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Post Title: Temporary Pastoral Support Administrator (Maternity Cover)

School: The Elton High School

Start Date: 1 January 2025 31 December 2025
(End Date is Approximate Depending on Maternity Return Date)

Salary: Grade 7, Points 7 to 11, currently £25,584 - £27,269 FTE (actual pro-rata salary £22,570 - £24,056)

Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days during periods of school
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The Elton High School are looking to appoint a temporary maternity leave cover for the post of Pastoral Support Administrator.

The role will involve providing efficient and effective administrative support and pastoral care as an integral member of the pastoral support team. The post holder will be responsible for administration relating to suspensions, detentions, rewards and school trips, in addition to attending professional meetings to take minutes. The role would be ideally suited to someone wanting to develop/further a career in office administration.

The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed School where the students are a real strength; visitors regularly comment on the calm and purposeful working atmosphere throughout the school and the school has a history of high achievement amongst the students.

The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.

This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Further details, job description, and application form are available on the school’s website. Applications to be returned to Joanna Filkins, School Business Manager, by 10.00am on Monday 2nd December 2024.

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About the role

Executive Support Officer

Working within the Corporate Core this will be a key role in supporting the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet working across the organisation and partners locally, regionally and nationally. The role will provide strategic advice to the Leader and Cabinet on current issues and other matters impacting on Council policies. It will also support the Leader in his lead role in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Key responsibilities

• Working with the Leader and Cabinet in support of the development of policies and strategies.
• Deliver accurate and timely advice to the Leader on current issues including advice on local and national policy proposals affecting the people of Bury and the social and economic wellbeing of the Borough, ensuring there are links with Cabinet Member portfolios and members of the Executive Team.
• To research, prepare briefing papers, develop policy proposals and prepare responses on a wide range of issues for the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet. This to include reading and analysing agenda papers, minutes and reports to identify issues of interest and to prepare briefings for the Leader.
• To co-ordinate responses to Council questions.
• To work in conjunction with corporate policy colleagues to drive and contribute to corporate strategy and to ensure this planning activity is aligned to member discussions and decision making.
• Take responsibility for effective liaison between the Leader and the Chief Executive, as well as other members of the Cabinet and the Executive Team, to ensure smooth operation of policy development and Executive responsibility.
• Working closely with the Communications Team to convey the priorities of the Council so that these are understood both internally and externally.
• To attend Cabinet, Council, Committee and other meetings to identify areas of research and to assist the Leader when attending these meetings.
• To support the Leader in his lead role on the GMCA, supporting the specific portfolio of responsibilities.

Key Requirements

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

• Experience of working within a political environment providing balanced advice, inspiring trust and confidence on strategic and operational matters.
• Experience of working with, advising and influencing councillors, officers and other stakeholders, developing positive working relationships that generate confidence, respect, credibility and trust.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with proven ability to manage projects and programmes, whilst meeting quality and time considerations.
• A proven ability to undertake policy research, development and implementation within a local authority or similar setting.
• The ability to take issues from a local, regional and national level and translating those into guidance, policy and projects that will achieve the right outcomes for Bury.
• Proven analytical and problem solving capabilities.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

Please note this is a politically restricted post.

For an informal chat about the role, please email julie.gallagher@bury.gov.uk

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This is an exciting opportunity to lead a newly expanded financial support service for Adult Social Care users here in Bury

You will lead a dedicated team of staff delivering high-quality financial support services to our residents and their carers who are in receipt of adult social care.

These include the completion of financial assessments for charging, deferred payment agreements, personal budgets and direct payments and the provision of deputyships.

