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Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £28.00 per hour.

Nations Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join the Looked After Children Team for Luton Borough Council.
The successful Social Worker will be joining a supportive and agency friendly authority with strong, supportive and long-standing management.

Benefits as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Competitive Rates
Remote Working
Possibility of an extended contract

Duties as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Work effectively on complex situations, use their initiative and evaluate their own and others practice.
Responsible for a caseload of more complex cases, providing advice to other social workers in relation to their cases.
Provides casework supervision to other social workers in the team and may also supervise students, trainees, less experienced professional team members, support staff and volunteers.
Participate in the planning / reviewing of cases.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families and carers.
Provide advice and support and promote independence and early intervention, as necessary.
Liaise with colleagues in own or other departments or external agencies to gather relevant information for assessment and care planning activities.
Maintain and update case notes and other records to required ethical and quality standards.
Write high quality reports as required and where required give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.

Requirements as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:
Social Work England registration
Eligible to work in the UK
Hold a full UK licence
Post-qualified experience
Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Non-Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £170.00 per day.

Youth Offending Service (YOS) and Targeted Youth Services (TYS) A Partnership between Bedfordshire Police, Bedfordshire Probation Trust, Luton Borough Council, Luton Clinical Commissioning Group & Luton Health & Well-being Board
As the Operations Manager you will effectively manage the day-to-day operations and delivery of youth justice and Targeted Youth Services in Luton to achieve best outcomes for children, young people, families, and victims and protect the public from serious harm. Ideally you will have a relevant professional or degree level qualification, ideally as a qualified social worker, probation office, police chief inspector.

The key objectives of the post:

Manage and direct the operational staff and resources across the service to meet the statutory aim of preventing offending and re-offending by children and young people in Luton.
Manage and direct the Targeted Youth Service staff, resources, and budgets to assess the needs and provide services to support young people and families where a young person is vulnerable.
Promote and maximise the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people (and their family members) and victims known to the service and protect the public from serious harm.
Increase awareness, understanding and confidence in the youth justice system by other agencies and members of the public
Contribute and assist in the operational and strategic development of the YOS, Youth Justice and Targeted Youth Services in Luton
What skills and experience you will need to be the Operations Manager

Able to act as a role model for the service and lead by example.
Able to work effectively with others, co-operate with colleagues and help the service achieve its goals
Commitment to providing a high-quality service to meet the aims of the Youth Offending Service
Able to build a harmonious team, mentoring/supporting/encouraging and helping to reduce stress and tension between members.
Able to keep professional detachment.
Demonstrates commitment, tenacity and integrity.
Previous experience of establishing and maintaining long term partnerships between statutory agencies and voluntary and independent sector agencies and work with a wide range of people to effect crime reduction in Luton.
You will have substantial and up to date specialist knowledge, skill and expertise in fast and frequently changing youth justice and children's services arenas.
Experience of management responsibility for the Targeted Youth Service element. This will include management of casework, leading on case allocation and risk management for the service; also managing detached programmes, and group work curriculum's within neighbourhood localities.
In relation to TYS, the post holder will maintain effective links and working relationships within the Department and with relevant statutory, voluntary, and private agencies.

Additional Information
You will be required to work some out of office hours including evenings/weekends and less often bank holidays, and participate in a 7-day on call' rota system including attending where court cover may be required or where issues of safeguarding and/or risk of harm to the public occur (on average approximately 1 weekend in four).
A normal office environment, although travel throughout the Borough, Bedfordshire and the eastern region on a regular basis is expected. Some travel around the eastern region of England and to London and other areas of the country from time to time.

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £28.00 per hour.

Candidates will ideally have:
• Have at least 2 years' experience of working as a social worker in an Asssessment Team
• Social Work England registration
• Be self-motivated and able to use own initiative
• Be able to work under pressure and in stressful and challenging situations
• Be able to demonstrate sensitivity, vigilance and professionalism in their work
• Have a can-do attitude and flexible approach
• Eligible to work in the UK

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start..
Salary: £28.00 per hour.

Interviews are held over SKYPE
Key skills and experience of Social Worker for our Adoption team

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

Our ideal candidates will need to be able to negotiate, organise, prioritise and plan tasks and work to competing deadlines while meeting agreed targets. We need you to be confident in making and acting upon sound professional judgements based on levels of risk.
• You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing knowledge and understanding of current legislation, national guidance and best practice relevant to this role as well as knowledge of social care need of children and families.
• We do ask that you have Dip SW, CQSW or recognised equivalent, substantial professional social work qualification and registered by the Social Work England.
• The post is based in an open plan office at Unity House.
• You will need to attend frequent meetings in a variety of locations and make visits to family homes. Home visits frequently undertaken alone, subject to risk assessment and in accordance with the Lone Worker's policy.
• Applicants must be willing to undergo child and/or vulnerable adults protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

Luton Borough are practising COVID restrictions with regards to safeguarding their employees.

