Total 333 job vacancies by Essex County Council

School Crossing Patrol Officer - Ashingdon Primary

Permanent, Part Time

£12.10 per hour

Location: Rochford

Working Style: Community-based worker

STOP! Come and support your local community by joining Essex County Council's School Crossing Patrol Team as a School Crossing Patrol Officer at Ashingdon Primary Academy.

Support schools once in the morning and once in the afternoon, ensuring the safety of all pedestrians crossing the road to and from school and its surrounding locations.

We are looking for a punctual and reliable individual, who is approachable and enjoys engaging with the public.

This position is for 7.5 hours approximately, with a holiday pay element included. You will need to be available to work during the 39 weeks of the academic year, for 45 minutes between 08:00 - 09:00 in the morning and 45 minutes between 14:45 - 15:45 in the afternoon approximately, depending on individual site requirements. Uniform, equipment, and training will be provided.

Responsibilities:

• To have regard for the needs of people with disabilities, especially mobility impaired people wishing to use the crossing point.
• Maintain regular contact with the schools attended by children using the crossing.
• Regularly assess the risks associated with operating at the crossing site in order to identify any problems. Report problems and defects to supervisor.
• Assist in the preparation of reports on accidents and failure to stop incidents and other incidents occurring at the crossing site.
• Ensure that all uniform and equipment provided is maintained in good condition and replacements requested when needed.
• Give clear signals to drivers when stopping traffic and ensuring that the traffic remains at rest until the road at the crossing point is clear of pedestrians.

To read more about us please visit:

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Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community here .

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email ami.fosker@essex.gov.uk

Follow us on Facebook,Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn . Further details can be found on our careers page.

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Enterprise Projects Officer - North Herts Council

North Herts Council

Temporary, Full Time

£23.98 per hour, PAYE

Location: Letchworth Garden City

Closing Date: 25/09/2024

Essex County Council are delighted to be working in partnership with North Herts Council to recruit the role of Temporary Enterprise Project Officer.

Please note this is a temporary position for a period of 3 months, with the potential to be extended or even evaluated for a permanent position. This role offers flexible working with the expectation of being in the office 2 days per week.

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via www.workingforessex.com or www.north-herts.gov.uk

About Us

North Hertfordshire is a large rural district with approximately 125,000 residents with four historic towns, Hitchin, Baldock, Royston and the world's first Garden City at Letchworth. The Council has a clear vision: We put people first and deliver sustainable services, to enable a brighter future together.

The Role

To work with the Enterprise Manager to deliver the Enterprise strategy and work programme, including leading project delivery, to support the Council's corporate and financial objectives.

To be the Council responsible officer for developing and expanding existing internal services and working with Council officers to explore ideas, assist in developing business plans and if approved, work with the relevant department to implement to increase income, better surpluses, and /or more efficiencies.

The responsibilities

1. Enterprise and Projects:

• Innovate commercial approaches and explore new partnerships.
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring risk control and business case delivery.
• Support teams and contribute to the Council's Enterprise Strategy.
• Identify service improvements for efficiency and financial gains.
• Challenge existing methods for innovation and positive outcomes.

• Continuously improve services and meet performance targets.
• Promote services to enhance the Council's profile.

• Manage projects within budgets and seek efficiency savings.
• Proactively control budgets for value and adhere to financial regulations.
• Serve as an authorized signatory for purchases.

• Attend meetings and maintain Customer Care standards.
• Uphold Equal Opportunities and comply with legislation.
• Demonstrate competency in risk and project management.
• Ensure health and safety compliance and contribute to safeguarding.
• Create and maintain accurate records.

Why work with us?

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment practices and in our employment policies. We want our employees to feel safe to express themselves and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of talents. We are dedicated to promoting a healthy work/life balance, valuing our employees, and enabling them to make a difference to the local community.

North Herts Council we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum requirements for the job.

How to apply?

Please apply via www.workingforessex.com or www.north-herts.gov.uk

If you have queries on this role or require further information please email sadie.orwell@essex.gov.uk

The Opportunity

We're on the lookout for a dynamic L&D technologist to join our team! If you're passionate about learning and technology, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Essex's County Council's Learning Management System (LMS).

You'll be the driving force behind our learning festival and various learning campaigns, utilising tools like MS Office Stream, Insights, Sway, Forms, and Clipchamp. Your enthusiasm for tech will be key as you explore innovative solutions with Power Automation, AI, and HTML.

