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Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 18.5 per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £39,513 (Level one) rising to £42,708 (Level four) ‘pro rata for part-time’

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham. NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The role is for a supervising social worker - support and supervising foster carers. It involves the assessment of potential carers and support after approval. You will be joining an experienced and stable team.

• You will need to be a qualified Social Worker and hold a current HCPC registration, recent experience in services for children You will possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and procedures in relation to fostering and safeguarding.
• Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
• Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
• Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in policies/procedures and regulation
• Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster cares in line with NCC policies.
• Ensure each child and foster parent are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation.
• Participate in an 'out of hours' support service on a rota basis.
• Undertake occasional Form F Assessments.
• Attend panel when required.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
• Social work qualification
• Experience in working with children and families

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Balbir Sahota, by telephone on 07872 377663 or by email at Balbir.Sahota@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 16th November 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

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Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker,

Salary: Salary is £39,513 (Level one) rising to £42,708 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The role is for a supervising social worker - support and supervising foster carers. It involved the assessment of potential carers and support after approval. You will be joining an experienced and stable team.

• You will need to be a qualified Social Worker and hold a current HCPC registration, recent experience in services for children You will possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and procedures in relation to fostering and safeguarding.
• Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
• Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
• Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in policies/procedures and regulation
• Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster cares in line with NCC policies.
• Ensure each child and foster parent are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation.
• Participate in an 'out of hours' support service on a rota basis.
• Undertake occasional Form F Assessments.
• Attend panel when required.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Social work qualification
• Experience in children and families social work.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Balbir Sahota telephone on 07872 377663 or by email at Balbir.sahota@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 16th November 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Barista at Caffè Nero

At Caffè Nero, it’s our teams that make us special. That’s why we’re looking for warm, positive people who love working with others to come and join us.

If you want to be part of a fantastic team, with endless opportunities to learn and grow, this could be the perfect next step for you!

What you can expect:

• Brilliant training – no experience is required!
• The opportunity to grow your career and develop personally and professionally.
• Unlimited free handmade drinks and up to 75% off food and packaged drinks when you’re on shift.
• 50% off all handmade drinks and 40% off everything else when you’re off shift.
• Recommend A Friend Scheme, giving you the chance to earn up to £750 if you refer new people to join the team.
• Length of service recognition.
• Access to our benefits platform, with hundreds of discounts, rewards and offers.
• Via our incentive ‘Nero 90’, our Baristas and Shift Leaders also have the opportunity to receive an additional 15p per hour, if their store collectively achieves the Customer Satisfaction score.

Why choose us?

When you join us, you’re joining a group of caring, supportive and friendly people – whether that’s your team, the regular customers of your café or your community. At the same time as giving fantastic service you’ll have loads of fun along the way, whether that’s at a pizza night, a Caffè Nero Club party or even at the Barista of the Year event. There’s something for everyone.

Our Baristas earn £11.52 per hour in this location.

If you have a great attitude, bags of energy and love interacting with customers then we’d love to hear from you!

At Caffè Nero you really can be you, with us.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

DEPUTY HEAD OF ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE

This role represents an excellent opportunity to play an integral part in maintaining the operational integrity of the company's complex facilities and supporting systems and to become involved with further development of these world leading capabilities.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the Deputy Head of Engineering and Maintenance will support the Engineering team and assist in maintaining operational quality and delivery, by focussing on the development and maintenance of continuous improvement programmes, processes and procedures, to ensure the Department meets the needs of the business and maintains compliance with changing legislation and standards, during a period of significant capital investment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and confident manager with strong leadership and stakeholder management skills to be part of the on-going evolution and success of the company.

Deputy Head of Engineering and Maintenance - main roles and responsibilities

* Ensure that modifications, operation and maintenance processes meet the company Quality, Health and Safety, and Environmental standards.
* Ensure that the appropriate process is applied for any works resulting in both temporary and permanent modifications and changes to equipment and infrastructure including appropriate design reviews, and that such modifications and changes to the systems or deviations from the design configurations are visible, understood, documented and controlled.
* Maintain a good understanding of technical assets, equipment and testing methods being used in the R&D facility through communication with other managers, attendance of design reviews, plant meetings, etc…
* Working closely with the Engineering Services Manager and Site Services Team Lead, review and ensure the operating requirements and instructions required to maintain the integrity of the system designs are delivered in accordance with the operating manuals and specified requirements.
* Review maintenance progress, actions and status, approving or rejecting any deviations from the plan including deferral of maintenance tasks or temporary changes to the system, in consultation with the relevant Engineering Manager.
* Attend Engineering team leadership meetings, develop and maintain appropriate reports and KPIs, participate in setting the department's annual budget and share in the responsibility of managing performance to that budget.
* Support the Head of Engineering with the day-to-day management of the Engineering team.

Deputy Head of Engineering and Maintenance - Qualifications, Skills & Experience

* A good level knowledge of mechanical or electrical engineering gained through experience with complex engineering products or industrial machinery.
* Demonstrable experience of working with and implementing changes to engineering design processes and engineering drawings within an industrial quality management system.
* A Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or similar subject) or equivalent knowledge gained through experience. Preferably Chartered Engineer status or equivalent experience.
* Demonstrated leadership experience in a technical environment preferably with 5+ years' experience.
* Experience of managing a diverse and multi-experienced team of engineers. Providing direction to those more experienced, and guidance and development to the junior members of the team.

Deputy Head of Engineering and Maintenance - Attributes

* Capable of understanding complex systems, analysing data and applying problem-solving techniques in a logical, competent and timely manner.
* Ability to improve standards and be driven by continuous improvement.
* A positive behaviour set with great communication and collaboration skills.
* Have a desire to succeed, ability to work under pressure and be prepared for out-of-hours working from time to time.
* Have commercial awareness and some client relationship management experience.

The successful candidate must satisfy security clearance requirements - including the last 5 years continual UK residency.

Deputy Head of Engineering and Maintenance previous suitable job titles: Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Assistant Head of Engineering, Assistant Head of Maintenance, Senior Engineering Manager, Senior Maintenance Manager

Please apply ASAP

Due to current high volumes of applications to our advertised jobs, we are unable to respond to every application. All successful candidates will be contacted as soon as possible.