Total 179 job vacancies by West Sussex County Council

Your expertise and passion are valuable in assisting with the protection and preservation of our beautiful countryside. In a role where each day varies, you can make a significant impact.

Salary: £45,441 to £48,474 per annum.

Location: Your main office will be in Clapham Depot nr. Worthing, and you will also work across depots and sites in West Sussex. You will have the opportunity to occasionally work from home, with this being determined by the service's needs.

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available, to be agreed with your line manager.

Employer Pension Contribution: 19.70% this alters per annum on the 1 April each year.

Annual leave: 30 days holiday + Bank holidays = 38 days.

Following surveys of the county's tree stock, the County Council has developed an Ash Dieback Action Plan to tackle the impact of Ash Dieback and promote long term recovery and resilience in our treescape. Would you like to lead on this?

As Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of the Highways Action Plan and manage activities to achieve objectives. You will collaborate with Arboriculturists to create work packages, engaging with stakeholders and landowners to effectively remove ash trees.

You will be responsible for managing budget and resources to ensure optimal value. Using project management skills and tools, you will track progress, update the business case, and secure funding for future removal requests. You will manage a small, dedicated Ash Dieback team, consisting of Project Support Officers and Arboriculturists.

The role will include:

• Preparing and presenting reports and briefing papers.
• Managing projects involving contractors, traffic management, and landowner liaison to ensure best value.
• Ensuring County Council compliance with laws and creating a safe environment by advising on ash dieback implications and negotiating with landowners to minimise risk to Council land.
• Providing accurate advice to partners, stakeholders, and employees to ensure policy compliance with regulations.
• Supporting projects and improvement programs to meet deadlines, budgets, and standards.
• Managing a small team to support contract delivery.

What we need from you:

• Strong problem-solving skills to anticipate and resolve issues independently, make pragmatic decisions impacting service directly.
• Relevant advanced theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge associated with operating a demanding project management service.
• Skilled in leading a team, able to set and monitor goals, develop individual skills, provide effective team communications and carry out recruitment as necessary.
• Highly developed customer service skills and the ability to seek and introduce continuous improvement and innovation, for self and team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrable evidence of applying in depth specialist knowledge and providing advice in relation to specific specialist area.
• Demonstrable evidence of managing an effective, efficient professional quality service to a range of customers and clients.
• Experience of managing and monitoring budgets and projects for a specific service within a specialist, technical service.
• Experience of staff management and support.
• Relevant advanced theoretical or organisational knowledge of systems, procedures and policies associated with operating a demanding and customer focussed service.
• Full current driver's licence.

Rewards and Benefits

We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good laugh, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits:

• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• A generous pension scheme.
• A strong supportive management team.
• Training and development opportunities, including a range of apprenticeships, technical training, coaching and mentoring opportunities.
• A range of discounts including Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more.
• Free access to employee assistant programmes.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Apply now and be a part of shaping the future of transportation in West Sussex.

Click the apply button below, upload your CV and cover letter explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description. Remember to give examples.

Judith Adam's Day Opportunity Centre is looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker to join our amazing team. Within our day opportunity hubs we support individuals to live the life they choose, champion 'ordinary life' and feel part of their local communities.

Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in Directly Provided Services - West Sussex County Council to learn more about the difference you can make!

About the job
Hourly Rate: £14.59 - £15.34 (inclusive rate)/ Annual Salary: £25,119 - £26,421

Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hours) Monday - Friday

Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Judith Adams, Chichester

About You

To become a Senior Support Worker with us you will:

• Be passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Work towards empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Bring a passion, or skill to the team that you can spark some excitement with the people we care; for it can be anything at all from photography to poetry, or gardening to drama. We are always looking to inspire people & would love to see what you could bring to the team.
• Support people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• Be a good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunities to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain relationships important to them and to make new relationships.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker.

About Judith Adams

We provide a person-centred support for people over the age of 18. We support people who have a variety of care and support needs such as learning and or physical disability, autism, acquired brain injury and older people living with dementia.

Judith Adams is a vibrant, friendly environment that offers a wide range of opportunities to the people we support. This includes an accessible training kitchen for cook and eat sessions as well as baking, sensory and computer suites.

