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Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : 5 Whitby Road EPH, Pickering, YO18 7HD, North Yorkshire County Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £9.43
Candidates with experience but no NVQ
The care and support you provide may be undertaken in a range of settings, for example a residential home, a resource or day centre, in the service user’s own home and/or local community. You will work in ways which are consistent with the key aims of maintaining dignity and respecting human rights, as well as maximising the independence and potential of individual people to lead rich and fulfilling lives.

Job Category : Legal
Location : London Borough of Hillingdon, Uxbridge, London
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £25.73

This post is vacant due to the permanent Housing Lawyer being successful in the recent Deputy Principal recruitment exercise.
Over the last few months there has been increases in homelessness applications, Judicial Review threats (relating to homelessness) and disrepair claims as well as an increase in work being generated by a successful high-level Government initiative concerning social housing fraud and unauthorised subletting of and failure to occupy council housing stock. This is in addition to increases in other areas across the team and across Legal Services which the team continue to assist with.
Work across all areas has increased and cannot be undertaken by (a) existing staff in the team as they do not have capacity or (b) by other permanent staff in Legal Services as they do not have the relevant expertise to deliver the work in line with the client's expectations or time frames which if not dealt with effectively could result in a failure to meet statutory deadlines opening the Council up to financial liability and reputational risk.
It is anticipated that the permanent recruitment exercise will commence in the next few weeks.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Cord House Resource Centre, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £29.99
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY - 2 X POSITIONS
The Older Peoples Service.
Are you an experienced social worker looking to develop?
Are you seeking an opportunity to work in a service that actively promotes best practice and supports strength based working with its practitioners?
Is the time right for you to work in the capital city of Wales with its vibrant and diverse communities and range of different working experiences?

About the Senior Social Worker role in Cardiff
We are seeking to fill two posts in a new project for Cardiff. In partnership with Health colleagues we are seeking to work to a Discharge, Recover and Assess model when planning hospital discharges from UHW and UHL.
The project will allow you to work with citizens as they move through the discharge pathway, sometimes going home with a care package and at other times placement in a care home. There will be an MDT approach with input from Health colleagues as well as a need to build and develop good relationships with private providers.
This is a very challenging time in social care but we want to see what we can do as an Authority to ensure that citizens are assessed at the right time and with their best interests and their outcomes at the centre of the work we carry out.
What we seek from you?

1. Experience and commitment to excellent practice.
2. Assessment skills and a clear understanding of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) 2014.
3. Confidence and knowledge in operating within the Mental Capacity Act legal framework. Experience of Court of Protection work and process is an advantage.
4. Experience of supporting colleagues and/or students and a willingness to actively work in a supportive way in teams and on a one to one basis.
5. Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of citizens is an expectation of all who work in the service area.
    

Job Category : Catering / Hospitality
Location : Cobham Centre for the Community, Elmbridge Borough Council, Hersham, Walton-On-Thames
Hours Per Week : 25.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 10:00
End Time : 15:00
Salary: £11.33

Our Cobham Link programme provides support to those with mild to moderate learning disabilities and Autism. The group is involved with a variety of activities such as cooking, allotment gardening, choir, drama, outing groups and iPad training.

As you would imagine being part of the support network of Cobham Link, requires strong communication and organisational skills, as well as dedication, enthusiasm and energy.
What is special about this role, is that you will be able to help develop and implement a programme to meet the physical, emotional and personal needs of those in our group with a low to moderate learning disability and Autism. What you do will make a real difference to people’s lives!

Main Purpose of Role:
• Update client files and keep clear and appropriate records, maintaining confidentiality always.
• Supervise the arrival and registration of clients to the Centre and ensure safe departure.
• Support in the delivery of safe and meaningful activities.
• Understand health and Safety requirements, first aid procedures and fire regulations and ensure that a clean and safe working environment is maintained.
• Attend and contribute to formal staff meetings, training and team meetings as required.
• Ensure that tools and equipment are appropriately maintained

• To be aware of abuse of vulnerable adults and report any observations and concerns to the Cobham Centre Manager.
• To apply the principles of first aid when required within the Centre and complete the Centre Accident Book.

Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Implement and assist in developing programmes including the provision for the special needs of people of all levels of age and disability, concentrating on their physical, emotional and personal needs.
• Select, devise, and prepare appropriate teaching aids and resources for individual and group sessions
• To welcome new users to the Centre and help to maintain a happy and comfortable environment.
• To establish and maintain an effective relationship with client, carers and other professionals.
•To assist on a 1:1 basis to support personalised programmes
• To assist with mobility and escorting people on and off the minibus.
•To assist with serving of lunches and refreshments.

•To assist Group members to maintain adequate standards of nutrition and inform the Cobham Link Manager of any concerns.

