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Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : County Hall, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £16.28

Location: Various locations across the county

You will work as a part of a strong and dynamic Occupational Therapy service as
a member of an area-based team. In this role you will undertake strengthsbased assessments via a variety of mediums (e.g. telephone / video
assessment, home-based assessment) with the guidance of an HCPC registered
occupational therapist (as directed by Care Act 2014), utilising your skills and
knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support aimed at improving
wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. The plan may include advice,
information, the provision of assistive equipment and recommendations for
home adaptation. You will also be expected to carry out risk assessments and
undertake assessments under the Mental capacity Act 2007. You will receive
induction and training to enable you to undertake your role, and you will be
supervised by a qualified Occupational Therapist.

Key Skills:

1. Ability to undertake a strengths-based assessment with minimal guidance (as
   directed by the Care Act 2014) to ascertain required information.
2. Ability to develop a person-centred care and support plan with clearly defined
   outcomes.
3. Effective communication and interpersonal skills to provide clear and concise
   guidance and to demonstrate and explain practical activities.
4. Ability to prioritise and organise work and meet agreed performance
   expectations and deadlines.
5. Sound and accurate IT skills (Microsoft Office) in order to carry out research,
   analyse documents, present data and undertake general administrative
   processes.

Qualifications and/or experience:
• A minimum of 3 GCSEs including Maths and English or equivalent
qualification e.g. NVQ.
• Completion of Occupational Therapy Assistant Competency Framework or
similar.
• Experience of working with people with disabilities or with elderly people, and
an understanding of the effects of a disabling condition on a person.
• Some experience of working in a hospital, social care or similar formal care
environment.
• Knowledge of the use of and the risk and safety factors associated with
disability and equipment / adaptation provision.

Please note we require the person to start mid-January, until October 2022. They will require double vaccination against COVID-19. Working arrangements - initially in the office mostly, moving to approx. 2 days office, 3 days home based.

Job Category : Management
Location : City Reach, Tower Hamlets Homes
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £35.71

A large Local Authority in East London is looking for a fire risk manager.
This is a new and senior role suited to somebody who will relish the challenge of managing fire safety across a large housing portfolio.
The successful candidate will be an experienced fie risk assessor with a background in building surveying.
The initial post is for 6 months whilst a permanent recruitment process is completed
Key responsibilities:

Management of programme of fire risk assessments and subsequent actions/recommendations
Management of External Wall surveys and type 4 fire risk assessments
Liaison with LFB and ensuring statutory notices are dealt with appropriately
Provision of technical advice and guidance to other staff across the organisation
Lead officers for introduction of building safety regime as well working with other staff in preparation of building safety cases
Senior technical input across the activities of the wider asset management team
Management of programmes of work where deemed appropriate
Inspection of buildings and individual residents homes in relation to fire and other hazards
Liaison where necessary with residents and resident organisations

Job Category : Human Resources (Kingston & Richmond)
Location : 42 York Street, Achieving for Children
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.00

We are looking for a recruitment officer with experience of recruiting within a Social Work Children's Services environment and able to work comfortably with hiring managers, the successful candidate will support teams across Richmond and Kingston to attract and recruit high quality and experienced children’s social workers. You will need to work as a conduit between the HR and recruitment services and the recruiting manager to identify where there are vacancies and support the manager to attract the right candidate for the role. You will work with the hiring manager and the HR team to;
Consult and engage with social work managers to understand their recruitment needs
Lead on candidate engagement, identifying and attracting potential candidates to work in our local areas
Longlist, shortlist and Interview candidates to understand their requirements and gain valuable information on our recruitment processes
Proactively work with hiring managers to ensure we reduce the number of agency workers, moving them to permanent positions
Work as an integral member of a team, motivating others and communicating effectively.
This role will be a hybrid worker with a mix of working from our offices either in Twickenham or Maidenhead and from home.

Job Category : Administration
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: £10.83

Location: Horsham County Hall

As an administrator in the Board Support Team, your role will include responding
to incoming enquiries, often with the most senior members of staff across the
statutory, voluntary and private sectors; disseminating information; planning
meetings and large conferences; producing complex minutes, and administration
required for financial work around the Board budget, income and spend.

