What skills and experience we're looking for

To succeed in this role, the successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, motivated, friendly and well-organised individual who is able to work effectively with a range of colleagues as well as self-manage their own tasks and workload.

The successful candidate will have suitable experience working within an administrative environment, preferably in a school administration office. The person appointed will make a significant contribution to the smooth running of this important area of school operations and will be supported by the school Operations Director and wider office team.

The successful candidate will be hardworking, honest, dependable and self-motivated in order to uphold the ethos, aims and values of the School and Trust.

The role will involve:

• Being the first line respondent for whole school general enquiries;
• Providing administrative support across the whole of the school;
• Responding to community, parent/carer, teacher and pupil enquiries;
• Undertaking organisation and administration for school trips and residentials;
• Designing and create a range of letters, documents and posters using Microsoft products;
• Updating school databases as required using school-based systems such as Arbor MIS, Class Dojo, Parent Pay, Parago and Financial suites such as PSF, Iris or Access;
• Assisting with school events;
• Liaising with staff, outside agencies, parents and other schools as appropriate.

We're looking for you if you have:

• The ability to effectively manage your own time and prioritise work in a demanding environment;
• High level communication abilities and excellent IT skills in a range of software applications;
• Key attributes include a friendly, yet professional manner, and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• The ability to work effectively and positively within a team.

What the school offers its staff

In the role you would be instrumental in supporting our amazing pupils, assisting them and our teachers by creating a culture of success, ensuring our pupils have a positive attitude to learning to increase their life chances, attainment and social and emotional development and providing a professional administrative service to our parents, Community, Senior Leaders, and Teachers. We consequently offer a friendly, vibrant working environment with great benefits and opportunities for development and progression for those people prepared to work for it.

What can we offer you?

• A generous annual leave entitlement;
• Access to either the Local Government or the Teacher Pension Scheme;
• Competitive pay, reward and benefits;
• A committed Voluntary Living Wage employer;
• Access to a range of career opportunities;
• Additional staff leave benefits to those in place nationally;

Commitment to safeguarding

Community First Academy Trust are committed to rigorous safeguarding procedures and consistently promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory Enhanced DBS Disclosures. Any offer of employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced criminal record with barred list through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical clearance, references and verification of your qualifications satisfactory to the Trust.

Bay6, our Supported Housing Project for 16 – 24 year olds based in Leyland, Lancashire has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our passionate team. Are you committed to making a difference to the lives of young people? Are you up for a new opportunity and challenge?

Our young people say.....

‘Bay6 is special in more than one way'

‘It's a step to a brighter future'

‘Staff taught me to believe in myself'

‘It's like a second family to me'

The service is made up of 3 buildings across 2 sites:

Bay6 - 6 bedrooms with communal areas including staff offices

Haddon Lodge - 5 one bedroom flats

Belgrave Court - 6 one bedroom flats

Shift pattern

9:30pm – 8:30am with a 30 minute unpaid break

The 37 hour post is 4 nights per week on a rota basis which covers Monday to Sunday. Based on a 4 on 4 off rota with another colleague

Objectives of Service

Bay6 provides a safe environment to offer holistic approach to young people to enable them to gain and develop the skills needed to live independently through one to one support and group work. Support Workers work alongside the young people to assess their needs and goals and develop individual plans to ensure we are working together towards positive outcomes.

Some of the Key Responsibilities include:

To lone work for parts of the shift and to be awake throughout the night on site.
To ensure health & safety routines are carried out within the building.
To safeguard the young people within the service.
To record in line with Barnardo's recording policy.
To ensure young people adhere to the rules of the service.
Essential Requirements:

Experience of working with Young People and/or vulnerable adults.
Able to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding.
IT literate with the ability to accurately record information.
Our Mission statement

‘To provide a safe, friendly and appropriate environment where young people are supported, enabled and empowered to prepare for independent living'

For more information about the role, please contact Cathy Trengove cathy.trengove@barnardos.org.uk

When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification & Job Description.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

