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Job Category : Interims
Location : Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JW, Swindon Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £54.41 per hour

Swindon Children’s Services are on an improvement journey. We have adopted the Family Safeguarding Model (FSM) of working and have embedded it into this service area (Child in need of Help and Protection and Court proceedings). Our recent Ofsted monitoring visit confirmed improvement is evident. 50252248 (ofsted.gov.uk)

There is a permanent staffing team in this service area – 2 x Service Managers and 7 Team Managers (each team consisting of 5 social workers). We wish to build upon the implementation of FSM so that this model of working shapes the practice across the whole directorate (including front door and children in care) and with key partners, including education colleagues. It is an exciting time to be part of this ambition.

We need an experienced manager to support the service managers to drive performance and reduce variance and consistency in this service area. This will include oversight of the PLO process and legal planning. The service is ambitious that much more need to be met in the community at Early Help level, and this will include the statutory work that is able to ‘step down’ from this service area. The sustainability of FSM is a key consideration and we wish to engage the partners connected to this model to help achieve long term sustainability.
This is a temporary role for up to 6 months. You will be directly line managed by a permanent Director in the service, and will be part of a team of Heads of Service. Swindon is demonstrating a commitment to deliver consistently good services for children and we see this role as crucial at this stage to help maintain the pace and leadership required.

Job Category : Social & Health Care Non-Qualified
Location : Queens Road 2, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : b09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £22.99

Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.?

We are home to almost 100 schools, most of them maintained by the Local Authority, and we have a young, diverse and growing population.?

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.? The three principles that underpin our vision of empowering people, reducing inequality and investing in prevention are at the root of education. Access to education is a right for the children of Southwark and the borough plan and the focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.?

As a local authority we believe school attendance is everyone’s business.?

Whilst the role is largely office based in our modern building in Peckham (directly opposite a mainline station) we do offer flexible working opportunities.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 12.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £18.81

EDT Social Workers carry out statutory duties to protect children and vulnerable adults, as well as supporting people through other difficulties, and meeting urgent social care needs. An assessment of need is carried out which enables the team to arrange any appropriate emergency provision. This can include:
• Provide information, advice, and guidance.
• Assess and provide interventions on an emergency basis.
• Contact other professionals/agencies where necessary, who can assist in the resolution of problems.
• Provide a range of services to ensure the safety and welfare of service users, pending further assessment and follow up by our daytime colleagues.

EDT social workers are trained to respond to both children’s and adults’ requests for help or urgent assessments. We have Approved Mental Health Professionals on duty at all times. The team work alongside other emergency services provided by health, general practitioners and district nursing services and Police to deliver a safe and immediate service where necessary.

Job Category : Administration
Location : West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 27.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £12.85

Pay - Grade 4
Working arrangements - Full time assisting Social Worker
Location of Social Worker - Crawley

Requirements :
To drive - to drive to Social worker to appointments and meetings
To have basic computer skills.
Able to read and write English
Comfortable with Dogs.
Able to work Monday to Friday up to 27.5 hours per week.

Description :
Support to travel to destinations to visits service users Support to navigate unfamiliar areas Support to access documents for completion or reading the information (where the workers JAWS reader does not do this) Note taking during meetings - and providing notes to the worker General admin

Statement from the Social Worker they will be supporting :
I am a Social Worker and my role includes completing assessments for young adults with complex lifelong conditions. I need to access a substantial amount of written information from medical reports, school reports, and other professional reports. Once this information is accessible to me via my support worker and screen reader, I then compile reports and assessments as required on my laptop using JAWS. I also have to attend meetings in various locations across the north of the West Sussex County including homes, schools, and hospitals. I require support to safely access these locations as they are unfamiliar to me and although I use a guide dog to get to and from my workplace, it is not possible for me to safely access unfamiliar environments so require support from another person to facilitate this. My support worker is also required to take notes during meetings and visits. Lastly I require support with printing, filing, post, and other admin tasks

Job Category : Engineering & Surveying
Location : Llys Cadwyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £30.50

Start date : ASAP
Duration: 6 Months (STC)
The post-holder
will be contributing to the development, implementation, and management of all requirements
of the Land Drainage Act 1991, Flood Risk Regulations 2009 Flood and Water Management
Act 2010 with a principal focus around ordinary watercourse consents, Land Drainage Bylaw
Consents and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs) Approvals.

