Total 119 Human Resources job vacancies in Southend, SS2 6GG

Your new organisation
Southend on Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community. We employ around 1,800 staff who are working alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the city vision and make lives better for the people of Southend.

Working for Southend on Sea City Council offers a challenging and rewarding career in local government within a collaborative and innovate environment, with the benefit of flexible working practices to support a positive worklife balance. As a Unitary Authority, we are responsible for all local government functions ranging from social services, transport, public health and parks through to planning, trading standards, community safety and education, so we offer a wide range of career opportunities. The diversity of our economy and communities and investment in several exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a great place to work, learn and make a difference.

Your new role
Southend on sea city council is dedicated to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment for children and families. We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional to lead our Family, Early Years and Childcare programs, ensuring that high quality service is delivered consistently. This contract is offered on a full-time and permanent basis.
As a Head of service (Family, early years and childcare services), you will provide strategic vision, leadership and direction to raise standards and drive forward continuous quality improvement in the Family, Early Years and Childcare Service, leading to improving outcomes for young children and their families. You will ensure that Southend council meets its statutory responsibilities relating to quality and safeguarding in Early Years Education and Childcare provision, including access to advice, training and support.

You will promote, model and exemplify the knowledge, skills and understanding of how young children learn and develop, including those with additional needs, so that quality of provision is striving to be at least good. You will work within Southend City Council's safeguarding policy and framework to monitor and manage potential risk within the area of responsibility.

This is a new post responsible for the management of a wide range of services for children, families and settings (including schools). These include:

* Early Years and Childcare Improvement Manager

* Family Centre Manager

* HAF co-ordinator

* Early Years Education and sufficiency Manager

* Early Years SEND Manager

* Wrap around childcare co-ordinator

The total number of staff in the service is approximately 40. The total anticipated budget responsibility in 2024/25 is anticipated to be £18.8 million. The post holder will be part of the Education, Inclusion Early Years senior leadership team.

You are expected to operate flexibly to support delivery of services and from time to time will be required to undertake responsibilities outside the normal remit of your role description as required by the line manager, which will broadly be commensurate with the job level and scope of competence. These duties will be subject to regular appraisal and any amendments will be made in consultation and agreement with the post holder.

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What you'll need to succeed
The successful candidate will have significant experience in one or more of the services above and, ideally, have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). We are looking for someone with high level interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide strong leadership across the sector. It is vital that you have proven experience and knowledge of early intervention, SEND, EY funding and multi-agency working. You will also be part of the departmental senior leadership team, so will need to have a strategic vision and understanding of a whole range of education services, 0-25. The ability to develop and maintain strategic partnerships is highly essential for this role.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have excellent knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practices in either early years and childcare or family services.
The post will require the need to be mobile and move around the city, so a full clean driving licence with access to your own vehicle will be advantageous but not essential.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training. A full list of benefits provided by Southend Council can be viewed on the "Why Work For Us?" tab.

Salary: £67,901 in year 1, rising to £75,445 after 12 months

Teachers' pay and conditions will be considered if preferred by the successful candidate.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above, so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able to. Southend-on-Sea City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.

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Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent YOS Officer.To ensure that the Council provides a first class professional service within the Youth Justice Service (YJS) by working for a needs-led service to children, young people and their families in order to prevent offending and re-offending.

You will be required to regularly write assessments and/or reports on young people and their families for court, panels and professional meetings.The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to engage young people and their families whilst they are on a court order. Ensure adherence to YJB policies and practices including performance indicators and national standards, ensuring timeliness of assessment and reviews. Adhere to corporate and departmental policies and practices including providing all data as and when required. You will manage highly complex cases that pose significant risk to others in the community. This could include young people involved in harmful sexual behaviour, gangs/County Lines [serious youth violence].

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you must be able to work in the UK. You must have a relevant professional qualification to degree level (or equivalent) in Youth Justice, Careers, Education & Guidance, Youth & Community, Probation Service or Social Work and be currently working in the Youth Sector. Extensive experience of undertaking assessments and writing reports.Experience of assessing and managing the risk of harm to others and protecting the public, managing the safety and well-being of young people both in the community and custody. Have a good knowledge of how to manage the risks young people pose to re-offending with evidence of continuing professional development and extensive knowledge of methods of youth justice intervention, child protection and prevention.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

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

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Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Please note, a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Mac Operator/Artworker | Southend on Sea

As one of the UK’s fastest-growing printers, Solopress is always looking for great people to join our very friendly and hardworking team. Due to expansion, we are now looking for an experienced Mac Operator/Artworker to join us here in Southend on Sea, Essex.

Working Hours

Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm (40 hours per week)

Responsibilities

• Preparing customer artwork to a print ready standard for our workflow alongside sending proofs to customers for their approval.
• Using our admin software to book approved jobs onto our workflow and use pitstop/Acrobat to preflight print files.
• Liaising with customers to resolve issues with their artwork and answering queries about the proof.

