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London weighting</div>\n<div>Contract: Permanent  </div>\n<div>Hours of work: 36 hours per week</div>\n<div>Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div><strong>An excellent offer…</strong></div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div><strong>The Post</strong></div>\n<p>Within the Housing Needs Service is an exciting opportunity to join the Housing Resolutions Team as a Housing Resolutions Officer.</p>\n<p>The Housing Resolutions Team provide housing options advice to households in temporary accommodation and promote effective move-on to other settled housing, including private rented sector, intermediate and social housing. As well as tenancy audits and resolving customer complaints.</p>\n<p>The Housing Resolutions Officer will be expected to visit Temporary Accommodation customers regularly to provide a range of tailored information and advice about more settled accommodation.  </p>\n<p>The successful candidate will maintain high standards of casework, record keeping and excellent relations with other departments within the Housing Needs Service.</p>\n<div><strong>The Person</strong></div>\n<p>We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking and focused individual who takes pride in delivering excellent services. Also able to work proactively, is highly motivated and ready for a new challenge.</p>\n<p>The ideal candidate will also have drive, resilience and enthusiasm with a strong background in Homelessness legislation. They should have the ability to effectively plan, organise and manage conflicting priorities in line with the demands of the complex needs of homeless households residing in Temporary Accommodation.  As is the ability to working as part of a team and making effective links with a range of professionals and services.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p>\n<p>In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:</p>\n<p>•    27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service<br>•    Very generous employer pension contribution<br>•    Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)<br>•    A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave<br>•    Access to affordable parking nearby<br>•    Access to our Zipcar scheme <br>•    Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling<br>•    Season ticket loan for public transport<br>•    Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities<br>•    Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.</p>\n<div>Closing date: Sunday 08 June 2025 (23:59)</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div><strong>Additional Information </strong></div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the \"Apply Now\" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.</strong></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.</p>\n</div>\n<div>We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.<br> </div>\n<div>The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found <a href=\"https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn\">here</a>.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. 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Then you might find yourself meeting with an external contractor to discuss compliance with the latest construction standards, before heading to another site for a fire risk assessment, ensuring that all safety measures are in place.<br><br>You'll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of Peabody's housing stock. Each day will bring a new set of responsibilities, whether you're managing comprehensive surveys, working with external agencies, or addressing residents' concerns about their homes. Your expertise ensures that our properties meet and exceed customer expectations while staying compliant with all regulatory requirements.<br><br>You're someone who excels in detail-oriented tasks, with a strong commitment to ensuring that every property is safe, well-maintained, and compliant with industry standards. You'll collaborate closely with various teams, using your technical knowledge to guide decision-making and effectively address any issues that arise. 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We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.</p>\n<p>We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.</p>\n<p>As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates.  There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Benefits</strong></p>\n<p>If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits.  Read more about these here.</p>\n<p><strong>About The Role</strong></p>\n<p>This is an exciting opportunity to join Homelessness, Independence and Preventative Services which adopts a preventative approach across the housing, health and social care agendas. You will be a frontline professional delivering a first class, modern and flexible service to some of the most vulnerable people in the Borough.</p>\n<p><strong>About The Team You’ll Be Working In</strong></p>\n<p>This is an exciting and busy role that is at the centre of the Councils response to homelessness. The service is developing and progressing our agenda to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and achieve more upstream prevention outcomes.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you want to work in the public sector and be part of a progressive team, this is a unique opportunity for you as we are interested in what you can bring to help us improve and develop our services for our customers.</li>\n<li>This role is to book-in, and cancel, and track applicants placed in emergency and temporary accommodation to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidance.</li>\n<li>You will provide high standards of face-to-face customer services to homeless residents approaching the Housing Service in person at Hounslow House, ensuring that they are suitable placed into emergency accommodation.</li>\n<li>You will maintain accurate records to maximise use of available accommodation, transferring households to more suitable accommodation as required and assist with the collection of income by tracking rent accounts and Housing Benefit claims.</li>\n<li>You will help resolve issues where applicants may no longer be residing in their accommodation. You assist with emergency and temporary accommodation placements, liaising with external providers.  You proactively prevent and resolve crisis and work collaboratively to resolve wide ranging issues associated with emergency accommodation.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>About You</strong></p>\n<ol>\n<li>You have extensive knowledge and experience of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended) and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, working with vulnerable people, and experience of leading multi-disciplinary housing teams and work involving complex needs and diverse client groups and an expert knowledge of homelessness and associated legislation.</li>\n<li>You have experience of multi-disciplinary working involving complex and diverse client groups and an understanding of complex legislative frameworks including homelessness, social care, mental health, immigration and welfare benefits.</li>\n<li>You are a great communicator to engage effectively with a broad range of people to influence, negotiate and persuade and you quickly build trusting relationships with complex individuals to develop a comprehensive understanding of issues faced by vulnerable people.</li>\n<li>You act with integrity, take personal responsibility and handle stress effectively while maintaining high levels of motivation and enthusiasm to achieve successful corporate preventative outcomes, using proactive and creative solutions.</li>\n<li>You work independently, proactively and flexibly, being an expert problem solver demonstrating excellent analytical skills, to seek out and implement bespoke solutions to complex issues and make decisions confidently.</li>\n<li>You are a high performing individual who works collaboratively with others, adapting to meet a range of changing needs while achieving targets and service objectives and make the team the very best it can be.</li>\n<li>You can travel independently around the Borough to carry out home visits and meet other professionals in community settings.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you passionate about customer services?</li>\n<li>Are you an experienced homelessness professional?</li>\n<li>Are you looking to working in a forward thinking and progressive housing department?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.</p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications: </strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have relevant work-based experience and engage in continuous professional development.</li>\n<li>You can travel independently around the Borough to carry out visits and meet other professionals in community settings.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Essential for The Role: </strong></p>\n<p>A Basic DBS check is required.</p>\n<p><strong>When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact</strong></p>\n<p>The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:</p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:Paul.Nally@hounslow.gov.uk\">Paul.Nally@hounslow.gov.uk</a></p>\n<p>Interviews for this job will be held during June 2025.</p>\n<p>Closing date is 3rd June 2025.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£39, 855 - £42,324 per annum","publishDate":"2025-05-21T15:50:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-03T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/b352bb79-9a34-4413-8169-3043a937814b.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"2b386a57-9042-4f73-9e0f-97b312ae67f1","title":"Food Safety Environmental Health Officer / Food Safety Officer","employer":"Camden Council","department":"","location":"London","locationType":3,"description":"<p><span><span><strong>Starting Salary:  </strong>£44,579 - £50,706  (pay award pending) plus (Retention Package / Market Supplement for fully qualified officers including 7% salary enhancement, monthly travel card allowance, £2000 new employee welcome payment, all depending on qualifications)</span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Job Level: </strong>Level 4, Zone 1  </span></span><br> <span><span><strong>Work Location:</strong> 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG</span></span><br> <span><span><strong>Hours per week:</strong> 36</span></span><br> <span><span><strong>Contract type: </strong>Permanent </span></span><br> <span><span><strong>Closing date: </strong>Tuesday 10^th June 2025 at 23.59</span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Interviews to be held</strong>: TBC</span></span></p> <p><br> <span><span><strong>Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion</strong> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>About us</strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span>In Camden we’re</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit it can be. We’re home to UK’s fastest-growing economy and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left  behind. The food industry is thriving in Camden and the Food Safety team plays a critical role in ensuring that food produced and sold in Camden is safe and healthy to eat.  By</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>working in partnership with the business community, we’re driving regulatory compliance, protecting consumers, and stimulating successful business growth for the benefit of all. In recognition of the vital role our team plays in keeping citizens safe, we’re</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>growing the team and are recruiting to a number of additional EHO/Food Safety Officer roles. If you’d</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>like to join one of London’s largest and busiest food safety teams, look no further.  </span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>The role</strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span>We’re seeking fully qualified and authorised food safety professionals to join our dynamic food safety team.  You will take responsibility for delivering the full range of food safety, and infectious disease functions. In addition, you will provide resilience for the wider ambitions of the Public Protection service to respond flexibly to deliver a broad range of environmental health and public health functions as required. </span></span></p> <p></p> <p><span><span>Responsible for the enforcement of </span></span><span><span>food safety (including hygiene and standards), </span></span><span><span>and health and safety legislation in (primarily higher risk) food businesses, investigation of complaints and food borne illnesses, and supporting food businesses to improve. You will investigate, negotiate, and mediate between parties to deliver positive outcomes, and where necessary use the full range of legal enforcement powers. </span></span><span><span>You will also develop and deliver special projects, policy, and research on areas of expertise and/or functional activity within the service. </span></span><span><span> The role includes a substantial amount of autonomy, report writing, resolution, preventative and advisory work.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The role is based in an enabled and empowered team-focused service where all officers are expected to work flexibly to meet evolving services demands. You will work as one team to assist in the development of a culture where knowledge, experience and responsibility for making decisions on complex issues is shared where appropriate. </span></span><br> <br> <span><span><strong>To view the Job Profile, please </strong></span></span><span><span><strong>click HERE</strong></span></span><span><span><strong> or copy and paste the below URL into your browser:</strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>About You </strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:</strong></span></span></p> <ul>\n<li> <p><span><span><strong>Food Safety Environmental Health Officer</strong>  – Holds a BSc/MSc (or its antecedents; or equivalency certificate) in Environmental Health; and registered by the Environmental Health Registration Board or the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to practice as an Environmental Health Officer/Practitioner; and meets the baseline competency requirements of the Food Law Code of Practice for an Authorised Officer; and with recent experience of carrying out relevant food safety and health and safety interventions. </span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span><span><strong>OR</strong></span></span></p> <ul>\n<li> <p><span><span><strong>Food Safety Officer </strong>– Holds a Higher Certificate in Food Control awarded by the Environmental Health Registration Board or the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health; or another “suitable qualification” as defined in the Food Law Code of Practice for an Authorised Officer; and meets the competency requirements of the Food Law Code of Practice for an Authorised Officer; and with recent experience of carrying out relevant food safety interventions; and ideally holds a suitable qualification in Health and Safety enforcement such as a Diploma/Higher Certificate in Health and Safety Enforcement.  