While experience with an LMS is a plus, we provide comprehensive training on our platform to ensure you're up to speed. Your role is crucial in managing learner expectations, requiring excellent communication skills, resilience, and empathy.

As you can imagine no two days are the same and will includes tasks such as leading collaborations and revitalising virtual sessions, tracking training trends to stay ahead of the learning curve and enhancing our platform and enriching our skills repository.

Attention to detail is a must, as is the readiness to tackle repetitive tasks with the end goal of crafting perfect solutions. You'll need to grasp the complexities of the public sector, but don't worry, our onboarding process is designed to help you understand the diverse needs of our learners, from the recycling team to lawyers and social workers.

Join us and be a part of a team that values innovation, learning, and making a real impact!

Accountabilities

• Support updating virtual sessions building effective working relationships with other L&D practitioners and chase for none updated rosters which affects user records.
• Support interest tracking requests to ascertain future training needs for learners.
• Weekly check of events and sessions running to ensure links etc are there for learners.
• Upload content as and when needed and set quarterly reviews to ensure content still be utilise, check evaluation and check working as it should e.g., launch.
• Update recordings to L&D 'branding' so learners clearly see which learning capabilities they are aligned too. (Like thumbnailing we do now on My Learning)
• Support learning technology Consultant with quarterly platform releases.
• Maintain and support professional skills catalogue - make live, remove expired content.
• Highlight problems on My Learning to escalate.
• Checklist / review accessibility on My Learning content.
• Problems solving with My Learning Wizards and offer support.
• Utilise new cornerstone tool such as VR, Content Studio.
• Support in reviewing evaluations for programmes.
• BAU customer services- e.g., Corp Gov!! completion queries, finding a specific course etc.

Comms and Marketing:

• Market our offer with guidance from LT Consultant and working with comms and design team.
• Post updates to learners on Yammer, Teams etc

Projects:

• MS Stream videos - all learning and performance videos now broken due to Stream migrating.
• Support us in building new L&D Teams area so all files etc in one place for new structure!
• Learning 'cataloguing' - Streamline topics into new categories / capabilities.
• Support deactivation of old content so most up to dates and used content is available.
• Support Learning Technology Consultant in building new pages and removal of 'Hubs' to produce more affective user journey for learners ready for LearnFest.
• Help with LearnFest/Learning campaigns.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Efficient or can learn quickly in MS Office tools including - Stream, insights, sway, forms, Clipchamp, utilising content creating tools at ECC.
• Excited about learning technology, not afraid to try new ways of doing things e.g., Power automation, AI, HTML.
• Experience of working on an LMS would be great - but training on cornerstone offered.
• This role is more than likely receive some learner frustrations, so good communication s kills, resilience, empathy is needed. Don't tend to hear when it's made impact, so would advocate role to help with stalls and meeting the teams more especially to grow network when working in a hybrid set up!
• Eye for detail and ready to work on a given task repeatedly, to produce a solution. Some tasks will be repetitive but worth it in the end!
• ability to understand organisation's requirement, public sector is complex but good onboarding will be needed so they understand the different hats we wear to support different learners e.g., from recycle team, to lawyers to social workers.

To read more about us please visit: People and Transformation

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

Please note that Essex County Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community.

If you have queries on this role or if you would like to see a copy of the full role profile, please email Thea.Towers@essex.gov.uk

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further details can be found on our careers page.

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Working Style: Anywhere worker This means that we come into the office in Chelmsford to undertake activities which benefit from in-person interactions, which tends to average 1-2 days per week

The Opportunity

This isn't a traditional HR job; in fact, the job title doesn't encompass the breadth of the role.

We work within the HR space developing collaboration and trust to deliver better quality HR services at lower cost to our partner organisations. Our operating model is to work with and support HR services with real problems where they may not have the capacity, knowledge, or expertise rather than to look to manage whole services on their behalf.

We have been able to use our scale to negotiate and implement cost reductions in resourcing that benefit our partners, develop their own shared services, or undertake ER casework. We help our partners with organisation design, development programmes, workforce planning, learning & development, and employment vetting to name a few.

You will bring strategic foresight and commercial acumen and will have a demonstrable track record of exploring and executing future options that not only align with our objectives but also consider the financial efficacy of services and their sustainability in the evolving landscape of public sector services.

