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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

Job Category : Human Resources.
Location : Lambeth Town Hall, London Borough of Lambeth.
Salary: £140.45.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : 1st week of April.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.

To manage Employee Relations (ER) cases appropriately and consistently, as well as providing effective advice to Line Managers to support them with the application of the policies
job description
This job description is made up of two parts, a job description and a person specification. The table below sets out the job description for the Casework Advisor role.
Lambeth Council is an equal opportunities employer – in all our activities we strive to drive inclusion, eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation and advance equality of opportunity in the way we recruit and deliver our services. We will give due regard to equality and diversity when reviewing existing and developing new strategies, policies, services and functions to ensure that we:
Provide excellent services
Secure fair recruitment and flexible working practices
Award contracts, and commission services through equitable and fair processes

Description
Interprets the Council’s HR Policy & Procedures, ensure that they are well communicated and provide advice to stakeholders appropriate to the situation
Develops HR colleagues and Line Managers
Applies relevant and up to date UK employment law knowledge to Council activities
Ensures all required legal measures are taken across the people agenda
Facilitates potential conflict situations (in a legally compliant way)
Ability to run consultation meetings, including preparation of consultation business cases, and support Line Managers / leaders to do the same where appropriate
Designs and implements interventions to enhance open and constructive dialogue between employees and Line Managers
Provide specialist advice to those leading sensitive conflicts
Drafts HR Policies & Procedures and ensures they are clearly communicated and practiced consistently throughout the Council
Feeds back where there are areas for improvement on HR Policies and Procedures
Ability to analyse data and integrate external sources (e.g. ACAS / CIPD websites) to establish key insights
Ability to review and challenge content provided by other team members and local HR teams

Experience:
A proven track record of providing clear, balanced advice and guidance on HR issues
A proven track record of applying employment law knowledge and HR policy / procedure
Experience of working successfully with senior managers on complex HR issues
Desirable but not essential
Experience of working in a HR Functiont in a customer focused role, proactively facilitating and leading change
Qualifications:
Desirable but not essential
A relevant degree or equivalent qualification OR
Studying towards, or willing to study towards a relevant degree or equivalent qualification
A graduate membership of an appropriate professional body e.g. CIPD

Job Category : Planning.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £35.40.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
This is a maternity cover post which will run from March 2021 – November 2021 (precise end date TBC).

To provide bespoke specialist input into the service’s planning application process, optimising quality design outcomes for a range of new development types across the borough, through the application of architectural design / urban design best practice in accordance with planning policy.

To provide lead specialist design advice on pre-application discussions and Planning Performance Agreement schemes in relation to architectural design / urban design.
To contribute to the preparation of design policy and design guidance, and to manage more junior design colleagues on this work.
To contribute to the promotion of best practice through work with Lambeth’s Independent Design Review Panel.

Key Knowledge
Thorough knowledge of all relevant planning legislation, policies and procedures and thorough knowledge of architectural and urban design best practice.
Relevant Experience

Experience of town planning process, and the role of the post as a specialist consultee within that system.
Experience of providing design advice to applicants, developers and their agents and negotiating on the delivery of design excellence in architecture and urban design.
Experience in working in programs such as: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign), Sketch up, AutoCAD and VU-City.
Experience of giving evidence at public inquiries, examinations and/or hearing and working at a high level of advocacy and sensitivity in dealing with contentious information, combined with a particular awareness of political sensitivities.

Job Category : Housing.
Location : Enfield Council.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £20.47.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.

The Specialist Resettlement Coordinator will provide specialist casework to single homeless applicants with complex housing and support needs, notably street homelessness single people

The ideal candidate will have experience of providing specialist housing options and homelessness casework to single homeless applicants with complex housing and support needs. You must also have significant experience of the Homelessness Reduction Act and multi-agency Pathway models.
You should also have knowledge of welfare and housing policy and law as well as safeguarding vulnerable adults. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Experience:

1. Significant experience of providing specialist homelessness casework to single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions including prisons and hospitals
2. Significant experience of working collaboratively to improve outcomes for single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions

Skills:

3. Ability and experience to consistently deliver high levels of customer service to single homeless applicants with more complex needs
4. Ability and experience of ensuring all aspects of casework is carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level
5. Ability and experience of consistently achieving performance objectives in the provision of specialist homelessness casework
6. Ability to contribute to the identification, dissemination and embedding of existing and emerging best practice within the team, and across the wider Housing Advisory Service
7. Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders, including applicants, members, partners, and so on

Knowledge:

8. Significant knowledge of welfare, homelessness and housing policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service

Qualifications & Professional registration criteria

1. High level of education or equivalent demonstratable experience
2. Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Job Category : Housing.
Location : Edmonton Centre, Enfield Council.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £16.29.

