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Job Category: Social Care - Qualified
Location: Council Offices The Gamble Institute, Victoria Square, WA10 1DY, St. Helens MBC
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £18.32

The Later Life service in St Helens works with individuals aged 67+ with age related frailty and mental health issues such as dementia. This is a busy team with the Social workers competing Care Act assessments on individuals, devising care plans and reviewing services. The social workers have a busy caseload and are expected to manage a high number of referrals. It is expected the social workers will have a good understanding of current legislation and government policy related to care of the elderly and an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS legislation. The Social workers also undertake regular safeguarding investigations under the Local Authority safeguarding procedures. The team is a large team consisting of 15 Social Workers and 15 Assessment and review workers. Good support structures are in place and regular supervision is provided by one of the three team managers or three assistant managers.

Job Category: Admin & Clerical
Location: Llantwit Major Library, Vale of Glamorgan Council
Hours Per Week: 17.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £10.98

We are looking for a candidate to work with customers at the library in Llantwit Major. This is an 17 hour Library Assistant post which includes working a share of Saturdays. The post is vacant due to a member of staff being off sick. Library work involves dealing with customers of all ages. We require someone who is personable and has had previous experience of customer service. They need to be quick learners, flexible enough to deal with multiple situations, and comfortable working with computers and with technology. Hours of work are 3 days per week, possibly 4, including every other Saturday and one evening every other week until 7. Hours can be anywhere between 10-5 but flexibility is important.

Job Category: Legal
Location: Blue Star House, London Borough of Lambeth
Start Date: Immediate Start
Salary: £110.95

Describe in a few brief sentences:

1. Your team
2. What you need the worker to do
3. What qualities for you’re looking for
   Agencies will see this information to help submit suitable candidates for this engagement. This is more important than the job description.

Job Category: Social Care - Qualified
Location: North Yorkshire House, Scarborough YO12 6EE, North Yorkshire County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £25.33

Full time Children’s social worker required for the Child Permanence and Family Reunification Team, North Yorkshire House, 442-444 Scalby Road, Scarborough, YO12 6EE
This role is 37 hours per week 8:30 – 5pm, with some opportunity for agile working.
Children’s Social Care provide services which follow from specific legislation, including the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004 as well as other Government guidance and policy. We are committed to providing good quality services to support children young people and their families. To work at all times in line with the Health and Care Professions Council’s Code of Practice. Enhanced DBS check and Health and Care Professions Council registration required.This role involves spoken communications so a confident use of English language is required.

JOB PURPOSE:
Hold and manage a caseload including Children in Need, Child Protection and Looked After Children as allocated by the Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager. The post holder will do this by undertaking assessments, formulating, monitoring and managing plans for children with multi agency partners to ensure good, timely outcomes for children.

KNOWLEDGE:
Grade J:
• Knowledge of current good practice in child care.
• Knowledge of the principles of the Children Act 1989, the Children Act 2004, the Every Child Matters agenda and Care Planning Regulations 2010
Grade K:
• In addition to the skills and knowledge detailed above at Grade J.
• Knowledge of the judicial processes.
• Knowledge of theory and practice of care assessment, planning, child protection/safeguarding procedures; detailed knowledge of relevant legislation acquired through professional qualification in social work plus minimum 2 year post-qualification experience in relevant field.

EXPERIENCE:
Grade J :
• Some background experience in a social care or similar setting.
• Work placement in a child care setting (degree course).
Grade K :
• The eligibility criterion for progression beyond (Grade J) will be as above for Grade J plus 2 years relevant post-qualification experience in accordance with designated performance standards.
• Instances may occur where the post-qualification experience is not in a post specifically designated as Social Worker. In such cases the appropriate Service Manager must be satisfied as to the quality and relevance of that experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Practice Educator qualified. [Desirable]
Grade J:
• Fully qualified, accredited social work professional status (CQSW, DipSW, CSS, PQCCA)
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Grade K:
• Fully qualified, accredited social work professional status. (CQSW, DipSW, CSS, PQCCA)
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council Successfully passing Level 3 (competence based) Assessment.

Job Category: Facilities & Environmental Services - General
Location: Angel International Campus, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £10.19

Duties mainly comprise of driving: collecting and delivering skips of books from schools and libraries.
Driving a 3.5 Luton van with tail-lift with possibility of driving smaller Peugeot van too.
Request for agency worker to bring own steel-toe capped boots, knowledge of Plymouth area needed.
Use of sack truck and York trolley for delivering/collecting items and operation of tail-lift on Luton van too.
Daily checks to be completed on the vehicle and safe manual handling procedures followed at all times.

