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Do good. Be great as a nurse. Are you a nurse who wants to continue helping people but needs a better work-life balance? Join our Assessments Division and thrive as you use your clinical skills in a different way and help people move forward with their lives. About the role Day-to-day, you'll carry out telephone, video or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You'll listen to their experiences, ask questions and use your insights to produce a factual report to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits. It's important work that has a big impact on real lives, so we'll make sure you get the time you need with each customer to undertake a quality and respectful service. Every assessment is different. You will work on a variety of cases across a range of conditions. It'll be challenging at times, but we'll support you to manage your caseloads efficiently, to deliver the best service. Our colleagues combine the highest levels of integrity with extensive clinical knowledge to offer the best service possible to our customers. What we look for An NMC registered nurse with 1 year's broad post-registration experience Someone who's proactive and keen to learn Excellent oral and written communication skills Comfortable working towards individual and team targets, in a supportive environment Comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including mental health What we offer Our colleagues are the driving force behind delivering an excellent service. That's why we go to great lengths to ensure that while they're taking care of customers, we're taking care of them. Competitive salary: of £39,500 to £46,300 depending on location. Flexible working arrangements: you won't be expected to work long days or take work home. Instead, you can work full time, part time or hybrid in a pattern that gives you genuine work life balance Clinical development: we support your continuing medical education and provide time for clinical study with ongoing CPD support Career development: we offer training programmes to develop your skills and clinical knowledge, as well as opportunities for progression at every stage of your career - including opportunities to explore other roles within Maximus Revalidation support: we support you through the process and refund the cost of your revalidation Supportive culture: we offer regular feedback and a coaching tool to help you deliver quality outputs for customers and thrive in your career with us Inclusive environment: as a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to creating a fair, inclusive workplace for all. Join one of our colleague networks and champion DE&I initiatives and shape our inclusive culture Excellent benefits: we offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits that can be tailored to meet your needs and personal circumstances From working with a diverse range of customers to handling challenging situations, this role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge and hone your assessment skills, while helping people move forward with their lives. EEO Statement Maximus is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal wellbeing and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post. We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for interview. Your?Guaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team. Where reasonable, Maximus will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.
Your new company Our vision is A Southend Where All Children Achieve Success. By joining Southend City Council as a Social Worker, you will be key to making our vision a reality for all children. You will be joining a service where we demonstrate with pride that: All paths lead back to the child. We spend time getting to know each child and their story. We do what we say we're going to do. We work with the whole family. No matter what, we aim to make things better. You will provide support to work to the highest standard using our model of practice, Restorative Practice, to deliver the vision. You will access a professional social work development offer that has been designed by social workers, whatever stage you are at in your career. You will be given regular restorative supervision and separate supervision focussing on development and evidencing your SWE registration. We want everyone to take the lead in an area of interest for your team, and you will explore this with your line manager.We have posts in a number of teams, so please contact our recruitment partner, Hays, to discuss the teams we are currently recruiting too. Your new role Southend-on-Sea City Council has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Social Worker looking for a change and ready to innovate in an environment where you can stretch yourself professionally and make an impact individually.You will play a key part in transforming the lives of young people to enable them to integrate into the community. You will be supportive and motivated, enabling the Social Workers and Personal Advisers in the team to aspire to the high standards that you model. You will be shaping practice standards within the service, delivering positive outcomes collaboratively.Our Social Workers have unique mobile working technology initiatives and accessible management, and receive all the support they need to produce professional and comprehensive Pathway Plans for young people who come under the responsibility of Southend City Council. Working to the highest standards, you will investigate, evaluate and analyse case information to provide expert, well-evidenced assessments and realistic plans tailored to the individual needs of young people.You will be expected to be thorough in your record-keeping and insightful in your casework consultations. You play an integral part in the work that the council does and how they do it for the young people.If you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective, we would want to hear from you.In return, we will offer professional supervision; appraisal and regular training. 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 the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.You will need to have a detailed knowledge of young people, leaving care, looked after children and associated child in need social work practice issues. Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations guidance & policy issues are also required for this position.Additional knowledge must be demonstrated in: understanding the framework for the assessment of children in need and their families and knowledge of methods of social work intervention. Previous experience of staff management, supervision or practice teaching along with extensive experience of applying assessment skills within a statutory social work setting is a must for this post. 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. Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge - you could be the candidate we are looking for. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. 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
Your new role Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent fostering experienced Team Manger.This post will be based within the Marketing and Permanency Team.As the new Team Manager, you will be taking the lead on recruiting and/or applications for prospective foster carers and managing the pipeline at stage 1 and 2.Working with the communication team, you will ensure the council provides a first-class professional service by being responsible for the efficient and cost-effective provision of needs-led services to children, young people and their families.You will be managing a team of 4, managing performance, providing formal professional supervision to staff and ensuring that appraisals are undertaken, identifying skills gaps or training needs are addressed. This is a hybrid post, but you are required to be on-site a minimum of 3 days a week and must attend the monthly onsite 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 the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.You must have 4 years experience in working with children and families, fostering and adoption experience is also essential.You must have extensive knowledge of methods of social work intervention, child protection and looked after children services, along with relevant legislation and regulations. 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. Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge - you could be the candidate we are looking for. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. 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