Key Skills:

1. Ability to manage and prioritise workloads efficiently. Exceptional
   organisational and time management skills to plan, prioritise and multi-task,
   managing competing and complex requests for information from colleagues,
   Board members and the public.
2. Ability to organise complex meetings, provide comprehensive minutes for
   these and take forward arising actions.
3. Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, verbally and in writing,
   with the Board’s Senior Management members, Board Support Team and
   public.
4. Ability to work on own initiative, autonomously and effectively as part of a
   team.
5. Ability to anticipate any arising issues, including those effecting deadlines and
   resolve and share these.
6. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications and/or experience:
• NVQ 3 in Business Administration, or equivalent administrative experience.
• GCSEs or equivalent qualifications in English Language (A-C grade) and
Mathematics (A-C Grade) or equivalent experience of demonstrating that
level of literacy and numeracy.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a demanding administrative role with
senior level staff and members of the public.
• Proven experience of managing and processing invoices and maintaining
accurate financial data spreadsheets to support payments by account
process.
• Proven experience of working with office systems and procedures, including
organising and arranging meetings, coordinating calendars, booking meeting
rooms and sending out papers and agendas.
• Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality requirements.
• Working knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures associated with
operating the administration required for an efficient service - Desirable

This post will be working from home, with an ability to work in Horsham office on an ad hoc basis if COVID restrictions allow (this will be minimal/ possibly 3 days over the 3 month period).

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Station Road Centre, Redbridge Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £25.68

To support children and young people who are looked after – formulate, prepare and implement Care Plan and Pathway Plans
To initiate where necessary Care Proceedings, attend Court and represent the Local Authority
To prepare and present a range of reports, including reports for Court, Child Care Reviews, Professional and Planning meetings.
Complete assessments for children, young people and their families
Prepare and implement plans for work with families based on the outcome of assessments
Involve children, young people, their families and other professionals in meetings and support them with decision making
To have knowledge of services relevant to individuals, families, carers, groups and communities
To work with children, young people and their families where reunification is the plan

Job Category : Financial
Location : City Reach, Tower Hamlets Homes
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.01

Job Purpose:

To assist in the calculation of service charge costs under the direction of the Service Charge Manager and/or Service Charge Specialist.

To maintain, identify and allocate cash from the Service Charge suspense account and to appropriate unidentifiable cash as necessary.

To process write-off and write-back requests from Leasehold Services.

Education and Experience
Essential Criteria
Experience of working in a finance environment.

Experience of researching, understanding and collating large amounts of data

Experience of manipulating large amounts of data electronically.

Experience of preparing and explaining complex calculations.

High level of competency in the use of IT including integrated housing management systems and Microsoft Office© products, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook

Desirable Criteria

Experience of leasehold management and service charge calculation and management in the social housing sector.

Basic accounting or bookkeeping qualification

Knowledge
Essential Criteria
Basic understanding of Landlord and Tenant Law, Commonhold and Leasehold
Reform Act 2002 and the legal processes for managing properties held on long leases.

Basic understanding of the regulatory framework under which residential leasehold service charges are prepared.

Understanding of the systems and processes to be used for the recording of accounting data to be used in the calculation or residential leasehold service charges

Knowledge of the terms of leases and the rights and responsibilities of freeholders and leaseholders

Knowledge of the way in which Local Authorities and/or ALMOs are organised and conduct their business

Skills and Abilities
Essential Criteria
A high level of analytical, verbal and numeric reasoning skills

A high level of technical competence with spreadsheet packages

Ability to develop and learn

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues and service users

Effective communication skills face to face and on the telephone

Ability to present a professional image of the ALMO and its service

Ability to work flexibly, be self motivated under pressure and manage own workload to meet target deadlines

Ability to work effectively both alone and in a team environment

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Rate : £38 - £40 depending on experience

Location : Crawley

About the Team
The office base for the role is Crawley Library. The office is very central within the town centre so within walking distance to a number of shops and parking. As the geographical area we cover is quite large, a driving licence is required.

You will act as a professional who practices effectively with high quality judgement, in situations of complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework. Manage caseloads with confidence and independence and are recognised as a source of reliable knowledge and advice and use your initiative to broaden your expertise. You help to support case conferences and produce quality assessments, taking shared responsibility and be accountable for your professional development. You will support equality and diversity and respect anyone working for or in contact with WSCC.