It's a diverse and growing portfolio that needs an exceptional commercial professional, who can also bring subject matter expertise in a broad range of HR services. You will have extensive commercial experience developing large scale HR services combined with experience of working at a senior level in local government or a comparable regulated organisation. You will have high standards for service delivery, ensuring our partners receive best in class solutions to their HR needs, and that we continue to build our reputation as a provider of choice.

This is a traded service, so yes, we aim to return a surplus to the Council, but we are not motivated solely by profit. We work ethically to find the right solution for our partners ensuring excellence and innovation in the delivery of professional specialist services together with delivering a best value advisory service.

You will be at the forefront of considering the delicate balance between delivering superior services, ensuring financial efficiency, and paving the way for the long-term sustainability of our HR offerings. Your detailed understanding of commercial dynamics and business acumen will be central to navigating the intricacies of this multifaceted role, ensuring that Essex County Council (ECC) continues to stand as an example of excellence.

Further Information

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Please note that Essex County Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Follow us on Facebook , Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn . Further details can be found on our careers page .

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Social Worker - Young People with disabilities, South Essex

Permanent, Full Time*

£36,101 to £48,622 per annum

Location: Basildon

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 22nd September 2024

*Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services. If you would like more information on this, please follow this link .

In Essex County Council we are "Serious about Social Work"

Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar in terms of practice, and our investment in our workforce is unparalleled. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, but we are also delighted and humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years!

Please take a look at our 'No Magic' Children & Families video here

Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and flourish. We have a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion, focusing on promoting the development and well-being of children, young people, and their families, while protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners, we deliver a range of early help, family support, and effective social work interventions that build resilience, remove barriers, and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

Children and Young People with Disabilities - YPWD Team

The role of a Social Worker within the Young People with Disabilities Team (formerly the Transition Team) involves managing a caseload of children and young people with disabilities, providing assessment of their needs, advice, support, and the development of care plans and support packages in accordance with practical guidance. The Young People with Disabilities Team (YPWD) focuses on working with young people and their families from the age of 16 up to 25.

Social workers are responsible for building relationships with young people and families using systematic and strengths-based social work approaches. They work alongside young people and their families during the transition from Children's services into adulthood, including school and leaving college (Education, Health, and Care Plans). This includes support into accommodation (residential/supported living), support into day services, development of independence, and support into work experience/supported employment.

The work is varied and involves working with legislation such as the Children Act 1989 and 2004, Children and Families Act 2014, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and other relevant legislation related to supporting children, young people, and adults within the remit of Social Care. Tasks include undertaking Transitions/ Pathway Assessments/plans, Mental Capacity Assessments (including Deprivation of Liberty), Community Care assessments, and implementing and reviewing support packages/plans.

The Young People with Disabilities Team (YPWD) is part of the Children and Young People with Disabilities Service (CYPWD), which consists of The Child and Family Support Teams, The Preparation for Adulthood Advisors Teams, Occupational Therapy Teams, and a core Children and Young People with Disabilities team (0-16-year-olds).

This is an exciting phase as we improve our services for children and young people with disabilities (from birth up to age 25) and their families, embracing the SEND reforms.

Skills and Knowledge

• Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent.
• Registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
• Demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards e.g. Professional Capability Framework (PCF), Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS).
• Demonstrate an ability in the application of social work knowledge, using emotional intelligence, analytical skills and act with confidence in challenging social and family situations.
• A good working knowledge and ability to use information technology and related systems e.g. word, social work case recording systems.

Required to work flexibly as required, very occasionally including evenings and weekends.

Please note that for this team, experience in Adults Social Care is particularly desirable.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wide operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

Follow us on Facebook , Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn . Further details can be found on our careers page .

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Business Support Assistant - Countywide Duty Team

Fixed Term, Full Time

£23,344 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Please note that this is a fixed term contract / secondment opportunity until 31st March 2025.

At Essex County Council Adult Services our mission is clear. We want to make the best and most sustainable use of all resources available to the adult, their families, and carers. To ensure they have access to information and tools to enable them to live healthily and independently for as long as possible and to exercise choice and control over their lives and to ensure the safety, dignity, and quality of life for all the adults we work with.

We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, so we encourage our teams to share their ideas. We work together to get things done; bring your positive, proactive attitude and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience.

Accountabilities:

• Handling inbound and outbound calls for the Countywide Duty Team from professionals, care providers, service users etc.
• First point of contact for administration within the team.
• Directing calls and work to the appropriate teams/workers.
• Gathering of information and utilising Mosaic to record information.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders and partners.
• Sending out information in line with GDPR.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Customer Service experience.
• Telephony experience desirable.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Good working knowledge of all MS Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and Excel
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and customer communication skills.
• Ability to use initiative.
• Attention to detail critical.