Job Category: Social Care - Unqualified
Location: Pegasus House, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 07:00
End Time: 23:00
Salary: £13.50

Job Description:
The post holder will provide high quality care and interventions to children and young people in a variety of settings including residential homes, emergency accommodation, family home and foster placements, which will contribute to the protection, safeguarding and promotion of the education, health and well-being of children and young people.
This role is specifically to work within our emergency response team; therefore the post holder will need to work in a flexible way, which will include working across services, often supporting children in crisis.

Shortlisting and Interview Criteria:

1. Experience of working in a service or provision designed to support children and young people with complex needs, such as difficulties in regulating their emotions and behaviours due to past experiences.
2. Experience of working directly with children and families in a multi-agency setting and knowledge of the roles of other agencies and professionals.
3. Knowledge of child development and the impact of early childhood trauma.
4. Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing, and reviewing individual programmes of care.
5. Ability to record accurate data for monitoring and evaluation purposes and to write informative and concise reports for a variety of audiences.
6. Knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations and Safeguarding frameworks.
7. Practical knowledge of working / dealing with difficult situations in a diplomatic, sensitive and caring professional manner and knowledge of professional boundaries and safe working practices which contribute to managing risk.
8. Knowledge and experience of acting as an advocate, promoting self-advocacy and a commitment to upholding children’s rights.
9. Using a range of computer applications and ICT including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, internet and e-mail.

Knowledge and Experience:
• Experience in the engagement of adults/and/or children/families (some of whom are resistant to engage), with detailed knowledge of what works to effect positive change.
• Experience of working within the community and familiar with multi agency working.
• Experience and understanding of the key worker role.
• Experience of understanding the needs of clients with a range of sensitive and personal care issues i.e. mental health problems, dementia, depression, challenging behaviours etc.
• Working knowledge of care planning issues and following therapy plans.
• Acting as an advocate, promoting self advocacy and a commitment to upholding service users rights.
• Working within an organisation’s policies and procedures.
• Completing relevant records and reports both in written and electronic format.
• Appropriate/sufficient experience of and familiar with multi agency working.
• Practical knowledge of health and safety issues.
• Awareness of medicines, their potential dangers and medical and nursing services available.
• Undertaking needs assessments and devising care packages and support plans.
• Experience of caseload management in order to optimise individual performance.
• Using a range of computer applications and ICT including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, internet and e-mail.

Qualifications:
Level 6 qualification e.g. Bachelor Degrees, Graduate Certificates and Diplomas, or Level 5 qualification e.g. Diplomas of HE and FE, foundation degrees and HNDs, plus experience in relevant areas of work over a period of years.
OR
Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience.

Key Skills:
Communication (Level 4)
• Exchanges complicated or sensitive information with a range of people, orally and in writing.
• Communicates and persuades groups of people and deals with various points of view effectively.
• Produces non-standard documents using varied and creative styles to suit the needs of the audience.

Decision Making (Level 3):
• Uses initiative and organises own daily workload.
• Responds independently to unexpected problems and situations.

Problem Solving (Level 3):
• Gathers information from a range of sources to understand situations and problems.
• Analyses and interprets information to identify important issues and problems.
• Identifies risks and considers alternative courses of action.
• Produces short-term solutions or plans.

Job Category: Legal
Location: London Borough of Havering
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £19.05

Committee Services Officer.