Other related qualifications including IOSH/NEBOSH Diploma may be considered.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span><span>Ideally has recent experience of carrying out relevant health and safety interventions.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p></p> <p><span><span>You will have an excellent knowledge/understanding of the legislative framework relevant to the team, and experience in its application. You will deal with a wide range of casework including difficult and complex cases, resolving and delivering innovative interventions.</span></span></p> <p></p> <p><span><span>To succeed, you will bring a track record of working collaboratively with internal and external partners, demonstrating good outcome-focussed customer care and communicational skills to identify innovative and creative approaches to complaints and Camden objectives. You will have the ability to take an organised approach to your own workload whilst dealing with conflicting priorities, and to ensuring a customer service focused approach.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>We will also consider graduate EHOs/candidates who are in the process of completing their food safety qualifications to apply. If successful you will be offered a graduate/training position until you can be fully authorised.</span></span><span><span> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Working for Camden</strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span>We’re ready to welcome your ideas and your views. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities,<strong> </strong>and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click </span></span><span><span>HERE </span></span><span><span>to see full details of our benefits.</span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Additional information</strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span>To view the Job Profile, please click </span></span><span><span>HERE</span></span></p> <p><span><span>To apply for this job please follow the \"Apply\" link. 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Managing around 750 properties you will deal with all aspects of tenancy management, lead on rent arrears and provide advice and support to our residents.</p>\n<p>You will build professional relationships with customers and our partner agencies, facilitate positive change in our neighbourhoods and contribute to our ongoing service improvement. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in the public sector within a fast-paced customer facing role working with a supportive team.</p>\n<p>If you are motivated to provide excellent customer service, have experience in social housing or relevant transferable skills this could be the job for you.</p>\n<p><strong>About you</strong></p>\n<p>Ideally you will:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>enjoy working with people and at developing successful professional relationships with tenants, colleagues and external agencies.</li>\n<li>be good at managing conflicting priorities</li>\n<li>have excellent verbal and written communication skills</li>\n<li>be patient with the ability to remain calm in stressful situations</li>\n<li>be committed to safeguarding children and adults</li>\n<li>have experience of managing social housing tenancies and rent accounts or you can evidence that you have transferable skills</li>\n<li>A qualification in housing is desirable but not essential</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>About Runnymede</strong></p>\n<p>Runnymede is an ambitious, passionate, and progressive council with a forward thinking attitude and award-winning departments. As a Borough Council, we are committed to our four core values and goals which we demonstrate through our ongoing policies and projects.  We are always keen to improve our services and welcome innovative and proactive individuals who are open minded and have a positive approach in supporting our vision. </p>\n<p>You will be working within our tenancy services team within the housing directorate, committed to providing a high quality and professional landlord service, taking fair and proportionate action to ensure that tenancy obligations are met and being the trusted point of contact for our customers.</p>\n<p><strong>Benefits </strong><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>Our modern offices, based in Surrey on the edge of London, are in Addlestone town centre within easy access from the M3 and M25 and the surrounding area.</p>\n<p>In addition to a competitive salary, Runnymede Borough Council offers:<em> </em></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hybrid working 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home</li>\n<li>Flexible working 7am-7pm (Core hours are 10-11.30am & 2.30pm-4pm) and Flexi-leave</li>\n<li>28 Days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holidays and 1 extra day at Christmas</li>\n<li>Excellent Pension Scheme, including access to an Additional Voluntary Contributions</li>\n<li>Free Parking</li>\n<li>Training and development opportunities</li>\n<li>Payment of one professional membership per annum</li>\n<li>Cycle to work + further related discounts</li>\n<li>Season ticket loan</li>\n<li>UK Healthcare plan after 1 years’ service</li>\n<li>Dental insurance plan after 3 years’ service</li>\n<li>Mileage allowance</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>How to apply</strong><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>To apply please use the apply link below. </p>\n<p>Full information, including the Job Description, Person Specification and other details about Runnymede Borough Council, is available in the Extra Information section.</p>\n<p>Please ensure you complete all sections on the online form and evidence how you meet the requirements of the role in your personal statement. <strong>Please note, CVs on their own will not be accepted.</strong></p>\n<p>We are passionate about building an inclusive and diverse workforce and we welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, skills and abilities. If it is difficult for you to apply online, please contact Human Resources at <a href=\"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/users/new.js?original_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jobsgopublic.com%2Fvacancies%2F209969%2Fexternal_links%3Findex%3D2\">humanresources@runnymede.gov.uk</a> or on 01932 425527 who will be able to assist you.</p>\n<p>For an informal chat about this role please contact Daniel Lloyd, Head of Tenancy Services by emailing daniel.lloyd@runnymede.gov.uk.</p>\n<p><strong>Closing Date: Wednesday 4 June 2025</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interview Date(s): TBC</strong><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>If you do not hear from us within two weeks from the closing date you have not been successful on this occasion. Thank you for considering Runnymede Borough Council.</p>\n<p><em>Runnymede Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults with care support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You may be requested to present your identification at the interview stage and there will be several checks conducted during the onboarding process inclusive of an enhanced DBS check for specified roles.</em></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"Annual Salary £32,957 - £40,607 (depending on experience)","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:36:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-04T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/e8b8c2c7-3126-47a7-a699-40530a37172c.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"8bef601a-5e90-4fda-bf95-893ddbab94c7","title":"Democratic Services Officer","employer":"Spelthorne Borough Council","department":"","location":"Spelthorne","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>ADVERT</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Democratic Services Officer (2 Posts)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Full time 36 hours, Permanent Position </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Salary £27,683 - £37,298 per annum, plus 15% market supplement until </strong><strong>31 December 2025  </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Starting salary dependent on experience</strong></p>\n<p>Looking to develop a career in local government and governance? We have an opportunity in a varied and interesting role, to support local democracy, work with and alongside local politicians and senior officers across all departments, as well as to provide advice and information to members of the public.</p>\n<p>Whether you are looking for your first job in this area or want to build on your experience, we are looking for people who:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are highly motivated team players with excellent administrative skills who are accurate and pay attention to detail, but also able to work on own initiative</li>\n<li>Have strong ICT and English writing skills</li>\n<li>Are highly organised with the ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure, able to prioritise their own workload and operate with limited supervision to tight deadlines.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The successful candidate will work across all aspects of the democratic process, with specific responsibility for either the organisation of public meetings which will also include but not be limited to: co-ordinating the production of agendas and reports; attending meetings; taking minutes; and supporting Councillors and senior officers.</p>\n<p>This is a career graded post. We will support your development and you will develop a solid knowledge of the constitutional and legislative framework for local authority decision making and an ability to provide detailed advice to elected members and senior officers.</p>\n<p>This role will be based in the Council offices in Staines-upon-Thames, however we provide working arrangements that will enhance your work-life balance including home working, dependent on service need. The permanent position role requires attendance at evening meetings on a rota basis. This post is identified as a hybrid post supporting both office and home working in line with Spelthorne Borough Council’s policy. The post holder will be required to attend the office in line with a rota and any service requirements.</p>\n<p>The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for customer facing posts.  These posts fall within the scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.  The Council, therefore, has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. If you have any queries or would like to discuss this further, please contact Human Resources.</p>\n<p>In return we can offer you excellent conditions of service with a benefits package that includes flexible working hours, pension scheme, free parking and at least 23 days’ paid leave per year.<strong> </strong></p>\n<p>Spelthorne Borough Council use the Microsoft Authenticator app as a secure way of accessing our network.  Successful candidates will be required to use their own mobile device to download and use Authenticator.</p>\n<p>For an informal discussion about this post, please call Christeen Abee, Senior Democratic Services Officer, on 01784 444229 or email c.abee@spelthorne.gov.uk.</p>\n<p><strong>Closing date: 15 June 2025 (Midnight)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interview date: Week commencing 23 June 2025</strong></p>\n<p>To apply please use the ‘apply online’ button below.</p>\n<p>CVs can only be accepted in support of a completed application form.<strong> </strong></p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to all candidates.  If we have not contacted, you within 3 weeks of the closing date then your application has been unsuccessful.</p>\n<p>All shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email after the closing date.</p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><em>Working towards equal opportunities</em></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Strictly No Agencies</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£27,683 - £37,298, 202 per annum Plus 15% market supplement until 31 December 2025","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:34:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-15T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/3e329ee1-7404-4ce3-ae57-c4cc1d771206.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"a3df3b0c-41d2-4c1c-a1ef-8fc926384ba2","title":"Deputy Service Manager","employer":"Social Interest Group","department":"","location":"58 Bowmans Close","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>Job Title: </strong>Deputy Service Manager</p>\n<p><strong>Location:</strong> West Ealing </p>\n<p><strong>Salary: </strong>£30,000</p>\n<p><strong>Shift Pattern: </strong>37.5 hours per week Monday to Sunday on a rota working 09:00 - 17:00, you may also be required to work weekends, evenings, and bank holidays. You will also take part in our out of hours on call rota for managers.