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £38.00 per hour

About the job
We’re passionate about helping you develop your career through regular supervision, coaching and mentoring. We are proud about the rapid achievements we’ve made through our daily SCRUM meetings and the imbedded Agile improvement framework. We work SMART and we strive for the best.

You will be leading and managing a team to achieve better outcomes for children, young people and their families through the delivery of high quality services. Strategically developing the service to meet specific legislation, regulations, inspection requirements and other local targets.

This is a tremendously important role, as you will drive the overall operational management responsibility for the day to day running of Luton Borough Council’s Children Service's to ensure excellent practice across the team that make up the service.
About you

You will be an experienced social worker with strong communications skills. You will lead and manage an experienced team of managers, practitioners, professionals aimed at supporting the best possible outcomes for children and young people. You will be able to build effective relationships with children and families, staff, public and other professionals.

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

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

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified.
Location : Luton Borough Council - Luton Bedfordshire.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £34.00 per hour.

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

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

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

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

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

Job Title : Social Worker - Adults - 2 YRS + PQE (GRADE I-K).
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £24.22.

• To provide a professional social work service to adults, their families and
carers in line within the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the focus of the
promoting wellbeing and identifying significant impact.

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £28.14.

Social Worker
• Working with Children and Families
• Completing single assessments of parents and the potential risk to their child/children
• Working with parents with mental health issues, substance misuse and domestic violence
• Working with children and families with learning disabilities
• Undertaking Child Protection and Child in need home visits
• Section 47 investigations
• Carrying out duty work; making referrals and Assessments
• Writing court reports
• Working with diversity
• Actively contributing to team working, supporting colleagues, covering for colleagues in their absence and taking part in team meetings
• Prepare Child Protection conference report and Looked after child review reports
• Prepare court reports for care proceedings
• Prepare care plans for children and young persons
• Attend and participate in Child Protection conference and Reviews.
• Attend and participate in Looked after child review
• Organise and chair core group meetings with other professionals
• Participate in Strategy meeting with other professionals
• Attend and Chair placement planning meetings for Looked after children
• Prepare and monitor and review care packages for looked after children
• Organise and chair to prepare and review Child in Need agreement meetings with other professionals
• Carry out viability assessment on prospective kinship carers
• Attend and contribute to various multi-disciplinary meetings these include Child Protection Conferences; Child in Need Meetings, complex professionals meeting and Pre-proceedings meetings under the Public Law Outline.

Job Category : Legal.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £26.45 per hour.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To act as lawyer in a Team of lawyers primarily responsible for non-complex legal matters arising from the Council and external clients included with the portfolio of work covered by the team.
2. To assist with the co-ordination, supervision, direction and control of the day to day activities within the Team.
3. To assist the Principal Lawyer - Planning in the overall operational development of the Team and provide cover as and when required to other parts of the legal service.
4. To assist in the development and implementation of the Council’s Legal Services Team Plan, Lexcel and Investors in People.

Qualifications & Experience

Practising Solicitor/Barrister or FILEX with relevant experience in the post or similar.

Experience in advice, interpreting legal issues, preparing written advice and conducting legal casework relevant to the post.

Ability to work unsupervised on a varied and extensive caseload of routine matters and to work effectively under pressure prioritising tasks.

IT literate, able to understand and operate basic work packages including outlook.

Job Category : Human Resources.
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: £14.47.

• Two HR assistants are required to support a busy HR function.
• Knowledge of HR is not essential but an understanding of Office 365 and databases / systems is.
• Role will be initially for three months while permanent recruitment is completed

Job Category : Interims.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £241.21 per day.

The Electrical/ Mechanical project Engineers role is to work within a busy Technical Services Team that delivers works across a corporate property portfolio (Non-Housing) under the direction of the Senior Electrical/ Mechanical Engineer set within a wider M&E team under the leadership of the Senior Planned Maintenance Surveyor. The Electrical Engineer post holder will organise, manage and oversee the delivery of a high quality, cost effective compliance, electrical and project engineering service in accordance with the needs of various client groups requiring a broad based knowledge of all aspects of Electrical project works

The electrical project role is to organise and manage the allocated projects, (electrically biased) works allocated to ensure delivery of these aspects of the team’s overall objectives. To provide an exemplary professional service to ensure that properties are effectively and efficiently maintained, repaired, adapted, improved or replaced, in accordance with client requirements, good practice, legislative and statutory requirements and to achieve agreed performance targets.

The role is also responsible for the compliance project management focusing on but not limited to Fire Alarm, Emergency lighting, CCTV and Lifts PPM regime. The role includes refurbishment projects from design/ specifications through procurement to delivery on site of above aspects of electrical projects.