Job Purpose:
• To ensure that the democratic process is carried out in an effective and efficient manner. This will involve acting as clerk to a range of meetings including overview and scrutiny and administrative committees, as well as carrying out a variety of regulatory and other functions.
• To provide authoritative advice and guidance to Members and others as necessary to ensure that all meetings conform to legal requirements, procedure rules, the Council’s Constitution and all relevant procedures and processes.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. To act as secretary to all assigned meetings with responsibility for making all necessary arrangements, servicing and providing relevant advice and guidance to ensure the smooth and effective running of each meeting in compliance with statutory and Council procedures.
2. To initiate any action necessary to ensure that the agenda includes all relevant items and to follow-up decisions taken in terms of reporting them to those who need to know and indicating clearly the actions to be taken, by whom and by when.
3. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of legislation and Corporate Policy, Standing Orders, Council Constitution and the Codes of Conduct.
4. To ensure that the minutes accurately record the proceedings of any meeting serviced and are properly distributed to all relevant officers/agencies/organisations in a timely fashion.
5. To provide appropriate assistance to the Committee Services Officers and senior managers within Legal & Governance, including undertaking specific projects and assignments.
6. To assist in the design, implementation and maintenance of IT-based systems in relation to the post holder’s area of responsibility and to contribute to the same for the service, including development and reviews of committee administration.
7. To assist with propriety control matters, e.g. registration of Members’ interests of declarations and compliance with Access to Information requirements.
8. To research and draft replies to correspondence as directed, including dealing with complaints from Members and from the public in accordance with the Council’s Corporate Complaints procedure and endeavouring to resolve them satisfactorily.
9. To be an authoritative point of reference on all matters concerning committee administration.
10. To ensure compliance with existing and new legislation specific to committee administration, procedures and practices.
11. To ensure Members and officers are provided with clear and precise expert advice and guidance on the conduct of business, including advice and guidance on the implementation and interpretation of decisions taken.
12. To ensure compliance with, and adherence to, any legislative requirements and Council Policy and Procedures with regard to open government and access to information.
13. To assist at Elections and Referenda as necessary.

Job Category: Social Care - Qualified
Location: Enfield Highway Library, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £23.50

Adult Social Care is part of the integrated learning disability team, which supports vulnerable adults who suffer with learning disability and also on the autistic spectrum to live independently and safely.

Job Category: Social & Healthcare Qualified
Location: Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £43.64

This is an in-person role, based in Plymouth there will be no accommodation costs.

Additional Team Manager for the MASH (multi-agency safeguarding hub) to provide additional support through a period of restructure within the service. Currently 4 social workers within the team and we are looking to increase this to 7 along with 2 team managers.

This is an additional 6 month post for a MASH improvement manager to support the current team manager and service manager through an improvement period that will include a restructure of the front door in Plymouth. There will be a need to be office based approx. 3 days a week to build relationships, understand how we currently do things and support colleagues with improvements to systems, processes and ways of working.

Job Category: Interims
Location: Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £320.00

Experience and knowledge required:
• Experience of successfully leading business analysis projects and service reviews in complex public sector environments, producing high quality analysis which has supported the delivery of sustainable transformational change.
• Experience of undertaking detailed business analysis and service design work to create strategies, services and processes that improve outcomes, deliver efficiencies and operate within a defined corporate operating model
• Experience of redesigning customer journeys to better improve resident experience and service outcomes.
• Appreciation of service design and UX, ensuring that process changes improve resident experience.
• Experience of developing requirements for technical and development teams, including recommendations for integration
• Experience of redesigning underlying processes to drive efficiency.
• Experience of building excellent relationships with senior managers and Members, with a view to ensuring that corporate visions and priorities are delivered and that an excellent customer service is experienced by those stakeholders.
• Experience of report writing and communications for a variety of audiences, demonstrating numeracy and literacy, and applying expert knowledge.
• Experience in dealing with a range of complex and contentious matters requiring a consistently high degree of support, persuasion and advocacy and an awareness of major policy objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of business analysis and information modelling techniques, processes and standards.
• An understanding of Local Government an advantage.
• Awareness of information governance issues and legislation.
• An understanding of the political context and environment.
• Understanding of the issues and challenges relating to significant organisational and strategy change programmes.

Requirements of the Role:
The Analyst must be sufficiently confident and experienced to:
• Carry out the business analysis function to review a number of services and identify, at a high level:
a) Cashable savings that can be made through process redesign, automation or the introduction of digital solutions, with costing models and/or validated analysis to support all recommendations;
b) Innovative solutions to service delivery; and
c) Improvements to resident journeys and experiences.
d) Identify data input and output requirements for the business process and H-CLIC reporting.
e) Incorporating user requirements based on user research.
• Work independently and proactively ensuring outcomes are achieved in the desired timeframes.
• Delivering objectives with a flexible, collaborative and professional approach.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and team members to achieve the deliverables which result in the embedding of new ways of working and an improved resident experience.