Recently expanded the team is now able to support our residents by maximising their income as well as delivering prompt financial charging support to ensure our residents can access the care they require

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Financial Assessments and Personal Budgets team.
• Oversee the financial assessment process for adult social care services.
• Ensure accurate and timely provision of personal budgets.
• Manage deputyship services, including financial management for clients who lack capacity.
• Ensure compliance with the Care Act and other relevant legislation.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to improve service delivery.
• Provide training and support to team members.
• Liaise with other departments, external agencies, and stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on service performance and outcomes.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience in financial assessments, personal budgets, and deputyship services.
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act and relevant legislation.
• Proven leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

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The Sycamore Church of England Trust

Name of School: The Sycamore CE Trust Wide Services

Post Title: Business Support Senior Administrator

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, term time with 2 additional weeks

Grade: 8 (actual salary £23815 - £25932 with pay award pending)

Required From: Monday 6th January 2025

The Sycamore CE Trust are seeking to appoint a proactive and highly motivated administrator to join our Trust Central Team. Our Business Support Administrator will be involved in supporting various business projects and will need to demonstrate the drive and initiative to ensure completion of varied, and complex, tasks. This is an ideal opportunity to apply previous business experience within an education setting where your role will impact upon raising outcomes for children. The Trust is in an exciting stage of growth which could offer great career progression for the right person within our growing Central Team.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven experience working in a varied, fast paced role, working within a busy operational team.

• Experience of providing exceptional administrative and strategic support.
• A proactive attitude to all tasks, demonstrating initiative and meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, being able to support a variety of stakeholders in person, online and through production of high-quality documentation.
• Fully embraces the iCare values of our Trust and the opportunities that working within our Trust offers.

In return we can offer:

• Opportunities to work collaboratively with our Trust Leaders and our partner schools. This includes Trust wide opportunities to develop skills, experience, and professional development.

• An exciting, forward-thinking Trust with a hard-working team of talented and enthusiastic staff and trustees who are committed to providing the best for the children in our care.
• A trust committed to the career development of our staff, including access to an extensive CPD library to support your current and future career aspirations.
• A Trust committed to the wellbeing of our staff with access to a full range of confidentially offered wellbeing services including counselling, free flu jabs, online GP appointments and physiotherapy.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Jo Seddon, Director of Operations on 0161 723 1078 option 3 or by email at recruitment@thesycamoretrust.co.uk

All application forms should be emailed to recruitment@thesycamroetrust.co.uk by 9am Monday 18th November 2024. Please note that no CVs will be accepted.

Interviews will be held week commencing 25th November 2024.

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An opportunity has arisen for a number of Family Support Workers to join Bury Children’s Services. Positions are available in the My Home (Fostering) Service.

We are looking for 2 Family Support Workers to join our new Special Guardianship Support Team.

You could be part of this exciting development working alongside carers and our existing connected carer team to develop exactly what carers need to support them.

We are ideally looking for staff with some therapeutic background and experience of working with children who have been in care as we recognise that out children have experienced considerably more early life difficulties than most children.

The team will organise and deliver some training as well as support families who need it.

The post offers the chance to contribute to high quality service delivery, to further develop strong partnership/cross service working and, in collaboration with their team, innovate and build on the good practice that is already in place.

The My Home Team in Bury is lively and interesting and would ideally suit Family Support Workers who are proactive and adaptable, and who have a passion for ensuring that Children and Families in our area receive a positive and timely first experience of our service. The work is immensely rich and varied day to day and allows for multi-agency working.

We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury. We want staff who can form relationships, seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.

Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to serve within child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we could be perfect for you.

If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role please contact Team Manager Amanda Dainton on 0161 253 7680.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week, worked throughout the year.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Team

About the role

Do you have an excellent understanding and extensive experience in SEND? If so, this may be the opportunity for you. We are looking for dedicated and passionate EHC Assessment and Review Officers for a 2 year fixed-term contract. The role is complex, fast paced, varied, and rewarding, working directly with parents, carers and professionals to co-produce Education Health Care plans, undertake work around updating of plans following annual review as well as seeking and supporting school placements. The Team works in line with all the requirements as set out in the SEND Code of Practice and our Officers require a strong knowledge of SEND legislation as well as a good understanding of how young people with SEND can be supported in Education. Due to the range of duties and high expectations for timeliness and communication the EHC Assessment and Review Team has to work very much as a team.