</p>\n<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity for a Deputy Service Manager to join our team based in Ealing. You will support the Service Manager in leading a service which provides a recovery focused service to adults with long term mental health challenges. You will support the team to deliver person centred support to improve the lives of our residents, for them to gain greater independence to move onto lower support accommodation. You will do this through providing direct leadership and line management to the team so they feel empowered to perform within their roles. </p>\n<p>You will ensure a quality service is delivered in line with our contractual requirements, and will encourage the creation of a psychologically informed environment, which provides person centred support. Some of what the role includes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line Management and Leadership, supporting your team providing advice, guidance and support throughout their employment lifecycle</li>\n<li>Support the Service Manager in leading the day to day operational delivery of the service</li>\n<li>Risk Management ownership, ensuring processes and policies are followed</li>\n<li>Property and Housing Management, ensuring the accommodation meets our requirements, and repairs and maintenance are regularly reported and completed</li>\n<li>Financial Management, including petty cash and budget management</li>\n<li>Contract management and Internal auditing, admin, and general other duties as required. </li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>About you</strong></p>\n<p>We are seeking a passionate, driven and motivated colleague to help lead our service in a trauma informed and inclusive way. Someone who is knowledgeable in the needs of our residents, particularly around mental health and can support the team in delivering their daily duties. You will be driven with passion for what we do, and be able to work flexibly to meet service needs, providing new ideas and opportunities to develop the service further to continue to achieve excellence!</p>\n<p>You will have some knowledge and background in mental health, understanding the different complexities which can arise, and able to support others to support the residents to achieve their goals. You will be adaptable and flexible in your approach, and respect equity, diversity, and inclusion, able to create a compassionate, supportive and empowering environment within the service and in communication with others externally and throughout the organisation. </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct experience working in a Health and Social care environment or similar, ideally within mental health</li>\n<li>Understanding of the<strong> </strong>needs that people who suffer with their mental health have</li>\n<li>Ability to lead a team to achieve service KPI's</li>\n<li>Ability to provide advice, support and guidance to a team on all aspects of the service such as resident related enquiries which can include housing, mental health support, signposting</li>\n<li>Ability to promote the service externally to enhance reputation in the area and with partner organisations</li>\n<li>IT proficiency, with the ability to navigate and learn new case management systems and other types of software</li>\n<li>Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands and needs of the service. For example, Provide an emergency on call service as and when required in case of emergency</li>\n<li>Passion for what we do as an organisation and alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency</li>\n<li>Understanding <strong>and/or</strong> practical knowledge of the social and societal marginalisation that can be attached to people with mental health issues, addiction, exploitation, homelessness and within the criminal justice system</li>\n<li>Budget Management Experience <strong>and/or</strong> willingness to learn financial management</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>What we offer</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service</li>\n<li>Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans</li>\n<li>Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling</li>\n<li>Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing</li>\n<li>Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card</li>\n<li>Life Assurance Scheme</li>\n<li>Cycle-to-work scheme</li>\n<li>Annual Staff Awards</li>\n<li>Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.</li>\n<li>Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.</li>\n</ul>\n<p> We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We're proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles. SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. </p>\n<p><strong>About Social Interest Group (SIG)</strong></p>\n<p>SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks. Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/X5JhCPQy4hBBz6UzwWlv?domain=youtu.be\">Theory of Change</a> Further details can be found on our website here: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/4ZkrCx1MXIp5EETvqakw?domain=socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group</a>. </p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></p>\n<p>Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.</p>\n<p>Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below. </p>\n<p>For Recruitment related enquiries, or if you need support with making your application for example due to learning needs or a disability, please email <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk</a> or call our central office on <a href=\"tel:02036689270\">020 3668 9270</a> to request a call back. Please note that this will take you through to our Central Administration team, who will then communicate your enquiry with us and we will arrange to call you back. </p>\n<p>Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our <a href=\"https://socialinterestgroup.org.uk/\">website</a>.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions. </strong></p>\n</blockquote>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£30,000","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:15:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-22T14:20:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/ca6efc28-76a6-408f-b70e-299a1b6fdd27.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"b700b62c-de38-4757-b639-cb11ce3f19dc","title":"Executive Administrator","employer":"Social Interest Group","department":"","location":"1 Waterloo Gardens, London","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>Job Title: </strong>Executive Administrator </p>\n<p><strong>Location:</strong> Central Office which is based around a 10 minute walk from Highbury and Islington Station. Hybrid working available, approximately 2 - 3 days per week in the office including every Tuesday. Additional office, service, and away days would be required for attendance.</p>\n<p><strong>Salary: </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Shift Pattern: </strong>37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00. At times you may be required to work outside these hours, including for out of hours board meetings in the evenings, and other meetings which may be after hours. </p>\n<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>\n<p>We're looking for an Executive Administrator to join our central office team, reporting to the Director of Finance and Resource. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-level administrative and governance support to various leaders within the organisation, including the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), The Board, and CEO. </p>\n<p>In this role, you will ensure the smooth operation of coordinating meetings, managing governance processes, and supporting strategic initiatives. You will facilitate board and SLT meetings, including scheduling, preparing agendas, taking formal minutes, and ensuring a timely follow-up on actions, whilst overseeing compliance with health and safety regulations, supporting the organisation's environmental strategy.</p>\n<p>You will further line manage a small team of 2 Administrative Support Officers who support with the day to day administration and management of our central office.</p>\n<p><strong>About you</strong></p>\n<p>This role is ideal for someone who is organised, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced organisation. You will be a proactive problem solver with excellent communication skills, both verbally and written. You will be able to organise and manage events and away days, as well as manage our booking systems and general running. You will have proven minute taking experience, able to write minutes for meetings in an organised manner, and manage our shared online platforms for ease of access, and usability. You will have:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience in high level administration duties, ideally within a similar role, supporting senior leadership teams and boards with all areas of administration</li>\n<li>Previous experience taking minutes in meetings</li>\n<li>IT Proficiency: Knowledge, skills, and ability to learn and manage online systems, particularly Microsoft programs, able to book and manage meetings using outlook and teams</li>\n<li>Excellent numeracy and financial skills, with the ability to deliver best practice in financial management and produce accurate and timely financial information</li>\n<li>Ability to write reports, manage data, and oversee audit processes to a professional, high business standard</li>\n<li>Ability to work with confidential information in a timely secure manner</li>\n<li>Analytical skills, with the ability to find, absorb, and summarise complex information</li>\n<li>Attention to detail and quality, able to verify and proofread documents</li>\n<li>Time and workload management: Ability to work to tight deadlines with competing priorities</li>\n<li>Ability to prepare, and write documents, letters, and other communication to a professional, high business standard</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>What we offer</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service</li>\n<li>Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans</li>\n<li>Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling</li>\n<li>Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing</li>\n<li>Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card</li>\n<li>Life Assurance Scheme</li>\n<li>Cycle-to-work scheme</li>\n<li>Annual Staff Awards</li>\n<li>Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.</li>\n<li>Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We're proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles. SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. </p>\n<p><strong>About Social Interest Group (SIG)</strong></p>\n<p>SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks. Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/X5JhCPQy4hBBz6UzwWlv?domain=youtu.be\">Theory of Change</a> Further details can be found on our website here: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/4ZkrCx1MXIp5EETvqakw?domain=socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group</a>. </p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></p>\n<p>Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.</p>\n<p>Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below. </p>\n<p>For Recruitment related enquiries, or if you need support with making your application for example due to learning needs or a disability, please email <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk</a> or call our central office on <a href=\"tel:02036689270\">020 3668 9270</a> to request a call back. Please note that this will take you through to our Central Administration team, who will then communicate your enquiry with us and we will arrange to call you back. </p>\n<p>Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our <a href=\"https://socialinterestgroup.org.uk/\">website</a>.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions. </strong></p>\n</blockquote>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£30,600","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:14:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-22T14:14:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/c02d6459-786d-4d5c-b800-7cc4463ad0c6.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"becb7ca5-8a7a-4b82-84d3-016eeffa4bcd","title":"Relief Bank: Night Concierge - Greater London Area","employer":"Social Interest Group","department":"","location":"1 Waterloo Gardens, London","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE</strong></p>\n<p>A Night Concierge is responsible for creating a safe, supportive, and well-organised environment for everyone living in our supported accommodation houses and residential properties. They will provide support to the night team who deliver a range of frontline services aiming to deliver a high quality, trauma-informed service to residents/participants which focuses on providing a psychologically informed environment (PIE).</p>\n<p>The Night Concierge will support with ensuring the properties and the residents that live within them are safe. They will work in accordance with service specifications and agreements to provide a flexible service which is responsive, and inclusive to individual needs, underpinned by SIG’s Theory of Change.</p>\n<p><strong>Shift Pattern: Various 12 hour Night shifts with some services having 24 hour Concierge - with some day shifts also available.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>WE WILL BE HOLDING INTERVIEWS FOR THIS ROLE IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY 11/06/2025 - PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS DATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Salary: £13.85 p/h plus an additional 12.07% for annual leave accrual</strong></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE SERVICE</strong></p>\n<p>Social Interest Group supports marginalised groups across the UK including rough sleepers and the homeless, people with substance misuse and mental health issues, women and children fleeing domestic abuse, people leaving the criminal justice system, and people with a complex mixture of any or all of these burdens.  We seek to support recovery by creating welcoming and supportive residential settings that help our Residents and Participants deal with the effects of their trauma.</p>\n<p>We have services across the Greater London area that require a Concierge service that helps to maintain these safe environments.</p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT YOU</strong></p>\n<p>The post holder will be driven to provide high quality, effective assistance to others in a person-centred approach. They will thrive working on their own initiative, taking responsibility for the running of the concierge service within the property, with remote support provided. They will have effective communication skills, and able to build long-term purposeful relationships with people from different backgrounds, respecting equity, diversity, and inclusion. They will embrace SIG’s values and represent these in everything they do. </p>\n<p>The post holder will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. They will have a nonjudgmental approach and support us in achieving our mission to empower people by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement, and resettlement. </p>\n<p>We are an inclusive employer, committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We have a team of ambassadors who are staff volunteers and actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. </p>\n<p>SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience ; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity .</p>\n<p>As an organisation, we’re proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles.</p>\n<p><strong>What are we looking for?</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector</li>\n<li>Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs</li>\n<li>Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents</li>\n<li>Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs</li>\n<li>Understanding <strong>and/or</strong> practical knowledge of the social and societal marginalisation that can be attached to people with complex needs</li>\n<li>Proactive in making decisions to deal with challenges and providing a solution focused approach using initiative</li>\n<li>Ability to work with confidential information, maintain accurate records and write accurate reports</li>\n<li>Sensitivity and empathy to others, and ability to deal with individual circumstances with professionalism </li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>What would we like, but not essential?</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding <strong>and/or</strong> practical application of key legislation regarding social care, housing, criminal justice, and mental health</li>\n<li>Experience in providing concierge services or practical assistance within a residential or outreach support role</li>\n<li>Previous experience in a similar organisation/industry/role</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n<p><em><strong>If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference in people's lives, challenge stigma and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you!</strong></em></p>\n<p><strong>OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure highest level of security to ensure buildings and residents are safe by monitoring access and responding to emergencies.</li>\n<li>Greet residents and visitors which great customer service, manage phone lines and enquiries, deliveries, and other forms of communication following the relevant policies and procedures.</li>\n<li>Work flexibility in working patterns and duties, responding to the needs of the service, team, and residents/participants.</li>\n<li>Provide a nightly report on resident activity, AINMs, safeguarding and concerns for handovers.</li>\n<li>Assist residents/participants with queries that arise during the night, provide advice, information, and guidance as needed and broker to have any urgent matters resolved, communicate any handovers to the wider team.</li>\n<li>Ensure service responsibilities and requirements are carried out effectively, ensuring the night service runs smoothly. This includes but is not limited to welfare checks, risk assessments, support sessions, safeguarding checks, training and development, and other responsibilities required for effective service delivery.</li>\n<li>Support in creating an enabling environment which helps empower residents/participants to have greater independence.</li>\n<li>Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health, physical health, or other health implications and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent crisis or other risks.</li>\n<li>Administration duties will vary. This includes maintaining confidential records in a timely manner and containing information in accordance with relevant statutory and organisational policies.</li>\n<li>Other duties may include but is not limited to maintaining clean and tidy environments, removing rubbish, reporting repairs, ordering supplies, and other general duties.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. </p>\n<p><strong>Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT US</strong></p>\n<p>Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.</p>\n<p>SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.</p>\n<p>Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/X5JhCPQy4hBBz6UzwWlv?domain=youtu.be\">Theory of Change</a></p>\n<p>Further details can be found on our website here: <a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/4ZkrCx1MXIp5EETvqakw?domain=socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group</a>. </p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></p>\n<p>Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.</p>\n<p>Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our <a href=\"https://socialinterestgroup.org.uk/\">website</a>.</p>\n<p>For Recruitment related enquiries, or if you need support with making your application for example due to learning needs or a disability, please email <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk\">recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk</a> or call our central office on <a href=\"tel:02036689270\">020 3668 9270</a> to request a call back. Please note that this will take you through to our Central Administration team, who will then communicate your enquiry with us and we will arrange to call you back. </p>\n<p>Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We are an inclusive employer and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details above. </p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£13.85 p/h","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:12:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-08T14:12:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/8b4a13ef-6c30-4567-8970-d3d5d52a4e7d.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"a15698fd-e4ab-4489-95f2-90a996efeb16","title":"Libraries and Heritage Lead (Future Culture)","employer":"Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames","department":"","location":"Kingston","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Borough</strong></p><p>This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.</p><p>Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.</p><p>Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.</p><p>Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.</p><p>We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.</p><p>Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p><p>We have 7 Libraries and a Community Library across the Borough and Kingston Museum and Kingston History Centre (in Kingston Guildhall), with approximately 54 staff in Libraries and 11 staff in the Heritage Service. </p><p>We are a passionate multi-disciplinary team who are ambitious to deliver high quality and transformational services to our communities, We believe that working collaboratively across our cultural and heritage services and building stronger internal and external partnerships will help us to provide better and more inclusive culture and heritage for our whole community. You will be part of a highly collaborative and supportive Culture and Heritage senior management team, who are working closely together to deliver high quality, joined up and community-focused services.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>This role is responsible for the strategic development and operational delivery of Kingston’s Library and Heritage Services (the ‘Future Culture Hub’), as part of the wider Culture and Heritage Service, ensuring an excellent, innovative and community focused offer to residents.<strong><br></strong><strong></strong></p><p>The successful candidate will:</p><ul>\n<li>Lead the future strategic development of the Libraries and Heritage Services</li>\n<li>Be responsible for the operational delivery of 7 libraries, Community Library, Museum and Heritage Centre, liaising with cross-council colleagues to manage the finances, buildings and systems </li>\n<li>Collaborate with cross-departmental, voluntary, community, Faith and Non-Faith sector colleagues to develop modern library and heritage services at the centre of the community that respond to the changing needs of residents  </li>\n<li>Work as part of a close-knit Culture and Heritage senior team to deliver a coherent, joined up outreach and engagement offer to residents and lead relevant cross-departmental projects</li>\n<li>Drive a mutual supportive and community focused culture in your teams whilst providing development and pastoral support to them</li>\n<li>Model and support a culture of continuous improvement; identifying areas for service improvement and efficiency and leading change </li>\n<li>Developing strong relationships with wider sector colleagues, developmental bodies and funders that will support the delivery of services for Kingston residents </li>\n</ul><p>We are looking for candidates who have significant experience in:</p><ul>\n<li>Managing and delivering strategic services in a libraries, museums or heritage environment </li>\n<li>Demonstrating strong, empathetic, leadership skills, modelling a performance culture and constructively building achievement, confidence, and skills in others</li>\n<li>Leading and managing change </li>\n<li>Delivering excellent customer service in front-line services </li>\n<li>Working successfully with key stakeholders and audiences including Members, residents, businesses, communities, partner organisations and other public services  </li>\n</ul><br><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Kingston</li>\n<li>Flexible and agile working arrangements</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.<br><br>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. </p><p>We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Our HR Shared Service with Sutton Council was recently recognised nationally for having the ‘Best Inclusion and Diversity Programme’ at the PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards 2023, something that we’re incredibly proud of.</p><p>Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. Some characteristics may not be obvious, but our panels are diverse wherever possible. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.</p><p>As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-immigration-system-what-you-need-to-know\">GOV.UK website</a> for right to work guidance.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£57,663 - £63,159","publishDate":"2025-05-21T14:00:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-09T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/4c291077-f857-435d-bde7-a1827cb9d83a.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"55f3cea2-5f3b-4770-869c-21e3403de14d","title":"Contracts and Accreditation Officer","employer":"London Borough of Ealing","department":"","location":"Ealing","locationType":2,"description":"<p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a <strong>Contracts & Accreditation Officer, </strong>and you will be a part of the Contracts & Market Engagement Team and have a key role in ensuring that adult care services are contract managed effectively and provides quality assurance.</p>\n<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>\n<p>We are committed to providing good quality services for vulnerable adults in receipt of social care in Ealing. You will work closely with external support provider market, to ensure contracts and effective contract monitoring are in place. Some of your key tasks will be:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>To visit and Contract Monitor providers we commission with good knowledge base of contractual arrangements in place and regulatory bodies regulations to ensure providers are compliant.</li>\n<li>To complete telephone monitoring to ensure the voice of our customers is heard.</li>\n<li>Navigate confidently on different platforms to export intelligence and information quickly.</li>\n<li>Compile reports and present at high level meetings.</li>\n<li>Respond quickly to non-compliance contractual issues raised.</li>\n<li>Engage regularly with different teams such as social work, safeguarding, finance, and accountancy.</li>\n<li>Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, resilient, organised and will be able to demonstrate that they have knowledge of contracts management and monitoring experience of social care contracts.</p>\n<p>This is a demanding role, offering variety and an opportunity to learn new skills and develop your knowledge. The successful postholder will be someone who can communicate and negotiate effectively both verbally and in writing to achieve the best outcomes for borough residents and secure best value for the Council.</p>\n<p>You will be offered regular supervision and support, access to training opportunities, and experience the benefits of working with friendly and supportive colleagues.  Ealing is a diverse community with excellent amenities, which helps to make it a great place to live and work.</p>\n<p><strong>Some of the key skills you can offer:</strong></p>\n<p>The ability to work accurately and under time pressure is paramount. Ideally you will have previous customer service experience in the Adult Social Care or Health fields. Good organisational skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of diverse people are also important.</p>\n<p>This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effectively perform the role.</p>\n<p>Ealing council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Ealing council follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults. This role will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and Ealing council’s enhanced vetting process.</p>\n<p>You must have the right to work in the UK.  Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.</p>\n<p>It is an exciting time to join us, here at Ealing Council. If you would like to make a positive difference to our residents and borough, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you.</p>\n<p>We’ve tried to make this website as accessible as possible. You can use the accessibility widget on the right hand side to make it more accessible to you and your needs.</p>\n<p>Ealing Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive.</p>\n<p>We therefore welcome applications from all residents of the borough, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are entering the employment market in the early stages of their career and mid-career professionals, who are currently underrepresented in Ealing’s workforce.</p>\n<p>Please note all applications will be determined on merit.</p>\n<p>If you are shortlisted and invited to interview, you will be required to present a presentation on a specific topic.</p>\n<p>Full details of the job requirements, including essential requirements, can be found in the job profile (attached below).