Purpose of the post:
The Flood Risk Management (FRM) Team are responsible for managing the local flood risk
of approximately 240,000 residents in one of the highest flood risk areas in Wales. In
delivering the management of flood risk for the authority the FRM team undertake a wide
range of regulatory functions principally identified within the Flood and Water Management
Act 2010 and Land Drainage Act 1991:
• Regulatory functions (Consenting and Enforcement),
• Developing and Maintaining a Local Strategy
• Flood Investigations,
• Asset Management,
• Sustainable Drainage Approval,
• Flooding Awareness and Communication.
The team further, delivers a wide range of Flood Alleviation schemes which includes, Natural
Flood Risk Management (NFM), Sustainable Drainage (SuDs), Property Flood
Resilience/Resistance (PFR) measures along with more traditional interventions to mitigate
flooding from ‘local sources’ (Surface Water, Ground Water and Ordinary Watercourses).

Knowledge / Education:
Essential
Qualified to HNC/HND level in Civil or
Environmental Engineering, Environmental
Science, or a similar discipline.
Knowledge of Drainage and/or Flood Risk Management
Knowledge of ICT.
Welsh Language Level 1 – All employees
will be required to undertake a basic Welsh
Language Induction to reach this level

Desirable
Qualified to Degree level in Civil or
Environmental Engineering, Environmental
Science, or a similar discipline.
Knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering.
Professional Qualification - Incorporated
Engineer or Equivalent

Experience:
Essential Desirable
Experience in Drainage and/or Flood Risk
Management
Management of budgets
Management of Staff Project Feasibility/Appraisal Flood Investigation
CAD and GIS Systems
Presentation Skills

Desirable
Site/Contract Supervision
Flood alleviation schemes
Capital Programme Managment
CDM Regulations
Hydraulic Modelling
Flood mapping
Asset Management
Hydrology
Risk Management

Job Category : Trade & Operatives
Location : The Deane Depot, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:00
Salary: £13.69

The position to work alongside a small team dealing with damp and mould cases.
Role purpose
To provide a high quality and customer focused repairs and maintenance service.

You’ll have a main trade of painting and decorating. You will be carrying out repairs to occupied homes, communal areas and empty properties.

You will be required to work to a high standard and delivery excellent customer service, you’ll need to plan and manage your workload to ensure that jobs are attended and completed within timescales and are completed right first time, reducing the need for any further follow up visits.

The trade mentioned works on the housing stock properties for the district, where we are also the landlord. The stock consists of 5,600 properties.

Qualifications

Essential
NVQ Level 2 in Painting and Decorating
Desirable
Multi-skilled qualification

Knowledge

Essential
Knowledge of housing stock and how the council interact with tenants.
Experience / knowledge of causes of condensation, mould and damp remedial works
Desirable
Knowledge of other trade areas and how they interact within the process of maintaining void and tenanted properties.
Understanding of Local Government.

Experience

Essential
Experience working in occupied premises.
Experience of working with customers who may be vulnerable or have support needs.
Experience / knowledge of causes of condensation, mould and damp remedial works.
Proven experience of working in this field.
Desirable
Experience working in social housing.
Multi Trade experience.

Job Category : Social Care Non-Qualified
Location : Williams Terrace, Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, CF46 5HH
Hours Per Week : 7.5
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £12.38 per hour

Main tasks
To undertake duties to enable and support the management of the Care Home in full compliance of the Registration & Inspection Act (Wales) 2016
To undertake duties at the home in full compliance of service and Corporate Policies and Procedures.
To contribute to the development and enablement of a range of services to meet the needs of service users.
To undertake general & kitchen domestic duties that ensure a high standard of cleanliness is maintained at the home (according to the daily and weekly task sheets)
To undertake catering duties in the absence of the cook at tea & supper time if required.
To undertake catering and all domestic duties in a way that ensures that all catering regulations and good practices are adhered to.
To participate in a variety of shift patterns to ensure that domestic services are provided in order to maintain good service provision.
To participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of quality assurance systems in the service.
To contribute to the development of service policies and practices.
To evaluate the risk of abuse, failure to protect, and harm to self and others and to promote and work to the safeguarding of adults. In addition, to participate in all multi-agency reviews of all safeguarding of adults reviews.
To work effectively and harmoniously towards enhancing the performances of teams and individuals in a way that is consistent with Corporate Policies and Procedures.
To participate in supervision and annual PPDP requirements.
To maintain continuous professional development of self and identify training requirements and participate in any training deemed appropriate to the roles and responsibilities of the role in line with departmental training strategies.
To contribute to the maintenance and safety of the building and its contents.
To contribute to the management of resources and budgets and maintain appropriate financial records in line with departmental financial guidelines.
To liaise and work effectively with a wide variety of multi-agency persons, both internally and externally who support service users and the effective management of the care home.
To work within any Registered Care Home within the Directorate.
To undertake any other duties as directed by the Director of Social Services which may be deemed legal and reasonable at the time of instruction.