To read more about us please visit: Corporate Services

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email ami.fosker@essex.gov.uk

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further details can be found on our careers page.

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Social Worker - Children in Care, Mid Essex

Permanent, Full Time

£36,101 to £48,622 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

This position is open to Experienced and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW). The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum, rising to £36,101 per annum upon successful completion of the ASYE programme.

Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services.

Are you ready to be part of an incredible social work team that's all about support, creativity, and making a real impact on young lives? Look no further! Our Children in Care team in Mid Essex is not your average workplace - it's a place where every member looks out for each other and where innovation thrives.

Here's What Sets Us Apart:

Unwavering Support: Our experienced managers are there for you, every step of the way. They prioritise providing top-notch supervision, so you can excel in your role. Plus, our team believes in daily ad-hoc support because we're in this together.

A Systemic Approach: At Essex County Council, we approach social work from a systemic perspective. We understand that the challenges our children and young people face go beyond individual circumstances, and we work together to address these complexities.

Strengths and Trauma-Informed Practice: We're all about strengths-based, relationship-based, and trauma-informed practice. It's not just a buzzword here; it's our way of life. We empower our social workers to make a genuine difference.

Top-Notch Training: The Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) is your gateway to outstanding training and development opportunities. We're committed to helping you grow in your career.

What You'll Do:

As part of our Children in Care team, you'll be working with children and young people up to the age of 18 who need our help. Whether they're with foster carers or in residential homes, your goal is to ensure their experience in care is a positive one.

You'll visit children and young people in placement, develop permanency plans (including Special Guardianship Orders and adoption), and even help them understand the reasons behind being in care through life-story work.

And for some, your support could be the key to them returning home to their birth family.

Requirements:

You'll need a diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS, or an equivalent qualification.

You should be registered with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.

You'll need to demonstrate your capability in practice, following current professional standards like the Professional Capability Framework (PCF) and Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS). You'll excel in case recording and confidently handle complex social and family situations.

Proficiency in using tools like Word and social work case recording systems is a must.

Flexibility is key - you might need to work evenings and weekends when necessary, ensuring that children's needs are met at all times.

Ready to embark on this exciting journey with us? Join our team and be a part of something truly meaningful. Let's make a difference together!

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

Please take a look at our 'No Magic' Children & Families video here.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community.

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk.

Education Officer - Road Safety

Permanent, Full Time

£30,097 to £35,408 per annum

Location: Essex

Working Style: Community-based worker

About Us

Essex Highways is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country: 5,000 miles of roads and around 5,000 miles of footways. Essex Highways is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council and our contractual partner.

Essex Highways will deliver a safe, sustainable, and effective highway network for all road users, through sound asset management, scheme/programme identification, delivery, maintenance and management of the network. Liaising directly with elected members, district councils, strategic partners and other providers, the role will manage the implementation of the programmes of work relevant to an operational/service area, in accordance with the strategies and policies of the Council.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Education Officer to join our Road Safety team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in reducing road casualties across Essex by implementing and supporting educational programs and interventions. You will work closely with various stakeholders, including schools, local councils, and strategic partners, to promote road safety awareness and best practices.

As an Education Officer your responsibilities will include but not limited to

• Supporting the implementation of policies and procedures of the wider Essex Highways management systems, e.g. Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality, Construction Design to minimise work related injuries.
• Responding to complaints to meet relevant targets and provide high performance standards.
• Work as part of a road safety interventions delivery team providing education and awareness raising interventions to both children and adults.
• Work closely with partners by providing public facing interventions to support agreed activities to maximise the success of enforcement and current road safety campaigns
• Develop and maintain collaborative links with other agencies, interest groups, businesses, schools, colleges and other educational establishments, agencies dealing with people not in education, training or employment, and those involved with disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to develop strong partnerships for targeted road casualty reduction
• Contribute to the development of appropriate educational materials, including literature and other promotional/engagement aids, to support the partnership in liaison with the County Council and Essex Police communications teams.
• Act as an expert witness at Crown Court, Public Inquiries and Hearings as required; preparing detailed evidence as a specialist on practice issues, liaising with Counsel and Solicitors in case preparation.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF Level 3 ('A' level) or equivalent by experience in Highways.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area. Membership of, or working towards, a relevant Professional Institution is desirable.
• Knowledge and application of Highway and Health and Safety legislation, including Construction (Design and Management) regulations.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally
• Knowledge and understanding of educational and evaluation techniques
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Knowledge of financial management including budgetary governance and controls.