Role Requirements

• Good working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (mainly illustrator and InDesign).
• Familiar with spot colours, overprint and paper sizes would be advantageous.

What can you expect in return?

• Workplace pension
• Hybrid working (following a training period)
• Access to discounts at hundreds of high-street retailers
• 24/7 GP services
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff incentives

Company

Solopress is an online print company based in Essex, serving UK businesses and print resellers since 1999. We currently hold the title of PrintWeek’s Company of the Year, the most prestigious award in our industry.

We are proud of the positive workplace culture we have built at Solopress, through policies and practices that ensure everyone can contribute to our shared success.

Throughout procurement and production, the company champions sustainable working practices, responsibly sourced materials and recyclable products.

With super-fast turnaround times, excellent print quality and exceptional customer service, Solopress is the UK’s most trusted printer, with over 35,000 Trustpilot reviews.

What’s next? It’s easy! Click “APPLY” now! We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent YOS Officer.To ensure that the Council provides a first class professional service within the Youth Justice Service (YJS) by working for a needs-led service to children, young people and their families in order to prevent offending and re-offending.

You will be required to regularly write assessments and/or reports on young people and their families for court, panels and professional meetings.The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to engage young people and their families whilst they are on a court order. Ensure adherence to YJB policies and practices including performance indicators and national standards, ensuring timeliness of assessment and reviews. Adhere to corporate and departmental policies and practices including providing all data as and when required. You will manage highly complex cases that pose significant risk to others in the community. This could include young people involved in harmful sexual behaviour, gangs/County Lines [serious youth violence].

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you must be able to work in the UK. You must have a relevant professional qualification to degree level (or equivalent) in Youth Justice, Careers, Education & Guidance, Youth & Community, Probation Service or Social Work and be currently working in the Youth Sector. Extensive experience of undertaking assessments and writing reports.Experience of assessing and managing the risk of harm to others and protecting the public, managing the safety and well-being of young people both in the community and custody. Have a good knowledge of how to manage the risks young people pose to re-offending with evidence of continuing professional development and extensive knowledge of methods of youth justice intervention, child protection and prevention.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

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

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Your new role
Southend Council have an exciting opportunity for a permanent full-time Social Worker to join the Ageing Well West Service.

Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, you are required to be onsite at the Civic Centre a minimum of 2 days a week.

The Ageing Well Service provides assessment and review functions for older aged adults and older adults with mental ill health. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Social Worker to work in Southend-on-Sea.This post is crucial to the delivery of person-centred care assessments and supporting adults to remain as independent as possible. Working alongside health colleagues to prevent adults from being admitted to long term residential care and supporting interdependence with the community, you will support adults and their carers as a 'change agent' to build on their strengths, assets and abilities to self-manage.
If you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective, we would want to hear from you.

In return, we will offer professional supervision, appraisal and regular training.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

You must have current experience of working in the Adult Social Care sector and have the ability to build excellent working relationships with other agencies/professionals at all levels. You will need to be able to scope out community assets to better inform those people we work with.You must have knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, skills in assessment of carers and the ability to provide support and guidance to carers is essential.You need to have experience of applying the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and managing adult safeguarding enquiries or have a good understanding/knowledge if no direct experience is available.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend City Council's Adult Prevention Team have a fantastic opportunity currently for a full-time, permanent adult experienced Senior Social Worker.

There has never been a better time to join their team and participate in growing the service to be innovative, creative and providing high quality support to people when they need it most. The main aim of the team is to use a strength-based approach to enable people to live safely in the community, maximising their abilities to care for themselves and to support carers to continue in their caring role as long as they are able to. The team work creatively with people and their carers to empower them and identify individual and community based assets.The successful candidate will support the Team Manager in providing expert leadership and professional guidance to a team of Social Workers and Social Care Assessors. As well as taking a professional lead when required for Care Act (2014) Assessments and statutory reviews, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards safeguarding enquiries and Mental Capacity Act (2005) assessment /chairing 'best interest' meetings.

Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, you are required to be on-site at the Civic Centre a minimum of 2 days a week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

You must have post 3 years+ experience as a social worker within the adult community sector. You need to have the ability to build excellent working relationships with other agencies/professionals at all levels. You will need to be able to scope out community assets to better inform those people we work with.