Key Skills:

1. Able to analyse and interpret information and data, prioritise needs and formulate plans for intervention and service provision.
2. Able to work proactively as a member of the team to make accurate assessments of needs and negotiate and implement effective outcomes.
3. Able to work in partnership with carers, colleagues and external agencies to deliver an effective service.
4. Able to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral format, including the ability to explain complicated information to others and use negotiation and persuasion skills to encourage others to adopt a course of action.
5. Able to recognise limits of own accountability and responsibility and seek appropriate support, advice and supervision.

Qualifications and/or experience:
• A recognised Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent as recognised by the relevant professional body.
• Registration with the relevant professional registration body and maintaining registration with that body.
• Knowledge of theoretical Social Work concepts and practices, with demonstrable examples of dealing with complex issues, for example, attachment, impact of developmental trauma and child development.
• Experience of effectively coaching and supervising others, acting as practice role model and promoting exemplary practice.
• Experience of managing levels of risk within a caseload

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £11.21

Operational Support for Planning Enforcement Team who deal with planning complaints, planning applications, policy compliance, appeals and prosecution proceedings .
Carrying out a range of duties: monitoring team service targets, checking investigations against a set criteria, paper casework file scanning and possible other administration tasks such as monitoring the email box, maintaining databases and records, interpreting information and drafting content for use by others. Will use ‘uniform’ and ‘enterprise’ systems so experience in this would be preferable.
Experience with Planning Enforcement is desirable. Essential is good organisational skills, prioritation and communication skills.

Job Category : Interims
Location : Civic Offices, Basingstoke and Deane BC
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £325.00 per day

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic professional to join the Property and Assets team and lead the council’s approach to community assets and infrastructure.
If you have proven experience of managing community infrastructure projects within the public or private sector as well as of working with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes for the community, we’d like to hear from you.
You will be managing complex projects that will require attention to detail, strategic thinking and a creative approach to overcoming challenges. Your strong communication skills will be key to building strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including ward councillors, housing associations, developers and community organisations. Your will also have experience of managing people and multi-disciplinary project teams.

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £28.14

HMO investigation based on tenure intelligence data to identify and inspect properties which may be HMOs. you will be required to undertake checks to records and properties and take action to ensure that they are up to standard and appropriately licensed.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified (Kingston & Richmond)
Location : SEND Transport Depot (RBK), Achieving for Children
Hours Per Week : 40.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £11.00

Home to school driver

Job Category : IT
Location : London Borough of Havering
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £450.00 per day
Replacement for Marcus O'Brien, existing contractor who is leaving on Friday 24 December 2021.
Job Purpose:
⦁ Deliver ICT related projects and workstreams to OneSource partner organisations and customers.
⦁ Develop specialist knowledge on project management and business analysis techniques and processes.
⦁ Support OneSource partner organisations and customers identify and exploit new technologies and processes
⦁ Contribute to business development initiatives in support of OneSource partner organisations and customers.
⦁ Support the business exploit new technologies and processes.
Additional duties at PO5
⦁ Contribute to the development of ICT strategies for OneSource partner organisations and customers.
⦁ Lead business process redesign activities using agreed methodologies and standards. Additional duties at PO6
⦁ Supervise and support a number of ICT implementationrelated staff as required.
⦁ Accountable for specific development of ICT strategies for OneSource partner organisations and customers.
⦁ Supervise and support a number of ICT implementationrelated staff as required.

Specific Responsibilities

1. Control and manage discrete ICT projects using agreed methodologies.
2. Ensure that all plans, work packages and deliverables deliver the expected benefits.
3. Identify and manage implementation risks effectively, ensuring timely resolution and escalation, in line with agreed risk management standards.
4. Ensure that all ICT implementation deliverables are managed through the correct change management procedure.
5. Estimate and schedule ICT implementation resources using formal project management techniques and tools.
6. Assist on the procurement of ICT systems and supply contract negotiations as appropriate.
7. Create and maintain formal project management documentation for ICT implementation and report on a consistent basis to the project board.
8. Deliver appropriate ICT solutions and services to enable the strategic and business objectives of the Council in accordance with defined quality criteria.
9. Provide effective leadership to the project team, taking appropriate action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances. This will include resource planning of specialist or expert resources across projects.
10. Negotiate with the project board and other stakeholders to ensure successful ICT implementation outcomes.
11. Construct and agree the ICT implementation project budgets, and to monitor and manage the budgets on an ongoing basis reporting regularly (monthly, or as otherwise required) thereon.
12. Meet regularly with customers to discuss and review ICT implementation requirements and performance, ensuring that service standards and performance are agreed, documented and monitored in line with the ICT Strategy and council policies and procedures.