To read more about us please visit: Climate, Environment and Customer Services

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community.

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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This position is open to Experienced and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW). The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum, rising to £36,101 per annum upon successful completion of the ASYE programme.

Why Join Us?

With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

Visit our brochure to find out more about ECC's Adult Social Care services.

What We Offer

We'll support you to be your best…

• Training and development to empower you from our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy.
• With us you can make your career work for you with flexible working options
• With us you can get the support you need with employee wellbeing and counselling
• Lease Car scheme
• Up to £8000 for relocation*
• With us you can have peace of mind with life assurance of three times annual salary
• Payment of professional fees for approved professions
• Local Government Pension Scheme. View Key Facts and FAQ's about the LGPS.
• Volunteering leave (up to 4 days per year)
• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising with service
  
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - access to free and confidential information, support, and guidance from a team of highly qualified professionals.
• Employee Networks - communities to support you, connect you and help influence change at ECC

More information can be found on https://www.workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward/

About the Role

Working to support adults and their families who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, you'll maximise their potential to live independently.

We currently have opportunities for experienced Social Workers to join our Adult Social Care teams in West.

The West Essex area covers Harlow and Epping. West Essex is unique as it borders London boroughs, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and has close links to NHS partners in the area. This offers the opportunity for those joining us in West Essex to be involved in initiatives that run across authorities and organisations. With close proximity to bordering counties and North East London the area is ideal for those that want to commute into Essex.

All of our teams are supportive of each other and offer opportunities for professional development to meet the SWE regulations. We currently have opportunities within Older Adults Mental Health, Discharge to Assess, Learning Disability & Autism and Neighbourhood teams.

Please note that the Discharge to Assess team operate on a 7 day rota covering core hours of 08:00 to 18:30. You will be required to work 1 weekend in every 6 weeks and a share of bank holidays. A 6% flat rate allowance is applied in addition to the basic salary to compensate for this.

About You

To apply you should be a qualified social worker with a current Social Work England registration. You'll bring at least 1 year's social work experience, evidence of continuing professional development, and capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards. As, as a subject matter expert in relevant professional practice, you should have a comprehensive understanding of current legislation, regulations, and guidance. With experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members, carers, and other multi-agency professionals, we're looking for your ability to develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community to provide a supportive framework for vulnerable adults.

You'll also bring:

• Evidence of continuing professional development and capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards.
• An in-depth understanding of the financial implications of commissioned care packages.
• The ability to make clear decisions, to highlight and limit potential risks associated with intervention.

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service.

* T&Cs Apply.

Apply now.

For more information visit our Adult Social Care Brochure or contact Abbie.Mollison@essex.gov.uk

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found on https://www.workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward/

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment .

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is key to our success.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join the Essex Talent Community

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Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.

Our Values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus

The Opportunity

It's an exciting time to join our newly restructured People team at Castle Point. We are on a journey to transform employee experience at Castle Point and this role is critical to ensuring the Council achieves its ambitions. This role supports the delivery of the Council's People strategies and is key in delivering people related services to customers and delivering our transactional work. A People Advisor is a specialist in supporting the delivery of employee standards, supporting managers to resolve issues across the whole employee lifecycle.

People Advisors are responsible for providing professional and customer focused resolutions to a wide range of People matters. Passionate about customer service, ensuring the Council's People processes are easy to access and navigate, so customers are able to quickly resolve their queries.