•To accompany Group members on outings away from the Centre.
•Attend to the physical and emotional needs of clients including supporting people with all aspects of their personal care.
•Based on a person-centred plan for the individual, carry out a range of activities according to the individual client needs ensuring they incorporate social education, self-care, independent living skills and employment opportunities. Providing instruction in specific and relevant skills to enable people with a learning/physical disability achieve their full potential.

Experience
Experience of working with people with learning disabilities, including working with people who have a profound disability and/or challenging behaviors.
Experience supporting with person care and doing so in a respectful and dignified way
Knowledge and experience of working with older people, people with specific needs i.e. dementia
Working in a care environment.
Experience of working as part of a multi disciplinary team.

Job Title : Independent Reviewing Officer
Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall North, West Sussex County Council, Horsham, West Sussex
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £29.63
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30

About the job
You will be working within the Safeguarding, Quality and Practice Service within the Children, Young People and Learning Directorate, responsible for the assurance, review and oversight of up to 70 children. You will model best practice, providing challenge and support to operational social work teams and partners, ensuring that the best outcomes for children and families are achieved. You will champion the voice of the child, ensuring that children’s plans are outcome focused, that impact is captured and that plans progress with pace, achieving permanence in all of its forms for children in West Sussex.

What you’ll need to succeed
You will be excited by the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across the system, passionate about challenging and celebrating practice, to secure the best outcomes for children. You will be resilient, sensitive and empathic to the needs of families with the ability to support those who are in complex situations. As an effective and supportive manager you will be able to influence the effective performance of the teams and partners that you are working with, through an approach involving high support and high challenge. As a confident decision maker, you will be able to effectively provide challenge across the service ensuring that children’s lived experiences and voices are central to our care planning. Due to the nature of this role you will be expected to travel county wide.

Job details
Grade: Hay A
Directorate Group: Children, Young People & Learning
Location: County Wide

Required experience and skills
(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

Key Skills:

1. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence the actions of others and communicate wide ranging information which may be complex and contentious.
2. The ability to negotiate solutions across wide areas of the business and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action or adopt a specific approach for the safety and protection of children
3. The ability to formulate and oversee plans, within which child safety is promoted, risk is sufficiently managed, permanence is progressed, and aspects of care, development and protection are thoroughly considered.
4. Able to formulate accurate, accessible and comprehensive reports
5. The ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children of all ages, capturing and responding to their wishes, feelings and lived experiences.
6. Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing needs, in a high pace environment.

Qualifications and/or experience:
⦁ Professional social work qualification and registered with SWE.
⦁ Extensive working knowledge of Child Protection Procedures, The IRO handbook, relevant legislation, regulations and guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children.
⦁ Knowledge of Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Legislative Frameworks
⦁ Previous leadership experience within a Children’s Social Care environment
⦁ Comprehensive knowledge of roles and responsibilities of all other agencies involved with children.
⦁ Significant understanding of relevant research, particularly that concerning child development, the effects of separation and loss and attachment theory.
⦁ Detailed experience of child’s journey through social care.

Key responsibilities
Chair a range of meetings to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, ensuring that plans are formulated and progressed by Children’s Social Care and their partners, that are conducive with ensuring that the best outcomes are achieved for children and their families.
Ensuring that the child’s plan is SMART, outcome focused and that progress is measured in accordance with the impact that the plan is having upon improving children’s outcomes, including promoting permanence for children.
Ensuring that plans formulated are informed by the child’s lived experiences and to engage with children and their families, ensuring that they are supported to share their wishes and views either via attendance and/or representation at all meetings.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence the actions of others and communicate wide ranging information which may be complex and contentious. Including the ability to negotiate solutions across wide areas of the business and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action or adopt a specific policy for the safety and protection of children.
Deliver presentations and training to a range of audiences in a variety of settings.
Provide professional Child Protection, Safeguarding and Permanency planning advice to specified agencies.
Monitor the implementation of the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures and contribute to the development and maintenance of quality multiagency Child Protection and Safeguarding standards and practice.
Provide mentoring/coaching/on the job training to staff to encourage their development.
Ensure that relevant data is collected for quality monitoring purposes.
Lead service projects and/or reviews, or contribute to corporate projects and/or reviews, challenge existing practices and generating ideas and solutions.
Remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation, organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct in order to uphold standards of best practice.
Work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity.
Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise
Actively contribute to the Quality Assurance aspect of the work undertaken by the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance part of the directorate by participating in the regular auditing of case files, observations of practice and thematic audits.