We are passionate about linking the individuals we support with their local community in a safe and fun way. A few of the activities we support are community engagement in the vibrant city of Chichester, bike riding for all, Steps and Sights, theatre opportunities, swimming in the Summer season.

Reward and Benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good work/life balance, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
• Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and personal development.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution
• Eligible to apply for a Blue light card
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

About The Job

Salary: £37,336-£44,428 (dependent on experience)
Working Pattern: Permanent, full time
Location: Horsham or Crawley

We are recruiting for a qualified Social Worker to join our Primary Care Network - Multi Disciplinary team.

In the North of West Sussex we work collaboratively with our NHS and third sector colleagues to prevent and reduce people from requiring hospital admissions and to live their best life in the community. There are 6 Primary Care Network Multidisciplinary Teams in the main towns of Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead, Crawley, and Horsham.

Working as a Social Worker in a busy community team, your role will involve working with adults from 18 years and upwards with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, chronic health conditions, older people and people with dementia. Tasks will include assessments, reviews, safeguarding enquiries and mental capacity act assessments.

Why not have a look at our dedicated careers in adults social work webpage to learn more!

Rewards and Benefits

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04730.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Hiring Manager For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

To apply, upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Looking for Support Worker position weekdays only? Look no further....

Support Worker

Here at The Chestnuts Hub, we are looking for a Support Worker to join our team. We support the people we care for to live the life they choose, champion 'ordinary life' and feel part of our local community.

Why not have a look at our dedicated careers page Careers in Directly Provided Services - West Sussex County Council to learn more about the difference you can make!

About the Job

Salary: £18,418 - £18,726
Working Pattern: 29 hours Weekdays (8:30 - 5:30pm)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Judith Adams Day Opportunity Centre, Chichester

About Judith Adams

We provide a Day Opportunity Service providing person-centred support for people over the age of 18. We support people who have a variety of care and support needs such as learning and or physical disability, autism, acquired brain injury and older people living with dementia.

We provide a vibrant, friendly environment that offers a wide range of opportunities to the people we support. We have an accessible training kitchen for cook and eat sessions, baking, sensory sessions and computer suites. We have a number of small garden areas that can be used for social engagements throughout the summer.

We are passionate about linking the individuals we support with their local community in a safe and fun way. A few of the activities we support are community engagement in the vibrant city of Chichester, bike riding for all, Steps and Sights, theatre opportunities and swimming through out the summer.

About You

To become a Support Worker with us you will be:

• Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Bring a passion, or skill to the team that you can spark some excitement with the people we care for it can be anything at all from painting to poetry, to crafting. We are always looking to inspire people & would love to see what you could bring to the team.
• Supporting people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• A good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain relationships important to them and to make new relationships.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker.

Key Skills These will be used as the shortlisting criteria and are part of the application process please read these before starting your application. These can be found detailed on the job description attached.

Qualifications and/ experience

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills, in order to record and document activities in the provider plans.
• Basic understanding of the needs of the people we support and their rights as an individual.
• Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedure, Manual Handling - Desirable
• NVQ 2/Diploma in Care or equivalent qualification - Desirable
• Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or are vulnerable - Desirable
• Previous experience of running group activities - Desirable

Reward and benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good laugh, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution*.
• Eligible for the Blue Light Card.
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

With the ability to give detailed expert, technical and management advice? This fixed term/ secondment opportunity could be perfect for you?

The Opportunity

Salary: £61,147 to £64,596 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract type: 1-year Fixed term or Secondment opportunity
Location: County Hall, Chichester and working from home (Hybrid)
Interview date: w/c 27 May 2024

As the Senior Commissioning Manager, you will work within the Public Health commissioning team which provides a countywide, community focussed function, meeting the agreed strategic outcomes and priorities, and meeting political, statutory, performance and financial measures through the effective management of the commissioning resource of the Public Health Grant and other national grants.

Reporting to the Head of Commissioning - Public Health, you will manage a range of contracts and service level agreements that are evidence based to achieve good public health outcomes. You will work closely with Public Health consultants and other directorates within the council, and with relevant NHS Sussex commissioning leads.

You will provide professional leadership to a team commissioning a range of services addressing substance misuse in West Sussex. In addition, you will represent WSCC Public Health in regional and national meetings relating to substance misuse. You will focus on specific areas but will be expected to use your broad commissioning skills and expertise to contribute flexibly as required.

