Jobs

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : Ty Storrie Respite Centre, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 17.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 11:00
End Time : 14:30
Salary: £9.32
To contribute under specific or general direction to the overall operation and well - being of Ty Storrie by undertaking domestic duties, ensuring a clean and hygienic condition is maintained; following Local Authority and Public Health Wales guidance on infection prevention and control in relation to Covid-19, and covering all aspects of the enhanced cleaning schedules developed to promote excellent Infection Prevention and Control practice.
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION ATTACHED
ENHANCED CHILDREN AND ADULT DBS REQUIRED
3.5 hours per day between 11am - 2.30pm

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall North, Horsham, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 30.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £28.14
Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist
Must have Reablement experience
30 hours a week for 12 weeks

Job Category : Catering & Hospitality
Location : New Tyne Resource Centre, West Sussex County Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 10:00
End Time : 18:00
Salary: £10.01
COOK shifts at New Tyne - all shifts for this care home
Nations Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Cook to deliver a quality of food preparation and delivery to our service users in line with our care principles of 'wellness, happiness, and kindness', from within our Kitchen.

You will work under the direction of the Senior Cook/ Home Manager and together with the Catering Team to ensure that the physical, social, psychological and emotional needs of our service users are met.
Main Responsibilities

Essential Skills & Duties of a Cook:
Experience of producing freshly prepared ‘Home Cooked’ Recipes is essential.
A relevant qualification i.e. NVQ Level 1/2, City & Guilds 706/1 & 706/2 is desirable
Assisting in planning and cooking a varied and nutritious diet within provided budgets, whilst taking into account dietary needs of our service users;
The ability to effectively communicate with our care team, service users, and visitors;
Maintain a high standard of food hygiene and food safety to ensure all controls, recording and monitoring required by HACCP, are carried out effectively;

Job Category : Catering & Hospitality
Location : Orchard House Care Home, West Sussex County Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 10:00
End Time : 18:00
Salary: £15.01
COOK shifts at Orchard House - all shifts for this care home
Nations Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Cook to deliver a quality of food preparation and delivery to our service users in line with our care principles of 'wellness, happiness, and kindness', from within our Kitchen.

You will work under the direction of the Senior Cook/ Home Manager and together with the Catering Team to ensure that the physical, social, psychological and emotional needs of our service users are met.
Main Responsibilities

Essential Skills & Duties of a Cook:
Experience of producing freshly prepared ‘Home Cooked’ Recipes is essential.
A relevant qualification i.e. NVQ Level 1/2, City & Guilds 706/1 & 706/2 is desirable
Assisting in planning and cooking a varied and nutritious diet within provided budgets, whilst taking into account dietary needs of our service users;
The ability to effectively communicate with our care team, service users, and visitors;
Maintain a high standard of food hygiene and food safety to ensure all controls, recording and monitoring required by HACCP, are carried out effectively

Job Category : Management
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London
Salary: £166.44 per day
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00

Required an HR Business Partner with expertise in employee relations and change management to provide advice, guidance and support on a number of organisational reviews/TUPE transfers and HR & OD projects.
The successful candidate will be work predominantly from home with some time spent in the office as and when required.

Main Points of Experience:
Structure & change management
Pre planning to post implantation
Worked within HR and led on projects
demonstrate key management principles

You MUST have the following Qualifications / Experience -
CIPD or equivalent, or significant demonstrable experience within HR and employee relations
Direct experience of implementing and supporting restructures/redundancy programmes/TUPE transfers and change programmes
Knowledge of UK employment legislation
Flexible and capable of working with multiple projects simultaneously
Experience of engaging and working and partnering with a senior management team and key stakeholder delivery partners
Excellent communication (both written and verbal) with ability to communicate with all levels including Senior Management.
A creative but practical approach to problem solving
A ‘can do’ attitude with a willingness to help out where needed
Demonstrable experience in unionised environments
Experience in joining organisations with immediate hit-the-ground-running of project roles.

Job Category : Interim Executive
Location : Essex House, Essex County Council, Chelmsford
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary : £170.63 per day
SEND Operations Lead - rate is negotiable for the right candidate.
Please note - candidates must be available for an immediate start.
This position will initially, in line with current government guidance, will be based from home rather than the office. If / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.

