Total 2,695 job vacancies in Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 8JP

Support Worker

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual with CPI/MAPA training, seeking flexible work opportunities in the field of social care? Join our team as a Support Worker and make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Full Time Permanent Role

Hourly Rate: £11.44 per hour

Social Care & Education are looking to recruit Support Workers to work in a fantastic specialist supported living service for adults.

As a Support Worker, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care and support to our clients service users.

Your responsibilities may include:

Assisting individuals with daily living tasks, such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, and household chores.
Providing emotional support and companionship to service users and promoting well-being.
Administering medication as prescribed and ensuring adherence to care plans
Implementing behaviour management strategies in accordance with CPI/MAPA training to ensure the safety and dignity of all individuals.
Requirements:

Valid CPI/MAPA training certificate
Previous experience with Challenging Behaviour
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Empathy, patience, and a genuine passion for supporting others.
Flexibility to work varied shifts, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Confident and fully able to use a hoist as and when required

Benefits:
Competitive hourly rate.
Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle and commitments.
Weekly pay.
If you are interested in joining our dedicated team as a Support Worker, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience.

Are you passionate about education and ready to make a positive impact on students’ learning experience? The Orme Academy is looking for a dedicated Cover Supervisor to join our dynamic team! This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in a school setting and contribute to the smooth running of the school day. This could be the start of your teaching career that we can support you with. We are also excited to announce that our school has recently received a positive “Good” rating from Ofsted! This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our staff, students, and wider school community. We are proud of the progress we have made and look forward to continuing to provide an excellent learning environment for all our pupils going forward. The sole ethos for the school community is ‘Empowering Learners for Life’. Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring the Academy is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Orme Academy is a great place to learn and a great place to work. This ethos applies equally to the staff. We believe in empowering our staff to be aspirational and effective leaders of learning and provide a good programme of CPD and induction to support those joining our vibrant community. This CPD includes being part of a large MAT, with its own Institute of Education (IoE) focused on the development of staff. The IoE provides access to wide range of network hubs, subject experts and access to best practice, as well as bespoke CPD opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly professional and committed team of staff whilst also playing their part in the success and future development of our Academy.
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
In our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.We are currently at an exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration at the heart of our collective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value the power of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague is left behind. We are currently co-constructing an aligned curriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects, to create a world class curriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standards through the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each school sufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context. A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload for colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum.Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays) Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.Free Eye TestsCycle to work schemeAccess to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.Participating in peer reviews.Access to a suite of online courses.Placement projects within our family of schools.Actual Salary: £21,950-£23,019Working hours: Term time only, 37 hours per week, plus 5 days INSET

Early Years Practitioner Level 3

Nursery: Footsteps Stratford

Hours: Permanent | Monday – Friday I 30-40 hours per week

Location: B79 7SE

Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School is based across three buildings situated next to the Lichfield Road Industrial Estate. With a bus stop outside the nursery, commuting back into Tamworth is really easy. The nursery is busy and bustling with an emphasis on the outdoors with an amazing outside space including Forest School.

Responsibilities but not limited to:

- Deliver learning experiences and planned activities for a key group that provides outstanding opportunities for the children

- Work within a team to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children

- Work in partnership with parents to ensure the outcomes for children are met

- Assess and report on children's progress to ensure continued development

- Be passionate, inspiring and work effectively within a team and have a hands on approach to your own professional learning and development

- To be fun, caring and friendly

- To promote a high-quality learning environment

What we need from you?

- Passion and commitment for working in childcare

- Ability to work shifts between 7.30-6.00pm Monday to Friday working between 30 - 40 hours per week

- Commitment to continual development

- Have sound Knowledge of EYFS

- NNEB, BTEC Nat Dip, CACHE Dip in Childcare, NVQ level 2 or 3, EY Educator

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Footsteps Lichfield Road is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

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Benefits

Benefits

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

*All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company

Vacancy Reference: B79 7SE

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What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for 2 enthusiastic and dedicated Primary School Teachers to join our team and help inspire the next generation of learners! We are looking for someone who can deliver engaging and stimulating lessons to children in accordance with the national curriculum. Create a supportive and inclusive classroom environment where every child feels valued and encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

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

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

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

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

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

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

Commitment to safeguarding

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

IMMEDIATE START - Full time hours available for an experienced complex needs carer, earning £450+ per week.