</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/20623/role_profile.pdf\">Role profile</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18483/ex-offenders_policy.pdf\">Ex-Offenders Policy</a></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£43,299.00 - £46,512.00 pa inclusive (Grade 10)","publishDate":"2025-05-21T13:08:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-09T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/44b6ed88-434d-4d8a-a614-4058398c3860.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"4d414bb5-8c94-44fe-936b-96c7e4943402","title":"Commissioning and Projects Engineer","employer":"Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames","department":"","location":"Kingston","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Borough</strong></p><p>Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two.</p><p>Kingston and Sutton councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. </p><p>We work flexibly in both Kingston and Sutton offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.</p><p>There are some really exciting things happening in both boroughs. In Sutton, we are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. Over in Kingston, we are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in the borough, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.</p><p>You should choose Kingston and Sutton if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.</p><p>Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan “Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together”, that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London.</p><p>Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton”, that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p><p><strong>About the service and Team  </strong></p><p>The Engagement and Commissioning team sits within the shared Highways and Transport service for Kingston and Sutton. The Engagement and Commissioning team is made up of a Principal Engineer, a Senior Engineer, two Engineers and an Assistant Engineer covering the commissioning function.  </p><p>We are a friendly team and we like to provide opportunities to get you involved in projects from start to finish, to widen your knowledge & experience.</p><p>Both the Royal Borough of Kingston (RBK) and the London Borough of Sutton (LBS) teams cover different functions, these include:</p><ul>\n<li>Commissioning and new Highway schemes</li>\n<li>Parking schemes</li>\n<li>Road Safety</li>\n<li>Individual functions for Flood Management</li>\n<li>Public Rights of Way</li>\n<li>Highways Development Control</li>\n<li>Sustainable Transport</li>\n</ul><p></p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p>The Engagement and Commissioning team are the project leads on commissioning new Highways schemes that support the delivery of the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy, including ambitions to increase walking and cycling and make it safer, as well as make public transport more accessible.  There will be direct liaison with Ward Councillors and an opportunity to manage projects from feasibility to implementation and lead on effective resident engagement strategies.</p><p>This role will sit within the Kingston-focussed team and has some really exciting projects in the pipeline for you to contribute to, with Kingston dealing with major growth around the Town Centre along with a large Estate Regeneration project at the Cambridge Road estate, which will need significant input from our team. The team has contributed extensively to the borough's climate action ambitions!</p><p><strong>Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Do you have a background in highways and transport, project management or transport planning?</p><p>Can you see the bigger picture, make connections and see interdependencies that others might miss? </p><p>We are looking for a candidate who will support a learning environment where innovation, best practice and creativity are celebrated and risks are managed with a ‘Can do’ attitude. You will be accountable and responsible for the resources to undertake your role and champion change and improvements while supporting others on the journey. </p><p>We need a confident and highly effective project manager to join our Highways and Transport, Engagement and Commissioning Team at the Royal Borough of Kingston. it is essential that you can juggle different projects, manage priorities and deliver projects on time and to budget. </p><p>We also need someone who has the right people and collaborative skills to manage engagement with key internal and external stakeholders, alongside the analytical skills you need to use, interpret and present data related to your projects. You must be a team player. Your focus will be on project feasibility, so you will need to work very closely with colleagues in the Highways team, including Design and Delivery Engineers. </p><p>You will also need to have the right political awareness to work with elected members and write and present reports at committee meetings. </p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Kingston or Sutton</li>\n<li>Flexible and agile working arrangements</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.<br><br>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. </p><p>We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Our HR Shared Service with Sutton Council was recently recognised nationally for having the ‘Best Inclusion and Diversity Programme’ at the PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards 2023, something that we’re incredibly proud of.</p><p>Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. Some characteristics may not be obvious, but our panels are diverse wherever possible. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.</p><p>As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-immigration-system-what-you-need-to-know\">GOV.UK website</a> for right to work guidance.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£37,068 - £45,510","publishDate":"2025-05-21T13:00:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-11T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/f5860ab7-a393-4fa7-b770-b58575001cc7.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"6d5bb6cc-3bc2-496d-b4a8-2b5fec254018","title":"Exploitation Support Worker","employer":"London Borough of Tower Hamlets","department":"","location":"Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON","locationType":3,"description":"<p><em>We believe that the best place for children is to be </em><strong><em>raised within their own families</em></strong><em>, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so.​</em> <em>In Tower Hamlets we are committed to </em><strong><em>building relationships and strengthening families</em></strong><em> by working </em><strong><em>with</em></strong><em> people in a compassionate and understanding way. ​</em> </p><p><em>We are </em><strong><em>ambitious</em></strong><em> for Tower Hamlets children and families and endeavour for every child and young person to be </em><strong><em>healthy, safe and successful</em></strong><em>.</em>  </p><p>Tower Hamlets is a progressive, ambitious and diverse place to work. We place children and families at the heart of everything that we do and are relentless in our pursuit of positive outcomes for all. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our Better Together Practice Framework</strong> is based on the ideas and concepts which underpin Restorative Practice and draws from other strength-based approaches, such as Systemic and Trauma Informed Practice.</p><p> </p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\">Our C-Change approach: <strong>Connect, Curious, Community, Co-Produce, Collaborate, </strong><strong>Check - </strong><span>sets</span> out “6 C's” for our work with children, young people, their parents and carers and each other. </p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\"><br></p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\"><strong>Your Role:</strong></p><p>The co-located Exploitation Service have an exciting opportunity to work directly with young people who are at risk of harm outside of the home. The purpose of the role is to provide support to a cohort of young people and their families at risk of exploitation and serious youth violence. It is also to prevent offending and re-offending by young people by providing an effective service to young people and their carers. Furthermore, to raise awareness with children, families, communities and professionals around the issues of exploitation, serious youth violence and associated risks. </p><p>You will be working within the multi-agency Exploitation Team where we are developing an innovative harm outside the home approach to issues around exploitation, missing and serious youth violence. You will need good people skills and experience of engaging with young people effectively. You will have a caring nature and an ability to work creatively in an effort to engage children who are at risk of harm outside of the home. You will be able to work within a team approach and with other professionals and local organisations to identify and address the issues that young people face as a result of exploitation and serious youth violence, this will be underpinned by empowering, anti-oppressive, trauma informed and culturally competent practice (training will be provided for this).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Details</strong></p><p><span>Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.</span></p><p><span>Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of </span>race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. <span>We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.  </span></p><p>We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.</p><p><span>We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. </span></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£44,430 - £47,628","publishDate":"2025-05-21T09:02:31.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/bc1953e6-19d4-4a90-b97f-9c969ce4263f.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"4c380c11-a6ce-4f3c-a68f-31fa305cddb5","title":"Fostering Panel Vice Chair","employer":"Southwark Council","department":"","location":"Tooley Street, Southwark, London , Southwark, Peckham, Orient Street Short Breaks, London, SE11 4SR, London Bridge, Castlemead Estate, Camden, Peckham and Southwark, London","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>Do you have the leadership skills to support life-changing decisions for children in care?</strong></p><p><strong>Can you use your experience in fostering or children's services to guide complex discussions?</strong></p><p><strong>Does the opportunity to shape high-quality, child-focused practice appeal to you?</strong></p><p>If yes, we have the perfect role for you!</p><p>Our <strong>Fostering Service</strong> is looking for a dedicated and experienced <strong>Panel Vice-Chair</strong> to join our team and help make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people.</p><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p><p>As Southwark's <strong>Fostering Panel Vice-Chair</strong>, you will play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the Fostering Panel. You will deputise for the Panel Chair when required, chairing meetings and ensuring all panel business is conducted in line with fostering regulations, statutory guidance, and national minimum standards.</p><p>Key responsibilities include:</p><ul>\n<li>Chairing fostering panel meetings in the absence of the Panel Chair.</li>\n<li>Scrutinising assessments and facilitating high-quality panel discussions.</li>\n<li>Supporting decision-making on fostering approvals, reviews, and de-registrations.</li>\n<li>Contributing to the recruitment, training, and performance review of panel members.</li>\n<li>Promoting anti-discriminatory practice and identifying areas for service improvement.</li>\n<li>Liaising closely with the Agency Adviser, Panel Administrator, and Agency Decision Maker.</li>\n<li>Ensuring recommendations are clear, evidence-based, and meet statutory requirements.</li>\n</ul><p>This is a <strong>sessional role</strong>, with panels typically held twice a month. It's ideal for someone looking to take on a meaningful leadership position with flexible hours.</p><p><strong>About You:</strong></p><p>We're looking for someone who brings a strong blend of professional experience and values-led leadership. To succeed in this role, you'll need to have:</p><ul>\n<li>Substantial experience in fostering, adoption, or wider children's services.</li>\n<li>An excellent understanding of fostering legislation, regulations, and National Minimum Standards.</li>\n<li>Proven ability to lead and facilitate complex discussions and make well-reasoned recommendations.</li>\n<li>Experience chairing panels or multi-agency meetings, or strong potential to do so.</li>\n<li>Commitment to anti-discriminatory, child-centred practice.</li>\n<li>Confidence in decision-making and ability to challenge where necessary.</li>\n<li>Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.</li>\n<li>Willingness to stay up to date with legislation, best practice, and panel developments.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>About the Team:</strong></p><p>Our <strong>Fostering Panel</strong> plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, stability, and success of fostering arrangements across Southwark. The panel brings together experienced professionals and independent voices to review assessments and make well-informed, child-centred recommendations.</p><p>You'll be supported by a committed team including the Panel Chair, Panel Advisor, and administrative staff, and you'll have opportunities to contribute to wider service development and quality assurance through quarterly meetings and feedback loops.</p><p>For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification located at the bottom of the advert.</p><p><strong>Contact Information:</strong></p><p>For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sophie James at .</p><p><strong>Additional Information:</strong></p><ul>\n<li>This is a <strong>sessional role</strong>, with panels typically held twice a month</li>\n<li>Enhanced DBS required</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Benefits and more information:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/\">https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/</a></p><p><strong>Recruitment Timeline:</strong></p><p>Advert close date: 11:59pm on 16<sup>th</sup> June 2025 </p><p>Shortlisting date/s: 27<sup>th</sup> June 2025</p><p>Interview date/s: 18<sup>th</sup> July 2025</p><p><strong>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</strong></p><p>We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our <a href=\"https://www.southwark.gov.uk/engagement-and-consultations/southwark-stands-together\">Southwark Stands Together initiative</a>. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.</p><p><strong>Guaranteed Interview Scheme:</strong></p><p>As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:</p><ul>\n<li>Members of the Armed Forces and veterans</li>\n<li>Are currently in care, or have previously been in care</li>\n<li>If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition</li>\n</ul><p><strong>About Southwark: </strong></p><p>We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark's residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises, and we have a young, diverse and growing population.</p><p>At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and 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.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£230 - £400 per day","publishDate":"2025-05-21T08:44:26.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-07-20T08:44:26.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/8ba8b144-8ce5-4724-86cd-6641651bdfcd.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"c23d5a79-2e45-43d0-a8ee-2c5abb9ab04d","title":"Thames Strategy Officer","employer":"London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham","department":"","location":"Hammersmith and Fulham","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>\n<p>At Hammersmith and Fulham, we are ambitious in reforming the Council to ensure this is a place for everybody. Within the Place Department, we aim to be efficient in everything we do. We believe our residents deserve a place that is safe, clean and green, with high quality services they can rely on.<br><br>An excellent opportunity for a qualified person to co-ordinate and facilitate the Thames Strategy - Kew to Chelsea and to initiate, develop and promote policies and projects including funding applications to action and achieve the implementation of the Thames Strategy Kew to Chelsea, in conjunction with the joint Thames Strategy Review.<br><br>The main responsibilities of this role are to co-ordinate the Consultation for the Thames Strategy – Kew to Chelsea Action Plan and to review and update it on an annual basis to reflect the interests of the Thames Strategy Kew to Chelsea Partnership.<br><br>As part of this role you would be expected to represent the interests of the Thames Strategy - Kew to Chelsea partnership with all external agencies, the media, landowners, tenants, authorities, voluntary and business organisations and individuals whose activities or interest may have a significant impact on the River Thames between Kew and Chelsea.<br><br>If you are organised, focused, and can provide high quality business/administration support in all aspects of the delivery of the Thames Strategy Kew to Chelsea then we would like to hear from you.<br><br>Our mission is to be the best council. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision. If you’re looking to develop your career whilst making a difference, then we look forward to hearing from you.<br><br>Please refer to the <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmuQys5J88_3Z8_fa3P2yu0spDngSLHs/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Role Profile</strong></a> for more information.</p>\n<p><strong>Our People Values:</strong></p>\n<p>How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.</p>\n<p><strong>We are fair</strong></p>\n<p>We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.</p>\n<p><strong>We are caring</strong></p>\n<p>We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.</p>\n<p><strong>We are collaborators</strong></p>\n<p>We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.</p>\n<p><strong>We are driven</strong></p>\n<p>We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.</p>\n<p><strong>Our commitment to you:</strong></p>\n<p>At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click <a href=\"https://careers.newjob.org.uk/LBHF/content/Our-rewards-and-benefits/?locale=en_GB\">HERE</a> to find out more.</p>\n<p>We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.</p>\n<p>It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.</p>\n<p>In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.</p>\n<p>We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.</p>\n<p>To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click <a href=\"https://careers.newjob.org.uk/LBHF/content/Our-commitments/?locale=en_GB\">HERE</a>.<br><br><strong>Asking for Adjustments</strong></p>\n<p>We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process.</p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:resourcing-peopleandtalent@lbhf.gov.uk\">resourcing-peopleandtalent@lbhf.gov.uk</a> or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JU</p>\n<p>Hammersmith & Fulham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.<br> <br>Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.<br> <br>We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.</p>\n<p><strong>Closing date:</strong> 16 June 2025<br><strong>Interview date: </strong>7 July 2025<br><strong>Contact details for Informal discussion: </strong>David Gawthorpe, Team Leader on 07776672861 or via email on <a href=\"mailto:DAVID.GAWTHORPE@LBHF.GOV.UK\"><strong>DAVID.GAWTHORPE@LBHF.GOV.UK</strong></a></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£46,437 - £49,638 pro rata per annum (actual salary £12,900 - £13,789 per annum)","publishDate":"2025-05-21T08:29:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-16T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/4bcd4753-ee7a-441e-b9ea-f23f90e2b45b.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"9584dfe9-6826-4159-a33b-f9424f3ac417","title":"Pollution Control Officer","employer":"Spelthorne Borough Council","department":"","location":"Spelthorne, Council Offices - Knowle Green","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>Pollution Control Officer</strong></p>\n<p>Part-time (10 hours per week) | 12-month contract</p>\n<p>Salary £9,745 – £11,849 pa for 10 hours per week (dependent on experience)</p>\n<p>Plus an Essential car user allowance</p>\n<p><strong>Help shape a cleaner, healthier future for Spelthorne.</strong></p>\n<p>We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Pollution Control Officer to join our committed Pollution Control team.</p>\n<p>This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact and a meaningful contribution towards protecting the environment and the health of our residents — from supporting the monitoring and reviewing our Air Quality to playing an active role in delivering our new Air Quality Action Plan. You will have the opportunity to work with stakeholders and a range of environmental and development professionals as well as local businesses, to protect local air quality.</p>\n<p>You’ll also contribute to our work on contaminated land and other pollution-related matters, supporting planning, enforcement, and public protection functions.</p>\n<p>We’re looking for someone who is:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enthusiastic and self-motivated</li>\n<li>A team player with strong technical and organisational skills and good attention to detail</li>\n<li>A confident communicator, able to engage with colleagues, residents, Councillors and external partners</li>\n<li>Experienced in environmental protection work, particularly air quality, contaminated land, or wider pollution control</li>\n<li>Experienced in the interpretation and manipulation of spatial data in Geographical Information Systems</li>\n<li>Experienced in data processing utilising Excel</li>\n<li>Familiar with technical guidance and legislation concerning Local Air Quality Management</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you’re ready to apply your skills to help protect and enhance the environment in one of Surrey’s most diverse and dynamic boroughs, we’d love to hear from you.</p>\n<p>The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for customer facing posts.  These posts fall within the scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.  The Council, therefore, has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. If you have any queries or would like to discuss this further, please contact Human Resources.<strong> </strong></p>\n<p>This post is identified as a hybrid post supporting both office and home working in line with Spelthorne Borough Council’s policy. The post holder will be required to attend the office in line with a rota and any service requirements.</p>\n<p>Spelthorne Borough Council use the Microsoft Authenticator app as a secure way of accessing our network.  Successful candidates will be required to use their own mobile device to download and use Authenticator.</p>\n<p>In return, we can offer excellent conditions of service with a benefits’ package that includes flexible working hours, pension scheme and at least 23 days’ paid leave per year (pro rata for part time). </p>\n<p>Closing date: 16 June 2025 (noon)        </p>\n<p>Interview date: 16 July 2025</p>\n<p><strong>To apply please use the ‘apply online’ button at the bottom of the page.</strong></p>\n<p>CVs can only be accepted in support of a completed application form.<strong> </strong></p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to all candidates.  If we have not contacted, you within 3 weeks of the closing date then your application has been unsuccessful.</p>\n<p>All shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email after the closing date.<strong> </strong></p>\n<p><em>Working towards equal opportunities</em><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Strictly No Agencies</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"Salary £9,745 – £11,849 pa for 10 hours per week (dependent on experience) plus an Essential car user allowance","publishDate":"2025-05-21T08:22:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-16T11:00:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/40dc608e-9a9f-40ce-833e-a24f7291eb0f.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"bbdf5d45-1fbb-49ca-ac67-044f60708a5d","title":"Service Point Officer","employer":"Southwark Council","department":"","location":"Peckham","locationType":2,"description":"<div class=\"page-section\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"row jb-content\">\n<div class=\"section-content col-lg-9 col-md-9 col-sm-9 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"rich-editor-text\">\n<h2>Why Southwark?</h2>\n<p>Southwark Council is the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. 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Based at our busy front-of-house service point, you’ll be the welcoming face of the council, resolving queries, providing information, and helping people navigate their way through services such as housing, council tax, benefits, and more. This is a vital position where you’ll be engaging with customers face-to-face, often handling multiple and sometimes complex enquiries in a single visit.</p>\n<p>As a Service Point Officer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring customers receive timely and accurate responses to their concerns, often resolving matters there and then, without the need for further follow-up. Whether it’s accessing systems to find information, raising service requests, processing payments, or guiding customers through the council’s website, your support helps ensure a seamless and positive experience for every visitor. You’ll also keep accurate records and take appropriate action on requests, maintaining high standards of service and data security.</p>\n<p>This is a collaborative and fast-paced environment where every day brings something new. You’ll work closely with colleagues and services across the council, contributing to team meetings, service improvements, and ongoing training and development. 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Any internal applicants are encouraged to seek agreement from their substantive line manager if considering this is as a secondment opportunity.</p>\n<p><strong>Employee benefits:</strong></p>\n<p>You’ll join a motivated, driven, and supportive team that values each of its members and strives for excellence. You’ll also be part of a successful, high-achieving development team making a real difference to the lives of residents across the borough. In return for all your hard work, skills and experience, you will receive:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A competitive base salary (pro rata for part time staff)</li>\n<li>Strong supportive senior management team</li>\n<li>Regular one to one supervision</li>\n<li>Professional development & training opportunities</li>\n<li>Clear career development pathways</li>\n<li>Agile and flexible working arrangements</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)</li>\n<li>Season ticket and cycle loans</li>\n<li>Annual Leave starting at 27 days per year, increasing to 35 (with length of service) (pro rata for part time staff)</li>\n<li>Wellbeing programme</li>\n<li>HSF Health plan and eye care scheme</li>\n<li>EAP employee assistance programme, confidential counselling and support</li>\n<li>Social clubs and staff groups</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Guaranteed Interview Scheme:</strong></p>\n<p>As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. 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This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our </em><a href=\"https://www.southwark.gov.uk/engagement-and-consultations/southwark-stands-together\"><em><strong>Southwark Stands Together programme</strong></em></a><em>. 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This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ. </p><p>Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.</p><p>All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.</p><p>Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There’s also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p><p>London Borough of Sutton are offering an exciting opportunity to play a lead role in the continued development of Willow Rise Children’s Home. Wanting the best for our children, we are developing our current in-house residential services to best meet the needs of our children. Following significant Council investment, our new Residential Strategy seeks to bring children closer to families and the communities that they know, living in high quality provision designed around them. We are looking for Residential Care Support Workers who will be fully supported by hands on, committed managers, great access to training and a support network including our Therapeutic Support Hub.