Job Category : Interims
Location : London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 37.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £349.19 per day

3 days home working / 2 days (office) Bridge Road depot – will be moving to 3 days (office) after Christmas
Preparation of Building Safety Cases.
Liaison with Building Safety Regulator.
Preparation of Building Assessment Certificate (BAC) applications.
Liaison with internal council teams, contractors and consultants.
A key member of the Building Safety Team.

Job Category : Interims
Location : London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 37.50
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £310.39 per day

To deliver the Councils Building Safety Resident Engagement Strategy.

• To review and amend as required the Building Safety Resident Engagement Strategy.
• Liaison with Building Safety Regulator as necessary.
• Work with the Housing Resident Engagement team to support the High Rise Living residents group.
• Prepare and issue resident communications to support Building Assessment Certificate applications.
• Liaison with internal council teams, residents, contractors and consultants.
• A key member of the Building Safety Team.

KNOWLEDGE:
 Essential - Knowledge and experience of building construction methods and materials
Essential - A demonstrable understanding of building regulations and the requirements
of the Building Safety legislation
 Essential - A clear understanding of the requirements of the Building Safety Bill and other emerging requirements, regulations and guidance.
 Essential - Knowledge of the requirements for good building safety management and processes.
 Essential - Good stakeholder engagement knowledge and experience.
 Essential – excellent project management knowledge and experience

Job Category : Legal (Specialist)
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: £24.53

Job Purpose
To support the provision of strategic, high level legal advice to the Councils, Members and Officers, and support the provision of legal solutions in relevant areas of legal work to enable the Councils to progress with corporate goals.
To provide legal expertise in Employment issues and related areas, in a shared back office support service, contributing to the delivery of a portfolio of high quality, solution focused legal work in more than one discipline and across multiple sites, to customers in different organisations.
To supervise junior members of the team, including trainees and support staff

Able to demonstrate and evidence a highly developed Competence in
People management including, motivation, performance and capability
Leadership in the provision of functions within the Shared Service
Service improvement, maximising efficiency and new delivery models for the functions within the shared service
Managing and delivering transformational change in Legal Services

Able to demonstrate and evidence
Knowledge and experience in:

An understanding of the workings of local government and the challenges being set by the new local government agenda along with the financial, legal and political context of local government.
The ability to contribute towards setting the strategic direction of Legal Services, supporting the senior management team to develop the overarching strategy for the service and the necessary supporting plans for delivery, with and through partners.
Knowledge of local government powers and duties and at least one of the following areas of law, civil litigation, procurement & contract, planning, development.
Employment issues and related areas
A solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive holding a practicing certificate,

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.55

• The end to end strategic delivery of integrated commissioning, transformation and service improvement activity programmes/projects across the London Borough of Bromley (LBB) and NHS Bromley Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB) - with a particular focus on Integrated Community Equipment
• Planning, supporting and delivering commissioning projects, leading the development and delivery of high quality health and social care services applying performance management and contract management.
• Gathering and analysing a broad spectrum of information from a variety of sources to inform assessment of needs in social care and health services and to map the provision of services, to provide the evidence base for strategic planning and service developments.
• Producing written briefings and Committee Reports under the direction of the Head of Service and Senior Officers and contribute to written reports and help inform plans being developed by
managers.
• Co-ordinating the involvement of stakeholders, carers, and clients with the development of
commissioning strategies specifically but not exclusively in relation to the Integrated Community Equipment Service, to help ensure that commissioning activity is robust, sustainable, and designed and delivered in accordance with needs.
• Co-ordinating, facilitating and supporting Equipment Prescriber access to the Integrated Equipment Service.
• Leading and Project Managing any new commissioning arrangements, using Project Management tools and ensuring the effective completion of projects.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £28.03

Working Location: Choice of Princess Royal, Crawley, or East Surrey
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hrs/week
Working Arrangements: 2 days a week in office, the rest of the time the successful candidate will be out completing hospital and care home reviews in the North of the County.