This role is employed by WSCC Public Health but leads commissioning of substance misuse services across the Combatting Drugs Partnership. The Partnership is made up of the most senior managers from the local authority, NHS, districts and boroughs and Police and Probation Services.

What are we looking for?

• Excellent stakeholder management, you will need to work closely with the relevant NHS Commissioners, Councillors, senior leaders and partners, and develop strategic relationships with a range of stakeholders including GPs, providers (hospital trusts, private sector, voluntary sector), and local developments at a Sussex wide level.

• You will need to have a substantial understanding of the Health and Social Care system in West Sussex and methodologies for analysing trends and future requirements.

• You will need to understand the full commissioning cycle and demonstrate experience of seeing through change processes in a complex multi-agency environment.

• Sound knowledge of Substance Misuse services.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05143.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Fiona Mackison (Head of Commissioning - Public Health) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

About Us

CarePoint provides a first point of contact for customers requiring a needs assessment under the Care Act 2014. It also provides an access and triage point for referrals from the police and an access point for children who require occupational therapy and sensory services' involvement.

The team comprises:

• senior practitioner occupational therapists
• senior practitioner social workers
• occupational therapists
• social workers
• assessment officers.

The team will start and, in some circumstances, complete a statutory needs assessment with adults who are approaching West Sussex County Council for social care support. Where appropriate, adults requiring ongoing face-to-face assessment will be passed to community teams.

About The Job

Salary: £27,344 to £29,777
Working Pattern: Full time (37 hours)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Horsham (Hybrid/home working to be discussed at interview)
Interview Date: Week commencing 20th May 2024
Closing Date: 14th May 2024

Do you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills?

We're have a great opportunity for Assessment Officers to join our supportive Care Point 2 Access team.

As an Assessment officer you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. The ACP2 team is the access point to Adult Social Care in West Sussex. The team's key role is to undertake an initial telephone Care Act (2014) Assessment.

If you have the talent and ambition to achieve the best for the people we serve, then we will support you to progress and develop throughout your Social Care professional career.

This is a fast paced role which requires a confident, organised, proactive and compassionate individual.

Experience and Skills

Key Skills (these are the short listing criteria so please cover within your application):

1. Ability to analyse and interpret information received over the telephone in order to complete an assessment with customers and their families, assessing needs, setting objectives and reviewing progress.
2. Ability to engage in partnership with customers and their families, in order to effect positive change.
3. Able to manage self; is self-aware and understands the impact of work on self and others, able to respond constructively to situations, balancing competing demands and recognising when to refer upwards and seeking help appropriately.
4. Ability to reflect on own practice and to learn from experience. To take responsibility for own performance and to be proactive in relation to own work and professional development.
5. Ability to work in a multi-agency environment, responding sensitively and flexibly to diverse groups and customers whilst maintaining confidentiality in order to deliver a service to others
6. Sound and accurate IT skills, with the ability to maintain clear, accurate records of all work undertaken and produce records, reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• GCSE English and Maths (C grade or above) or equivalent qualification or experience operating at this level of literacy and numeracy
• NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Care (or equivalent) or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience - Desirable
• Significant experience of using a range of interventions in working with customers and their families
• Experience of using assessment planning and reviewing processes
• Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency setting
• Experience of working with customers and their families in crisis or complex situations - Desirable
• Experience of working in a Social Care environment - Desirable

Rewards and Benefits

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05146.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

The Opportunity

Salary: £52,049 to £55,615 per annum

Contract Type: Fixed Term or Secondment until March 2026

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, full time, Monday to Friday

Location: West Sussex County Council (WSCC), or Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC)

Please note: Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. You will need to discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 22 May 2024

Interview date: Thursday 30 May 2024

Do you have experience at a senior level working with children and young people with SEND?

Are you passionate about working collaboratively with other local authorities and the NHS?

As part of the DfE Change Programme, we are advertising for two Health Commissioner for SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) posts. You will either be working for West Sussex or Brighton and Hove Local Authorities under joint leadership with NHS Sussex and will have a Pan-Sussex remit.

