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Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : Stoke Newington Town Hall, Hackney Council.
Salary : £23.23.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

RESPONSIBLE TO:
Test Operations Lead - City & Hackney and Emergency Logistics Manager.
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
1st line: LFD Test Site Managers (x 5)
2nd line: LFD Test Site Operators
(approx 40 staff)

CONTEXT

The Civil Protection (CP) Service is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Council's Public Space Surveillance (PSS), Emergency Planning & Response (EP&R), Emergency Logistics provision and various engineering functions such as Optical Fibre cabling networks and UHF radio voice systems. The Service is placed within the Public Realm Directorate and forms part of the Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation Service.

The CP Service is an important component of the Council's work countering crime, disorder, terrorism and anything that disrupts the normal fabric of Hackney’s life and well being. It provides the Borough with a:-
Centralised PSS capability, with experience, expertise, and knowledge of systems, as well as operational, management and legislation oversight for other council PSS systems. The PSS team operates on a 24/7 basis all year.
EP&R Team which operates an on-call system to provide an immediate response to any Incidents / Emergencies that require a council response under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
Emergency Logistics - the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about new logistical and operational challenges within the borough which are managed by the service . These challenges include:-
The new demand for a consistent and reliable supply and distribution network to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to council workers, contractors, care settings, charities and other organisations who need it, in order to carry out their duties safely, as well as reducing the risk to the public that they work with.
A new demand for the ordering, receipt, storage and distribution of COVID-19 test kits: home-test PCR/lateral flow/Community Collect (Home-Test LFD); supporting care homes, care settings, individual carers, community test stations, educational settings and other users throughout the City of London and Borough of Hackney.
Operational oversight of Asymptomatic (Rapid) Test Sites - Working closely with Public Health to ensure smooth operation of ATSs within both Hackney and City of London and managing the external staffing providers to ensure they meet the KPIs set out in the service specification.
The requirement to have in place surge testing equipment and tests which can be deployed within 24 hours to target specific postcode areas within the borough with unique Home-Test PCR kits - capable of identifying specific Variants Of Concern (VOCs).
A new demand for hardware such as fencing, containers, furniture, electronic equipment, waste bins, vomit bowls, tongue depressors, test tube racks, and all the other paraphernalia necessary for COVID-19 response and to service testing sites throughout Hackney.
A Sub Regional Hub to order, receive, package and dispatch the PPE necessary for 7 London Boroughs.Engineering management for specialist fleet vehicles, civil engineering, CCTV & radio maintenance, optical fibre networks
Equipment stores facility for CP Service staff and other services equipment needs, from bullet proof vests to waterproofs and boots.

1. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The post holder will be responsible for the operational oversight of approximately 4 Asymptomatic Testing Sites (ATS), a Mobile Testing Site & Surge Testing activities in the event of targeted testing becoming operational within London Borough of Hackney or the City of London Corporation. This work will be clinically led by the City & Hackney Public Health team who will provide complete clinical oversight and control. The Deputy Test Operations Lead will hold ATS staffing providers to account for the clinical and other operational standards set out in the service specification/KPIs.

Each Test Site has a manager and test operatives provided by an external company (the provider) which works to a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provided by the City & Hackney Public Health team / Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

The post holder will:-
Inspect the sites for compliance with the SOP.
Inspect compliance with staffing levels.
Measure the test rates and customer satisfaction levels.
Liaise with Site Managers and Staffing Provider Manager and ensure their needs from the Council are met, and ensure they (and test site operatives) uphold council standards at all times.
Assist the City & Hackney Public Health Practitioner in delivering training and clinical governance to test centre staff and site managers
Maintain control of all council-owned assets held at testing sites
Provide advice to Provider Site Managers on all operational matters
Report testing operation status to the Test Operations Lead, Emergency Logistics Manager and various weekly meetings with Public Health / Hackney Learning Team / Adult Social Care / Communications Team / Dept.Health & Social Care (DHSC) / other departments as relevant.
Identify potential risks and/or issues to the Principal Public Health Specialist.
Identify National and International best practice to inform strategies.
Liaise with the Emergency Stores Manager to ensure all test sites maintain sufficient stock of consumables (tests and PPE).
Oversee the site management of Community Collect (home-test LFDs at ATSs) ensuring the processes are managed smoothly and tests remain available / collections are logged.
Identify ways to improve and extend the services.
Provide support to the Test Operations Lead - City & Hackney.
Deputise for the Test Operations Lead - City & Hackney when absent.

