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Your new role Southend-on-Sea City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Court Progression Manager to ensure the excellence of social work practice, and professional conduct in public family law settings (The 'Public Law Outline' - care proceedings and pre- proceedings) and the timely execution of the local authority's public law applications and its pre-proceedings activity. Ensuring that the voices of the children involved, their wishes, aspirations and feelings are always heard, and are at the heart of the local authority's public law activity and care order applications. Ensuring children's plans for permanence are progressed quickly and efficiently through pre-and care proceedings, avoiding delay. There will also be a need to ensure that the social work evidence, assessments and plans of the local authority concerning the children subject to its care order applications and pre-proceedings (PLO) interventions are of the highest quality.You will take a leading role in innovation by improving the local activity within the public law framework and work in partnership with the courts, CAFCASS and other local authorities to achieve better outcomes for children. You will not hold a caseload but instead, collaborate closely with qualified social workers across all teams within Children's Services, supporting them in preparing their evidence for court and providing support and advice to Team Managers and practitioners for Legal Planning Meetings. What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.You will need to have substantial post-qualification experience in social care/safeguarding settings. Have previous experience of working within the framework of the 1989 Children Act, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Children Act 2004 and other relevant legislation including Working Together 2013, 2015 and 2018.You will be required to visit locations in and out of the city easily, therefore a valid driving licence and car available for business use is essential. What you'll get in return Pension: Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations. Leave Entitlements: We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave.We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activitiesHere at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including: Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership. The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities. What you need to do now If you are interested in this role, please click 'apply online' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. To request a copy of the Job Description/Person Specification for this role, please contact Nathalie via email Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above, so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able to. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
179102026 Administrator Warwickshire County Council Are you looking for a new opportunity to develop a career in Local Government? We have an opening for an Administrator to join our client, a West Midlands based Local Authority. Job Title: Administrator Pay rate: £12.18ph Duration: temporary for 6 months (potential to be extended) Company: Warwickshire County Council Hours: Monday to Friday-37 hours Location: Based at Shire Hall in Warwick, CV34 4SA Start Date: ASAP What does the job entail? On behalf of Warwickshire County Council, Pertemps Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an Administrator to join their Adults and Social Care team in Warwick. This is a high-profile post and would be an ideal opportunity for a strong administrator that is looking to gain experience of working for the Council. You will achieve this by: Operate routine administrative systems and procedures within the team that specifically supports the operation of the service area organise meetings and events in liaison with other relevant officers and outside agencies / bodies and take minutes/notes as required Receive, sort and distribute incoming/outgoing mail Provide a frontline customer response service and resolve basic queries Send out routine tasks specific to the service area, prioritising them as directed and working within approved procedures Undertake routine financial processes including checking stock level and raising orders/requisitions in accordance with approved procedures Check and look after office equipment bringing any issues to the attention of the Supervisor Collate, record, store and retrieve data and information as required What are we looking for in the ideal candidate? Previous experience as an administrative or similar in an office environment Minute taking experience is preferred Passionate about delivering first class customer service A good level of emotional intelligence Able to prioritize own workload About us and our client As a flexible employee of Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd, you will be joining a Company that holds the distinction of being one of the largest and most successful independent recruitment agencies in the country. Our pioneering spirit and ability to tap into the uniqueness of everyone's talents has enabled us to open doors for our employees, our clients, and our applicants too. Our philosophies and rewards are built very much on mutual trust and respect within the style of a partnership in which we hope you will feel both fulfilled and valued as a person. Warwickshire County Council are a leading Authority with offices across the County. They strive to work to their values and you can expect to be part of teams that are: High performing Collaborative Customer focused Accountable Trustworthy
Location: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work. Salary and grade : £36,032 to £42,576 (FTE) per year, Grade 5 Duration of role: Fixed term contract for 1 year Hours per week : Part time, 18.5 per week Closing Date: 13th May 2024 Interview date: Week commencing 20th May 2024 About the role and what we're looking for About Us Our Garden Communities service delivers an ambitious development programme to help transform and create attractive and sustainable new neighbourhoods and communities in South Oxfordshire (Berinsfield Garden Village and Didcot Garden Town) and Vale of the White Horse (Dalton Barracks Garden Village) Job purpose The Community Health Development Officer will join the Berinsfield Garden Village team to help implement the Berinsfield Healthy Placeshaping project, which strives to build thriving, sustainable communities where healthy behaviours are the norm and that foster a sense of identity, community, and belonging. We are seeking an individual with a strong interest in health and community work who can apply a compassionate and perceptive community-based approach to promote health and wellness, disseminate health-related messages, and lead health-promoting activities to build social capital and resilience in Berinsfield, in keeping with the themes found in the Berinsfield Health and Wellbeing Community Profile. Main duties and responsibilities: To use the profile to collaborate with the community and wider partners to find solutions to reduce the health inequalities identified in the area. To take forward and help implement recommendations from the community profile and action plan. To collaborate with residents and groups, sign posting them to sources of information and activities and referring them for support where appropriate. To proactively seek opportunities to connect organisations, develop partnerships and encourage collaborative working through community-based partnerships. To build confidence and skills in the community and encourage community activation to be able to develop community health and wellbeing services, activities, and events themselves that reduce the identified health inequalities. To encourage two-way communication between community members and statutory partnerships To work with Public Health colleagues to coordinate local meetings and improve awareness of health promotion activities using effective communication campaigns. To support local research/insight work To collaborate with social prescribers, linking them up with the local community offer To help reduce the need of patients using GP surgeries by collaborating with Social Prescribers to identify patients who can be signposted to health and wellbeing activities. To provide a voice to the community around their lived experience of health inequalities. To understand barriers to accessing services and health enabling activities, create opportunities for dialogue with the community about this and work with them to find ways to overcome any identified barriers. To engage with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; specifically, those with poorer health outcomes, to improve their access to health and wellbeing services and provision. Communicate effectively with all members of the team to ensure a strong culture of partnership working and collaboration across the Council. Engage with the County wide network of Community Health Development Officers. About you Your essential skills, knowledge, and experience A proven track record of working with disadvantaged communities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with different audiences. Experience of planning, delivering, and evaluating projects, activities, and events. Knowledge of the common health related issues affecting communities Demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Ability to engage with and develop the confidence and skills of community groups and residents to enable them to make change happen themselves. High level of numeracy and literacy skills. Experience in successful partnership working. Collaborating with people in community groups or community environment. Skills in consultation and engagement techniques. A good understanding of the barriers people may experience to access health and wellbeing services. Your essential qualifications Educated to degree level or equivalent, or equivalent level of experience. The benefits we offer: A basic 25 day annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year. Flexible working and annualised hours a flexible approach to work that our employees love! Salary pay awards most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April. A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work! Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more) We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community. A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave. We look forward to hearing from you. You may also have experience in the following: Community Support Manager, Community project management, Community Development Manager, Garden Projects, Community Liaison Officer, Resident Support Manager, Green Space project manager, etc. REF-213 469