diverse and the ability to communicate fully and effectively is paramount.
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise workloads in order to meet corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Ability to reconcile both simple and complex accounts.
• Able to apply direct debit rules and regulations.
• Ability to assist in the implementation of new initiatives to support corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Ability to understand and resolve customer queries from a diverse customer base. 
• Good numeracy skills.
• Ability to understand the services being invoiced so as to communicate clearly with both service areas and customers.
• Ability to focus on what is important and make decisions based on available information.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with both large and small customers.

Job Category: Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location: Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate start
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £357.60 per day

Focus is on Learning Disabilities:
• Length up to 6 months
• Hybrid with 2 days per week in office

Head of Commissioning Commissioning Learning Disability Services Working with ICB to develop integrated learning disability strategy and services Working with contracted providers to deliver the best outcomes to residents with a learning disability and carers Manage a small team of commissioning staff.

MAIN PURPOSE: 
• To lead and manage the commissioning function (strategy, service design, procurement and contract management) for aspects of education, adult and children social care, public health, housing and health services within the ECHS Department.
• To lead and manage a team of officers responsible for commissioning/market management and health and social care transformation programmes.
• To develop and implement commissioning strategies in order to improve outcomes for children and adults and their families and carers in line with best value principles.
• To consult, inform and communicate with all key stakeholders on all aspects of the delivery of commissioning activity.
• To ensure compliance with national and local regulations, processes and procedures, and ensuring consistency between strategic service delivery plans and commissioning strategies.
• This is one of two current posts at Head of Service level managing aspects of the education, social care, housing and health service markets. 
• The post-holder will be accountable to the ECHS Director of Programmes and for joint projects with health will have dotted-line accountability to the Director of Transformation and Innovation at Bromley CCG.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:
• Proven ability to operate at a senior level in the organisation and when liaising with partners.
• Proven ability to manage and lead on complex projects under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written to effectively disseminate information at all levels within the organisation.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative, managing and prioritising workload and making decisions after exploring the options and considering the implications.
• Proven project management skills to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Ability to assess and evaluate risk.
• Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels within the organisation and with the Council’s service providers.
• Confidence to manage internal and external project participants ensuring projects are delivered to timescale and budget.
• Proven ability to mentor and guide staff in the responsibilities of project roles, motivating others to maximise their performance.
• Ability to add value through project management.
• Proven ability to produce and analyse financial data.
• Understanding of financial systems used in Bromley.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Professional and/or management qualification (desirable).

KNOWLEDGE:
• Strong understanding of  commissioning and procurement.
• Knowledge of the range of issues pertaining to commissioning education, housing, care and health services.
• Understanding of the key issues facing local government.
• Understanding of the wider integration agenda with Health and other partners.
• Knowledge of the commissioning cycle and best practice in commissioning.

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience of managing commissioning activity ideally within a local government or similar setting.
• Strong staff management experience.
• Proven track record of providing high level advice and briefings both written and verbal to senior managers and elected Members.
• Evidence of managing change and improvement effectively in an organisation.
• Strong leadership and experience of delivering improvements by successfully project managing complex and contentious projects.
• Experience of working in a strategic role implementing best practice in commissioning.

Job Category: Social Care - Unqualified
Location: County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £12.47

About the Service:
• Do you want to work in a meaningful role supporting children to meet their individual needs and overcome challenges helping them to live full and happy lives?
• This is an exciting opportunity to join Ty Storrie our Residential Home, which provides short break accommodation for young people with additional learning needs.
• In addition to making a positive impact on the lives of our children, there are generous enhancements paid for evenings, weekend working, Bank Holidays and sleeping in duties, additional to your salary.
• You will receive an additional salary enhancement of 30% after 8pm weekdays, 50% weekends and £38 per sleep in.

About the Job:
• It takes a special type of person to dedicate their career to supporting others. Your patience, empathy and caring nature would make you the ideal person to support individuals who use our short break home at Ty Storrie. If you feel you are this type of person, then you are who we are looking for.
• We are looking for individuals to help ensure children and young people receive a high level and quality of individual support throughout their time in our home.
• You will be working within a team supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes, build appropriate relationships and have fun, being there at every step of their development. You need to be willing to learn and share experiences, skills and knowledge whilst also putting children and young people at the centre of your role.

What we are looking for from you:
• As a Residential Childcare Officer, you will play an essential part in providing direct care and effective support to young people in our short break home to enable them to achieve positive outcomes in line with their childcare personal plan.
• Every day is different, and you will face new challenges, we need staff members with a can-do attitude, that are willing to go above and beyond for the young people in their care.
• We need our team to help recognise and promote young people’s individuality, uniqueness and diverse needs whilst providing a nurturing and positive environment.

Job Category: Social Care - Qualified
Location: Shropshire Council
Hours Per Week: 7.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £19.98

SSW/ Lead Practitioner post holder is directly accountable to the Senior Lead Practitioner and will: 
• Manage day to day practice lead for the hospital avoidance and discharge agenda.
• Drive the operational implementation of national and local strategic objective of hospital avoidance, discharge and reablement.
• Responsibility for the maintenance of hospital avoidance and discharge systems which demonstrate adherence to legislative, national and corporate requirements, performance and finance.
• Accountable for maintaining an effective operating model in delivering hospital avoidance and discharge service to vulnerable adults.
• Drive the work of hospital avoidance and discharge through multi agency partnerships and liaising with Senior Managers as required.
• Implement and review information systems for the planning, commissioning and monitoring the activities of hospital avoidance and discharge service for vulnerable adults.

Summary of role:
• To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Government initiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.
• To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line with legislation.
• To be responsible for the day to day management of a service area, including practice, standards, quality and performance.
• To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager and senior managers to enable the team to achieve its goals and objectives.
• To work with the line manager to ensure day to day functioning of the team in operational matters.
• Proactively promote partnership working and integration within and outside of the council.
• To have staff supervisory responsibility.
• To have designated budgetary/budget monitoring responsibility.

Job Category: Social Care - Qualified
Location: Mount McKinley Building, Shropshire Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:45
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £26.48

Duty and assessment social worker - complete social work assessments, S47 enquiries, S7 and S37 reports.  Also required to attend Initial Conferences and CIN meetings