Experience and Knowledge Required:
The Senior Business Analyst must have:
• Experience of working in local authorities or similar sectors with knowledge of the services that are delivered by departments.
• Knowledge of solutions that have been implemented in other local authorities to improve service delivery and reduce costs.
• Extensive experience of using process redesign techniques (Lean, Systems Thinking, BPR etc) to increase efficiency in cross-functional environments, driving out process waste and improving workflow.
• Extensive experience of quantifying the benefits that can be derived from process redesign and building business cases.
• Substantive experience of identifying opportunities for deploying digital solutions.
• Knowledge of costing techniques.
• Success in implementing change to service delivery and achieving savings
• Excellent Excel skills – being able to quickly review and manipulate data to determine demand, failure demand and volumes.
• Excellent analytical skills – being able to focus on and draw out clear and concise findings and conclusions from a wide range of information.
• The ability to competently use Microsoft software e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Visio for visual reporting and feedback.

Job Category: Interims
Location: Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £320.00

Experience and knowledge required:
• Experience of successfully leading business analysis projects and service reviews in complex public sector environments, producing high quality analysis which has supported the delivery of sustainable transformational change.
• Experience of undertaking detailed business analysis and service design work to create strategies, services and processes that improve outcomes, deliver efficiencies and operate within a defined corporate operating model
• Experience of redesigning customer journeys to better improve resident experience and service outcomes.
• Appreciation of service design and UX, ensuring that process changes improve resident experience.
• Experience of developing requirements for technical and development teams, including recommendations for integration
• Experience of redesigning underlying processes to drive efficiency.
• Experience of building excellent relationships with senior managers and Members, with a view to ensuring that corporate visions and priorities are delivered and that an excellent customer service is experienced by those stakeholders.
• Experience of report writing and communications for a variety of audiences, demonstrating numeracy and literacy, and applying expert knowledge.
• Experience in dealing with a range of complex and contentious matters requiring a consistently high degree of support, persuasion and advocacy and an awareness of major policy objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of business analysis and information modelling techniques, processes and standards.
• An understanding of Local Government an advantage.
• Awareness of information governance issues and legislation.
• An understanding of the political context and environment.
• Understanding of the issues and challenges relating to significant organisational and strategy change programmes.

Requirements of the Role:
The Analyst must be sufficiently confident and experienced to:
• Carry out the business analysis function to review a number of services and identify, at a high level:
a) Cashable savings that can be made through process redesign, automation or the introduction of digital solutions, with costing models and/or validated analysis to support all recommendations;
b) Innovative solutions to service delivery; and
c) Improvements to resident journeys and experiences.
d) Identify data input and output requirements for the business process and H-CLIC reporting.
e) Incorporating user requirements based on user research.
• Work independently and proactively ensuring outcomes are achieved in the desired timeframes.
• Delivering objectives with a flexible, collaborative and professional approach.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and team members to achieve the deliverables which result in the embedding of new ways of working and an improved resident experience.

Experience and Knowledge Required:
The Senior Business Analyst must have:
• Experience of working in local authorities or similar sectors with knowledge of the services that are delivered by departments.
• Knowledge of solutions that have been implemented in other local authorities to improve service delivery and reduce costs.
• Extensive experience of using process redesign techniques (Lean, Systems Thinking, BPR etc) to increase efficiency in cross-functional environments, driving out process waste and improving workflow.
• Extensive experience of quantifying the benefits that can be derived from process redesign and building business cases.
• Substantive experience of identifying opportunities for deploying digital solutions.
• Knowledge of costing techniques.
• Success in implementing change to service delivery and achieving savings
• Excellent Excel skills – being able to quickly review and manipulate data to determine demand, failure demand and volumes.
• Excellent analytical skills – being able to focus on and draw out clear and concise findings and conclusions from a wide range of information.
• The ability to competently use Microsoft software e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Visio for visual reporting and feedback.

Job Category : Sec / Admin
Location : Atlas House, Corporation Street, WA9 1LD, St. Helens MBC
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £10.60

Personal Assistant to the Director of Public Health
Purpose of the post: The postholder will support the Executive Support Team to develop and deliver the Council’s vision, priorities and objectives by providing consistent, high quality, professional, organisational support to the Director and the wider Departmental/ Directorate team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support the Executive PA and manage the Directorate Assistant(s) to provide efficient and effective administrative and organisational support to the Directorate or Department.

Respond to the core requirements of the Directors, prioritising your workload and working flexibility to meet the needs of the service.

Using innovative practices, provide modern, proactive, and confidential support to alleviate the pressure on the Directors and to enable the Directorate to efficiently undertake its work.