Key Stakeholders:

Test Operations Lead - City & Hackney (senior colleague)
Principal Public Health Specialist (clinical control)
Emergency Logistics Manager (operational line manager)
City & Hackney Public Health Practitioner (clinical oversight)
Emergency Stores Manager (provision of test site consumables)
Provider Operations Managers (overall management of test sites)
Provider Site Managers (Field Management of Test sites) /

Job Category : Technical.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Salary: £24.98.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.

Main Purpose
To fulfil the role of technical lead as part of a team responsible for prioritising and managing the ongoing programme of change to the borough’s waiting and loading restrictions. This includes the expansion of controlled parking zones (CPZs), modifications to existing CPZs, disabled persons’ parking bays and new yellow line restrictions.
To work with the Parking Schemes Programme Manager to ensure that each project meets the specified time, cost, and quality standards.

Principal Accountabilities
Leadership

1. To be an effective technical design lead.
2. To demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of performance indicators and quality targets. To work with the Programme Manager to take action to improve performance where required.
3. To work with the Programme Manager to translate the Lambeth Transport Strategy and catalogue of service requests into a prioritised programme of proposed changes to borough’s waiting and loading restrictions
4. Provide evidential feedback to inform future policy and strategy development.

Job Category : Human Resources.
Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.
Salary: £143.80 per day.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Mid April.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

Candidates submitted must have Tech IOSH or Nebosh Cert or equivalent as minimum

Key Accountabilities
To undertake investigations into incidents and accidents, producing written and statistical reports as required, and ensuring suitable risk reduction measures are implemented and that reporting requirements are complied with.
To undertake research analysis and benchmarking on a variety of H&S issues as directed by the Corporate Health and Safety Manager, communicating findings and recommendations within clear, coherent and concise reports.
To assist in analysing departmental H&S needs and to participate in in-house seminars and training courses where requested, providing training for staff and contractors as required.
To take responsibility. appropriate to the post for tackling racism and promoting good race, ethnic and community relations.
To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with the Data Protection and Health and Safety Act. Together with the Equal Opportunities policy. work actively to overcome discrimination on the grounds of race. gender, disability, sexual orientation. religion or status in the Councils service.

Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Salary: £24.79.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

DIRECTORATE: Public Realm
SECTION: Civil Protection Service
Within the City of London & London Borough of Hackney
RESPONSIBLE TO:

Emergency Logistics Manager.
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
1st line: Deputy Test Operations Lead and LFD Test Site Managers (x 5)
2nd line: LFD Test Site Operators
(approx 40 staff)

CONTEXT

The Civil Protection (CP) Service is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Council's Public Space Surveillance (PSS), Emergency Planning & Response (EP&R), Emergency Logistics provision and various engineering functions such as Optical Fibre cabling networks and UHF radio voice systems. The Service is placed within the Public Realm Directorate and forms part of the Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation Service.