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Woodhey is seeking to appoint a well organised and diligent Examination and Support Officer to join their friendly team! Your role will be to organise and deliver the examination process in the school, carrying out administrative duties relating to all aspects of examination entries and results, and support the Headteacher/Senior Manager in the support and management of Operational activities. Woodhey is a high achieving and inclusive 11-16 community comprehensive school. We are committed to providing a secure and caring learning environment for all our pupils and we ask our pupils to achieve, care and enjoy. Our aim is to develop highly educated, well-rounded, considerate and confident young people who are willing and able to contribute to society. There are currently 1112 pupils on the school roll.This is an exciting time to join #TeamWoodhey! We are on a real journey of improvement, taking rapid action to make our school the centre of excellence our students deserve. Everything we do is underpinned by our values of Respect and Excellence, and putting students at the heart of what we do. We equip staff with the knowledge, skills and support to flourish in their roles through our Staff Pledge and welfare package. Teachers and students are equipped with an iPad, to support responsive teaching and allow our students to flourish. We are already seeing the impact of our changes, having seen our students achieve the best results in the school’s history in 2023.Do you want to be a part of our exciting team on this exciting journey? Contact us to arrange a visit or complete the application form; we cannot wait to hear from you!
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
In our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships. We are currently at an exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration at the heart of our collective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value the power of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague is left behind. We are currently co-constructing an aligned curriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects, to create a world class curriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standards through the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each school sufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context. A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload for colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum. Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment: An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays) Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.Free Eye TestsCycle to work schemeAccess to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust. We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one. Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders. Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.Participating in peer reviews.Access to a suite of online courses.Placement projects within our family of schools.Actual Salary: £23,609-£26,008 Working hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days inset

What skills and experience we're looking for

Woodhey is seeking to appoint a well organised and diligent Examination and Support Officer to join their friendly team!

Your role will be to organise and deliver the examination process in the school, carrying out administrative duties relating to all aspects of examination entries and results, and support the Headteacher/Senior Manager in the support and management of Operational activities.

This is an exciting time to join #TeamWoodhey! We are on a real journey of improvement, taking rapid action to make our school the centre of excellence our students deserve. Everything we do is underpinned by our values of Respect and Excellence, and putting students at the heart of what we do. We equip staff with the knowledge, skills and support to flourish in their roles through our Staff Pledge and welfare package. Teachers and students are equipped with an iPad, to support responsive teaching and allow our students to flourish. We are already seeing the impact of our changes, having seen our students achieve the best results in the school’s history in 2024.

Do you want to be a part of our exciting team on this exciting journey? Contact us to arrange a visit or complete the application form; we cannot wait to hear from you!

What the school offers its staff

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme

• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.

• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Children’s Residential Support Worker Full Time

* Experience is not essential – the desire to help others is
* A UK manual driving licence is required – but you don’t need a car
* Hourly rates from £11.59 up to £12.54 – depending on location & qualification
* Sleep-in rate is £78 – full time staff can expect up to 8 per month
* £500 Welcome Bonus - once you pass probation period of 6 months
* £1000 Refer A Friend scheme – maybe you know someone who would make a great support worker

We are looking to recruit people to support children and young people in a residential home setting. Residential support roles require long day shifts with the ability to do sleep-ins at the home overnight.

ROC Northwest holds an envious reputation offering high quality residential care and education for children and young people with adverse childhood experiences and who may also be living with

Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Location: Leyland
System: EMIS Web

We are currently seeking 2 experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) to cover the following dates:

• 31st December 2024
• 2nd January 2025

Key Requirements:

• Registered Nurse (NMC registered)
• Previous experience as an ANP in general practice
• Competence in performing nursing procedures
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong communication skills and a compassionate approach to patient care

Service Care Solutions are currently working with a charity to fill a long term contract for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker. This role will be closely managing a caseload of Opiate, Alcohol and Non-Opiate cohort.

Key role and responsibilities for Recovery Worker

• Completing Comprehensive Assessments
• Managing a high caseload of complex cases
• Completing Care Plans & Risk Assessments
• Working closely with Substance Misuse clients
• Deliver harm reduction advice for needle & syringe, recovery interventions, blood borne virus intervention and overdose prevention
• Enable service users to access education, employment services, health services, and wellbeing & recovery support activities

Minimum requirements for Recovery Worker

• Knowledge of completing Comprehensive Assessments
• Experience managing a high caseload of complex clients
• Able to manage a mixed caseload of Opiate, Alcohol and Non-opiate cohort
• Excellent safeguarding knowledge
• Comfortable working in a busy environment
• Able to identify risks and take appropriate action

Our client has over 30 years' experience in delivering exceptional care and support to adults and young people across the UK. They focus on providing support for the 'journey' of those suffering from Alcohol & Drug addiction from start to finish offering a variety of services.