This is a partnership working role with SEND and AP (Alternative Provision) Leads within three Sussex Local Authorities and across NHS Sussex and NHS Providers. You will be working collaboratively with, but not limited to, Early Years, Schools, Further Education, Statutory Health Providers, Social Care Services, the voluntary and community sector, children, young people and parents/carers.

As a Health Commissioner for SEND you will understand and evidence the needs of CYP (Children and Young People) with SEND with a pro-active and future view, clearly focusing on early identification and inclusion.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Co-production with parents, carers, parent carer forums and children/young people on SEND.
• Supporting the development of a Sussex-wide ICS SEND Improvement Plan.
• Working with colleagues to develop process maps and clinical pathways in relation to SEND.
• Represent WSCC/BHCC/ESCC at key SEND improvement boards and groups across Sussex, as needed.
• System Development: adhering to policies and procedures and being involved in project work.
• Engaging People: working with a range of internal and external professionals, maintaining key working relationships.
• Developing robust monitoring and evaluation of health elements, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data to highlight highly complex issues and risks.
• Lead in the health specific elements of delivery for place-based SEND and AP Local Area Improvement Plans (LAIP).
• Support joint SEND inspections, and act on any gaps or areas of weakness.
• Drafting reports to summarise issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for key SEND leads within the three local authorities and NHS Sussex.

For more information on the Key Skills, Qualifications and/or Experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Please refer to these key skills and person specification in your cover letter.

About You

We are looking for someone who is keen to improve outcomes for CYP through transparency, communication, and trust. You will be competent in relationship management to maintain effective working partnerships and networking.

Please note that you will work with complex, sensitive, and contentious information, where high levels of emotional resilience are key. You may be exposed to potentially aggressive/antagonistic situations.

About Us

East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove and Portsmouth Local Authorities and NHS Sussex have been selected to be part of the DfE Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Change Programme.

Health services play an important role alongside education and social care when delivering against the wider SEND agenda.

The DfE Change Programme will involve testing some of the reforms as set out in the government's SEND and AP Improvement Plan: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Benefits

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05153.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

Equity, inclusion, and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

About Us

West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents. If you are thinking why join West Sussex there is a supportive culture that is second to none. Employees are genuinely valued, respected and there is an emphasis on work life balance.

The Combined Placement and Sourcing Team (CPST) was established in April 2020 as part of the health and social care system response to the Covid-19 pandemic. CPST works across health and social care as an integration project that ensures people in hospital who need a supported discharge are able to be discharged with appropriate services as quickly and effectively as possible. Alongside the function of hospital discharge, CPST also ensures that appropriate services are planned and sourced for people who have longer term needs and are eligible for social care support.

Why not check out our Combined Placement and Sourcing Team campaign page for more information!

About The Job

Salary: £27,334 - £29,777 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours, hybrid working to be discussed at interview
Location: Bognor

Join our Combined Placement Sourcing Team (CPST) as part of the health and social care system to ensure people who require supported discharge from hospital have access to the appropriate services working alongside the working age mental health service (WAMHS).

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our dedicated team, providing support to our customers to access appropriate care and support services. We are looking for someone with strong communication skills to work in partnership with a range of different services and customers in order to support teams in navigating changing demands and ensure the best support is provided.

As a representative for CPST we provide support across health and social care, and plan and source support for people being discharged from hospital and those with assessed social care needs.

Experience and Skills

The following are the short listing criteria please cover in your application

Key Skills:
1. Able to support the planning and arranging of customer focused and strengths-based services for people with care and support needs
2. Able to accurately relay information to service providers and health and social care colleagues to enable appropriate services to be sourced quickly
3. Able to organise / prioritise work, work independently, and work under pressure and to tight deadlines
4. Able to interpret intelligence received to determine risks and communicate safeguarding and service quality issues through the relevant channels
5. Excellent written, verbal, influencing and negotiation skills
6. Sound and accurate IT and keyboard skills

Qualifications and/or experience:
* NVQ level 3 in a relevant subject, or equivalent qualification or experience
* GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent qualification or experience operating at this level of literacy and numeracy
* Good up-to-date working knowledge of legislations and organisational policies relevant to the specialist area of the post e.g. Care Act (2014), Hospital Discharge Guidance 2020, Mental Health Act (1983) etc
* Experience of monitoring data and information including financial material and using a range of IT and data systems
* Good understanding of office systems and practices related to carrying out a health or social care role
* Experience of influencing and negotiating with individuals, stakeholders and service providers- Desirable

Rewards and Benefits

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05145.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Here at West Sussex County Council (WSCC) we have an opportunity for a Team Leader to join the Children, Young People and Learning (CYPL) team.