The CP Service is an important component of the Council's work countering crime, disorder, terrorism and anything that disrupts the normal fabric of Hackney’s life and well being. It provides the Borough with -
Emergency Logistics - the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about new logistical and operational challenges within the borough which are managed by the service . These challenges include:-
The new demand for a consistent and reliable supply and distribution network to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to council workers, contractors, care settings, charities and other organisations who need it, in order to carry out their duties safely, as well as reducing the risk to the public that they work with.
A new demand for the ordering, receipt, storage and distribution of COVID-19 test kits: home-test PCR/lateral flow/Community Collect (Home-Test LFD); supporting care homes, care settings, individual carers, community test stations, educational settings and other users throughout the City of London and Borough of Hackney.
Operational oversight of Asymptomatic (Rapid) Test Sites - Working closely with Public Health to ensure smooth operation of ATSs within both Hackney and City of London and managing the external staffing providers to ensure they meet the KPIs set out in the service specification.
The requirement to have in place surge testing equipment and tests which can be deployed within 24 hours to target specific postcode areas within the borough with unique Home-Test PCR kits - capable of identifying specific Variants Of Concern (VOCs).
A new demand for hardware such as fencing, containers, furniture, electronic equipment, waste bins, vomit bowls, tongue depressors, test tube racks, and all the other paraphernalia necessary for COVID-19 response and to service testing sites throughout Hackney.
A Sub Regional Hub to order, receive, package and dispatch the PPE necessary for 7 London Boroughs.Engineering management for specialist fleet vehicles, civil engineering, CCTV & radio maintenance, optical fibre networks
Equipment stores facility for CP Service staff and other services equipment needs, from bullet proof vests to waterproofs and boots.

1. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The post holder will be responsible for the operational oversight of approximately 4 Asymptomatic Testing Sites (ATS), a Mobile Testing Site & Surge Testing activities in the event of targeted testing becoming operational within London Borough of Hackney or the City of London Corporation. This work will be clinically led by the City & Hackney Public Health team who will provide clinical oversight in collaboration with ELFT colleagues and control. The Test Operations Lead will hold ATS staffing providers to account for the clinical and other operational standards set out in the service specification/KPIs.

Each Test Site has a manager and test operatives provided by an external company (the provider) which works to a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) provided by the City & Hackney Public Health team / Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

The post holder will:-
Inspect the sites for compliance with the SoP.
Inspect compliance with staffing levels.
Measure the test rates and customer satisfaction levels.
Liaise with Site Managers and Staffing Provider Manager and ensure their needs from the Council are met, and ensure they (and test site operatives) uphold council standards at all times.
Assist the City & Hackney Public Health Practitioner in delivering training and clinical governance to test centre staff and site managers
Maintain control of all council owned assets held at testing sites
Provide advice to Provider Site Managers on all operational matters
Report testing operation status to the Emergency Logistics Manager and various weekly meetings with Public Health / Hackney Learning Team / Adult Social Care / Communications Team / Dept.Health & Social Care (DHSC) / other departments as relevant.
Identify potential risks and/or issues to the Principal Public Health Specialist.
Identify National and International best practice to inform strategies.
Liaise with the Emergency Stores Manager to ensure all test sites maintain sufficient stock of consumables (tests and PPE).
Oversee the site management of Community Collect (home-test LFDs at ATSs) ensuring the processes are managed smoothly and tests remain available / collections are logged.
Identify ways to improve and extend the services.
Deputise for the Emergency Logistics Manager when absent.
Provide guidance and support to the Deputy Test Operations Lead.

Key Stakeholders:

Principal Public Health Specialist (Public Health and clinical control)
Emergency Logistics Manager (operational line manager)
City & Hackney Public Health Practitioner (Public Health and clinical oversight)
Emergency Stores Manager (provision of test site consumables)
Provider Operations Managers (overall management of test sites)
Provider Site Managers (Field Management of Test sites) / Deputy Test Operations Lead

2. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

2.1. Manage and supervise the ATS Provider Team in order to deliver services to the borough in accordance with the current and future guidelines and best practice ensuring that the authority’s specific duties are professionally implemented and maintained.

2.2 Manage the overall test site operations on guidance from Public Health.

2.3 Development of the councils test operations strategy and associated documentation.

2.4 Create and maintain a register of council owned assets held at test site locations

2.5 Liaise with the Public Health team and report on all matters operational.

2.6 To manage and coordinate the ATS operations, whilst advising on best practice and potential improvements.

2.7 Manage the collation of test site data on a central document, accessible by public health.

2.8 Develop and maintain a Business Continuity Plan for the Councils ATS operational needs, and take appropriate measures to put in place contingencies or mitigations where necessary.

2.9 Ensure the Emergency Logistics Manager is provided with the right information to best support strategic decision making at the weekly LFD Test meeting, when required.

2.10 Manage the ATS Provider to ensure the council is ready to support the surge testing operational needs, if required.

2.11 To ensure PPE and test provisions in test sites stocks do not fall below a 1-week supply (aiming to maintain a 2-week stock).

2.12 Ensure the ATS provider manages a constant turnover of stock, ensuring that older stock is used first, to prevent stock going out of date.

2.13 Manage the process of engaging with other ‘subject matter expert’

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified.
Location : Lynton House, Redbridge Council, Ilford.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary : £25.68.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

Redbridge Children's OT
Complexity of cases: Mixture of OT complex and standard
Please list 5 essential requirements for the role:

1. . Excellent knowledge, skills and experience with assessing for and making recommendations for major adaptations and complex equipment. Including preparing sketches, reading plans and providing detailed specifications for major works. Manual handling.
2. . Experience with working in a multi professional team and undertaking complex OT, holistic person-centred assessments, support planning and reviews of people with a range of health conditions and their carers.
3. . Understanding of the legal social care framework and housing legislation
4. . Experienced with managing, planning, prioritising and progressing complex cases
5. Experience and knowledge of assessing for and recommending simple and complex equipment, reviewing their effectiveness and teaching safe use of equipment to comply with relevant legislation, policy and guidelines on safe working practice.
   • Essential experience required: Excellent knowledge of specialist equipment, major adaptations and manual handling. Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and plan own work load. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting.
   • Essential: Professional occupational therapy qualification as recognised by the HCPC
   When will the interviews be held? As soon as possible
   Why work for Redbridge? We deliver an integrated community health and adult social care service. There will be regular supervision and support provided. Flexible working opportunities can be considered. We are locality based.

Job Category : Planning.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Salary: £16.63.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Mid April.
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00.

Main purpose of post
To assist in providing a high quality, customer-focused service by dealing efficiently and effectively
with planning applications and planning inquiries and by making a positive contribution toward the
achievement of a high performance and cost effective service.
Key Unit Accountabilities

1. To deal with a range of planning applications including shopfront, householder, crossover,
   advert and lawful development applications, beginning with adverts, simple householder
   extensions and Lawful Development Certificates for proposed development, plus minor
   changes of use and conversions, listed building consent accompanying planning
   applications, and cases within conservation areas.
2. To deal with a range of development control issues, undertaking negotiations with
   applicants/prospective developers and representatives of other parts of the Council, as
   required.
3. To write reports for committees and other reports and papers, as required.
4. To draft statements of evidence for written representation planning appeals.
5. To undertake appropriate public participation exercises on planning applications and
   development projects and to analyse the results thereof.

Key Knowledge
An RTPI-recognised degree level qualification in Town Planning or equivalent
Sound basic knowledge of all relevant planning legislation, policies and procedures.

Relevant Experience
Experience of relevant development control work or related planning work is required.
Experience of providing planning advice to developers and/or the public.
Experience of processing applications including shopfronts, simple householder, crossover, advert and all types CLUPD, plus minor changes of use, LBC accompanying planning applications, cases in conservation areas and CLUED.
Experience of dealing with written representation appeals

Experience for SO2 Grade
Experience of processing applications as above, plus larger changes of use and conversion, more complex changes of use and modest new build schemes
Experience of dealing with minor S106 for conversions.

Experience for PO1 Grade
Experience of processing the full range of minor and other applications
Experience of dealing with S106 including financial contributions.
Experience of dealing with minor public inquiries and informal hearings
Experience of briefing Members on own cases

Key Behaviours
Focuses on Citizens: Level 1 – Responds appropriately to citizens
 Gives friendly and polite advice
 Follows up customer enquiries or requests for information
 Seeks ways of helping citizens rather than sticking rigidly to the
 ‘rules’
 Corrects problems promptly and without getting defensive

Takes ownership: Level 1 – Is motivated to do a good job
 Responds to problems in own area of responsibility.
 Suggests solutions even if outside area of responsibility.
 Willingly takes on tasks outside job scope.

Works collaboratively: Level 1 – Works well with others
 Is a good team player and does their share of the work
 Shares relevant or useful information with others
 Values others input and expertise

Integrity: Level 1 – Acts with openness and honesty
 Is open and honest with colleagues and citizens
 Consistently delivers on promises
 Does what they say they will do
Committed to the Borough: Level 1 – Talks positively about the Borough
 Talks positively about the Borough e.g. to citizens or people in other organisations
 Expresses pride and/or commitment to delivering excellent services

Job Category :nAdmin / Clerical.
Location : Maurice Bishop House, Hackney Council.
Salary: £15.74 .
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

PURPOSE OF JOB:
To provide information and advice about all aspects of rent and other charges due to Hackney Council, in order to maximise payments and minimise arrears and to take appropriate action to recover new debts and cases at the early stage of the arrears procedure.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. To advise tenants and external support workers on the tenants’ rent obligations and how to pay rent at the application assessment and commencement of a tenancy. To attend sign-ups, make early contact and carry out settling in visits where necessary.
2. To be responsible for the collection of rental income and other housing related debts. To arrange for the production and distribution of regular rent statements to tenants.
3. To advise and take relevant action to prevent tenants falling into arrears by giving housing and welfare benefits and debt advice or referring to the appropriate agencies. Where necessary individually consider the needs of vulnerable residents and provide suitable arrangements for meeting their requirements.
4. To escalate cases through the arrears procedure after completing all necessary actions within agreed timescales. To manage caseload and ensure all individual cases are regularly monitored so that all court protocols and good practice is complied with.
5. To visit tenants who are in arrears or who require advice and support and/ or telephone tenants who are in arrears to successfully negotiate repayment plans. Regular outgoing calls and visits will be required each month as agreed with the Team Leader - Credit Control.
6. To have a clear understanding of Hackney Council policies and procedures and follow these when taking action to recover rent arrears and other charges.
7. To maintain knowledge on welfare benefit entitlements, new changes to welfare reform and to provide advice to customers on their eligibility for entitlements and any changes in policy or legislation.
8. To take arrears actions in a prompt manner in line with the procedures and maintain high levels of customer care and support. To ensure repayment agreements with tenants are based on an analysis of tenants’ income and expenditure.
9. To ensure tenant records are kept updated and that rent debits and credits held on the system are correct. To make the best use of technology in order to maximise income and meet performance standards.
10. To contribute towards targeted and team projects which enable specific income collection and rent arrears to be properly effective and in some cases developing new services.
11. To prepare case reports with supporting information to enable decisions to be facilitated for arrears escalation, suitable notices to be issued and specific actions taken for each case.
12. To form part of effective outgoing calls and out of hours projects which ensures tenants can be contacted, payments received at various times outside of normal working hours.
13. To undertake home visits to give welfare advice and in the pursuit of rent arrears. For more complex welfare advice, ensure tenants have access to appropriate independent debt and money advice services.
14. To make applications for Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Direct payments and assist tenants with the completion of housing benefit forms, any future Universal Credit and chase up any progress of these.
15. To arrange and attend any benefits take up campaigns or surgeries as required and to maintain up to date records of outstanding housing benefit claims, welfare benefit entitlements and inform the appropriate agency for any housing benefit overpayments.
16. To take ownership of complaints and enquiries and resolve them promptly to residents’ satisfaction. Where risks have been identified in the day to day duties, ensure these are promptly brought to the attention of the Team Leader - Credit Control.
17. To ensure all services are provided in accordance with Hackney Council Delivery Plan and overall commitment to high quality service provision.
18. To take responsibility and contribute to own continuous development and to keep up to date with trends and changes in the housing sector, legislation, policies and best practice and deliver services accordingly.
19. To support the Team Leader - Credit Control in the development of new and innovative working methods and practices which maximise efficiency. To ensure any deficiencies identified in services are brought to the attention of the Team Leader - Credit Control and rectified within the time scales agreed.
    STANDARD CLAUSES:
20. To actively promote customer care, value for money and performance management in own role.
21. To demonstrate a whole hearted commitment to the organisational values and culture.
22. To positively promote and represent Hackney Council.
23. To promote an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
24. To consistently promote and apply equality and diversity, in line with Hackney Homes’ policy/ procedures and ensure that this is demonstrated and maintained throughout all areas responsibility.
25. To be aware of, and observe fully and promote, Hackney Council policies relating to health and safety and risk management and best practice, throughout all areas responsibility.
26. The post holder will be expected to undertake such additional duties or responsibilities, consistent with the role and grade, as may be allocated.

CRITERIA:
Please specify within your statement how you meet the job criteria by addressing the requirements marked with letter (S).
Qualifications and Knowledge Requirements:

1. Understanding of housing and welfare benefits in relation to income and rent collections.
2. Understanding of Landlord and Tenant Obligations and responsibilities.
3. Experience of using ICT systems which assist in rent accounting and cash receipting systems.
4. Understanding of rent procedures for all types of tenancies and income.
5. Experience of working in a customer service environment.
6. Experience of using own initiative to suggest new ways of doings things and positively embraces change.
7. Experience of monitoring, achieving and exceeding individual targets.
8. Experience of contributing to service improvements that takes account of the needs of diverse stakeholder groups.

Skills and Abilities:

9. Good numerical skills.
10. Ability to deal sensitively with aggrieved or distressed customers. 11. Excellent negotiation skills.
11. Ability to work as part of a team with a diverse workforce.
12. Ability to develop effective working relationships with a range of both internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
13. Good written and verbal communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
14. Ability to write clearly, accurately and appropriately to the needs of a diverse audience.
15. Ability to assess and interpret information in order to identify issues or problems.
16. Ability to suggest new ways of doing things to solve problems.
17. Ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet individual deadlines and performance targets.
18. Ability to use a wide range of software packages including Microsoft Office e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
    Hackney Council Requirements:
19. Commitment to Hackney Council core vision and values.
20. Commitment to a culture of learning, development and empowerment across the organisation.
21. Wholehearted commitment to the principle of achieving equality of opportunity and celebrating diversity.
22. Commitment to team working.
    Other Special Requirements:
23. Occasionally work outside of normal office hours as required.

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £33.00 per hour.

About the job
Come and join us to make a difference for children and young people in Luton. Luton is a council that cares, where we work collaboratively with children and families. We are ambitious and determined to improve lives every day. We are open, honest and embrace difference. We are empowering our staff to trust our own decisions and those of others. We help each other’s to reach our full potential. We are passionate about helping you develop your career through regular supervision, coaching and mentoring. We are proud about our rapid achievements and have imbedded the agile improvement framework. We work SMART and we strive for the best.

We acknowledge Luton is currently on an improvement journey and that is the reason we need a passionate, agile, dynamic, creative and inspiring qualified practitioner to join our Fostering (Recruitment & Asssessment) team at this important juncture. Luton’s Children and Families are at the heart of everything we do. Our undivided focus is on achieving good outcomes for children and young people by delivering high quality children’s social services across the borough.

About you
We are looking for a qualified social worker with in-depth experience in the field of child and family social work. You’ll need experience of coaching and mentoring including practice teaching, however we do not require you to have a Practice teaching qualification. We need someone who has knowledge of children’s safeguarding and management of risk.

Our ideal candidates will need to be able to negotiate, organise, prioritise and plan tasks and work to competing deadlines while meeting agreed targets. We need you to be confident in making and acting upon sound professional judgements based on levels of risk.

You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing knowledge and understanding of current legislation, national guidance and best practice relevant to this role as well as knowledge of social care need of children and families.

We do ask that you have a recognised professional social work qualification (Degree, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent) and registered with the Social Work Regulator

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.

About the job
The Family Safeguarding Service is a dynamic front line service which identifies, assesses and manages risk for children and vulnerable families. Working together with our MASH and Family Safeguarding colleagues, and our partners such as the police, health, and early help we focus on finding the best solutions for children and families.