You must have knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, skills in assessment of carers and the ability to provide support and guidance to carers is essential.You need to have experience of applying the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and managing adult safeguarding enquiries or have a good understanding/knowledge if no direct experience is available.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

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

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Southend-on-Sea City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent mental health experienced Social Worker to join the newly formed Adult Mental Health Team.Working with a sometimes complex caseload, you will undertake Care Act Assessments, review existing Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Tribunal Reports, Court of Protection Reviews and act as a Social Supervisor for restricted patients under the Mental Health Act.
As a professional Social Worker, you will support adults aged 18 and over, young people transitioning to adult social care and their carers, playing a key role in promoting independence, wellbeing, and choice by providing a proactive, preventative, strength-based social work service. Working directly with individuals and their carers, to help them understand their strengths, assets, and desired outcomes; empowering them to identify and build solutions that enable them to lead safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives.
The council encourages and supports all qualified social workers with 2 years' post registered experience to achieve and maintain additional qualifications and assume additional responsibilities.These qualifications are currently:

• Approved Mental Health Practitioner
• Practice Educator
• Best Interest Assessor

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving the lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others & being open to new ideas.Hybrid working opportunities are available.

However, a flexible approach is needed as you will be required to be on site a minimum of 2 days a week, and it is essential that you are a car driver and have access to a vehicle.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

Current experience within Adult Social Work is essential, previous mental health experience would be beneficial to the post.You will ideally have experience in working within a local authority setting and be able to demonstrate your commitment to effective team working.As a social worker you will need to have: - excellent communication skills; be proficient with using various computer systems and programmes; a good manager of time and be able to work under pressure; working experience of knowledge of working with adults and older people; experience of safeguarding; and experience of undertaking Mental Capacity Act assessments.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.


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

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time Children's Brokerage Officer within a 12-month fixed-term contract.

As the newly appointed Brokerage Officer, you will need to contribute to achieving improved outcomes for Children in Care, by coordinating and identifying quality placements for children that are matched, cost-effective and that will meet their assessed needs. Ensuring that the child or young person is supported to achieve the highest level of independence.

You will manage a range of placement data systems and provide management information. Liaise with other agencies, external providers and colleagues in relation to the placement of Children in Care. You will also be required to respond positively and professionally to referrals from Social Workers, ensuring the quality of information enables the identification of placements that meet the child's or young person's assessed needs.

Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, you are required to be on-site at the Civic Centre a minimum of 2 days a week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you are required to be educated to degree level or equivalent. You need a detailed knowledge of safeguarding, looked after children's practice issues and knowledge of appropriate legislation and regulations, concerning family and residential placements for Looked After Children.
You must have the ability to write reports for a variety of audiences, and it would be beneficial to have a working knowledge of commissioning, negotiating contracts/procurement, and a knowledge of fostering regulations.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend Council is looking to appoint a permanent, full-time Senior Social Worker to join the Ageing Well West Team (65+).Within this post, you will manage a caseload of complex and difficult cases involving assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriate action to ensure resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of Service Users.

Provide a high quality resource of professional social work knowledge and expertise to the team, including supervision, meetings, assisted fieldwork, case audits and reviews. Ensuring team members carry out their core tasks to a high standard and deputise in the absence of the Service Manager.

Hybrid working is available, but you are required to be on site a minimum of 3 days a week.You also need to have use of a car to ensure that you are able to travel around the city with ease.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

You must have post 3 years+ experience as a social worker within the adult community sector. You need to have the ability to build excellent working relationships with other agencies/professionals at all levels. You will need to be able to scope out community assets to better inform those people we work with.You must have knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, skills in assessment of carers and the ability to provide support and guidance to carers is essential.

You need to have experience of applying the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and managing adult safeguarding enquiries or have a good understanding/knowledge if no direct experience is available.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

What you need to do now
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent YOS Officer.To ensure that the Council provides a first class professional service within the Youth Justice Service (YJS) by working for a needs-led service to children, young people and their families in order to prevent offending and re-offending.

You will be required to regularly write assessments and/or reports on young people and their families for court, panels and professional meetings.The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to engage young people and their families whilst they are on a court order. Ensure adherence to YJB policies and practices including performance indicators and national standards, ensuring timeliness of assessment and reviews. Adhere to corporate and departmental policies and practices including providing all data as and when required. You will manage highly complex cases that pose significant risk to others in the community. This could include young people involved in harmful sexual behaviour, gangs/County Lines [serious youth violence].

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you must be able to work in the UK. You must have a relevant professional qualification to degree level (or equivalent) in Youth Justice, Careers, Education & Guidance, Youth & Community, Probation Service or Social Work and be currently working in the Youth Sector.

Extensive experience of undertaking assessments and writing reports.Experience of assessing and managing the risk of harm to others and protecting the public, managing the safety and well-being of young people both in the community and custody. Have a good knowledge of how to manage the risks young people pose to re-offending with evidence of continuing professional development and extensive knowledge of methods of youth justice intervention, child protection and prevention.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

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

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend City Council have fantastic opportunities in their Prevention Service, who are currently expanding their service and looking for more Social Workers to join their teams on a full-time permanent basis.