As an acknowledged electrical project engineering expert across the broad portfolio of works including but not limited to electrical refurbishment projects of large multi floor office blocks, through to the technical expert to guide electricians in the correct processes to maintain the councils broad range of equipment in its portfolio of Non-housing buildings ensuring reactive repairs are correctly specified and delivered. The development of designs from conception for fire alarm and emergency lighting systems through specification and formal tender process to managing project delivery within agreed time and cost constraints.

Job Category : Driving.
Location : London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £10.75 per hour.

PCV Driver required to to drive School buses.
The role:
Driving the vehicle to a safe standard
Displaying excellent customer service is given at all times
Adhering to road conditions
Ensuring all procedures are followed
Being smart and presentable at all times

Job Requirements
Full in date DBS Check required
PCV Licence
CPC, Driving Licence

Job Category : Trade & Operatives.
Location : London Borough of Newham.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 08:00.
End Time : 16:30.

Pay Rate in £18.00 per hour
FRA Multi-trade operatives for Planned & Cyclical Repairs contracts (Fire Risk Assessment). Ideally from a Carpentry background.

Job Category : IT.
Location : London Borough of Newham.
Hours Per Week : 36.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 08:45.
End Time : 17:30.

**** PAYING UP TO £400 PER DAY UMBRELLA ******
The role of the Information Cyber Security Manager is to lead and manage IT cyber security risks and to act as the responsible officer for IT cyber risk management and responding to audits.

The Information Cyber Security Manager will need to lead and provide expert advice on the selection, design, justification, implementation and operation of information security controls and management strategies to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability and relevant compliance of information systems.

The Information Cyber Security Manager should inspire creativity and flexibility in the management and application of information management and IT, supporting the Council’s ambitions to be a more agile and flexible organisation with respect to workforce management.

The Information Cyber Security Manager should provide effective management that will contribute to the continuous improvement of the Councils’, actively contributing to council-wide and departmental initiatives to meet corporate objectives and user needs.

Leads, promotes and assists in the implementation, where practicable, of procedures designed to attain compliance of the ISO27001 (BS7799), ISO20000 (ITIL) and other relevant ICT standards. This will involve establishing security processes that can ensure compliance and accreditation with ICT security best practice.

Information security qualification, for example, Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Information Security, CISMP or CISSP. A SSCP, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essentials Plus or CAP with equivalent demonstrable experience.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified.
Location : 852 Cranbrook Road, Redbridge Council. Ilford.
Hours Per Week : 32.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:00.
Salary: £15.00.

Role purpose and role dimensions:
Overview of the Job:

To assist the Redbridge Council and North East London Foundation Trust to 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.

The primary purpose of this role is to:
• Undertake holistic person-centered assessments, support planning, and reviews of people with a range of health conditions and their carers, working within a multi-disciplinary framework.
• Undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act.
• Provide a person-centered service that focuses on asset-based interventions to enable people to optimise and maximise their abilities, by using a strengths-based approach.
• Assess for minor pieces of equipment and adaptations which will support the person to remain independent.
• Support people to maintain their independence within their homes by utilising support in the local community and the person's personal networks
• To support and work collaboratively with health colleagues to ensure people receive the required health and social care support within the community are discharged from hospital within agreed timeframes with appropriate support mechanisms in place, prevent hospital admission and pro-actively work with the principles of admission avoidance.
• Manages the allocation of resources required to maintain independence through the use of Personal Budgets and explores all options that are available to people.
• Develop and maintain high standards, within your role and promote integrated working methods within the service.
• Contribute to maintaining quality standards, and ensure self-development is maintained.
• Manages, plans, prioritises, and progress cases of an appropriate level of complexity, seeking support and suggesting resolutions for workload difficulties with due regard to service standards, targets, and timescales.
• Promote effective communication within the team and with colleagues internal and external of the organisation.
• Assess and evaluate risk in partnership with service users and carers, where required putting in place appropriate interventions, strategies, and contingency plans to mitigate risk and to protect vulnerable adults.
• Assess for and arrange delivery/installation and review for minor equipment, adaptations, and non-complex assistive technology, which will maximise the person's independence in line with Trusted Assessor guidelines.
• Support service users and their carers to identify and purchase aids, assisted technology and adaptations, and to fit, adjust and demonstrate their use within the person’s home where appropriate.
• Use knowledge and skills to develop and advise on rehabilitation plans, promoting choice and independence.
• Support the team to meet performance requirements and outcomes and ensure data is recorded in line with organisational requirements.
• Ensure safeguarding issues are raised in line with the Councils and Health’s policies and procedures.
• Promote and implement principles and practices of working within an integrated health and social care framework.