People Advisors are responsible for building effective working relationships with Managers and employees across all Council services. They are a key part of the People team and work closely with People Business Partners to support the achievement of People priorities and wider Corporate objectives.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for providing accurate high-quality advice and information on a range of People matters to managers and employees leading the resolution of employment issues, signposting to appropriate policy, procedures and guidance, based on professional expertise, skills and knowledge.
• Manage a diverse workload of people related issues, such as payroll, recruitment, training, onboarding, probation, sickness, performance improvement and others, working collaboratively with Managers and People Business Partners.
• Communicating effectively, demonstrating empathy, listening and questioning skills to a high level and ability to build rapport and trust when dealing with sensitive employee issues.
• Performing against set targets, and the desire to pro-actively and continually improve the service offered.
• Deliver training and guidance to Managers and staff on all People related matters and systems.
• Responsible for maintaining and monitoring accuracy of case records, to make necessary improvements and track progress, flagging and escalating concerns appropriately when required.
• Contribute to the analysis of trends in data requirements, to identify changes and improvements to the People service and policies/standards, including accessibility issues.
• Contribute to the continuous digital efficiency of the service, utilising systems to simply processes and maximise efficiencies.
• Ensuring that day to day enquiries and processes are delivered to high standards.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating empathy, listening and questioning skills to a very high level
• Ability to build rapport and trust when dealing with sensitive employee issues
• Solution focussed with an ability to confidently manage and prioritise multiple demands, seeking continuous improvement
• Strong team working, motivation and ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across the Council
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and the ability to use systems
• Good knowledge and understanding of relevant employment legislation and practice
• Partly CIPD qualified or equivalent, or working towards this qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in professional area
• Commitment to flexible working including the ability to work flexibly with regards to both hours of work and location of work including office, community and remote working as required

If you have any questions or if you would like to request a copy of the full job description please email thea.towers@essex.gov.uk

Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident committed employer. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.

Our Values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus

The Opportunity

It's an exciting time to join our newly restructured People team at Castle Point. We are on a journey to transform employee experience at Castle Point and this role is critical to ensuring the Council achieves its ambitions. The purpose of this role is to shape and deliver the Council's Learning and Development strategy and plans, including a corporate training programme, leadership and management development and service specific training requirements.

The postholder will be responsible for promoting excellence in learning and will work collaboratively with the wider People team and colleagues across the council to implement the Learning and Development proposition. This includes design, commissioning and delivery of blended modules of leaning and creating a robust infrastructure to support the delivery of learning.

Accountabilities

• Lead an innovative approach to learning and development activity, driving the delivery of the learning and development strategy and deliver against short, medium and long term priorities.

• Ensure plans and strategies are affordable, sustainable, resilient and understood by all colleagues.

• Partner with managers across the Council, offering expert advice and guidance of all L&D matters and ensure solutions address service specific needs.

• Improve leadership and management capability through the design and delivery of leadership and management learning solutions.

• Maximise the use of blended learning and digital solutions available to ensure learning is accessible, relevant and flexible in its delivery.

• Direct delivery of learning and development activity including training sessions and workshops as appropriate.

• Support the design and implementation of professional development including coaching and mentoring programmes.

• Working collaboratively, share best practice across key stakeholders.

• Evaluate and assess the impact of all L&D activity against agreed measures and KPI's, adapting the programme as required.

• Work closely with external training providers to establish a network of approved learning providers that meet the Council's requirements in line with procurement procedures.

• Develop a mentoring programme and work closely with People team colleagues to ensure L&D activities support wider corporate objectives such as talent management and succession planning.

• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Specialist knowledge of L&D to degree level or possess equivalent skills, knowledge or experience
• Relevant Leadership and Management or Coaching qualification
• Understanding of national initiatives, such as apprentice levy and how to use to benefit of the Council
• Demonstrable experience of delivering L&D initiatives aligned to strategy
• Demonstrable experience of managing and developing L&D programmes
• Demonstrable experience of delivering training, coaching and / or facilitation
• Experience of using different methods / blended approaches to delivering L&D activity
• Ability to influence, build and maintain relationships and work collaboratively with key stakeholders
• Understanding of and commitment to principles of equality and diversity and compliance with Council policies
• Professional / specialist knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion

If you have any questions or if you would like to request a copy of the full job description please email thea.towers@essex.gov.uk

Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident committed employer. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.

Our Values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus

The Opportunity

It's an exciting time to join our newly restructured People team at Castle Point. We are on a journey to transform employee experience at Castle Point and this role is critical to ensuring the Council achieves its ambitions. This role supports the delivery of the Council's People strategies and is key in delivering people related services to customers. The role will be leading the delivery of a pro-active and effective People Operations service to the Council and manage the day-to-day operation of support services, systems and data in ensuring queries are promptly resolved across the whole employee lifecycle.

The role will lead on delivering innovative employment standards and practice across the People landscape. The role will challenge current strategy, ways of working and pro-actively provide alternative solutions. It will involve working collaboratively across the People team, particularly with the People Business Partners who will hold the key relationships with leaders and managers in the business, to ensure changes are for the better and embedded across the entire Council.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for managing team resources effectively to ensure pro-active People services are delivered to the organisation.