There has never been a better time to join our teams and participate in growing our service to be innovative, creative and providing high quality support to people when they need it most. The main aim of the teams is to use a strength-based approach to support people returning home after hospital and enable people to live safely in the community, maximising their abilities to care for themselves and to support carers to continue in their caring role as long as they are able to.

The team work creatively with people and their carers to empower them and identify individual and community-based assets. You will work within the relevant legal frameworks, guidance, policies, and procedures to undertake assessments, reviews and support planning with individuals and their carers, promoting well-being, independence and safety. You will also undertake safeguarding processes.

You will be joining one of two close-knit teams with extremely supportive and experienced managers and senior staff and excellent learning and development opportunities. We are committed to your continuous professional development and offer regular supervision within a supportive working environment, so you are given the capacity to provide the excellent level of support and attention needed, to make a real difference to the lives of people in our community.You will promote our Connected Southend Model. Connected Southend is Southend's whole service approach to community practice, personalised enablement, new models of commissioning and social care support across the city. In essence, it is our new approach to providing the very best information, advice, prevention, support and social care. Alongside this, Connected Southend has the heart of the city embedded within, through our use and support of voluntary and community groups, our arts, culture, leisure and our heritage.Living in Southend is so much more than local identity; it is how we relate to everything around us; our history as much as our future, and our desire to remain within the communities we call home with the people that are important to us.Bringing together practitioners, commissioners and providers, as well as our wider culture, arts and leisure services, we aim to change the way we support and enable people to live the lives they choose to live.

Connected Southend is underpinned by the core concepts of the Care Act, ensuring community opportunities, citizenship and personalised outcomes and is now core to Southend's Social Services plans for the future. The model itself sets out standards, principles and approaches for staff delivering services. It places more emphasis on prevention and enablement, and supports people to live the life they want.

Within these positions, hybrid working is available. However, you are required to be on site at the Civic Centre a minimum of 2 days a week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

You need to have previous experience of working in the Adult Social Care sector.

You will have the ability to apply a strength-based, asset-based approach to assessment, care planning and review.Have experience of applying the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and managing adult safeguarding enquiries or have a good understanding/knowledge if no direct experience is available.You need to have the ability to develop relationships with internal & external stakeholders including voluntary, public, private sector organisations, partners, suppliers and contractors, as well as ongoing commitment to continuous professional training and self-development.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

What you need to do now


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

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time agency Senior Fostering Placements Officer.Within this post you will manage, process and update the internal system, make payments to Foster/Kinship Carers, update/set up Children/Young people's placements and update/process children looked after (CLA) notifications.

Working alongside Social Workers, Supervising Social Workers and Foster carers, you will be required to take a lead role in the day-to-day matching of in-house foster placement vacancies. Identifying and co-ordinating foster placements for children and young people who need to be looked after by the Local Authority, these placements may be short term, long term, respite care or parent and child placements.

Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, you are required to be on-site at the Civic Centre a minimum of 2 days a week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you must be educated to degree level and have previous experience within children social care and fostering services.

You will need to have knowledge of the issues affecting Children Looked After (CLA) and the challenges facing them within the social care system. Have awareness of the expectations and challenges that foster carers face in providing care for vulnerable children, along with knowledge of relevant fostering legislation and regulations, which underpin fostering agencies.

This is not a case holding post.

What you need to do now
If you are interested in this role, please click 'apply online' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above, so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able to. All applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.

The Council is an equal-opportunities employer. We welcome applications, regardless of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief.

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Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent YOS Officer.To ensure that the Council provides a first class professional service within the Youth Justice Service (YJS) by working for a needs-led service to children, young people and their families in order to prevent offending and re-offending.
You will be required to regularly write assessments and/or reports on young people and their families for court, panels and professional meetings.The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to engage young people and their families whilst they are on a court order. Ensure adherence to YJB policies and practices including performance indicators and national standards, ensuring timeliness of assessment and reviews. Adhere to corporate and departmental policies and practices including providing all data as and when required. You will manage highly complex cases that pose significant risk to others in the community. This could include young people involved in harmful sexual behaviour, gangs/County Lines [serious youth violence].

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position, you must be able to work in the UK. You must have a relevant professional qualification to degree level (or equivalent) in Youth Justice, Careers, Education & Guidance, Youth & Community, Probation Service or Social Work and be currently working in the Youth Sector. Extensive experience of undertaking assessments and writing reports.Experience of assessing and managing the risk of harm to others and protecting the public, managing the safety and well-being of young people both in the community and custody. Have a good knowledge of how to manage the risks young people pose to re-offending with evidence of continuing professional development and extensive knowledge of methods of youth justice intervention, child protection and prevention.

What you'll get in return
When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working, salary car sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

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

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk