Jobs

Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Mid February.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary : £18.48.

Must have 2 years experience in a similar role working with Senior Management

Interim cover is required for the role of PA to the Director of Legal and Governance Services. This is a busy and demanding role which requires extensive diary and inbox management. The postholder must have advanced skills in computer applications preferably in using G Suite Applications but if not then must have advanced experience in the use of Microsoft word, Outlook and powerpoint in order to get to grips with using Google Docs, Gmail and Google Sheets quickly. LBH has moved from Microsoft to G Suite
The postholder will be liaising with Senior Directors and political members and should have excellent relationship management and customer care skills.
Additional admin duties will be required as and when requested by the Director and/or Business Development Manager.
To supervise the secretarial staff in Legal Services to ensure the provision of a high quality, confidential and proactive secretarial support service feeearners in Legal Services
Image To provide personal administrative and Secretarial Support to the Assistant Director
Image To be responsible for the development, management and maintenance of systems and processes to support the provision of effective and efficient services and continuous service improvement.

Duties and Responsibilities
1 . To ensure the efficient and effective provision of high quality legal secretarial services to all fee-earners in Legal Services.

2. To organise the work of the Support Services Team so as to maximise efficiency, maintain cover at all times and provide a rapid responsive service to fee earners.
3. To manage secretarial staff within a performance management framework, setting and monitoring targets and workplans.
4. To be responsible for identifying training needs for secretarial staff and training to meet those needs.
5. 
   Education and experience
   Image BTEC Higher National Certificate or equivalent.
   Image Experience of providing high quality personal administrative and Secretarial Support.
   ⦁ Experience of managing staff to achieve pre-determined outcomes
   ⦁ Experience of managing within a performance management framework
   ⦁ Experience of developing and implementing office systems and procedures Image Experience of prioritising own work and work of others to meet tight and immutable deadlines
   ⦁ Experience of working on own initiative
   ⦁ Experience of setting up and administering office systems and procedures Image Proven experience of providing a range of support services including diary management, drafting letters and reports of behalf of managers filing and photocopying.
   Image Experience of organising and minuting meetings
   ⦁ Experience of maintaining diaries
   ⦁ Experience of dealing with correspondence. Image Experience of preparing bundles of documents Image Experience of photocopying and filing
6. 
   Knowledge
   Image An understanding of support to fee-earners in a modern legal practice ImageImage Knowledge of quality assurance systems within a legal practice in particular
   LEXCEL.
   ImageA knowledge and understanding of best practice in a legal practice
   ⦁ Knowledge of computer packages and an understanding of how ICT can contribute to the effectiveness of a legal service Image An understanding of effective team work
   ⦁ Knowledge of Health and Safety in an office environment in particular of risk assessments for staff using computer equipment

Job Category: Legal.
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire.
Start Date: Immediate Start.
Salary: £23.77.

PURPOSE OF POST:
To assist in the provision of a comprehensive legal service to the Council, its Executive, Committees and Sub-Committees, and to Departments.
To provide legal advice and to be responsible for a personal legal case load in relation to property matters

1. Give legal advice, often in relation to highly complex matters, to Officers and 25 members of the Council as required to achieve innovative solutions to problems which comply with the law.
2. Conduct all types of land related transactions in an effective efficient and timely 25 manner to achieve any relevant budgetary targets or policies set by the Council while ensuring that the law is complied with.
3. Carry out, with the minimum of supervision, a wide range of other legal work as 25 required, including the drafting of any necessary documents (but excluding advocacy before Courts and Tribunals) to implement decisions taken in pursuance of the Council's functions.
4. Prepare reports for and attend and give legal and procedural advice, including 15 in relation to complex and highly complex matters to the Executive, to any Committee or Members of such Executive and to such Committees, SubCommittees, Working Parties and other groups of Members or Officers as may be required to enable decisions to be taken and implemented in accordance with the law.
5. Exercise judgement as to whether specialist legal advice and/or assistance is 5 required and instruct Counsel in such cases as may be approved by the Head of HR and Monitoring Officer or the Principal Solicitor (Property and Planning) to enable decisions to be taken and implemented in accordance with the law.
6. Participate in projects relating to corporate, interdivisional or interdepartmental 5 work as may be required by the Principal Solicitor (Property and Planning) or the Head of HR and Monitoring Officer to enable the Council to formulate and implement policies in accordance with the law.