What we offer for a Recovery Worker

• Competitive Rate of £20-23 PH depending on experience
• Fantastic £250 referral bonus
• £150 sign up bonus

If you want to hear more about this Substance Misuse Recovery Worker role please send us your CV by clicking 'apply now'!

Service Care Solutions are working with a national, leading provider within Substance Misuse to fill a position for a Non Medical Prescriber.

This is a Contract role, looking for an experienced NMP to begin working as soon as possible.

As directed by the NMP Lead, Assistant Medical Director and the Services Medical Lead you will be part of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team delivering recovery orientated alcohol and drug intervention services.

The Non Medical Prescriber will be responsible for:

• Assess, diagnose, plan; implement and evaluate treatment and interventions and care for service users.
• Clinically assess service user needs and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Diagnose and manage on an individual needs basis, integrating both drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan, in conjunction with the Recovery Coordinator.
• Identify and assess suitability of service users for in-patient alcohol and opioid detoxification as appropriate.
• Proactively review and manage clinical treatment plans of the service user.
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to service user needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local protocols, and within scope of practice.
• Work with service users to support concordance to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed, illicit and over-the-counter medication, including side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the service user in complex, urgent or emergency situations seeking immediate advice and direction from the Clinical Lead if needed.
• Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Assess, update and refer service users for BBV vaccination and immunisation programmes. Support service users to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles.

Service Care Solutions are currently working with a charity to fill a long term contract for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker. This role will be closely managing a caseload of Opiate, Alcohol and Non-Opiate cohort.

Key role and responsibilities for Recovery Worker

• Completing Comprehensive Assessments
• Managing a high caseload of complex cases
• Completing Care Plans & Risk Assessments
• Working closely with Substance Misuse clients
• Deliver harm reduction advice for needle & syringe, recovery interventions, blood borne virus intervention and overdose prevention
• Enable service users to access education, employment services, health services, and wellbeing & recovery support activities

Minimum requirements for Recovery Worker

• Knowledge of completing Comprehensive Assessments
• Experience managing a high caseload of complex clients
• Able to manage a mixed caseload of Opiate, Alcohol and Non-opiate cohort
• Excellent safeguarding knowledge
• Comfortable working in a busy environment
• Able to identify risks and take appropriate action

Our client has over 30 years' experience in delivering exceptional care and support to adults and young people across the UK. They focus on providing support for the 'journey' of those suffering from Alcohol & Drug addiction from start to finish offering a variety of services.

What we offer for a Recovery Worker

• Competitive Rate of £20-23 PH depending on experience
• Fantastic £250 referral bonus
• £150 sign up bonus

If you want to hear more about this Substance Misuse Recovery Worker role please send us your CV by clicking 'apply now'!

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Student Services and SIMS Manager to join our Student Services team at one of our high schools based in Preston.

This is a full-time, temporary position with the potential to become permanent. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing first-line support to assist student queries and managing the SIMS database.