This role will require the successful candidate to be based at 3 Knowsley Place, opposite the Town Hall and to report to a Senior EHC Assessment and Review Officer. Normal hours of work are based around the usual business working week.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Team

About the role

Do you have an excellent understanding and extensive experience in SEND? Are you a skilled and compassionate leader? If so, this may be the opportunity for you. We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Senior EHC Assessment and Review Officer for a 2 year fixed-term contract. The role is complex, fast paced, varied, and rewarding, advising and guiding our EHC Officers, managing our most complex cases, including representing the LA at mediation and SENDIST appeal, and ensuring that our statutory work is of a high quality and legally compliant. The Team works in line with all the requirements as set out in the SEND Code of Practice and our Senior EHC Officers require a very strong knowledge of SEND legislation as well as an excellent understanding of how young people with SEND can be supported in Education. Due to the range of duties and high expectations for timeliness and communication the EHC Assessment and Review Team has to work very much as a team.

This role will require the successful candidate to be based at 3 Knowsley Place, opposite the Town Hall and to report to the EHC Assessment and Review Team Manager. Normal hours of work are based around the usual business working week.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please email ehc@bury.gov.uk or call 0161 253 5659 and a senior member of the team will contact you.

Location: Killelea House

Roles: 13 Permanent, Full and part time hours available

We’re recruiting some great new support workers, people who are caring and compassionate and want to make a real difference to people’s lives could this be you?

Killelea House is an Intermediate Care service, providing temporary care and support services for adults, some of whom have complex health issues. There may be opportunities to work in the community too.

You don’t need previous experience in caring or healthcare and you won’t need qualifications, We will give you all the support and training you need become a great Support Worker.

As a support worker, your duties will be varied, and no two days will be the same. Your main duties will include:

· Supporting people with personal care and meal preparation

· Working alongside nurses and therapists

· Activities to support people health and well being

Killelea House operates all day, every day, 365 days a year and you’ll work on a rota basis with

a variety of shift patterns. These can be flexible to find the right balance with your personal life. Some of our shifts attract an enhanced payment.

At Bury Council we are committed to equalities, we’re inclusive and we value the diversity of the knowledge and life experiences different people bring into our workforce and the wider community. We particularly welcome interest in the support worker role from people who experience inequalities in society and employment including unpaid carers, care leavers, disabled people, people from ethnic minority backgrounds and armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans).

For an informal chat about the role please contact Dill Hawley on 07794973124 or Louise Palmer on 07703165607.

We are recruiting during three open days on 29th, 30th October and 2nd November, where you’ll be able to have a look around Killelea House and speak to our staff. Then, if you’re interested in joining our team, you can apply and be interviewed on the same day. To book an appointment to attend an open day please contact 0161 253 5900.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment as a support worker is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To hear and see more about working at Killelea House, watch our video below

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

The Technology Enabled Care Team is Bury Council’s in house service that provides technological solutions to help retain an individual’s independence at home. The service also incorporates ‘Carelink’ which is a 24/7 social alarm service that runs in partnership with an external provider to support and monitor community alarm units, which enables vulnerable people to live independently with easy access to help in an emergency.

The service is currently undergoing a transition from old analogue telephone-based systems to a wider range of digital solutions, and its an exciting and rewarding time to be involved in this growing area of social care.

The successful post holder will play a key role as part of the service, which is currently based at Bradley Fold Industrial estate, Bradley fold road, Radcliffe.

Duties will include receiving and processing of T.E.C referrals, speaking to existing and prospective customers and their representatives, the set up and programming of various tech solutions on offer to customers connected to the emergency call system as appropriate to their circumstances and conducting associated administration.

Previous experience of assisting vulnerable people along with excellent, clear English communication skills is essential. Appropriate training will be provided for the computer applications used, but experience and confidence in the use of windows-based applications would be desirable.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Mr Nick Darrock on 0161 253 6220.

RAPID RESPONSE BURY

About the role

Within Bury Adult Services we are seeking to employ a Support Workers to work in the Rapid Response Team.