As Team Leader, you'll be supporting your team of administrators to provide self-directed and proactive, confidential professional business and administrative support. This will involve leading a group of administrators, ensuring their work is completed to a high standard within agreed timescales. You will supervise and coach your team, setting and reviewing achievement of team and personal objectives.

Both your work and the work of your team, will include directly supporting the work of social workers by updating databases, attending complex meetings to produce written records, and aiding senior leaders to enable them to deliver their strategic objectives and key outcomes.

You and your team will have direct contact with families/representatives of children and young people. You will also have contact with other professionals, internal and external contacts, and service providers.

Here at West Sussex County Council, we are ambitious for our children and our workforce. We are committed to improving our services for the children and families in West Sussex we support. You will join us as at a key time on our improvement journey. The work we have started includes establishing a new and experienced leadership team driving forward our 'Children First' improvement plan.

We don't underestimate the work that still needs to be done and the challenge ahead. That's why we need professionals, like you, who really want to be part of the positive change that is happening. Be part of an ambitious improvement plan and make a significant difference to children and families in West Sussex. There's never been a more rewarding time to join.

For further information about us and about working in Children's Social Care at West Sussex County Council, please visit Careers in children's social work in West Sussex.

Working for us

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including:

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

The Opportunity

Some of the things your role will consist of:

• Delivering a timely and efficient administrative support service through the supervision of a team of administrators, planning the allocation of work to meet demand, co-ordinating the team to meet service objectives and corporate policies and delivering a customer focussed service within available resources.
• Ensuring policies and procedures are followed appropriately and advise upon service impact of policy and/or process amendments.
• Preparing accurate and reliable reports, statistical and other administrative based activity information, including providing ad hoc and regular reports to identify any issues and monitor against objectives.
• Ensuring officers are appropriately briefed for meetings and represent the team/service at meetings as appropriate.
• Supervising administrative staff in a team including outposted staff (if applicable). Manage day-to-day staffing processes such as recruitment and absence management, with support from HR where appropriate.

For a more complex list of key responsibilities, please see the job description.

About you

To succeed in the role, you will need to:

• Have experience of a customer-orientated environment.
• Have developed communicative skills and build strong working relationships at all levels and across teams, as well as with external partners and our children and families.
• Have experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner.
• Use your own initiative to achieve the team objectives and plan your team's workload to meet demand and will support your team to deliver output of a high standard.
• Grow your knowledge of the service area to participate in any initiatives and make improvements to processes where appropriate.
• Have excellent literacy and analytical skills to understand and interpret complex written information which will help develop practical, effective approaches and solutions.
• Have excellent numeracy skills to interpret and advise on complex data.
• Be able to make sound pragmatic problem-solving decisions, which will have a wider service impact.
• Be able to provide effective supervisory, coaching and performance management skills including and the ability to provide direction and support to individuals and teams including those working across different disciplines or locations.
• Have sound and accurate IT and keyboard skills.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05140.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

About Us

At West Sussex we want every adult to have the opportunity to live a good life in the place they call home, with the people around them that they choose.

The Adults Commissioning Service is a key part of the Adults Services Directorate in West Sussex County Council. It helps to ensure that people can access appropriate and good quality services which enables them to live their lives as independently as possible. Our service is split into three areas:

• Older People Services
• Lifelong and Working Age Mental Health Services
• Enablement and Independence Services

We want to develop efficient and effective services to meet peoples' social care needs, as well deliver preventative services, that provide early intervention to stop needs escalating and help people recover. Our Council Plan and Adults Strategy sets out our ambitions and the key areas of development.

West Sussex values and nurtures talent, and we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential. We can offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our experienced leadership team.

We offer flexible working for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure allowing collaborative and streamlined working. Hybrid working and flexible working provides staff with the opportunity to work from a variety of locations. This helps achieve a healthy work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.