You will be working within a beautiful house within the Horninglow area of Burton with ease access to major roads. Throughout your shift you will be caring for the needs of a single active and engaging resident who has a great personality.

Your duties will include:
- Following the carefully developed care plan
- Conduct personal care activities
- Engage with the service user, being a “mate” while maintaining a professional approach
- Domestic duties
- Administrating medication
- Recording observation checks

This role has become available as one of the longstanding team members is retiring so if you are an outgoing, bubbly character looking for a permanent role then this is the one for you!

To be suitable for this position you must have:

- An Enhanced DBS Certificate (Ideally registered on the update service)
- Up to date mandatory training certificates
- Full up-to-date CV
- A minimum of 3 months experience working within a hands-on care role
- A referenceable work history
- A bubbly and outgoing personality and a true passion to make the lives of those under your care as fulfilling as possible.
- Full UK driving licence

**Please note that we do not offer sponsorships**

This is a temporary to permanent role for the right candidate

You will initially be working day shifts as per rota, with a pattern of 1 weekend off, 1 weekend on. After you have received full training (approx. 6 months) you will also provide night-time cover as part of your shift patterns.

Hours include:
09:00 to 20:00
09:00 to 14:00
14:00 to 20:00

You will be paid £12.50 per hour with pay further increasing after 13 weeks

1. JOB SUMMARY To provide specialist pharmaceutical technical services, professional advice and direct support to Practice GPs, Nurses, Pharmacist, HCAs and Reception/Administrative Staff To liaise with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospital and community pharmacists and patient's carers to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients. To develop the role of the Practice Pharmacy Technician to maximise support to all Clinical and Non-clinical practice staff to improve patient care in relation to all aspects of medicines and their impact To provide professional specialist medicines advice to GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Community Pharmacists, Community Nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions for the benefit of the Practice's patients

WAKING NIGHTS SUPPORT WORKER ,- Cannock

*** £500 WELCOME BONUS*********

At Inspire it is imperative and important that our children enjoy new and varied experiences that encourage them to be the best version of themselves and that any disability is not seen as a barrier but an opportunity for inspirational outside the box thinking.

We hold a belief that no child should be disadvantaged and that all children are part of the community, enjoying all that this offers including celebrations, events and fundraising.

Our teams are fully committed to Inspires' goals, they understand the challenges and rewards of working with our young people and know that every day they will achieve things that really matter.

Excellent opportunity for a Waking Nights Support Worker to join our home in Cannock. The home is rated Good in all areas with OFSTED and has an excellent reputation with the local authorities. The hom

Senior support worker , £14.22ph

*** £500 WELCOME BONUS -

No Sleep in's required

At Inspire it is imperative and important that our children enjoy new and varied experiences that encourage them to be the best version of themselves and that any disability is not seen as a barrier but an opportunity for inspirational outside the box thinking.

We hold a belief that no child should be disadvantaged and that all children are part of the community, enjoying all that this offers including celebrations, events and fundraising.

Our teams are fully committed to Inspire's goals, they understand the challenges and rewards of working with our young people and know that every day they will achieve things that really matter.

We are looking for a Team Leader to join our 8 bed home in Cannock, rated 'Good' with Ofsted. All the Children & Young People we support have a learning disability, Autism, epilepsy or can display some associated behaviours. Many of our children (not all) are non-verbal or have limited communication and will communicate with us through different methods such as picture boards, Smartbox devices and Makaton.

Senior support worker Essential

• 1-year experience in residential childcare plus Level 3 Children & Young People Award or equivalent
• Experience of working within and leading a team
• Driver (company provide a car during working hours)
• Able to work unsociable hours (evenings, nights and weekends)
• Willing and able to be part of Management on call system

Company Values

• Friendly, passionate and caring nature
• Positive, pleasant and approachable
• Empowering others to become stronger and more confident in controlling their lives
• Person Centred, allowing our children to explore & utilise their own strengths
• Innovative, by using or showing new methods and ideas

Benefits

• Full, or Flexi contracts available
• Competitive salary including enhanced qualified rates
• 4 week paid induction programme
• Dedicated learning and development programmes including fully funded Leadership and Management training programme
• Face to face therapeutic/specialist training
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topic
• Free Enhanced DBS check
• Free parking
• Employee Benefit system
• *Refer a friend ‘Scheme’ reward system – earn up to £1000
• *WELCOME BONUS £500

*Terms & Conditions apply

Interested then apply today!