Working for the Rapid Response Team is very rewarding career, as you can make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable adults. There will be an induction and training plan in place.

The Rapid Response Service is a community based short term service that supports adults, including those with complex needs, who are in crisis and require urgent, short-term support.

You will support people in daily living tasks including personal care, and in the use of aids and personal equipment. Working as part of a small team, you will encourage and motivate people and assist them to build their confidence and achieve their personal goals.

Our service operates 24/7 365 days a year.

The AM shift is 9am till 2pm (subject to change if service needs require it)

The PM shift is 5 pm till 10 pm. (subject to change if service needs require it)

You must hold a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle along with the relevant business insurance.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Nicola Withers on 0161 253 6267.

Legal Services

About the role

Are you looking for a role where you can showcase your ability whilst significantly contributing to public sector service delivery.
This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council; a growing council and an equally growing legal services team, we are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Legal Business Support Officer to join our team and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments.

What you'll be doing
As a Business Support Administrator in our legal service, you will support the service to deliver on a range of legal matters. You will also have the opportunity to provide significant input to the development and implementation of our legal compliance policies and procedures. Your extensive experience of business administration will put you in good stead for success in this role. At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.

What our clients say about us
“Bury's legal team are integral to our service delivery”
“Colleagues in legal services are always hugely supportive and provide us with considered, timely professional advice that gives us the confidence to effectively manage risk and protect the organisation. “
“In my experience, our legal services are extremely professional, well managed and work tirelessly to sort things out. They never lose sight of the important issues for their clients and always give the right advice”
“I think our legal team are fabulous and wonderful.”

What our team says about us
“The legal team at Bury is a supportive environment in which to develop skills and knowledge to ensure high quality legal representation for children’s services. Colleagues and management team offer great support to every member of the team.”
“The people within legal services are really supportive and the managers genuinely value your opinion and seek to support your progression, if you want to work on something in particular or have a specific interest, they will act on that.”
“What I really enjoy about my role at Bury Council, is that I get to see the positive impacts of the work I do and build really positive client relationships with those within the Council.”

What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
A strong track record of success in business administration.
Strong communication skills.
The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Grant Chadwick on g.chadwick@bury.gov.uk or 0161 253 7771

Legal Services

About the role

Are you looking for a role where you can showcase your ability whilst significantly contributing to public sector service delivery.
This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council; a growing council and an equally growing legal services team, we are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Legal Business Support Officer to join our team and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments.

What you'll be doing
As a Business Support Administrator in our legal service, you will support the service to deliver on a range of legal matters. You will also have the opportunity to provide significant input to the development and implementation of our legal compliance policies and procedures. Your extensive experience of business administration will put you in good stead for success in this role. At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.

What our clients say about us
“Bury's legal team are integral to our service delivery”
“Colleagues in legal services are always hugely supportive and provide us with considered, timely professional advice that gives us the confidence to effectively manage risk and protect the organisation. “
“In my experience, our legal services are extremely professional, well managed and work tirelessly to sort things out. They never lose sight of the important issues for their clients and always give the right advice”
“I think our legal team are fabulous and wonderful.”

What our team says about us
“The legal team at Bury is a supportive environment in which to develop skills and knowledge to ensure high quality legal representation for children’s services. Colleagues and management team offer great support to every member of the team.”
“The people within legal services are really supportive and the managers genuinely value your opinion and seek to support your progression, if you want to work on something in particular or have a specific interest, they will act on that.”
“What I really enjoy about my role at Bury Council, is that I get to see the positive impacts of the work I do and build really positive client relationships with those within the Council.”

What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
A strong track record of success in business administration.
Strong communication skills.
The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Normal hours of work are 18.5 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Grant Chadwick on g.chadwick@bury.gov.uk or 0161 253 7771

Family Support Worker IRT

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Initial Response Team; we are seeking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic, motivated Family Support Workers, to work alongside Social Workers within IRT to support families and those around them to meet children’s needs and seeking great outcomes for children and their families.