Job Purpose
Essex County Council (ECC) has embarked upon a programme of change for provision and services with the ambition to profoundly improve the outcomes and life experience of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).  Our vision is for a SEND system which identifies and assesses need at an early stage and which provides appropriate and support to bring about improved outcomes for children and young people without such high dependence on Essex County Council’s statutory services. 
As SEND Operations Lead you will manage and develop the SEND Operations service, working collaboratively across the quadrant education leadership team, central education services and with health and social care teams.  You will lead effective delivery of ECC’s statutory duties, as outlined in the Childrens and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice 2015, regarding the assessment and review processes for children and young people with SEND, in one of four quadrants.
With a Level 4 SEN award or equivalent and evidence of the successful management of SEND and statutory assessment processes, the successful candidate will also have a deep understanding of Children and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice 2015.

Screening Questions
Is your candidate educated to RFQ Level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent by experience and possesses Level 4 of the SEN awards? Essential

Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Educated to RFQ Level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent by experience and possesses Level 4 of the SEN awards.
Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge of the Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice 2015 and the local authority’s statutory responsibilities in relation to assessment and review of children and young people with SEND.
Evidence of successful management of SEND services, statutory assessment and review processes.
Evidence of forging effective working relationships with external partners including schools, settings, health and social care colleagues, as well as parents and parental representatives.
Evidence of effectively and sensitively dealing with a wide range of people regarding difficult and complex issues, including the use of effective negotiation and providing successful challenge and support to educational settings and other agencies.
Excellent leadership and behavioural skills with the ability to build and lead a diverse team and work collaboratively across a leadership team to achieve shared goals.
Significant experience in undertaking quality assurance, review and evaluation procedures, including the effective use of data to determine improvement.

Job Category : Catering / Hospitality
Location : Claygate Centre for the Community, Elmbridge Borough Council, Surrey
Hours Per Week : 18.75
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £10.70
Start Time : 09:30
End Time : 13:15

We are looking for a Temporary Assistant Cook to join our Community Support Services team, to provide meals at the Claygate for the Community, located in Claygate, and support the delivery of our Meals on Wheels service.
The role requires an individual who has a friendly and caring attitude, and who can be a team player, offer experience of working within a kitchen and demonstrate an understanding of food safety and hygiene regulations.

Main purpose of role:
• To assist the Centre Cook in the preparation, cooking and serving of food for the Meals-on-Wheels Service and to visitors at the Centre.
• To be responsible for the organisation of the kitchen in the Centre Cook’s absence.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
• To assist in the preparation of meals under the direction of the Centre’s Cook.
• To cook and prepare foods for the Centre’s Community Café / Tea-bar.
• To assemble Meals-on-Wheels delivery containers and undertake their packing, checking numbers, dietary and other requirements.
• Where necessary to ensure all cooking equipment is cleaned after use.
• To ensure that all areas relating to the kitchen are kept to a high standard of cleanliness, including the staff toilet.
• Cook meals including fresh food ingredients from fresh meats to other produce where sauces, soups, gravies and custards need preparing.
• Assist in planning menus in liaison with the Centre Cook.
• Issue instructions to any volunteers who assist in the Centre’s Kitchen.
• Carry out the duties of the Centre Cook in cases when the Cook is on holiday or sick leave.
• To ensure that the standards of safety and hygiene are always met, adhering to food safety regulations.
• To assist generally with activities of older people as when directed by the Centre Manager.

Essential requirements of job holder:

• Good standard of education.
• Experience of working within a commercial kitchen environment.
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Experience of working with volunteers.
• Ability to understand the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations.
• Experience of catering for large numbers of people and an understanding of dietary requirements.
• Ability to work on one’s own, and preparedness to carry out additional work to cover other members of the Centre’s kitchen team.
• Ability to communicate with team colleagues and residents.
• Displays professional manner with members of the public.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Displays a friendly and caring attitude.
• A willingness to apply for a basic DBS disclosure which is required of this position.

Job Category : Housing
Location : Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary:£21.70

General duties of a Review Officer with excellent knowledge and practical application of the law. Experience of carrying out robust enquiries and sound decision making is essential. Candidates must have experience of dealing with solicitors and other advocates representing clients requesting reviews under section 202 of the Housing Act.

I require the candidate to start within 10 days… to support the current team with reducing a volume of cases.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Salary: £33.77
Start Date : 28/07/2021
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00

Team Manager - Safeguarding Team
candidate requires experience at TM level – to be available to start within 2 weeks subject to compliancy
MAIN PURPOSE:
To discharge the authority’s responsibilities under the Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation with respect to children in need, particularly those in need of protection and those looked after by the authority.

KNOWLEDGE
Comprehensive knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation, regulations and guidance such as new assessment framework.

Knowledge of the range of services, which are available to children and families, and of the organisational framework within which they are provided.