Areas of responsibility will include, but not restricted to, dealing with confidential, complex, emotive and political information, managing conflicting and complex diaries, the effective use of digital organisational tools such as Outlook, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint, preparation of documents, agendas, taking of minutes, updating applications, communicating appropriately internally and externally so that the Directors can maximise the efficient use of their time.

In line with the ways of working, manage and direct the day-today operation of the Directorate Assistant(s) and work with the Executive PA to ensure that the appropriate level of support is prioritised according to the needs of the Department/ Directorate. Provide all aspects of effective line management to the Directorate Assistant(s), including regular 121s, appraisals, performance management and managing absence in accordance with the vision, values and behaviours of the council, ensuring that their health and wellbeing is supported.

To complement, develop and support the work of the wider Executive Support Team, providing consistent cover and support during periods of absence and alleviating pressures points across the Directorates. Embrace and role model the ways of working and culture of the organisation and contribute to the continuing development of the Team by sharing best practice and adapting to modern methods of working.

Work closely with the Executive PA, signal early detection of pressure points, alerting them to any significant issues and providing regularly feedback in terms of key strategic boards

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Atlas House, Corporation Street, WA9 1LD, St. Helens MBC
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £35.21

A duty social worker is currently required. The Social worker will respond to referrals received from MASH and undertake assessments set to timescales no longer than 45 days. A duty social worker will be responsible for identifying needs and working with children and families to offer support and implements plans. The social worker will need experience of working with children and families in a safeguarding setting, and a range of skills and knowledge in dealing with section 47 enquiries, CIN, assessments, planning and working with professionals to support children and their families. The range of work involves working with children on child in need plans for a short term basis until step down, or step up to ICPC at this juncture cases would transfer to the longer term assessment service. The social worker will need to demonstrate effective communication skills and preferably have some experience of signs of safety ( although this is not essential) . The social worker will be able to work from both home and the office ( preferably 2 days a week in office or full week if on duty) . The social worker will work 1 week in 4 of being on duty.

Job Title : Emergency Duty Social Worker
Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Atlas House, Corporation Street, WA9 1LD, St. Helens MBC
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £33.71

The Emergency Duty Team are currently looking to secure interim cover for its out of hours service which runs in partnership for children, adults, mental health and homelessness across St Helens and Halton. The worker will need to be a qualified social worker with a minimum of 3 years experience in either children, adults safeguarding or both. An additional requirement would be for a qualified AMPH to undertake AMPH assessments. You will be working within the EDT team and will ne working on a rota basis of out of hours and you will be supported by an experienced EDT manager.

Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of the 1989 and 2004Children Act.

Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding issues and supportive documentation.

An understanding of anti oppressive practice and advocacy issues for young people and their families.

Knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse experiences on development.

An understanding of the concept of working in partnership with families.

Appreciation of Child Care Legislation.

Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Knowledge of Appropriate Adult duties under PACE.

Knowledge of Fair Access to Care Process.

Knowledge of Carers Legislation and Community Care Legislation

Skills and Abilities
Ability to work in partnership with families and other professionals.

Ability to work with children in need and families under stress.

Ability to communicate effectively with children, their families and other professionals.

Ability to work with vulnerable adults.

Ability to work with a range of individuals and families in crisis situations.

Ability to write concise reports and records reflecting pertinent information of analysis drawn from a clear evidence base.
Experience

Experience working with young people, in either a statutory or voluntary capacity.

Experience of working within a mental health setting

Experience of working with other professionals in a formal setting.

Minimum of three years post-qualifying experience, and evidence of progression, beyond SCP31 AMPH.
Assessment experience

Experience of Safeguarding.

Experience of appropriate adult work.

Experience of Health and Social Care

Qualifications
CQSW, CSS, DipSW or equivalent

HCPC registration

Approved Mental Health Practitioner

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Mary Woollett Centre, Doncaster Children's Services Trust
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £27.71

VR1 295. Working in the MASH team based in central Doncaster.
Provide a local professional social care service for children, young people and families in need.
Contribute to a range of voluntary and statutory social work activities and carry out professional social work tasks in accordance with recognised social work procedures, evidence based practice and professional social work ethics.
Manage a case load of “children in need” “at risk of significant harm and / or “looked after,” adhering to legislative and procedural requirements, ensuring the best possible outcomes for the children concerned.