Abbie Johnson, Commissioning & Contracts Service Manager

"I am proud that Adult Commissioning has a supportive and inclusive culture which is focused on supporting staff, I personally I have been given an opportunity to learn and develop my skills as a commissioner working in the Older People's Commissioning Team. There is a real focus and emphasis on working together and with partners and customers to develop and commission services that meet people's needs now and in the future".

Chris Jones, Commissioning Service Manager "A very tangible benefit I have experienced since working in the service is the focus on continuing professional development and the sharing of knowledge/best practice across the service".

The Opportunity

Salary: £115,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, Part of Directors out of hours rota
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: County Hall, Chichester (Hybrid working available)
Closing Date: 19th May 2024

Initial Technical interviews to be held via an MS Teams video call on an agreed date. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to the full interview process in person on Monday 3rd June 2024.

The Commissioning Adult Services department is experiencing a period of development and opportunity, and the Assistant Director role has become available due to retirement. We are looking for someone to become part of an ambitious, dynamic leadership team, you will play a crucial role in strategising and implementing plans to enhance our services and improve the outcomes for people we support.

Reporting directly to the Director for Adults and Health, the role of Assistant Director is, as part of a departmental leadership team, both strategic and operational. You will form part of the senior leadership team, setting the strategic direction for the whole directorate, creating the right culture and environment for the workforce to flourish and ensuring departmental plans are delivered.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in delivering and leading the commissioning of complex adult services with excellent strategic management skills and a strong background in adult social care leadership, performance management and partnership working.

This role is a pivotal part of the Adults Social Care Management team and you will work with many stakeholders and partnerships, developing and maintaining a lot of outward facing relationships. As such it is imperative to have strong networking. leadership and relationship management skills.

Hear Alan Sinclair, Director of Adults and Health talk about the role in more detail here: https://youtu.be/f_ARVh0JICE

Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate will have strong commissioning experience and collaborative skills to effectively lead and promote an improvement driven culture in order to achieve high-quality results. Demonstrable success in leading teams to improve services and deliver sustainable positive outcomes for adults. Additionally, you will have extensive experience operating within a senior leadership team, guiding and influencing the development of innovative and top-tier services within high-performing teams.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Rewards and Benefits

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05104.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

About The Job

Salary: NJC Grade 10 - 11 depending on experience: £37,336 to £44,428
Working Pattern: Full time
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Horsham

The aim of Adult Care Point 2 - Initial Contact (ACP2) is to meet need at the earliest opportunity in a person's journey. As part of a multi-disciplinary team that supports, prevents, reduces and delays the need for long term services, you will provide specialist advice to social care professionals and social workers within the ACP2 team.

You will work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational Therapy service, undertaking strengths-based assessments (as directed by the Care Act 2014) utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people.

You will be required to undertake a duty function, completing telephone assessments of needs with customers approaching social care for advice, information, equipment and adaptation (e.g. stair lifts and level access showers). You'll be expected to use up to date evidence-based practice to inform your intervention.

Physically, you will need to be able to sit for prolonged periods of time during the telephone assessments using a head set and or iPhone.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05149.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Melissa Maer ( Team Manager * Adult Services and Health ) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

To apply, upload your CV and cover letter explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to HCPC registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

The opportunity

Salary: Trainee NJC Grade 7 £27,334 to £29,777 per annum / Qualified NJC Grade 9 £33,945 to 36,648 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, full time

Location: Countywide, this will be discussed with you at interview.

Please note: you will need to be able to travel to customers' homes and educational settings in order to carry out assessments and provide advice.

Closing date: 05 May 2024

Interview date: 13 May 2024

Do you have experience working with children and young people?

Are you looking to develop your experience in habilitation and vision impairment?

Are you a keen learner looking to study whilst you work? Or are you qualified and looking for a new opportunity in your career?

Trainee

As a Trainee Habilitation and Mobility Officer, you will work with a Qualified Habilitation Specialist to provide support and intervention for children and young people with vision impairments.

You will work in partnership with colleagues, schools, agencies, and other professionals to promote inclusion and independence of children with visual impairments.