Knowledge of child development and of family functioning and dynamics.

Knowledge of methods of social work intervention

EXPERIENCE
Appropriate and relevant experience and post-qualification experience of children and families social work within a statutory, voluntary or independent sector organisation. This to include:

Supervising complex Casework

Undertaking contested care proceedings

Supervising Supporting & coaching Social Workers

Experience of Practice teaching

Raising practice standards

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Care

Registered with HCPC

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check is required.

Job Title : Mental Health Practitioner (BR13)
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : 28/07/2021
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Pays £35ph
Mental Health Practitioner - must have experience
Must be available as soon as possible
MAIN PURPOSE:
The post holder will be a highly specialist and experienced MH practitioner with a substantial knowledge in the field of child and adolescent mental health, especially in the area of adolescent and young adult mental health. The role will involve working collaboratively with young people’s advisors in the Leaving Care team, CLA health and adults services and to support young people’s physical, emotional and mental health needs in preparation for transition into adulthood and independence. These might be from statutory, voluntary or school based sectors such as NHS trust, local authority, school or charitable organisation

Experience
Essential

Experience of working in a Multi-disciplinary team.

Experience of working specifically with adolescent or adult mental health.

Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner city area.

Experience in crisis work and supporting hard to reach young people

Desirable

Evidence of further training (in house or external) in a psychological therapy (for e.g, CBT (including trauma-specific) / Systemic/Family Therapy/Psychotherapy)

Experience of working with care experienced young people

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Evidence of well- developed individual clinical skills and knowledge of children and adult safeguarding procedures

Able to manage own time and caseload.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Able to appropriately manage challenging situations and behaviours. Facilitating a supportive and enabling approach to empower young people.

Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others.

Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries.

Ability to carry out training

IT literate / able to use a variety of Social Media apps/video technology.

Ability to work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions such as CBT
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
A comprehensive knowledge of the Children Act 1989 as well as knowledge of Adult Safeguarding procedures and the Mental Health Act

A good working knowledge of the following:
Child development, behavioural and mental health problems
Impact of trauma and impact of adverse early traumatic experiences
Resources available in Children and Young People services, adult services, statutory partners and the wider community
Techniques for assessing risk and safety planning
Use of a therapeutic approach

Desirable
Knowledge of relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of MH needs.
Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and practice.
Knowledge of the principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing.

QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
Professional qualification, e.g. CQSW, DipSW or RMN
Registration with the HCPC or RCN
Desirable
Postgraduate training/experience of working with children and adolescents with mental health problems

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : 28/07/2021
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Pays £35ph

Specialist Social Worker required for the Safeguarding Team
This role will assist with the Covid response
Due to the nature of this role - we are paying up to a rate of £35ph.
Start date - asap

MAIN PURPOSE:
To discharge the authority’s responsibilities under the Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation with respect to children in need, particularly those in need of protection and those looked after by the authority.
KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of the Children Act 1989, the 2004 Children Act Amendment and other relevant legislation, regulations and guidance such as new assessment framework.

Knowledge of the range of services, which are available to children and families, and of the organisational framework within which they are provided.

Knowledge of child development and of family functioning and dynamics.

Knowledge of methods of social work intervention

EXPERIENCE

Experience of children and families social work within a statutory, voluntary or independent sector organisation (experience as a student is acceptable).

In order to be appointed to Level 3 relevant post qualification experience of a range of casework is required. This must include proven assessment skills and experience of a range of Social work interventions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Care

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Those holding a social work qualification from 2012 onwards must provide evidence of successfully completing an assessed and supported year in employment OR if newly qualified undertake to an ‘assessed and supported year in employment’ as part of the council’s probationary process.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

You are required to have a car/vehicle available for you to use for business purposes as required.

Essential - Driving a car/vehicle is an integral and regular feature of the job; and therefore having a current driving licence and use of own car/vehicle are deemed to be essential and compulsory for the performance of the job.

A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check is required (formerly CRB).

Job Category : Finance (Qualified)
Location : County Hall - C1, Essex County Council, Chelmsford, Essex
Salary: £22.00
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00

This role will be remote working for the foreseeable.
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.

Job Purpose
The role is within our Strategic Finance and Insight team, which leads on planning, budgeting, reporting, insight and managing the Council’s funding position. The role will primarily focus on the Council’s funding position, working closely with districts and boroughs and other senior stakeholders in the finance team. It is therefore vital you have prior experience working in a local government finance team.
The Assistant Accountant will deliver all aspects of financial management reporting (both Revenue and Capital with key members of the Finance team and budget holders to ensure customer needs are met.
This role is responsible for the preparation of high quality financial advice, information and analysis to budget holders within a functional area, across the financial cycle.
You will build strong relationships with finance colleagues, budget holders and all relevant internal partners and actively participate and contribute to projects.