Job Category : Trade & Operatives
Location : Acis House, Acis Group Ltd, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Hours Per Week : 40.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £12.19
• Ideally to be multi skilled
• Working in empty & tenanted properties
• Company van supplied
• Power tools supplied
• 1 role is for working in Sheffield, 2 in Lincolnshire
• All 3 positions are on-going

Job Category : Housing & Planning
Location : Charnwood Borough Council, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £15.78

We are looking for a dynamic and customer focussed Repairs Team Leader to join our Repairs and Investment Team in Landlord Services. Reporting to the
Principal Officer – Repairs and Maintenance. Demonstrating exceptional leadership skills, able to supervise and manage housing repairs and void maintenance services .Delivering a high-quality customer standards in line with proactive tenant and leaseholder engagement and performances against targets to meet the Council’s expectations.

Organising and maintaining the Out of Hours Standby Service, ensuring satisfactory levels of cover, controlling and monitoring the standby rota and providing support and assistance to the staff on call. This may include dealing with an incident on site, or responding to telephone enquiries as appropriate.

Able to deputise for the Principal Officer - Repairs & Maintenance and cover as necessary for members of staff if required. With the ability to prepare reports when requested for consideration by the Head of Landlord Services, and able to provide comprehensive written reports following investigations, complaints, pre and post repairs inspections, diagnosis of repairs defects and produce detailed specifications as required.

Providing support in the effective procurement and contract management of external suppliers and contractors in supporting the delivery of repairs & maintenance services. Complying with Standing Orders, Financial Regulations, all legal, statutory and any other relevant provisions governing or affecting the council.

Ensuring that the organisation’s health and safety, equality, diversity and inclusion policies are fully implemented at all times and in all aspects of service delivery and employment and to support on all safeguarding requirements for the service area.

The post holder must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle to undertake site visits.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location : RIVER PARK HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £14.90

BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE JOB:
ImageTo deal with customer enquiries for Adult Social Services in an efficient , effective, sensitive and courteous manner, in accordance with the Council's Equalities policy.

2. To deliver an information and advice, signposting, referral and contact pathway for younger and older people, adults with a physical or learning disability and for Occupational Therapists.
3. Screen all contacts for entitlement to services and where appropriate arrange provision and services.
4. To deal with enquiries and give general advice on universal preventative services and a whole range of Health, Social Care and voluntary sector services and activities, especially where customers are not eligible for commissioned services.
5. To efficiently operate a number of IT and telephony systems necessary to carry out the duties of the post, including service-based systems such as Framework-I, the customer tracking system, telephone ACD system and any other information databases such as the Advice and Information Directory service as required.

EXPERIENCE
Experience of working directly with the public in an advisory or information giving capacity.
And/or experience of working in an administrative capacity in a social services section providing service to the public

KNOWLEDGE
Understanding and awareness of issues relating to local authority departmental services
Knowledge of, commitment to, and understanding of the Council's Equal Opportunities Policies.
Demonstrative commitment to equalities in employment and service provisions and the ability to mainstream equal opportunities policies within the workplace and service provision Image
Knowledge and understanding of and commitment to addressing the special needs of customers who might contact the 'AT, in particular those with special language needs Ability and skills to take responsibility for negotiating and organising on customer's behalf access to Council or external a encies services

Job Category : Commercial
Location : London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £17.75

Overall Purpose of Job
To be responsible for dealing effectively with the corporate complaints, Members enquiries and Ombudsman enquiries.
To work as part of a team to deliver high quality responses to customers complaints and enquiries.
To develop and maintain good relations with service areas and partner agencies
Promote a positive image of the Council and to enhance its reputation.
To take a lead role on a specific area of work or projects on behalf of the Manager

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of local government and local government services
Knowledge of complaints processes
Continually keep up to date with the law and guidance in relation to their work area
Knowledge of Microsoft Office including use of email, databases, spreadsheets, PowerPoint and Word.

Knowledge of research techniques
QUALIFICATIONS
A levels or equivalent educational standard or equivalent work related attainment in a customer care environment

EXPERIENCE:
Experience of working in at least one of the following areas:
Corporate complaints
Housing

Experience of conducting detailed investigations of complaints preferably within a comparable local authority section.
Experience of successfully dealing with Members and the public, including communicating difficult issues effectively orally and in writing
Experience of working positively to engage with and understand the needs of stakeholders and Members.
Experience of project management and/or research work and relevant techniques.
Experience of working with computer based systems

Job Category : Catering / Hospitality
Location : Ysgol Y Deri, Vale of Glamorgan Council
Hours Per Week : 12.50, 17.50, 5.00, or 06:00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 15:30
End Time : 18:00
Salary: £9.43
To undertake all cleaning duties within a school setting

Job Category : Human Resources
Location : Wokingham Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £17.50

Full description:
A temporary full time HR Advisor / Specialist opportunity has arisen in our HR service to provide timely, accurate and customer-focused advice on all HR issues including terms and conditions of employment, disciplinary, capability and grievance procedures and policy and process development. The role would suit an experienced HR generalist able to demonstrate an ability to manage a busy caseload through to completion.

A can do approach and sound knowledge of employment law will be essential to enable you to provide a proactive service to our internal customers.

