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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.

Do you want to play a key role in shaping the future of travel in Greater Manchester? Are you passionate about leading and inspiring your team to deliver excellent customer service? Do you recognise the value that customer engagement can play in connecting with customers?

Your role

In your role you will manage and co-ordinate the work of the team, ensuring performance is achieved in line with our procedures and KPIs. There will be a particular focus on developing the team so that new processes and skills can be absorbed into the day-to-day operation. It will also involve being involved in new and exciting projects that will result in the service we’re providing to our customers continually improving.

You’ll need to be able to work flexibly on a rota system between 7am and 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 8pm at weekends and bank holidays. This role comes with 12.5% shift allowance.

For more info see Job Profile and rota below.

Who we are?

It’s a really exciting time to be joining Transport for Greater Manchester. As a Customer Support Team Leader, you will form part of the management team for the Customer Contact Centre. The contact centre deals with customer engagement via a range of communication channels and are the first point of contact for customers and stakeholders and handle all enquiries and applications. This includes the processing of all concessionary travel passes in Greater Manchester, as well as handling enquiries relating to concessionary travel, journey planning, ticketing, cycling enquiries and memberships and demand responsive transport. We’re also be at the beating heart of all enquiries relating to bus franchising.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will live and breathe our core values of Deliver, Adapt and Care and to be successful in this role you’ll have experience of managing a high performing, engaged team in a customer service environment. With a proven track record of people development through the implementation of coaching, mentoring and quality assurance processes, you will have excellent verbal and written communication and organisational skills and demonstrate strong people management skills.

If you believe you have the skills and experience and would like to be part of a friendly and dynamic team with a varied skill set who provide friendly and efficient customer service and advice, we would really like to hear from you!

What we can offer

A fixed term role until 31st March 2025 with a salary of £39,360 - £43,817 per annum depending on experience, plus 12.5% shift allowance per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.

Our benefits include:

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance

Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions

Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What’s next?

If you see yourself as part of this team and have the skills and experience, we are seeking, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

Please be aware that we may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.

Place & Economic Growth

Public Protection Licensing Service

Ref: 000312

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £23,114 - £23,893 per annum (Grade 2)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Sir Robert Peacock House, Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4LA

Closing Date: Sunday 20th October 2024

Interview Date: TBC.

Role Overview:

To provide technical support to the licensing team, covering the broad range of licensing functions, providing advice and guidance to applicants utilising knowledge of the licensing regime and various policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Receive and scrutinise applications made under various pieces of licensing legislation.
  
• Answer queries and provide specific, tailored guidance and support to applicants, in line with adopted policies and range of legislation. Provide this information via email, letter, telephone and in person.
  
• Process applications using the licensing database and produce accurate licences to applicants where specific criteria has been met and all checks and balances are in place.
  
• Liaise with members of the public and other key stakeholders including but not limited to Elected Members, Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service and others.
  
• Manage own workload and prioritise work in line with statutory timeframes laid out in licensing legislation. Be able to adapt and change direction quickly from one area of licensing to another in line with service demands and workload received.
  
• Carry out investigations into queries for licensing applications where required. Involving in depth knowledge on processes and policies and problem solving, using own initiative to establish problem and solution.

Key Requirements:

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

• Experience of working in a busy administrative role working under extreme pressure and meet deadlines
  
• Experience of working with members of the public, and with other agencies, including a demonstratable understanding of the concept of customer care
  
• Ability to remain calm and confident when dealing with confrontational situations face to face and over the telephone

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Behaviours, which outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view these Behaviours, along with staff benefits on our Greater.Jobs pages Working for Oldham

For details of how we use your data please see our Privacy Notice

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.

Right to Work in the UK

Grade D
Part time scp6 £11,623 to scp11 £12,638 per annum, or full time - scp6 £23,893 to scp11 £25,979 per annum Pay Award Pending
Permanent

Ask us about flexible working options to fit with your work/life balance - #HappytoTalkFlexible

The Role

Access Bolton is looking for positive, enthusiastic and professional individuals to join our team. We have been established as Bolton Council’s Contact Centre and One Stop Shop based in Bolton Town Hall for over 20 years.

We deal with varying enquiries across many council services including Council Tax, Benefits, Planning, Registrars, Bins and Recycling both over the phone and face-to-face. We offer competitive rates of pay against industry standard and, as a call centre, we are unique in that we do not work evenings, weekends or Bank Holidays. Our office is friendly with a focus on great customer service and a supportive culture.

We have full-time and part-time vacancies.
Our full-time roles comprise of a 37-hour week, Monday to Friday working flexible shifts between the hours of 08:00 17:30.
Our part time shifts comprise of three days per week with working hours of 09:30 15:30 totalling 18 hours per week. These days will be fixed to Monday - Wednesday or Wednesday Friday.

Our hybrid working arrangements offer a popular variance of the face to face, social benefits of working from the office alongside the work/life balance of home working. Candidates will need to be flexible in being able to work from both locations as required and available to work fully from the office for the first twelve weeks whilst in training.