You must be willing to undertake the Graduate Diploma in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) within this role.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Working with a family centred approach.
• Offering advice and guidance to educational placements on appropriate support.
• Carrying out, alongside the QHS, assessments of children and young people with visual impairment, including those with Education and Health Care Plans (EHCP's).
• Ensuring children and young people receive fair, inclusive treatment.
• Maintaining records and assessments.

Qualified

As a Habilitation and Mobility Officer, you will ensure children and young people are supported to develop their habilitation skills to promote their independence both in their educational setting, and the wider community.

Key to this role is the ability to carry out appropriate assessment of habilitation needs, to enable the delivery of planned, co-ordinated support and direct teaching of habilitation skills.

You will have strong personal values and emotional resilience, plus the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers. You should have good IT and organisation skills and be able to work flexibly.

What you need to succeed

Trainee

You will need to communicate effectively and provide clear, concise advice. You will be part of a team but much of the day-to-day work will require you to work independently.

We are looking for someone who is creative, enjoys problem solving and finding solutions. If you are passionate about adapting to children's changing needs and promoting a positive work culture, we would love to hear from you.

You will require a degree level qualification or minimum qualification equivalent to QCF Level 4 with extensive relevant work experience.

Qualified

• Diploma in Habilitation.

• Significant experience of undertaking habilitation assessments and planning appropriate intervention programmes.

• Experience of working with children and young people.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

About us

The Sensory Support Team (SST) works with families, pre-schools, and schools in West Sussex to support the educational and developmental needs of children and young people with a sensory impairment or a physical disability.

The SST aims to support educational establishments to ensure that they carry out their statutory duties and work within the requirements of the Children and Families Act and Equalities Act to provide reasonable adjustments to support the inclusion of children with vision, hearing, multi-sensory impairment, and physical disabilities across West Sussex.

Benefits

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, five years referencing and an occupational health check.

Equity, inclusion, and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

About Us

West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents' every day. Through our Early Help Service, we will work with children, families, and young people to help ensure that every person is supported to achieve his or her potential. The foundations for mental health, emotional control, doing well in education and parenting ability are all set in place in the early years; the home surroundings, family life and parenting are all important factors in determining positive outcomes for children as they grow and develop.

For more information about Children's Services, please visit our Education, Children and Families page and our WSCC Health and Social Care section of our website.

About the Job

Early Help ensures that children and families receive accessible and co-ordinated support when they need it. This support ranges across a continuum from early identification and preventative approaches through to more targeted help where families are experiencing more complex or multiple difficulties. At every level support is designed to address and reduce the problems or challenges and prevent them getting worse.

As a Team Manager, you will be expected to lead, supervise and provide oversight of a team that provides direct intervention to young people and families through targeted support.There is an expectation for you to be flexible and be able to lead any of the three teams dependent on business need.

You will play a key role in the Early Help leadership team in bringing your knowledge and expertise into the development of services. You will be responsible for ensuring policies and practice are adhered to through a number of quality assurance processes. You will work alongside peers across the directorate to work collaboratively to ensure the needs of children are met.

Experience and Skills

Key Skills:

• Ability to anticipate problems, plan solutions and make pragmatic decisions which will have a wider service impact, particularly in relation to providing a varied service, resource issues, partnership building (internally or externally) and the day-to-day management of the team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action with a child first approach.
• Effective people and performance management skills
• Able to manage self, is self-aware and understands impact of work on self and others and responds constructively to situations.
• Ability to organise/prioritise work, co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines and outcomes without supervision.
• Analytically minded with the ability to judge, analyse and interpret varied and highly complex situations to produce strategies over the long term

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Post graduate professional qualification relevant either to management or to a professional service specialism (e.g. Social Work, Health, Early Education and Childcare, Community Development, Family Support); or equivalent level of significant experience demonstrating comprehensive application of the above levels of knowledge in a relevant setting.
• Relevant chartered status of a professional body or equivalent high-level experience of involved practices.
• Advanced theoretical knowledge of systems, procedures and policies in specialist areas e.g. child protection, data protection, relevant law, national guidance, risk management, health and safety, safeguarding, evidence-based practice of what works within family support.
• Valid and full driving licence and access to a vehicle/ability to travel around the county independently.