Your new role

• Maintain and manage the SIMS database.
• Handling student attendance, liaising with the Attendance Manager for students who remain unaccounted for, sending alerts to parents, and monitoring responses.
• Assist with administration, data extraction, and timetabling changes.
• Manage the planning and development of student support services.
• Complete and submit DfE Statutory census returns.
• Performing administrative duties for student events such as parent's evenings and career events.
• Manage the administration for Year 7 or in-year transitions, including creating and distributing new starter packs, liaising with feeder schools, and attending Year 6 transition events.
• Organise and administer student support services, including student lockers, lunch passes, detentions, lost property, subject enquiries and absence requests.
• Creating and preparing the academic year and closing, inputting student information, and creating reports and timetables as required.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience with SIMS is ideal but not essential.
• Experience of working in a similar role within an educational setting is essential.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, students, and parents.
• Proficiency in data management and extraction.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this school administration role in Preston, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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There is no better time to start a career within our Administration team than now!
Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?
If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment, then look no further and apply today!
We are looking for a receptionist/administrator to work at Oliver House School which educates pupils with autism and significant learning difficulties. This role offers the successful candidate a variety of responsibilities:
General reception duties, answering telephones, taking messages, transferring calls.
Welcoming visitors.
Supporting Teachers & Teaching Assistants with requests for class groups.
Health & Safety responsibilities and file maintenance.
Daily delivery management and stock management.
Creating education materials.
Opening and distributing posts.
Typing documents for pupil files.
Annual ArchivingThe successful candidate will be professional with a friendly telephone manner and have the ability to take accurate messages and field calls efficiently. We are looking for a candidate with administration experience who will work closely with the Senior Administrator who will provide full training and support in the role. The successful candidates will understand the importance of confidentiality and safeguarding and be welcoming to pupils, staff and visitors.
Within your role you will be required to support staff and pupils throughout the day with various administrative requests, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate qualities of being a team player and will have flexible approach to the role with some understanding of the daily challenges faced by our pupils and staff. A good working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel is essential, and a driving licence is desirable as there maybe a requirement to visit other sites on occasion.
This is a busy but extremely rewarding role, within a friendly team. We offer training and career opportunities, appropriate to your role.
Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!
Oliver House School is an independent specialist school for boys and girls aged 6 to 19 who have mild, moderate and severe autism and associated complex learning needs, behaviours that may challenge and/or associated anxiety.
As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.
The successful candidate will be able to adapt to company systems and have a good level of English and Maths to fulfil the role. If you can multitask and enjoy being part of a busy environment and have the following characteristics:
Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Positive working relationships, teamwork and communication play a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
Organisation –You will need to be confident and organised in general office duties, minute taking and handling student records.
Attentive – No two tasks are the same, so being attentive to greet all visitors, answering telephone calls, booking in appointments, as well as scheduling reviews with other professions.
Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.
If you want to progress your career working in Education, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.
Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life? Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care. We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support a client based in Croston. Full training will be given to set you on your path to being a Care Support Assistant, where you will be paid a competitive rate of pay after completion of training. We offer you time to do the training before you start whilst we carry out our recruitment processes. This job involves days and waking nights and attracts a competitive rate of pay (after completion of training). We offer excellent benefits such as: Good Rate of Pay Paid annual holiday leave Pension scheme entitlement Full training Confidential employee assistance helpline Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care Career progression Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners Refer a friend scheme Online employee portal - where information and self-service is available Employee feedback surveys and recognition Your responsibilities as our Care Support Assistant will include: Assisting and supporting vulnerable clients to enable them to live the life they choose (where possible) to promote their independence. Your role will include, companionship, supporting with housework, running errands and supporting with preparing and cooking meals. Administering medication may be required. Skills and Experience required of our Care Support Assistant: You are required to have good communication skills and have a desire to care for others. Possessing a UK full driving license and having some previous experience would be advantageous. Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role. If you have any questions please contact our friendly Recruitment team on: 01606 331 217 to register your interest.

Company: Service Care Solutions
Trust: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Chorley CMHT, PR5

Position: Mental Health Practitioner
Specialisation: Community Mental Health Team

Shift Pattern: Full-time | Monday - Friday | 9am - 5pm
Pay Rate: Day £27

About Us: Service Care Solutions is a leading healthcare recruitment agency specialising in connecting dedicated healthcare professionals with enriching opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• The assessment of needs, planning and delivery of care, from assessment to discharge from services.
• Implementing & evaluating care plans collaboratively with services users, carers & other professionals.
• Support the caseload, oversee, and manage the risk by carrying out clinical risk assessments and mitigating risks.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Fully enhanced valid DBS
• Must have NMC registration.
• Must have experience providing mental health assessments.

Benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Free training
• Fully enhanced DBS check provided free of charge.
• Competitive pay rates
• Exceptional referral bonuses
• Specialist consultants offering single point of contact.

Rate Breakdown
£27ph LTD | £24.29 PAYE Inclusive | £21.68 Exclusive

We offer a £250 bonus for starting a contract with SCS.