• Lead high level research and analysis to ensure that employment standards are continuously reviewed and improved to support the organisation in achieving its objectives, including the Council's digital agenda.

• Work collaboratively with the People Business Partners to ensure that employment practice is appropriate for current and future business need and desired culture.

• Responsible for driving the efficiency of the People service with a continuous improvement mindset. Working pro-actively to identify improvements, keep processes under review and driving a digital first approach.

• Manage the procurement and day-to-day matters for People related contracts, including albeit not limited to, providers for payroll, agency workers, recruitment and occupational health.

• Taking direction and insight from People Business Partners to deliver the Council's approach to learning and development, translating needs into solutions to ensure these are met through effective procurement, delivery methods and an ongoing programme of development opportunities including utilising apprentice levy contributions.

• Communicate at a high level across the whole organisation, managing stakeholders effectively to implement change.

• Build strong relationships with key customers, seeking formal and informal feedback on solutions delivered.

• Maintain a good level of business knowledge, and knowledge of wider strategies, policies and procedures outside of the People service.

• Ability to motivate the team to perform against set targets, and the desire to continually improve the service offered.

• Strong team working motivation and ability to build effective working relationships across the People team.

• Lead the analysis of trends in data requirements, to identify changes and improvements to the People service and policies/standards, including accessibility issues.

• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships, fostering mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to build rapport and trust when dealing with sensitive employee issues
• Solution focussed with an ability to confidently manage and prioritise multiple demands, seeking continuous improvement
• Ability to gather and analyse data to inform improvements
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and the ability to use systems
• Good knowledge and understanding of relevant employment legislation and practice
• Partly CIPD qualified or equivalent, or working towards this qualification, with evidence of expert knowledge in professional area
• Demonstrates commitment to own professional development
• Experience of managing a high-performing team against targets
• Experience of managing budgets and procurement
• Experience of using People related systems (e.g. iTrent)
• Commitment to flexible working including the ability to work flexibly with regards to both hours of work and location of work including office, community and remote working as required

If you have any questions or if you would like to request a copy of the full job description please email thea.towers@essex.gov.uk

Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident committed employer. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Child and Family Support Worker

Fixed Term, Full Time

£24,395 to £31,131 per annum

Location: Harlow

Closing Date: Sunday 8th September 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note that this position is being offered as a Fixed Term Contract with a duration of 6 months.

The working days and hours for this role are 9am - 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am -4.30pm Friday. There will be occasional weekend work and evening work. We operate a system of toil if additional hours are worked.

Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted and at the same time humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years!

The Opportunity

Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse.  Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

Support Workers work within a frontline service, working collaboratively with Qualified Social Workers to deliver bespoke, targeted intervention work, in accordance with the care plans, to vulnerable children and families. This also encompasses supervising Family Time. This work will normally be time limited, with measurable impact and meet the assessed needs.

Educated to Level 3 or with activity based alternative experience, in a social care setting, you will be passionate about engaging with and providing direct support in the community, building strong working relationships with partners to jointly deliver improved services.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for supporting social workers to implement safety plans and monitor care plans, and write reports where required, which deliver interventions for children and families.
• Responsible for maintaining high standards of professional practice which contribute to continuous improvement across the service.
• Responsible for highlighting issues and implementing plans to safeguard a child.
• Building strong, effective relationships with the service users, providing practical advice and support, where necessary and deemed appropriate; enabling children and families to sustain change and function effectively within the community.
• Work collaboratively across the service, with internal and external professional partner agencies, to ensure improved outcomes for children and families.

• Provide information and advice in relation to involvement/accessing of third party agencies relevant to the needs of the service user (e.g. benefits agencies, immigration and housing).
• Participate in meetings, reviews, case conferences and court hearings to provide information, insight and evidence.
• Writing effective reports which could be used in professional meetings, forums and court.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

• Educated to NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent experience.
• Experience of building strong, effective relationships with children and families in times of challenge and crisis.
• Experience of observing, facilitating and reporting on Family Time.
• Experience of undertaking direct, activity based work with children and families where required.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting children, young people and families, leading them to require support.
• Knowledge of legislative and policy guidance applicable within Social Care settings.
• Proven track record of working with partners and external agencies.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and in-depth knowledge in relevant professional area.
• A certificate in First Aid and/or knowledge of Sign Language is desirable in this role.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Education Safeguarding Adviser - Training Lead

Fixed Term, Full Time

£35,314 to £41,547 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 10th September 2024

Please note this is a fixed term role for up to 1 year.