Reward and benefits

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a brilliant opportunity you will receive

Further information

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter outline your motivations for applying and explain how you meet the key skills listed in full and the experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability, Veteran's or WSCC Care Leaver's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Are you ready to be the driving force behind creating a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable work environment within West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service? (WSFRS)

Salary: £41,418 to £44,428 per annum.

Working Pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week and flexible working options to be agreed with your line manager.

Contract: Permanent.

Location: County Hall, Chichester with hybrid working options.

Interview: 30th and 31st May 2024.

The Diversity & Inclusion Manager is a pivotal role for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS). You will promote, increase, and embed a culture of inclusion and psychological safety within WSFRS while ensuring compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.

You will lead collaborative work with stakeholders, providing feedback to senior leaders within WSFRS, to embed outcomes in the workplace and in how we deliver our service to the community.

You will lead the development and delivery of the inclusion and diversity workstreams in the WSFRS People Service Plan, while also advising other WSFRS workstream leads on matters of EDI.

You will have successful experience in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly within the context of facilitating culture change and organisational development in organisations.

What you'll be doing:

• Successfully managing EDI projects and assigned work.
• Using your deep and thorough understanding of equal opportunities, legislation and best practice regarding EDI issues.
• Quality assuring and evaluating EDI processes and making the necessary changes where required. Ensure all major changes are taken through the formal WSFRS governance process and agreed with senior leaders.
• Creating and delivering high quality and highly effective training and awareness raising programmes on diversity and inclusion.
• Active contribution to regional collaborative projects, ensuring the voice of WSFRS is input in a professional and consistent manner.
• Knowledge and understanding of working with applicable legislation (GDPR, Fire Service Act (Employment section), Employment Rights Act, Equality Act, Public Sector Equality Duty).
• Ensure the progress of performance indicators are reported on at a senior level through the WSFRS Performance Assurance Framework.

Key Skills: The essentials…

• Ability to build credible relationships.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to advise on equality, diversity and inclusion matters and conduct Equality Impact Assessments.
• Ability to design, deliver and lead inclusion initiatives, including training / awareness programmes on diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to provide an environment of psychological safety and constructive problem solving.

What we offer you:

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

• A competitive salary.
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff).
• A generous pension scheme, 19.70% employer contribution, this is updated every 01.04.
• A strong supportive management team who champions continual professional development.
• Access to an online learning portal with a variety of different modules.
• A range of discounts including Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and more.
• Free access to employee assistant programmes.
• Gym membership discount.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page

Further information

The reference number for this role is CPP00922.

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

For an informal conversation please contact ella.hopkins-.

Does this role sound like your next role? Apply now! Please follow the links below upload your CV and attach a cover letter explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description.

About The Job

Salary: £37,336 to £44,428
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: covering Western area - Bognor and Chichester *You will also need to be able to travel independently throughout the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport.

In this challenging, but rewarding role, you will be required to act as allocated social worker responsible for delivering a statutory social work service to those people who access or need specialist mental health services, to include assessment, planning, implementing and review. This includes being responsible for leading on specialist areas of service delivery, ensuring that key developments are communicated to colleagues and that business change is successfully implemented.

You will work as part of a geographically based specialist mental health social work team, providing a service to people who are aged 65 years and over, with occasional contact with people under the age of 65 years where they have a diagnosis of dementia.

You will manage a caseload, collaborating with people and family or friend carers, undertake strengths-based assessments and reviews, identifying eligible needs and personalised outcomes. You will be working within a supportive environment to apply your social work skills to develop and implement support plans aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets, and ensuring that eligible needs are met.

You will be working within a managed and supportive context, applying learning to further develop capability and professional confidence. You will be supported with professional supervision and assessment and a workload that is appropriate to your level of professional development. You will be required to evidence sound knowledge through your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and readiness to work towards being a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional if you are not already.

Please refer to the job description for this role for full qualification and key skill information:

• Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work.
• "Evidence of at least two years experience post qualification working in the UK within front line operational practice."
• Registration with the relevant professional registration body and responsibility for maintaining registration with that body.
• Approved Mental Health Professional (it is a requirement to have AMHP qualification or to be working towards the qualification to be complete within 2 years of appointment and to maintain level of knowledge).

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05130.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Laurie Thompson (Older Persons Team Manager Western) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

To apply, upload your CV and cover letter explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.