</p><p>We work within children’s social care's well-established restorative practice and trauma informed model. Sutton is fully committed to training which fosters skills and expertise around therapeutically working with and supporting children who have experienced developmental trauma. All staff will be required to undertake Restorative Practice and Trauma Informed practice training. We expect our Residential Care Support workers to offer dynamic evening routines and activities to holistic support the needs of the young people at Willow Rise.</p><p>We are a registered provision and we are working towards achieving outstanding status with a recent GOOD ofsted judgement in all areas.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p><strong>About the role</strong><br><br>Waking Night Residential Care Support Workers will provide care for the chidren living within Willow Rise Residential Services, ensuring the have healthy night time routines, preparing them for the day ahead.<br><br><strong>This will include;</strong><strong></strong></p><ul>\n<li>Maintaining a loving, caring well kempt environmnet for our children</li>\n<li>Providing healthy and appropriately stimulating evening and night time routines for our children</li>\n<li>Supporting our children to attend to their personal care needs and support with independent living skills</li>\n<li>Suppoort children to prepare for and engage with education and positive activities</li>\n<li>Safeguard our children in line with policies ensuring robust, traume informed resilient responses to incidents, missing episodes and wider safeguarding concerns</li>\n<li>Ensure that high quality records are kept which will include, incident reports, daily records, session evaluations, weekly reports, etc</li>\n</ul><p><strong>About you</strong><br><br></p><ul>\n<li>We are looking for compassionate individuals with the capacity to connect with teenagers. You will have a demonstrable track record in this. While you will bring plenty of empathy to the role, you will also be able to set and maintain boundaries with children and young people– so you will need to demonstrate patience and resilience.</li>\n<li>It would be ideal if you have experience of working with children or young people in a residential setting.</li>\n<li>You must have experience working with children with complex needs in one of the following settings - Children's residential Care, Youth Work, Targeted Youth Work or Youth Offending</li>\n<li>Ability to find and use creative ways to communicate with children, you will also be quick to learn, and willing to work<br>flexibly and innovatively to meet the changing and challenging needs of the children.</li>\n<li>Ability to form trusted relationships with young people in your care by supporting them with their social and emotional<br>development, educational achievement, whilst setting boundaries and bringing consistency to their lives as any good<br>parent would.</li>\n<li>Applying a restorative practice and trauma informed model as a therapeutic form of intervention you will help teenagers<br>make sense of their backgrounds and find a positive way forward. </li>\n<li>Must be willing to work flexibly as part of a varied shift pattern which will be late afternoon, evenings and weekends</li>\n<li>Must be willing to be innovative and creative in your practice and approach and continually explore new ways of engaging<br>and achieving positive outcomes for young people.<br><br>\n</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>General Council Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)</li>\n<li>Public Health Service Localised Flexi-time Scheme - accrual of up to 5 days per year </li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Sutton</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Car parking scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGMTYxsYV0WkCbJAHTDyEDSVwv5YDX9A/view?usp=sharing\">here.</a> We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-immigration-system-what-you-need-to-know\">GOV.UK website</a> for right to work guidance.</p><p>#LI-SR1</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£37,068 - £43,299 (£45,510 unconsolidated maximum)","publishDate":"2025-05-21T08:00:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-04T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/b89ad7d6-ab45-46b2-89b5-5e1e9515b5bc.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"1de2e477-818c-485b-9411-41a96623e209","title":"Child Protection Chair - Children Social Care","employer":"London Borough of Sutton","department":"","location":"Sutton","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Borough</strong></p><p>In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ. </p><p>Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.</p><p>All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.</p><p>Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There’s also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p><p>The London Borough of Sutton “is uncompromising in its focus on improving quality of frontline social work” – Ofsted</p><p>London Borough of Sutton works closely with Kingston University and regional partners as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP). The partnership offers staff a wide range of pre and post qualifying education opportunities to promote continuous learning and development. This includes staff being encouraged to support the practice education of Social Work students and those in the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). Staff are also given the opportunity to attend conferences, workshops and have access to research and practice resources to support their ongoing professional development.</p><p>Children's Social Care is going through an important change to meet the growing needs of the children and families we support. We are making many improvements to ensure that care for children is better and to create positive working environments for our staff. With committed leaders and experienced managers, we are bringing fresh ideas to our work and are helping to make real improvements in how we support children and families. Our aim is to provide high-quality care that helps children thrive while also creating an inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment for our staff to develop their careers.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Join Children Social Care as a Child Protection (CP) Chair on a 12 months fixed term contract and enjoy a Golden Hello along with a Recruitment and Retention Bonus, outlined as follows:</p><ul>\n<li>£1,000 paid with your first month's salary</li>\n<li>£1,000 for your first completed year of service</li>\n<li>£2,000 for your second completed year of service</li>\n<li>£3,000 for your third completed year of service and each year thereafter</li>\n</ul><p>With a total salary package of up to £62,620 (subject to pay scale), inclusive of bonuses and benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to elevate your career in social care.</p><ul>\n<li>Are you passionate about protecting children, and working with their families to make sustained change?</li>\n<li>Could you support families, agencies and social workers,  to make creative plans that focus on individual needs and keep children safe? </li>\n<li>Are you an experienced Social Worker, with management experience, looking for a new challenge?<strong><em> </em></strong>\n</li>\n</ul><p>We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Child Protection Chair within Children Social Care at the London Borough of Sutton. Our objective is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children and young people in our community<strong>. </strong>Reporting to the Senior Safeguarding Chair, your responsibilities as a Child Protection Chair will include:</p><ul>\n<li>To lead and facilitate child protection conferences, ensuring that the best interests of children are at the forefront of all discussion.</li>\n<li>Improving the protection of children by developing outcome-focussed, multi agency child protection plans, within a tight timeframe.</li>\n<li>Monitor and review progress on child protection plans, providing guidance and support to involved parties.</li>\n<li>Provide training and support to staff and agencies on child protection processes and procedures.</li>\n<li>Stay updated on current legislation, best practices, and research in child protection and safeguarding.</li>\n</ul><p>You will work as part of a small team of Child Protection Chairs, where your skills in analysing complex information alongside the ability to communicate with both families and agencies, will support the service to deliver our statutory objectives. CP Chairs work collaboratively with social workers, educators, health professionals, and other stakeholders to develop comprehensive safety plans. Your knowledge and experience of  social work, safeguarding and restorative practice, will be essential to enable and encourage a strength based approach to delivering our services. There will also be an expectation that you will provide cover for the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). This will involve chairing meetings related to an allegation against a professional, in either their work or personal life.  </p><p>If you are an experienced Social Worker with management experience that is looking for a new challenge, we want to hear from you. You will join a supportive and experienced team and will enjoy opportunities for joint working and professional development. </p><p>For more information about the role and/or an informal conversation, view the Role Profile or contact Denise Walford, Senior CP Chair on denise.walford@sutton.gov.uk or Karen Wells, Safeguarding Manager on karen.walls@sutton.gov.uk</p><p>This role is a great opportunity for:</p><ul>\n<li>Experienced social workers with a strong background in child protection and line management , gained at Assistant /Team Manager level. If you are passionate about growing your career, this role is an opportunity that focuses on chairing and facilitating critical discussions that impact children's lives.  </li>\n<li>Current and Former Child Protection professionals who have significant experience in child welfare, social work, or safeguarding roles and are looking to take a leadership position in child protection within a Local Authority.</li>\n</ul><p>In addition, we would expect suitable candidates to fulfil the following competencies:</p><ul>\n<li>Be a qualified Social Worker with a relevant professional qualification in Social Work and registered with Social Work England</li>\n<li>Line management experience gained at Assistant or Team Manager level.</li>\n<li>Significant experience in child protection and safeguarding, with strong understanding of child protection legislation, local authority processes, and multi-agency collaboration.</li>\n<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with families in a sensitive manner and make sound decisions in complex and challenging situations.</li>\n<li>Ability to work at Sutton Civic Offices up to 3 days a week</li>\n</ul><p>Our strong, accessible, and supportive management culture creates a positive team environment that promotes regular supervision and encourages continuous professional development for staff. Join us on this journey to create an environment where both the children in our care and our staff can thrive and succeed in their everyday lives.</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>General Council Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)</li>\n<li>Public Health Service Localised Flexi-time Scheme - accrual of up to 5 days per year </li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Sutton</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Car parking scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGMTYxsYV0WkCbJAHTDyEDSVwv5YDX9A/view?usp=sharing\">here.</a> We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. 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We developed and built temporary accommodation for families, and purpose built supported accommodation for single homeless residents and continue to look for opportunities for permanent and temporary housing solutions. We have just launched our ambitious Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 which aims to end the use of bed and breakfast accommodation, promote independence and wellbeing, and maximise the use of the private rented sector for homelessness prevention and relief. We are working closely with partners to deliver innovative and appropriate options to facilitate discharge from hospital and prevent admissions.</p>\n<p>In addition to all this, the Council is embarking on an ambitious housing delivery programme to meet the housing needs of local residents, including a significant proportion of affordable homes.</p>\n<p>To support this work, we are looking for a new Strategic Lead for Housing. A large part of the role is to proactively engage with internal colleagues and external partners to enable affordable housing delivery. You will develop and lead the Council’s effective partnerships with Registered Providers and Homes England, as well as representing the housing service on internal development working groups in order to achieve this.</p>\n<p>Together with your solid understanding of the economic and social issues that affect housing supply and demand locally, you will have a proven track record and significant experience in strategy policy and preparation. You will be an expert in housing and homelessness legislation as you will need to translate guidance, best practice, and case law into understandable and workable solutions.</p>\n<p>You will be comfortable working with numbers and data in spreadsheets and databases and be able to translate the same into plain English for a variety of audiences. You will be able to use this data to not only drive business cases and funding bids, which will see new services commissioned in line with the Council’s strategic aims, but also to contract manage existing services. To do this effectively, you will need excellent ICT skills.</p>\n<p>You will lead a small but effective team which you will be expected to coach and support. You will also support the Team Manager, Housing Options to ensure the Council’s statutory homelessness service is run according to legislation, statutory guidance, case law and best practice.</p>\n<p>This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark in Spelthorne, and in doing so, support some of the most vulnerable residents in our community.</p>\n<p>This post is identified as a hybrid post supporting both office and home working in line with Spelthorne Borough Council’s policy. 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Housing Resolutions Officer