Ensure that statutory obligations under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA) and Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the relevant consultation requirements are fully met.
To be responsible for issuing and successfully managing the processing of all Notices under the CLRA 2002 within the statutory
deadlines.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential:

1. Experience of dealing with public and giving clear and unambiguous advice on complex issues.
2. Ability to meet deadlines and targets, demonstrating ability to achieve challenging targets despite constraints and obstacles.
3. Ability to understand, summarise and explain complex documents, for example leases.
4. Experience of debt recovery.
5. High level of numeracy to calculate service charges.
6. Demonstrate high level of verbal and written communication skills.
7. Demonstrate high level of customer service skills.
8. Must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable the effective performance of the role.

Desirable:

1. Experience of dealing with legal recovery of service charges
2. Knowledge of Leasehold law as it relates to Right to Buy leaseholders

Knowledge of Section 20 Consultation process

Knowledge*

1. Knowledge of Section 20 Consultation process
2. Understanding of leasehold calculations
3. knowledge of debt recovery process

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified.
Location : Redbridge Council, Ilford.
Salary: £28.09.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

HCPC Registration
To assist the Redbridge Council and North East London Foundation Trust fulfil its duties and responsibilities in relation to The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberties, Safeguarding and all other appropriate legislation.

Fundamental to fulfilling the responsibilities of this post is the ability to respond flexibly, positively and successfully to the ever-changing pressures which an integrated Health and Social Care service will face. This Job Description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post holder will be expected to undertake initially. It is neither exhaustive nor inclusive and may be subject to changes in order to meet legislative requirements changing circumstances and business demands of the service.

NOTE: Experience of presentation at Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference - MARAC and Multi-agency public protection arrangements - MAPPA essential.

Job Category : Finance - Unqualified.
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £20.48.
To support the functions of the Brokerage and Payments team to deal with supplier and payment enquires which have resulted due to the Cyber attack and loss of the normal databases and systems.
To ensure that the team follow the correct AP procedure.
To deal with more complex supplier enquiries

KNOWLEDGE (Including Equalities and Diversity)

1. A working knowledge of an Accounts Payable (AP) operational service.
2. Ability to understand and apply financial regulations and best practice in external and internal financial requirements and standards. A working knowledge of Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.
3. A working knowledge of the Council’s finance systems and an understanding on how these systems can be interfaced and share data in a common format (example database or spreadsheet).
4. Ability to carry out, at all times, the post holder’s responsibilities with due regard to the Council’s objectives eg Equalities and Diversity Policy, Anti-Poverty, Community Orientation in service delivery and employment. The post holder must have the ability to understand the needs of a multi-racial society and be prepared to implement the Council’s Equalities and Diversity Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
5. Knowledge of management techniques and the Councils performance management framework.
6. An understanding of the problems and needs of a multicultural inner city community.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE (Including voluntary or unpaid and Equalities and Diversity)

1. Experience of accounts payable processes in a large, complex organisation.
2. Experience of using multi-user financial management systems, financial control procedures and best practice. Preparing, recording and monitoring information.
3. Experience of communicating effectively at all levels using appropriate methods with internal and external contacts.
4. Experience of providing management information and statistical reports.
5. Ability to understand and apply financial regulations, standing orders and corporate standards.
6. Experience of supervising staff.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified.
Location : Station Road Centre, Redbridge Council, Ilford.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £25.68.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.

HCPC Registration Required

A qualified social worker is needed for 3 months to complete reviews of disabled children. Support with learning the process will be provided.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified.
Location : Redbridge Council, Ilford.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
£35 per hour.

HCPC Registration required

The Redbridge Child Protection and Assessment Team (R&A) Service are looking for experienced Senior Social Workers. The right candidate is required to have a minimum of three years relevant experience, preferably in R and A, but candidates with relevant Court experience will also be considered. The SSW will undertake Child and Family Assessments, S47 inquiries, write ICPC reports and initial court statements, viability assessments, age assessments and CIN plans.

Candidates will be on duty one week in six, candidates must come into the office for duty week and be on standby to support as and when required. Child Protection cases require face to face visits , the remaining cases are risk assessed adn RAG rated. There is some working from home and some office work required. The candidate must be willing to come in and perform front line duties.

This is not a step up opportunity and step ups will not be considered. Please do not submit candidates that require more hourly rate or are not interested in the vacancy.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Charles Babbage House, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £27.00 Weekend: £40.50
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Qualified Social Worker within the Child Protection and Family Support Team. Child Protection and Safe Guarding Experience Essential.
HCPC Registration required