Service/Functional Accountabilities

• Deliver timely and accurate financial information throughout the financial cycle and provide advice to budget holders to ensure the effective management of budgets and value for money services.
• Supports budget holders to ensure they can develop financial plans and to carry out their financial management duties.
• Provides analysis and interpretation of financial and performance data to ensure the business can underpin their decisions with robust financial information and advice.
• Supports budget holders sharing financial knowledge to ensure they understand the implications of unit costs and interpret variances more robustly. Deliver accurate financial estimates, forecasts and plans ensuring all identified risks are quantified, monitored and controlled and mitigations appropriately recorded.
• Supports and co-ordinates the timely delivery and preparation of information to ensure quality of financial information for both monthly reporting, business cases or projects.
• Coordinate the delivery and deliver information to ensure the annual accounts closure programme can meet the agreed deadlines.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum full AAT (Level 4) qualification or equivalent, plus one year’s experience as an Accounting Technician.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial management, financial planning and management for budgets and experience of providing financial advice to budget holders.
• Experience of working with a range of financial systems and processes.
• Evidence of working collaboratively and engaging with senior managers and finance colleagues across the finance function, together with good communication skills.
• Experience of working in a large complex organisation and contributing to change.
• Experience of supporting multi-disciplinary teams to achieve service outcomes.
• Local Government experience essential

Job Category : Housing
Client Location : Edmonton Centre, Enfield Council
Salary: £16.05
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 17:00

"This is a new role within a new team and therefore postholders will need to be adaptable as the service will need to evolve during the implementation process. This role sits within the Outreach Team.
Customer Contact Officers will offer proactive housing advice to households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, providing a first point of contact for residents with housing related problems. Officers will:
• Offer a reactive service to residents contacting the service for the first time or needing one off advice or assistance
• Offer a proactive service to residents identified as being at risk of homelessness by the Early Intervention Team
The Outreach Team will be flexibly located with core hubs across the borough. Services will also be provided from a wide range of locations including other agencies and these will change over time.
The role is to provide effective, high quality support to customers to help them prevent or relieve their homelessness and then sustain their accommodation by providing specialist advice and support.

Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council, South East London
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £12.41

An administrative assistant to support with general administrative tasks and creating electronic court bundles.

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Competent typist with good word processing skills
Good IT skills with the ability to learn and adapt to new Applications and Software. . Able to manage a variety of office equipment e.g. MFD, and document binding machinery
Ability to work flexibly
Ability to work both in a team and on own initiative
Ability to handle a variety of tasks in a timely, organised and accurate manner
Can cope with heavy and varied workload and has an enthusiastic and positive attitude when under pressure
Ability to work well with professional staff and build effective relationships with people at all levels
Good communication skills
Ability to display tact, diplomacy and patience when required
Commitment to personal development
Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to change
Ability to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of the team’s specialisms in order to deal with basic enquiries and/or ensure that an appropriate member of the team deals with the enquiry.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office and other office management software
Knowledge of Local Government would be desirable.
EXPERIENCE
Experience of general clerical and administrative duties within an office environment

QUALIFICATIONS
O’Level/GCSE level numeracy and literacy required

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Station Road Centre, Redbridge Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
This role will have a specific victim lead.
Scale point 10 £18.17 to £19.17 PAYE

Knowledge & Experience
Educated to “A” level standard or equivalent as a minimum
A qualification relevant to one of the following disciplines is desirable:

Youth Justice
Social Work;
Youth and Community;
Education;
Police;
Health;
Probation; or
Other relevant discipline

Knowledge / Experience Field Title

At least one year’s proven experience as a Youth Offending Case Manager using AssetPlus as assessment and planning tool.

A well developed working knowledge and understanding of the Children Act 1989, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Data Protection Act, GDPR and other relevant legislative frameworks and developments.

A good knowledge of the latest development of youth justice initiatives.

Knowledge of the causes of crime and effective interventions to reduce offending and re-offending behaviour, youth crime and anti-social behaviour.

An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of relevant statutory partner agencies.

A sound understanding of the research into effective practice with children and young people, particularly in the area of youth crime prevention.

Knowledge and understanding of child development, adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed practice.

Experience in writing Pre-Sentence Reports.