Furthermore, if you know anyone looking for work and you refer them across, we offer a £250 referral bonus per person.

If this role is of interest to you, please respond to this advert with an up-to-date copy of your CV, contacting Chloe on 01772 208963 or chloe.akeroyd@servicecare.org.uk

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a full time Service Manager for the Bay Acute and Urgent Care Service line. The successful candidate would be expected to cover the Bay Locality with the option of being based in Lancaster, Kendal or Barrow in Furness. The Bay is a great place to work and has an embedded supportive team approach to delivering mental health services to the population.

The post holder will be responsible for the operational management of acute and urgent care services within the Bay. They will ensure that service lines deliver patient pathways that meet all quality and operational performance targets and that these are monitored and tracked. The post holder will lead, develop and manage teams within their portfolio to ensure that the services provide high quality care to service users. There will be a strong focus on patient flow. They will be required to lead on change across the Bay


The post holder will work closely with a wide range of internal colleagues as well as external stakeholders.


For more information please contact Rachel Horrobin (Associate Director of Operations) rachel.horrobin@lscft.nhs.uk

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.


The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.


Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.


For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Dec 2024

Summary

Job Description for Operations and Technical Support:

NNL is where your understanding of reactors fuels the nation. As part of our Fuel Reactor & Reprocessing capability, you'll play a vital role in developing the UK fuel cycle in line with advances in new technology and new processes. As old reactors reach the end of their lifespan, we need experts like you, with the technical skills to virtually model scenarios that not only enable us to explore new ways of managing the inputs and outputs of reactors, but also pave the way for the implementation of smaller, cleaner revolutionary new reactors. This is a place where you can use your knowledge and expertise to do long term meaningful work for years to come.

An exciting opportunity to join the Advanced Fuels team who are developing the next generation nuclear fuels in support of the UK's net zero ambition. The role involves the manufacture and characterisation of advanced nuclear fuel material using modern facilities at NNL's Preston Laboratory and reporting the results to the customer to time, cost and quality.

The work is primarily laboratory-based where you will be operating bespoke fuel fabrication equipment to produce fuel material which is then characterised using a suite of cutting-edge analytical equipment such as scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetry, laser flash analysis and x-ray diffraction.

This role predominantly focuses on the production and characterisation of test pellets to ensure the quality of the fuel produced by Westinghouse Ltd meets regulatory as well as customer specifications.

The role supports the delivery of technical programmes of work to the customer on time to cost and to satisfactory quality, working closely with project managers and providing technical guidance and advice as required. NNL strives to develop and maintain a pipeline of skilled talent in order to ensure continued delivery to its long-term customers.

You will be required to work to high degrees of accuracy and with fixed timelines to meet customer deadlines and requirement, whilst maintaining good laboratory practice and complying with regulatory and company policies / procedures e.g. safety, risk, quality, security.

Main Responsibilities for Operations and Technical Support:

• Deliver technical work to the satisfaction of the customer to time, cost and quality.
• Promote and maintain key relationships (internal & external) for efficient and effective project delivery.
• Provide technical support to the Westinghouse Pellet Lab program. Ensuring the delivery of high quality outputs.
• Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy alongside procedures applicable to the role i.e. Safety, quality, security, risk etc.
• Work Flexibly to ensure work is completed with a high degree of quality to meet customer requirement.
• Appointment to AP-NM (Approved Person for Nuclear Movements), involving accountability for safely carrying out movements of nuclear materials, including accurate record keeping and documentation (Separate assessment required).
• Keep well-informed of the latest technical developments in the field which are relevant to the project.
• Produce and maintain accurate records of experimental data.
  

Essential Criteria for Operations and Technical Support:

• Experience of working within a highly regulated industry.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.
• Demonstrable ability to work with hazardous materials performing intricate tasks and maintain GLP.
• Ability to work with a high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated questioning attitude and safety conscious.
• Experience working within a Quality Control / Assurance type laboratory.
• Data taking / analysis skills with accuracy.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Operations and Technical Support:

• Experience working with uranic or hazardous powders.
• Degree level education in a relevant scientific or engineering subject.
• Prior experience of analytical techniques used to characterize nuclear fuel, for example, Scanning electron microscopy, Laser flash analysis, Thermogravimetric analysis.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.