Able to demonstrate
and evidence a highly
developed
Competence in
Knowledge of best practice IT standards and methods including project management and ICT implementation An understanding of Local Government.
Awareness of information governance issues and legislation.
An understanding of the political context and environment.
Project and Programme management tools, methods and processes evidenced by professional development.

Able to demonstrate
and evidence
Knowledge and experience in:
Success in managing complex ICT project implementations. Successfully managed ICT implementation in a medium or large organisation with specific experience in risk management.
A consistent track record as an effective team player.
Experience of planning and reviewing the implementation of ICT using Prince 2 methodology.
Experience of managing customer relationships
Demonstrable experience and/ or understanding of the technical aspects of information and communications system technology operations and development in a corporate environment, including the exploitation of emergent technologies.
Business Process re-engineering processes and tools.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : Shirehall, Shropshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £9.81

An exciting opportunity exists for a Receptionist & Admin Clerk to work within Enable. Enable is Shropshire Council’s supported employment service, helping people with disabilities or otherwise disadvantaged into paid work. The post involves welcoming clients, answering the phone and providing assistance with a range of admin duties across the Enable team.

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: £28.76

We are looking for a Social Worker to join our Support 4 Families Team who focus on early help and prevention.
The Support 4 Families Team are essential in helping families get the right help at the right time. That’s why we are developing our early intervention and prevention services to make sure families can access a range of services and tiered support to prevent the need for statutory social work intervention.

You will carry out assessments, care planning, person centre planning and with a focus on your care management skills working actively with all partners to identify and meet individuals care support needs. You will be delivering direct interventions with families and using initiative and flexibility to be creative with work. Our supportive teams will actively encourage you to develop your professional skills with access to regular support, supervision and training.
You will need to be a registered Social Worker, have excellent skills in assessment and the ability to write concise records and reports. Being a good team player with excellent communication and organisation skills is vital for this role.

Education & Training
A good general education.

Degree in Social Work.

Experience / Knowledge
Experience of managing a caseload of ranging complexity and problems, and competing demands.

Skills and Abilities
Ability to give clear written and verbal accounts of casework issues.

Ability to write clear, concise records and reports.

Skills in assessment and analysis of risk.

Ability to communicate effectively and creatively with children/vulnerable adults in a non-judgemental manner.

Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to effectively organise work within a framework where time and service delivery targets are set.

Advocacy skills.

An ability to work with staff and managers at all levels and in a variety of disciplines/agencies.

Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and procedures.

Job Category : Revenue & Benefits
Location : London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £12.78
CEO with either Full Licence or CBT. Moped provided.
Overall Purpose of Job

Responsible for carrying out parking enforcement in line with the regulations set out in the Traffic Management Act 2004 and associated legislation. Enforcement will be for on and off street parking as well as removal of vehicles from the highway to the vehicle pound.

Job Context

The post holder reports to the Enforcement Team Leader.

1. The post holder has no line management responsibility.
2. The post holder has no budget responsibility.
3. The post holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and public holidays in order to meet service requirements.
4. The post holder will be required to wear a uniform and to ensure that all staff adhere to this dress code.

KNOWLEDGE:
Understanding of Civil Enforcement legislation (Traffic management Act 2004) an advantage but not essential and training will be provided

A Driving licence a benefit but not a necessity

EXPERIENCE:
Experience of working in a customer facing role

Experience of being a strong team player
Ability to operate a handheld computer

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to write simple reports and complete pocket book notes

Ability to patrol as directed within the local area

Ability to work in a confrontational environment and be resilient and able to handle difficult conversations

This role will be field-based , so a willingness to work outside in all weathers is essential.

The opportunity to carry out duties on an electric bicycle or moped may be presented and therefore, a provisional driving licence would be desirable although not a necessity.