All applications & CVs received are reviewed on a daily basis.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and Regulated Activity, which will include a check against the barred children’s list.

If you have not heard back within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

Senior Support Worker [SYS-11736]

Residential Support Worker – Cannock

FULL UK DRIVERS LICENCE IS ESSENTIAL.

*£500 WELCOME BONUS

£12.59 - £13.34ph

An excellent opportunity for a Residential Support Worker to join our home in Cannock. The home is rated Good in all areas with OFSTED and has an excellent reputation with the local authorities. Many of the Children & Young People we support have a learning disability, Autism, epilepsy and/or can display some associated behaviours. Many of our children (not all) are non-verbal or have limited communication and will communicate with us through different methods such as picture boards, Smartbox devices and Makaton.

At Inspire it is imperative and important that our children enjoy new and varied experiences that encourage them to be the best version of themselves and that any disability is not seen as a barrier but an opportunity for inspirational outside the box thinking.

We hold a belief that no child should be disadvantaged and that all children are part of the community, enjoying all that this offers including celebrations, events and fundraising.

Our teams are fully committed to Inspire's goals, they understand the challenges and rewards of working with our young people and know that every day they will achieve things that really matter.

Our guiding principles are:

• Integrity, it is the foundation of what we do. A nurturing approach to our young people and staff and a passion that will drive your commitment to achieve the very best for our children.
• Bringing our plans to life will be challenging and intense but, with enthusiasm, creativity and a hands-on approach, the reward and satisfaction will be second to none.
• If this sounds like the kind of challenge you are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Essential

• Experience in Residential Childcare Environment (Preferred)
• Level 3 Children’s and Young People or equivalent (Preferred but not essential)
• Able to work unsociable hours (evenings, weekends)

Company Values

• Friendly, passionate and caring nature
• Positive, pleasant and approachable
• Empowering others to become stronger and more confident in controlling their lives
• Person Centred, allowing our children to explore & utilise their own strengths
• Innovative, by using or showing new methods and ideas

Reward and Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Paid induction programme
• Dedicated learning and development programmes including fully funded QCF Level 3
• Face to face therapeutic training
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topic
• Free DBS check
• Free parking
• Free meals on shift (residential homes only)
• *Refer a friend scheme’ reward system – earn £1,000 per referral
• *Welcome bonus £500
• Pension scheme
• Annual Employee Awards Evening
• Employee recognition schemes
• Company vehicle to use when in work
• CareTech Foundation- Opportunity to apply for family & friend’s grants.
• Being part of one of the UK’s leading specialist therapeutic providers.

Interested then apply today!

All applications & CVs received are reviewed on a daily basis.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and Regulated Activity, which will include a check against the barred children’s list.

If you have not heard back within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion

* Terms and Conditions apply

Support Worker [SYS-11741]

Job Title: Senior ICT Support Officer
Salary: £16.26 P/H PAYE (Inclusive of Holiday Pay) | £18.70 P/H LTD Umbrella
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week
Type: Temporary Ongoing
Location: Staffordshire, ST16
Start Date: ASAP
Work Pattern: Monday - Friday | 09:00am - 17:30pm | Some flexibility required