Experience
In depth experience of effecting major Property work of all types with limited supervision
Local Government Experience Desirable
Experience of Highway and CPO matters Desirable

Education and Training
Applicants must be Solicitors, Barristers, or Chartered Legal Executives qualified in England and, in the case of solicitors, hold (or be able to obtain) a current practising certificate or, in the case of Barristers enjoy (or be able to obtain) rights of audience under paragraphs 402.1(c) and 402.2 of the Code of Conduct for Barristers in
England and Wales

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified.
Client Location : Lynton House, Redbridge Council, Ilford.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £25.68 per hour.
Enhanced DBS.

We are looking for a children’s Occupational Therapist to join our team in providing a high standard of Occupational Therapy service to children and young people in Redbridge. You will be required to independently manage a caseload of children between the ages of 0 – 18yrs, including those presenting with complex needs and disabilities. You will be working in the context of a multi-disciplinary team in school settings and in The Grove, where our Child Development Centre is co-located with CAMHS. You will have a mixed caseloads of working in mainstream and designated special schools and will be responsible to assess and advice on requirements as part of the EHC process. You will provide advice, treatment and management in order to address the children and family’s needs, based on sound clinical reasoning. You will also support in the development of training packages to school staff / parents / other professionals as required, in order for them to identify concerns regarding the child /young person’s needs and implement therapy advice effectively. You will be joining an integrated OT and Physiotherapy team and will receive monthly supervision and CPD sessions.

Please list 5 essential requirements for the role:

1. Excellent knowledge, skills and experience with assessing for and making recommendations for children with developmental and disability needs.
2. Experience with working in a multi professional team and undertaking Occupational Therapy assessments on child and family-based principles, setting goals collaboratively with child and family within home or school context, assess and review OT as part of current EHC Plan in mainstream as well as special schools.
3. Understanding of the legal SEND reforms and SEN code of practice and what it means for Health.
4. Experienced with managing, planning, prioritising and progressing school based caseload as part of EHCP assessment and intervention process.
5. Experience and knowledge of assessing for developmental and school-based level difficulties and skills, assessing for Occupational Therapy needs as part of Educational Health and Care assessment and on-going intervention, recommending simple and complex equipment in school settings as required, reviewing their effectiveness and teaching safe use of key therapeutic skills using a occupational coaching framework, and to comply with relevant legislation, policy and guidelines on SEND reforms. Excellent knowledge and skills in children's occupational therapy, with both community and school-based interventions. 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, education and social care Children's Occupational Therapy Service. There will be regular supervision and support provided. Flexible working opportunities can be considered. You will be based in schools and Child Development Centre. You will be set up with an agile device for smart working.

Qualifications/Certifications
Degree level or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 4 &/or relevant experience
GCSE Grade A-C (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics

Job Category: Catering & Hospitality.
Location : Luton, Bedfordshire.
Salary: £12.18.
Hours per week: 10 or more, Able to adjust working hours to meet service demands.
DBS Required

About the job
Do you enjoy catering and have excellent customer service skills? If yes, we want to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity available within the Catering Services Team where you will be using your professional catering skills to support the Kitchen Manager in the overall operation of the kitchen and staff. This will be in accordance with and to the standard required by LBC Catering Services policies and procedures.
You will also be required to meet the requirements of the school food plan, health and safety, food hygiene legislation and best practice in accordance with the SLA/ contract with the school.

About you
To be successful in this role you must have the ability to understand and follow instructions. You will need to be able to work effectively as part of a team and be able to work co-operatively to meet service demands.
You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing knowledge of high standards of kitchen hygiene.
It is essential you are able to perform physical tasks on a frequent basis such as lifting catering equipment up to 20kg.
You will also be required to adjust working hours to meet service demands, travel to all schools operated by LBC Catering Services and be able to converse with ease with members of the public in accurate and fluent spoken English.