The post offers the chance to contribute to high quality service delivery, to further develop strong partnership/cross service working and, in collaboration with their team, innovate and build on the good practice that is already in place.

The Initial Response Teams in Bury are fast paced, lively and interesting and would ideally suit Family Support Workers who are proactive and adaptable, and who have a passion for ensuring that Children and Families in our area receive a positive and timely first experience of our service. The work is immensely rich and varied day to day and allows for a high level of multi-agency working often to tight timelines.

About you

We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury. We want staff who can form relationships, seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.

Candidates must have excellent communication skills which will enable them, to undertake effective family engagement which builds on a family’s strength and coping strategies, incorporating a strong degree of challenge for families to change, supporting and enabling them to resolve multiple and complex difficulties leading to sustainable change.

Previous experience of working with Cared for Children and their families in a social care environment would be an advantage.

You will need to have good knowledge of Child Development, Attachment theories, assessing parenting capacity and the importance of the benefits of promoting and managing supervised Family Time.

Employee Benefits include:

• Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).

• Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.

• Free parking where you work- worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.

• Local Government Pension Scheme.

• A range of attractive work/life balance policies.

• 26 days annual leave(rising to 31 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.

• Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local business within the borough as well as a

• Cycle to work scheme and car lease scheme.

• Employee Assistance Programme, to support you through challenging times, with things like free counselling, financial or legal advice.

We have improved our interview process too - you will get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.

Come and join Team Bury #TeamBury

We listen

We hold monthly Voice of the Workforce meetings where we discuss how we can resolve practice challenges and create better conditions for social work to thrive.

We encourage work-life balance

We want our Social Workers to have enough time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and feel good, so that they can do their best at work.

Please be aware that we are not carrying out international recruitment at present and are currently unable to support sponsorship visas.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Higher Lane Primary School
Able to provide support and guidance to vulnerable children and families
Able to remove barriers to learning in order to promote whole child development
Able to work in partnership with families and outside agencies
Able to focus upon the personal, social, behavioural and emotional needs of the whole child
Monitor whole school attendance in accordance with school policy

Normal hours of work are 10.5 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Days required are Thursday and Friday

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Jane McCoy on 0161 766 2005.

For more information and to apply please visit https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144575/EDV-2024-HLPS-11173

Please can all application forms be sent to jmccoy.higherlane@visionmat.com before 12 noon

Interviews will be held on week commencing 7 october 2024

Connect and Direct

Social Care Officer

Salary: Grade 9

Hours: 37 hours per week Mon Fri 8:45 17:00

1 x Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Care Officer (SCO) who wants to have the opportunity to develop themselves professionally and make a positive contribution to the work in Connect and Direct (CAD) which is the ‘front door’ of Adult Care Services.

Based at Textile Hall, the Connect and Direct Service is the initial first point of contact for Adult Care Services. The team deal with customers at the time of need and issues are frequently resolved with good quality advice, information, and signposting within this first conversation. Promoting the safety and wellbeing of Bury residents alongside early intervention, prevention, delaying and reducing need is the focus of the service.

We focus on how people can be supported by the strengths they have in themselves, their network of support from family, friends and their local communities. Where care and support is required, we work to ensure that this reflects the individual’s assessed needs and strengths, while promoting their independence, choice and control.

The post holder will be part of a small initial triage team within Connect and Direct. You will work closely with CAD Enquiry Referral Officers, colleagues across the department and external partners to manage referrals at the front door requiring a prompt social care response.

You will need to have knowledge, skills and experience working within social care. You will need to be a confident communicator, quick to learn and have a real can-do approach.

You will also need to have IT skills and, following appropriate training, be able to record/input information and negotiate around the Councils Electronic Recording system in line with current policies and procedures.

We will support your professional development with formal and informal supervision and provide opportunities to learn and develop skills on the job working closely with the wider operational team.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Manager Diane Breddy on 07920116003 or Advanced Practitioner Maggie Taylor on 07542008259.