This is a countywide role which requires a combination of office / home working, and attendance at other sites across Essex. There will be a need for occasional evening and weekend work.

Reporting to the Head of Education Safeguarding and Wellbeing, this is a countywide safeguarding role to support all Essex schools, Early Years and other education settings. The post holder will support the provision of high-quality training, information and advice to all education settings and ECC Education staff in respect of safeguarding and child protection. They will work collaboratively with the Essex Safeguarding Children Board and a wide range of partners to drive safeguarding work across the county.

This role will lead on the training offered by the Education Safeguarding Team, including the Level 2 and Level 3 training and also the termly safeguarding briefings.

The postholder should have an in-depth knowledge of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance, Level 3 safeguarding training, and experience of working with schools and other educational settings.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a source of professional information, advice, and guidance to education settings and ECC staff on safeguarding and protecting children from harm
• Work collaboratively with statutory partners and other key professionals to improve safeguarding outcomes for children in Essex
• Contribute to the development of resources for education settings to support safeguarding work
• Lead on the development of a training and development programme for education settings to support consistent, quality delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 training across all settings
• Lead on delivery of termly safeguarding briefings for education settings to ensure Designated Leads receive relevant information to support their role as safeguarding leads
• Maintain up-to-date in-depth knowledge and information on child protection and safeguarding matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent by experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area
• Sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance and procedures specifically in relation to education
• Evidence of working with schools at a senior level, demonstrating a broad and in-depth knowledge of education
• Proven track record of effective partnership working which is collaborative and influential in delivering advice and guidance
• Exemplar leadership and behavioural skills with the ability to focus on results, forging a strong team from diverse backgrounds to achieve strategic objectives
• Proven ability of proactively influencing, leading and delivering major cultural and organisational change in a complex environment
• Able to communicate with a range of people at all levels
• Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Education Designated Leads

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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Education Safeguarding Adviser

Fixed Term, Full Time

£35,314 to £41,547 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 10th September 2024

Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for up to 24 months.

The Role

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We're immensely proud of our flexible working options.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Education Safeguarding and Wellbeing, this is a safeguarding role to support Essex schools, Early Years and other education settings within a specified quadrant, but also to support elsewhere in the county as required. The post holder will support the provision of high-quality training, information, advice, and guidance to all settings and ECC Education staff in respect of safeguarding and child protection. They will work collaboratively with the Essex Safeguarding Children Board and a wide range of partners to drive safeguarding work across the county.

This role will work with settings within their quadrant, to raise standards through appropriate support and challenge, to build capacity and expertise and ensure safeguarding duties are met. They will have a role in the training offered by the Education Safeguarding Team, and also lead on responses to safeguarding complaints, ensuring that any necessary work is undertaken.

The postholder should have an in-depth knowledge of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance, Level 3 safeguarding training, and experience of working with schools and other educational settings.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a source of professional information, advice, and guidance to education settings and ECC staff on safeguarding and protecting children from harm

• Work collaboratively with statutory partners and other key professionals to improve safeguarding outcomes for children in Essex

• Contribute to the development of resources and also a training and development programme for education settings to support consistent, quality delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 training across all settings

• Contribute to supporting education settings to raise standards through development of self-evaluation and undertaking safeguarding reviews of statutory responsibilities to ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements

• Support delivery of safeguarding briefings for education settings to ensure Designated Leads receive relevant information to support their role as safeguarding leads

• Undertake work to respond to safeguarding complaints and ensure that any necessary action is taken as part of that response

• Support developing resources for education settings on a range of safeguarding issues, including CE, domestic abuse, gangs and violence, honour-based abuse, child protection and harmful sexual behaviour

• Maintain up-to-date in-depth knowledge and information on child protection and safeguarding matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues

• matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent by experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area
• Sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance and procedures specifically in relation to education
• Evidence of working with schools at a senior level, demonstrating a broad and in-depth knowledge of education
• Proven track record of effective partnership working which is collaborative and influential in delivering advice and guidance
• Exemplar leadership and behavioural skills with the ability to focus on results, forging a strong team from diverse backgrounds to achieve strategic objectives
• Proven ability of proactively influencing, leading and delivering major cultural and organisational change in a complex environment
• Able to communicate with a range of people at all levels
• Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Education Designated Leads

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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