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services.
Location : Luton, Bedfordshire.
Job Types: Full-time.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: : £18.53 per hour.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Nations Recruitment is looking for an needs enthusiastic and highly motivated experience Food Hygiene Officer for one of our client in Luton

You must be self-motivated, and have the ability to work under your own initiative. You will also have excellent interpersonal skills and be a great team player.
We need Food Safety Officers who are Food Standards qualified and comfortable managing their own schedule and happy to travel around the area to inspect a range of premises.
We operate to a ‘standard’ spec of full food hygiene and standards inspection, complete report, issue Food Hygiene Rating Score. Associated admin and data input is handled inhouse.
You will be carrying out food hygiene and food standards inspections, reactive and proactive Health and Safety Enforcement, Infections Disease Controls and complaint investigations. You must therefore be experienced in carrying out food hygiene inspections and investigations, including the preparation of reports for formal action and the service of statutory notices.

Qualification:
You will have a degree or diploma in Environmental Health or a Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection and will be EHRB/ERB registered. Food Competent as defined by the FSA Code of Practice (inc Seizure and Food Standards). Evidence of your competency – CPD record / Qualifications / Competency Assessment document

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services.
Location : Luton, Bedfordshire.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Permanent.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: : £8.72-£17.44 per hour.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Nations Recruitment is looking for refuse worker for one of its clients.
You will need to communicate confidently with your team and together provide a safe and efficient operations day.
This work is not generally heavy, but you will need to be physically fit and be able to work outdoors.

You need to be available from Monday to Saturday, 6am – 5pm.
Pay Rate
PAYE
Mon- Fri – £8.72/hr
Saturday – £13.08/hr
O/T 1 – £13.08/hr
O/T 2 – £17.44/hr

Experience:
Refuse Worker: 1 year (Preferred)

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: £14.14.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Homeshare Daycare Scheme provides respite to carers by recruiting volunteers who open their homes to support the cared for person. The Administrator undertakes specified Administrative tasks within the Homeshare Daycare Scheme and full responsibility for the administrative tasks as designated by the senior managers in Provided Services.
The post holder will carry out comprehensive office management and administrative duties to support the provision of services to people with complex needs. The post holder will be expected to have a clear understanding of social care services and manage relationships with internal and external colleagues appropriately. The post holder will engage with the service users, carers volunteers as well as professionals respecting the service users’ dignity, privacy and right to choice.

KNOWLEDGE:
Legislation
Knowledge and understanding of the health and safety legislation as it pertains to an office environment and of the data protection Act 2018
Knowledge of the Health and Safety at work Act 1974
Knowledge of the Care Act 2014

EXPERIENCE:

Experience of managing own work load and relationships with a wide variety of professional and external agencies
Experience of work processing and financial software systems, experience of recording and analysing data

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified.
Location : Civic Office, Thurrock Council.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary : £15.10.
To assist the team manager (Thurrock Care at Home) to manage a team of carers providing home care and support in the community To monitor compliance with CQC standards across Provider Services .
Enhanced DBS Required

Job Title : Education Health Care Plan Assistant.
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 : 17:00.
Salary: £14.54 per hour.

To provide comprehensive support to the EHC Plan Co-ordinators, maintaining accurate, efficient and effective administrative systems and records.
To provide effective administrative support to enable the effective and efficient initiation, assessment and review of children with Special Educational Needs, ensuring that procedures and timescales are fully compliant with both statutory and locally derived procedures.
Support a person centred, outcome focused multi agency approach to assessment, planning and review, 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.

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

Knowledge
Detailed Knowledge of legislation related to Special Educational Needs and other relevant legislation relation to children and young people with SEN.

Knowledge and understanding of the role of different agencies in this area of work in providing services related to the statutory assessment procedure and meeting the educational need of SEN pupils and young people.

Knowledge of issues relating to support to pupils with SEN, which will enable the post holder to resolve day to day operational issues.

Working knowledge of standard IT packages

Knowledge of issues relating to funding arrangements for pupils with SEN placed in a variety of settings

Job Category : Admin / Clerical.
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Mid February.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £15.74.