The key accountabilities of the post are:

1) Advise and support managers on the people management aspects of service delivery, in a timely manner so that underperformance is addressed positively and staff managed consistently by:
• Providing specialist HR expertise and advice to team and line managers.
• Reviewing current working practices (employee relations) and processes in order to identify areas of concern.
• Supporting managers in their management of staff with practical solutions, ensuring they understand the options available to them to engage with and manage staff.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of policies and processes within the services ensuring modifications are made as necessary.
• Undertaking Job Evaluations as and when required.

2) Supporting the shaping of the provision of HR service around what our customers want and need and in accordance with agreed SLA’s. Providing advice on relevant HR Policies and legislation to services in and recommending options with risks clearly identified by:
• Providing specialist HR expertise on all people issues.
• The implementation of HR policy through communication and consultation.
• Advising managers on interpretation of employment law in relation to HR Policy.

3) As part of the Advice, Guidance & Support team to improve the customer experience:
• Write & update HR Policies, Guidance & Procedures as and when required.
• Be subject matter expert for a range of specialist HR areas; e.g. Immigration, Pensions, etc.
• Participate in cross HR projects and their implementation.

In return we can offer you the opportunity to develop knowledge in the public sector and the opportunity to work your hours flexibly within the hours of 7.30am – 7pm.
The role is usually based from our Shute End office in Wokingham Town centre with the ability to work part of your time from home. At this time, all of our support services roles are based from home until further notice due to Covid 19.

Job Category : Human Resources
Location : Town Hall, London Borough of Havering
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £19.05

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services
Location : RIVER PARK HOUSE, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £17.27

Team Leader to assist with managing the team

Role Purpose
Lead and manage a team responsible for investigating and enforcing a range of powers against members of the public and local businesses for committing environmental nuisance, primarily by issuing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN)

To support the Enforcement Manager in the delivery of relevant and appropriate environmental enforcement actions; environmental crime problem solving projects and environmental improvement strategies in accordance with the Enforcement Policy, within prescribed budget, timescale and specification and with minimal supervision.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge and experience of enforcing relevant legislation/guidance/directives relating to Litter and Waste, enviro crime, noise, nuisance and waste management/street cleansing.

Experiencing of leading and managing a busy operational team providing vision and direction.

Knowledge, understanding & ability to use all relevant IT systems relating to the role

Understanding of how relevant policies and initiatives can be effectively implemented to reduce environmental crime and how positive outcomes can improve local communities.

Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision and priorities competing demands on your time.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a confident communicator.

Good personal organization, people and relationship building skills.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team.

Detailed Knowledge of Haringey’s Values and how they should translate into practice.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified (South)
Location : Millfield Oldham
Salary: Day ££8.91 Night: £9.22
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 07:00
End Time : 21:00

Job Purpose and Context
⦁ To enable customers to lead as active and independent lives as possible by providing holistic and personal care.

⦁ To promote choice to customers in their daily living by providing care which meets Care Quality Commissions (CQC) fundamental
standards and supports happy living for the years ahead

Knowledge and Understanding
⦁ Ability to read, understand and complete / contribute to care plans.
⦁ Health and safety in the workplace.
⦁ Manual handling procedures.
⦁ Safeguarding vulnerable adults.
⦁ Food hygiene.
⦁ Mental Capacity Act
Understanding of confidentiality and data protection within a care setting.

Experience
No prior experience of working in a care environment is required.

Qualifications
Care level 2 diploma.

Job Title : Insurance Officer
Job Category : Commercial
Location : Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £17.25

A clear understanding of insurance principles, relevant legislation and litigation processes.
Knowledge of claims handling techniques.
A demonstrable understanding of loss control initiatives and ways to improve loss performance.
Understanding of claims negotiation to settlement.
Knowledge/ demonstration of working in an insurance claims handling environment.
Knowledge and understanding of basic IT packages - especially spreadsheets and word processing applications.

KNOWLEDGE:
A clear understanding of insurance principles, relevant legislation and litigation processes.
• Knowledge of claims handling techniques.
• A demonstrable understanding of loss control initiatives and ways to improve loss performance.
• Understanding of how ICT can be used to deliver change and improvement.
• Understanding of claims negotiation to settlement.
• Knowledge/ demonstration of working in an insurance claims handling environment.
• Basic knowledge of accounting and financial management practices and ability to apply this as required by the post.
• Experience of working in an insurance role for a multi-objective organisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of basic IT packages - especially spreadsheets and word processing applications.
• Demonstrable evidence of processing and handling complex insurance claims.

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
• 5 or more GCSEs, including Maths and English at grade C
• Pass A-levels or NVQ Levels 2 or 3, preferred subjects are Business, Finance, Admin and Management
• Cert CII from the Chartered Insurance Institute or willingness to pursue qualification. We will provide support.
• Experience in similar role