We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Senior ICT Support Officer to join our client's ICT Applications Management team. This role is essential in providing 2nd and 3rd line ICT support across multiple domains, ensuring our digital applications are highly available, secure, and meet business needs in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advanced Technical Support: Provide 2nd and 3rd line support to maintain end-user computing, network technologies, database administration, and ICT applications.
• Continuous Improvement: Assist in developing and improving ICT solutions and operational procedures to align with the ICT Strategy.
• Collaboration: Coordinate with internal ICT project teams and virtual task groups to enhance ICT services.
• Service Monitoring: Monitor applications and communicate service changes, ensuring minimal disruption.
• Supplier Liaison: Work with suppliers and third parties to achieve service levels and resolve issues quickly.
• Technical Change Management: Oversee technical changes, such as M365 feature adoption, to boost investment maximization and customer satisfaction.
• Platform Customization: Configure applications and collaboration platforms for bespoke customer requirements while maintaining security standards.
• Disaster Recovery: Contribute to disaster recovery planning, ensuring the client can recover from catastrophic ICT events.
• Documentation and Asset Management: Maintain detailed records of ICT inventories, asset registers, and configurations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Technical Skills: Proven skills in M365 (SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Power Suite) and extensive experience in technical support environments (Network & Security, Database Administration, Application Management).
• Infrastructure Knowledge: Strong understanding of ICT architecture, networks, and disaster recovery/security processes.
• Problem Solving and Automation: Ability to identify operational issues and configure automation tools.
• Customer Management: Demonstrated skills in customer care and relationship management

If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call David at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to david.jones@servicecare.org.uk

Client Name: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Role: Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Rates: £100 - £125 per hour (PAYE)
Shifts: 09:00am - 17:00pm, Monday to Friday - Gen Resp long term locum consultant covering clinics and the wards
Location: Royal Stoke University Hospital

Benefits:

• We supply 95% of all NHS trusts and Health boards across the UK (more than any other agency)
• Free Revalidation & Appraisal support
• Designated body GMC connection with Medacs Healthcare
• Weekly Payroll
• Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and well-being and enable you to deliver outstanding care
• First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
• A dedicated placement officer
• Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
• Hundreds of new shifts available every day
• Long term jobs and short shifts available
• Lucrative referral scheme = £1,000 per referral
• 24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

As a locum consultant in respiratory medicine, you will be applying your skills across both the acute respiratory medicine and general medicine fields to support patient demand throughout the hospital. Your skills, knowledge and experience are critical to the provision of patient care services throughout the hospital, especially for those with complex medical problems involving multiple symptoms and conditions.

Working flexible shifts at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, you will join the acute medical workforce on a locum basis, providing particular expertise in diagnostic reasoning and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) while also being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors and trainees.

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research and academia throughout your consultancy.

As a locum Respiratory Consultant, you are critical for developing, improving, and expanding the general service and acute medical provision within admissions, out-patients and intensive care, at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Here you will be working alongside a cohesive team of dynamic, motivated and progressive Consultants, all with their own specialities and interests, to play a vital role in improving care, flow and capacity.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a locum Respiratory Consultant with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust you will:

• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment.
• Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
• Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
• Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
• Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
• Conduct research to help develop and test techniques and equipment that can improve procedures and outcomes
• Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

• Be a GMC registered Doctor (you do NOT need to be on the Specialist Register).
• Have relevant experience at Consultant level, or references to support your transition up to Consultant level.
• Hold evidence of stand-alone Right to Work in the UK (unfortunately locum jobs aren't able to offer visa sponsorship)
• You will need to pass an enhanced background check (DBS).

So, if you are an experienced Consultant with the determination to ensure the highest standards of care are provided to all, apply today and be a part of the outstanding team at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust as a locum

Caseworker

Salary: £26,460 per annum + Benefits - Successful candidates are subject to our Development Progression Scale, as well as annual salary reviews

Based at HMP Swinfen Hall - Multi-site travel required on occasion

What you will be doing:

• Enrolling participants via means of liaison with prison OMU and other key stakeholders
• Improving participants job-readiness and ability to successfully apply for work on release
• Developing trust-based, positive relationships to provide an appropriate level of ongoing support for a caseload of participants
• Signposting individuals to relevant activities, partner agencies & Peer Mentors

To be successful you will require:

• Experience of working with vulnerable/challenging people, for example people who have complex needs etc
• Strong Communication & Persuasion Skills required
• Presentation & Planning skills are Essential

At Ingeus, weve spent time listening to our employees to build our benefits package;