We are looking for a Recycling Assistant to assist with the fortnightly waste collections project by providing doorstep education, undertaking waste and recycling assessments, responding to enquiries from residents and monitoring performance and participation. They will also be required to cover work across the Recycling Team including administration, organisation, promotion, consultation, installation, operation and monitoring of kerbside, estate and bring site recycling schemes within Hackney.
EXPERIENCE

⦁ Experience of organising a high volume, varied workload without day to day supervision.

⦁ Experience of liaison with a wide range of people.

⦁ Experience of working in a Recycling or Waste Management Environment

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

⦁ Ability to attend evening meetings.

⦁ To assist local Community Groups and other Organisations and attend their meetings whether they be held during normal working hours or in the evenings and/or weekends.

DESIRABLE

●   Hold a current full driving licence. 

Directorate: Education and Young People Service.
Division: Special Educational Needs.
Grade: £300 per day.

Hours – 5 days per week
BDS required.
2 professional references required.
Full time remote working.

Purpose of the Job:

The post holder is responsible for all aspects of the SA process including requests, re-assessments, amendments, and complex placement decisions within statutory timescales.

The Post holder must work collaboratively and cooperatively with young people and families or carers of children and young people undergoing SA or who have EHC plans.

This person will be expected to work across all ages and phases of education.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. To work collaboratively and cooperatively with young people and the parents or carers of children and young people undergoing SA and who have EHC plans from assessment through to decision to issue or decline to issue. The post holder must ensure that families are involved with the process and kept informed about the process and that the child or young person is central to any decision made about them.
2. To conduct the SA process from initiation to issue of final plan within the statutory timescales. This means the post holder will need to write the EHC plan using the information gathered as part of the assessment and work collaboratively with wider professional agencies to ensure the outcomes specified in the Plan are identified and delivered and support the Placements officer to ensure appropriate placement is named.
3. To provide detailed information to key decision making panels, SENDT and other appeals (including ISP) in relation to the young person’s proposed placement, costs (including travel costs) and any other matters pertaining to placement and provision, as well as contribute to the LA's responses to tribunal appeals and complaints, including those from councillors, as well as parents and schools.
4. Attend, initiate and/or organise meetings ensuring key stakeholder attendance in relation to the Statutory Assessment process, re-assessments, or amendments following Annual Review.
5. To know and be able to explain to others, specifically the families/carers of children and young people and schools how to navigate the Local Offer website and locate relevant information
6. To robustly maintain LA databases including Synergy on a ‘live’ basis, ensuring all records are kept up to date and accurate.
7. To maintain positive and effective relationships with schools and health and ensuring that the service works effectively in partnership with all key stakeholders and professionals and other appropriate services linked to the children and family’s needs.
8. Undertake and oversee the Annual review process as needed

Job Category : Technical.
Location : 332 Brixton Road, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 38.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary : £337.08 per day.
ICT Capital Infrastructure Programme reporting into the ICT Portfolio Lead (Neil Weller)
to project manage critical Networks and Telephony Projects

Job Category : Technical.
Location :Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : 22/02/2021.
Start Time : 09:30.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary: £26.11.

Describe in a few brief sentences

1. A qualified Trading Standards professional is required to join this small team, carrying out triage of referrals and notifications received from Citizens Advice, provide advice, carry out investigations, manage cases through to prosecution and appeal as required. Face to face visits and also support for wider operations (e.g. Covid) is required. Test purchasing operations experience with follow up case management would be welcome. Please note that general enforcement or regulatory experience is not sufficient to carry out the full duties of this role.
2. A flexible approach, team working as well working on own initiative are desired. Some evening and weekend working is required.

Qualifications/Certifications
BSc or Diploma in Trading Standards
The Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS), a Consumer Protection degree or equivalent experience.

Key Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), Criminal Proceedings and Investigations Act (CPIA) and Human Rights Act (HRA).
Detailed knowledge of legislation enforced by Trading Standards, evidential and court procedures and an understanding of Proceeds of Crime, Money Laundering and related legislation.
Knowledge of the principles of primary authority arrangements

Relevant Experience
At least one year’s experience of working unsupervised when undertaking criminal investigations to a high professional standard. This will include good knowledge, investigative skills and experience in identification of offences, gathering and recording evidence, interviewing suspects and preparing prosecution reports
Proven experience of trading standards work across the relevant consumer protection areas including:
Product Safety;
Fair Trading (Criminal);
Intellectual Property;
Metrology (where appropriately qualified).