Brent Council

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Salary range: £38,934 - £40,755 p.a. inc. London weighting

Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex (Hybrid)

Posted 40 minutes ago

Stock Condition Surveyor

Peabody

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£43,830

London (On-Site)

Posted 9 hours ago

Bookings, Cancellation and TA Tracking Officer x 2

London Borough of Hounslow

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£39, 855 - £42,324 per annum

Hounslow (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Food Safety Environmental Health Officer / Food Safety Officer

Camden Council

Camden Council logo

£40,000 - £74,999

London (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Area Housing Manager (Housing Officer)

Runnymede Borough Council

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Annual Salary £32,957 - £40,607 (depending on experience)

Runnymede Borough Council, Addlestone (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Democratic Services Officer

Spelthorne Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council logo

£27,683 - £37,298, 202 per annum Plus 15% market supplement until 31 December 2025

Spelthorne (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Deputy Service Manager

Social Interest Group

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£30,000

58 Bowmans Close (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Executive Administrator

Social Interest Group

Social Interest Group logo

£30,600

1 Waterloo Gardens, London (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Relief Bank: Night Concierge - Greater London Area

Social Interest Group

Social Interest Group logo

£13.85 p/h

1 Waterloo Gardens, London (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Libraries and Heritage Lead (Future Culture)

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames logo

£57,663 - £63,159

Kingston (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Contracts and Accreditation Officer

London Borough of Ealing

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£43,299.00 - £46,512.00 pa inclusive (Grade 10)

Ealing (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Commissioning and Projects Engineer

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

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£37,068 - £45,510

Kingston (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Exploitation Support Worker

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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£44,430 - £47,628

Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Fostering Panel Vice Chair

Southwark Council

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£230 - £400 per day

Tooley Street, Southwark, London , Southwark, Peckham, Orient Street Short Breaks, London, SE11 4SR, London Bridge, Castlemead Estate, Camden, Peckham and Southwark, London (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Thames Strategy Officer

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

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£46,437 - £49,638 pro rata per annum (actual salary £12,900 - £13,789 per annum)

Hammersmith and Fulham (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Pollution Control Officer

Spelthorne Borough Council

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Salary £9,745 – £11,849 pa for 10 hours per week (dependent on experience) plus an Essential car user allowance

Spelthorne, Council Offices - Knowle Green (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Service Point Officer

Southwark Council

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Salary Range (Full time equivalent) £34,275 - £40,344

Peckham (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

Waking Night - Residential Care Support Workers

London Borough of Sutton

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£37,068 - £43,299 (£45,510 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Child Protection Chair - Children Social Care

London Borough of Sutton

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£47,532 - £55,620 (£57,663 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

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Spelthorne Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council logo

£61,118 - £65,146 per annum, plus essential car allowance

Spelthorne (Hybrid)

Posted 1 day ago

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