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the opportunity to salary trade extra
• EAP Support programme available 24/7 with access to 6 x counselling sessions
• Private Medical Insurance / Life assurance
• Up to two days each year dedicated to Community Giving (Volunteering)
• Eyecare vouchers with help to purchase new glasses
• Online discount shopping via Perks at Work
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Long Service Awards
• Access to Salary Finance; financial education and advice
• The opportunity to buy extra perks such as, critical Illness Cover, dental insurance

About Ingeus

Ingeus governments, employers, and local partners design and deliver services to solve complex challenges caused by social and technological change. We improve opportunities and help create strong societies where people have the independence, knowledge, and know-how to thrive. Were purpose-led, passionate and proud to work with customers and communities to drive social change.

At Ingeus, our culture is built on the principle of treating everyone with dignity, ensuring that every individual is comfortable, confident and recognised for the value of their contributions.

We are always keen to learn what neurodiverse colleagues can offer to our contracts, to assist with this we offer a full breakdown of our application, screening and interview process please get in touch via email at

Please note, if we receive a high volume of applications, the role may be closed early.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Are you a social work professional with an interest in children's mental health?

With a County wide remit you will provide support, guidance, advice and direction to children’s social care services in relation to children’s mental health. Being the interface between children’s social care and children’s mental health services to promote a joined-up approach to working with children where there are mental health concerns.

You'll also work with commissioners within children’s social care and health to assist with the procurement of services, particularly in relation to joint responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983/2007) Section 117 aftercare. Combining health and social models of intervention is more likely to promote resilience and recovery for vulnerable children.

A key function of this role is to challenge dominant medical perspectives of mental health and ensure that children’s social work issues and themes are considered by mental health services in their work with children.

You'll provide training and guidance across children’s services to deliver practice improvement and be responsive to local and national developments. Undertaking the role of an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) on behalf of Staffordshire County Council ensuring that the wider AMHP service is supported with matters involving AMHP assessments of children. As well as mentoring and supervision of a small number of AMHP's employed in children's services.

Main Responsibilities

You'll also:

• provide professional guidance and support to practitioners and managers with case work and promoting enhanced knowledge and skills in relation to children's mental health.
• maintain local processes for the interface between the Emotional Well-Being Service, Community CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) teams and the Children and Families service.
• deliver mental health training in order to enhance the knowledge base and skills of Children and Families teams.
• update staff within Staffordshire Health Care Trust(s) with relevant children’s social care developments, practice and policies in order to promote their understanding of children’s social care.
• act as a professional lead and represent the Children and Families service at various National and strategic mental health forums. Working with senior managers on local, regional and national opportunities for improvement across the children’s mental health sector. This will include contributing towards new and developing initiatives across Staffordshire
• Take responsibility for maintaining a database of all Staffordshire children admitted and discharged from inpatient services and produce reports to Strategic Leads in order to understand the local population of children cared for through inpatient settings
• undertake Mental Health Act Assessments x 2 days per working month, in line with AMHP duties on behalf of Staffordshire County Council. To support AMPH’s across Staffordshire to develop their understanding of the children’s perspective

The Ideal Candidate

You'll be a qualified Social Worker and have additional professional qualifications that evidence skills and knowledge in working with or mentoring others as well as:

• an approved mental health practitioner, AMHP and be registered with Social Work England.
• experience of working at a senior level in a local authority.
• have good knowledge of relevant legislation in respect of children's social care and mental health.
• the ability to lead service change and improvements and be able to quickly build and maintain strong and credible stakeholder relationships.
• excellent communication skills and be able to promote learning and wok collaboratively in a complex field of practice in order to promote shared learning and joint working.

Recruitment Timeline:

Shortlisting by 13 November 2024
Interviews week starting 25 November 2024

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Clive Cartman-Frost, Head of Access to Services at: clive.cartman-frost@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Bridgeman Recruitment Services (Agency) require an experienced Labourer on a busy housing site in Stafford.

Blue CPCS, Previous Experience and Full PPE required.

For further information please contact Ashley on 0161430602

Bridgeman Recruitment Services (Agency) require an experienced Telehandler on a busy housing site in Stafford.

Blue CPCS, Previous Experience and Full PPE required.

For further information please contact Ashley on 0161430602