Pay rate : £35 per hour. We are bound by the MoC, which means pay rates are capped. Whist we are able to pay up to £38 per hour, this rate is for those deemed to be at a qualified level for at least 2 years. Please ensure your candidates are aware that the pay rate they request may not be the rate they are offered; managers are assessing skills and competency at interview. If the candidate is being offered less than requested, we will make the reasoning clear whilst providing feedback.

*We can offer £35 ph plus £150 pw expenses if the candidate lives outside West Sussex ( This will need to be confirmed if submitting at this rate ) *

As a Social Worker, you will:
⦁ Accountable for delivering a statutory social work service
⦁ Have compassion and empathy to support individuals who need our services
⦁ Work in partnership with colleagues to deliver a high standard of social work practice
⦁ Work hard to support people to regain their skills and independence following their hospital admission wherever possible.
⦁ Have access to a strong and dynamic social work service with clear leadership
Experience and Skills
Key Skills:

1. Experience of working proactively as a member of the team to make an accurate strengths-based assessment of needs and negotiate and implement effective plans and outcomes (in line with relevant legislation), working in partnership with carers, colleagues and a variety of external agencies to meet people’s outcomes.
2. Experience of applying a risk enablement approach and using evidence-based practice.
3. Experience of analysis and interpretation of people related information and data to prioritise needs and formulate plans for intervention and service provision.
4. Experience of contributing to or undertaking safeguarding enquiries.
5. Ability to provide informal supervision and develop the capabilities of less experienced social care practitioners, and to mentor and coach students and apprentices.
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of stakeholders to provide clear advice and guidance and interventions.
7. Ability to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, know when to seek appropriate support, advice and supervision, and to prioritise and organise work and meet agreed performance expectations.
8. Sound and accurate IT skills to ensure effective record keeping, compliant with data protection and respecting confidentiality.
   Qualifications and/or experience:
   ⦁ A Degree in Social Work or a recognised equivalent Social Work qualification., Diploma in Social Work.
   ⦁ Registered with Social Work England
   ⦁ Experience of undertaking assessments and social work intervention planning, implementation and review by means of creative and pragmatic solutions.
   ⦁ Experience of working in partnership with those who access the service and maintaining a focus on the needs and strengths of the people, and the outcomes they want to achieve, whilst handling conflict and disagreement.
   ⦁ Experience of managing risk within a risk enablement approach
   ⦁ Good, up-to-date working knowledge of relevant legislation e.g., Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) etc.
   ⦁ Valid, full driving licence. Desirable.

Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : Laurence House - Fourth Floor, Lewisham Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 11:00
End Time : 19:00
Salary: £21.45

we require an additional SO1 support enforcement officer. to match the other agency member of staff Arlene Morris. The role requires debt collection, telephone calls. Debtor case management, processing of card transactions, other back office work, reporting to line management.

ideally we require someone who has knowledge of academy systems, enterprise info@work. debt recovery OneStep system, AIM payment portal processing systems. Has experience working in debt recovery industry, ideally someone with some form of knowledge of the taking control of goods regulations 2014. who has call handling skills and can manage difficult call content and manage conflict well.

is also able to work later shift pattern up to 7pm

Job Category : Manual Labour
Location : Nottingham Community Housing Association
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 16:30
Salary: £15.00

This role entails being the second person to either a plumber of a joiner. The work is varied and may include assisting with things like fencing, fitting worktops, fitting baths or mould washing. The majority of work will be within tenanted properties and therefore experience of working with people in a social housing setting would be useful.

Clearing and repairing gutters will also be a big part of this role

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG, Swindon Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £30.15 per hour
The team is made up of 5 PODs managed by 5 Assistant Team Managers and 2 Team Managers. Each POD of 4 Social Workers and their Assistant Team Manager is on duty once every 5 weeks.

During the duty week social workers in the team are allocated a caseload of children who require a statutory assessment or child protection investigation, these assessments inform the development of their plan.

Some children require on-going support from within our communities, or Family Intervention and Support Service, others may require a Child in Need or Child Protection Plan. We strive to ensure smooth transitions for all of our children.

If successful you will join a welcoming, supportive and nurturing team where expectations for children are high.

You will receive monthly reflective supervision.