There’s plenty of opportunity to step up in your career or to consolidate your experience. We’re passionate about helping you develop your career through regular supervision, coaching and mentoring. We are proud about the rapid achievements we’ve made through our daily SCRUM meetings and the imbedded Agile improvement framework. We work SMART and we strive for the best.

About you
You will be an experienced social worker with strong communications skills. You’ll be able to build effective relationships with children and families, staff, public and other professionals.

You should have in-depth knowledge of legislation national guidance and best practice relevant to the post including statutory responsibilities relating to Children and Family Services, including appropriate quality standards and you’ll be part of a team that achieve high levels of performance.

We do ask that you have Dip SW, CQSW or recognised equivalent, substantial professional social work qualification and registered by the Social Work England.

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £37.70.
This role is currently home-based during current lock down restrictions

Personal profile of Social Worker - Children and Families team
• As an experienced social worker, you will undertake statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and other legislation and guidance relating to service users and
• You will be expected to be able to cover for your line manager on occasion and to also to cover for other social workers within your team if required.
• You will be committed to working in a strength based, outcome focused way and to making a difference to the lives of the individuals and families which you work with.
• Candidates must have post qualification experience along with a good knowledge of relevant legislation and local authority responsibilities in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.

Key skills and experience
• Able to undertake statutory duties under the Children Act 1989
• Ability to manage crisis intervention and adhere to health and safety policies.
• Understanding of equality issues.
• Substantial knowledge of legislation and statutory responsibilities relating to Children and Family services including appropriate Quality Standards.
• Knowledge and understanding of child development and issues of family dynamics.

Qualifications
You will have either Dip SW, CQSW or recognised equivalent professional qualification. Or registered by the health can care professional's council.
An enhanced DBS Certificate which is satisfactory to Luton Borough Council will be a condition of your appointment.
Luton Borough are practising COVID restrictions with regards to safeguarding their employees.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Job Category : Technical.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary: £22.72.

The Senior Traffic Order Officer is responsible for managing the preparation of Orders and Notices relating to Prescribed Routes, Waiting Restrictions, Controlled Parking Zones, Bus/Cycle Lanes, Speed Limits, Stopping up of highways, Road Humps and Pedestrian Crossings and any other that are deemed necessary to regulate the flow of traffic on the public highway.
Experience
Experience of working on technical schemes within a quality assured working environment
Experience of working within a project team to agreed outputs to agreed deadlines using your own problem solving skills
Experience of managing a team and deliver efficiently
Experience of working in a politically sensitive environment

Job Category : Admin & Clerical.
Client Location : County Hall - E1, Essex County Council, Chelmsford.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.

The pay rate for this role is £11.76 per hour

Job Purpose
ECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles:- prevention; early intervention; enablement and safeguarding. This will enable people, their families and carers to be able to access information and tools to live healthily and independently. Providing an opportunity to respond pro-actively to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of the Council.

Whilst undertaking this work internally, the Council is also a member of the Southend, Essex and Thurrock Transforming Care Partnership, consisting of the 7 CCGs and three Local Authorities. As part of these arrangements, it is hosting their All Age Health Equalities Team, working across this whole footprint, to lead the transformation of the health and social care system, to deliver improved health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

The team are looking for an organised and efficient person to support the work of the LeDeR Learning Disability Mortality Review programme on a temporary basis. The key areas of work will be:

Ensuring records and data are available to reviewers to enable accurate completion of reviews. This might entail contacting GP surgeries, care homes, hospitals or accessing social care systems to safely access, store and share information.
Summarising complex and sometimes distressing information from reviews for Quality Panels.
Keeping databases up to date so that the programme can meet key performance targets
Analysing data and using excel spreadsheets
Liaising with reviewers and the Local Area Coordinator to answer queries and make sure systems work efficiently and enable the completion of reviews.
This position will be key to the success of the LeDeR Mortality Review Programme, which is expanding and developing. The post holder will be managed and supported by an LD Integrated Health Commissioner and will have regular supervision.