Special Requirements
The post holder is required to work outside of normal hours, including attending and undertaking occasional evening meetings and activities, and occasional weekend working as required.
The post holder is required to handle digital evidence and undertake complex internet investigations.

Job Title : Junior Business Delivery Officer (Scale 6).
Job Category : Planning.
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: £14.56.

This is an opportunity to join a team who are working on some really innovative and interesting digital projects as well as providing critical back-office functions .
The role will require a focus on supporting the day to day requirements arising out of the Planning, Transport and Sustainability (PTS) service and the wider Sustainable Growth and Opportunities directorate. They will also be required to support project work as it arises. Day to day requirements will include a range of functions from finance to HR to Procurement, report writing and briefings.
In terms of report writing requirements the successful candidate may be asked to help research for benchmarking reports and provide material to support briefings and other types of written reporting.
Regarding the finance aspect, the role will include providing junior support to finance management processes such as working papers providing forecasting positions etc.; the finance admin will require taking a support role in the chasing of queries arising from regular purchase order and transaction listing reporting, keeping tabs of invoicing, day-to-day cash receipt functions and running regular returned payment reports, reviewing reconciliation queries and similar types of tasks. They will also be key in supporting the services Planning Performance Agreements function supporting the finance and analysis of time reporting for this side of the business.
In relation to HR, they will need to help officers navigate the system and at times pick up recruitment related tasks around administration to support recruitment processes and monitoring training and other key HR related functions. Procurement related tasks will again include helping officers navigate systems and supporting gathering information/research/analysis for smaller value requirements.
They will need to be good with systems and will need to use the Uniform planning application system to pull out reports, check screens for status and payments etc
The successful candidate will also be able to take advantage of the opportunity to be involved in the team’s digital programme which includes the Reducing Invalid Planning Applications project which Lambeth is leading. The successful candidate must have excellent writing ability, strong communications skills as well as MS Outlook, Word and Excel skills. SharePoint knowledge would be a bonus. We are looking for engaging, self-motivated individuals with a real curiosity to learn and a common sense approach to problem solving.

Key Knowledge
Detailed knowledge of relevant local, regional and central Government functions, structures, processes and issues.
Knowledge of relevant tools, techniques, applications and issues of project management, performance information, data and analysis in relation to the improvement of service delivery.

Qualifications
A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience.(HCC) Degree level or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 4 &/or relevant experience

Experience
Able to demonstrate a track record of, and a genuine enthusiasm for, service development, research and analysis, performance review, and improving business processes and delivery.
Experience of working on projects that form part of a wider programme of change.
Experience of researching, collating and analysing information from a wide variety of technical and non-technical sources

Job Title : Associate Educational Psychologist.
Job Category : Interim Executive.
Location : County Hall - E2, Essex County Council, Chelmsford.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary: £450 per day.

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda – one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We’re immensely proud of our flexible working options.

ECC is transforming how it delivers education services across one of the largest counties in the country in order to continue to improve and to ensure the best possible outcomes for every single child and young person. We are determined to build on our journey of improvement which has seen 94% of schools now being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, and to focus more effectively on areas such as our more vulnerable children and young people to ensure Essex provides a wholly inclusive education which can meet the needs of all of our children and young people.

Current jobs within the Essex Educational Psychology Service (EPS) Improving lives: using psychology to create positive change.

We are seeking to recruit Associate Educational Psychologists across Essex. We have a base in Harlow, Braintree, Colchester and Basildon. The role will involve writing Statutory Psychological advice as part of an EHCNA.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• British Psychological Society (BPS) recognised first degree in psychology.
• A Doctorate or Master’s degree in Educational Psychology, and eligibility for chartered status within the British Psychological Society.
• HCPC registration essential.
• Recent, relevant in-service professional development.
• Detailed understanding and awareness of relevant SEN legislation.
• Experience of working with children and young people with SEN/Disability, and detailed knowledge of research informed interventions and approaches that prevent and meet SEN.

Please note, this is an ‘as and when’ position and the rate for this role is £450 per day

This position will initially, in line with current government guidance, be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the foreseeable future. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.