Service/Functional Accountabilities

Act as the first point of contact for the Health Equality Strategy and its programmes of work, dealing with routine and specialist enquiries to communicate relevant information to stakeholders, referring to others as appropriate.
Arrange contact or meetings with organisational/individual stakeholders, including families of the deceased individuals, within the LeDeR Programme, to take minutes, collate information and prepare documentation as required.
Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date list of local LeDeR Reviewers, ensuring all case allocations and progress is accurately recorded.
Develop and manage systems to ensure safe retrieval, storage and return of any medical notes, social care files or other sensitive personal data, ensuring timely progression of reviews and other projects and the escalation of any issues to the Learning Disabilities Commissioner.
Maintain local and nationally required data sets relating to individuals in the community or in hospital requiring a Care and Treatment Review and the independent personnel required, ensuring a pro-active approach to their delivery is achieved.
Collate and evaluate data relating to LeDeR, Transforming Care and other aspects of the Health Equalities Strategy, to provide accurate and timely information to support local and national reporting deadlines, including completion of the Assuring Transformation System.
Work collaboratively both nationally and regionally, to ensure local processes for the delivery of the Health Equality Programme remains in line with national requirements.
Responsible for ensuring all complaints, comments and suggestions are dealt with appropriately, in accordance with policy, resolved where possible and escalated to the
Learning Disabilities Commissioner when appropriate.
Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
Special Conditions: The role requires the postholder to be mobile throughout a wide operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Educated to RQF level 3 (A level) or equivalent by experience.
Evidence of development within role.
Experience of working in an administrative environment, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel and other computerised data systems, with evidence of accurate data entry.
Awareness of a range of health or social care services and the national initiatives relating to LD and Autism.
Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines, evidencing problem solving skills.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Able to take care of own emotional wellbeing whilst dealing with potentially distressing information.

Job Category : Legal
Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £24.08

Key Purpose of Job:

To support the Senior Planning Lawyer in ensuring that the Council receives cost effective high quality planning & environmental related legal advice, and in providing an advisory, litigation and advocacy service.

To ensure that all such work is carried out to the requirements of relevant clients and to appropriate professional standards.

Taking over existing caseload of planning and highways agreements; advice work as required

Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £17.21.

The role requires a candidate who is:
Highly organised together with providing a high level of administrative duties including diary management
Project Management Skills
Experience in implementing processes and systems
Experience/knowledge of working in a Youth Justice Service (YOT) setting
Knowledge and experience in using ChildView application
Experience in collating data and presenting information in both quantitative and qualitative format

Job Category : Education.
Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary : £20.06.

Coordinate assessments and casework across the SEND Service, ensuring that casework is legally compliant whilst remaining child centred, pro-active and responsive to the needs of children and young people and paying due regard to the views of parents.
Coordinate and actively support a person centred, outcome focused multi agency approach to assessment, planning and support, ensuring that children, young people and parents are treated as equal partners in the assessment and planning process.
Guiding settings and parents to the right provision at SEN Support level. Directing them to the Local Offer to find more information on the services available.
Supporting settings and parents to provide the right information if an EHC needs assessment request is made.
Coordinating the 20-week process, liaising with settings, parents and other professionals.
Attending EHC plan review meetings, at critical points such as change in phase of education.
You will chair and attend annual reviews where there is a high risk of placement breakdown or a complex case within the targeted age groups. You can call upon support from Team Leaders/ Team Manager where required.
An EHCP Coordinator will ensure all communications and contacts with young people, parents, schools, settings and other agencies about SEN casework and general SEN issues are proactive, supportive, timely and constructive so that confidence in the service is maintained and improved.

Experience
Experience in this area of work gained by either education (degree or equivalent) or through a minimum of 3 years experience
Experience of working and liaising with parents, carers and other agencies in a multi disciplinary setting
Experience of managing conflicting demands and priorities, working to tight timescales
Experience of producing reports for a variety of complex audiences
Experience of managing complaints and resolving disagreements.
Experience of chairing meetings