About You

This is a can be a challenging role so you will need to be motivated, resilient and willing to learn.

You will pride yourself on providing excellent customer service and respond positively to working under pressure.

Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude are essential. You will need to be numerate, literate and have good IT skills.

Successful candidates will join a high performing team. If you enjoy customer service and you are open and flexible to change, we would love to hear from you.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade E. SCP 11 £25,979 - SCP 16 £28,282

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: Interviews will be held within two weeks of the closing date, subject to availability.

The Role

As Technical Support Officer you will be the first point of contact for routine facilities management enquiries from across the council. You will be empowered to solve issues where appropriate, working closely with internal colleagues and external parties, particularly our contracted FM partners. This will require regular travel to properties across the borough.

You will form a key part of the Facilities Management service, reporting to the Facilities Manager and working as a team alongside two Property Officers. There is very close working with other teams, particularly Capital Projects, Energy & Environment, Strategic Asset Management, Health & Safety and Estates on a wide range of issues. These can range from minor repairs, compliance enquiries, furniture orders, team relocations up to multi-million-pound projects and strategic planning.

We have a number of contractors and partners for service delivery and you will work closely with them, particularly in terms of security, repairs and furniture supplies.

You will raise orders and process payments for the service and provide a wide range of administrative and business support to the wider Strategic Property service.

Strategic Property forms an important part of the council’s future plans as we strive to ensure our buildings are modern, fit for purpose and in the right locations for colleagues to deliver services to residents. We form an integral part of making sure the council is efficient and achieves its financial targets.

We are based in Ashton-under-Lyne but work in a hybrid manner, including in the office, on site or at home.

If you wish to discuss the role in more detail please contact Neil Charlesworth, Head of Strategic Asset Management on 0161 342 3784.

About You

You will hold a minimum of 5 GCSEs or O-levels including Maths and English.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be comfortable speaking to people at all levels within the organisation. You will need to have close and positive relationships with colleagues across the council, so you will need to be able to build those relationships quickly.

The ability to work as part of the team is very important, although you will be expected to work on your own at times and be willing to take responsibility for your own work and development.

You must be committed to the principles of customer service, equality and democracy. We’ll want you to develop professionally and you must be prepared to attend training courses and other development activities.

You’ll need to be flexible and willing to work to meet the needs of the service. Due to the amount of travelling across the borough that is required you will need a full driving licence and access to a vehicle insured for business purposes.

Ideally you will have experience of working in a property or construction related field. Good presentation skills and the confidence to speak public would be a bonus, as would holding a degree or equivalent qualification.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 3784 or neil.charlesworth@tameside.gov.uk

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

Reference Number: DPT353

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.

Family Support Worker

Grade 6 Point 11-19

Actual salary Less than 5 years: £22,888 - £26,234

5 years or more: £23,516 - £26,954 37 hours

Term time only + 5 days + 3 INSET days

The Governors are seeking to appoint a Family Support Worker who has recent experience of working with children, young people and families to support the needs of the community which we serve. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of our pastoral team, dedicated to giving the children the best life chances possible, building the futures they deserve. If you are ready for a new and exciting challenge and you would like to join us on the next stage of our journey, then we would like to hear from you. We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and knowledgeable person who:

Works with a genuine child-centred approach;

Is passionate and knowledgeable about children's learning and development

Has a proven record of working successfully with a range of stakeholders in school to support children, young people and their families through interventions to improve attendance and raise achievement

Has experience of working in a personalised way to best meet the needs of children, young people and families to overcome barriers to learning

Is able to work effectively in managing their time and have excellent communication skills

Has a good sense of humour and positive attitude

Is a team player who relentlessly seeks to overcome challenges

Further details and an application form are available on our website: www.haslingdenhigh.com/vacancies

As a Social Work Support Officer or for short ‘SWSO’ you will provide a family support service to parents/ carers and children & young people 0-16yrs, taking a key worker approach whilst safeguarding and promoting children’s wellbeing and improving life chances.

SWSO will promote contact with children and their families. This will include transporting children and possibly parents to and from venues. SWSO will be required to write up the record of contact and this may be used in the court arena.

As SWSO will be directly managed by the Advanced Social Work Practitioner within your team. There is a natural mix of support families in their home, placement, community and working in the office. You will work alongside our Stepping Stones Cared for Children’s team which is made up of 3 teams of 8 Social Workers, 4 Advanced Social Workers, 5 Social Work Support Officers, 3 Practice Managers, a Service Manager and Head of Service. Our Cared for Children’s team work with cared for children in various settings such as residential, foster care, connected persons and at home with parents up until the age of 16 years.

SWSO will provide support to parents/carers and their children in their homes and also work in Children’s Centers they may also support schools in promoting attendance.

SWSO may support others to identify children in need at an early stage ensuring all children and families in need have timely packages of care/support and that planning takes place around the child and in partnership with parents.

SWSO will support social workers completing assessments and promoting family time.

In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.

You will be responsible for:

Building trusted relationships while making sure peoples wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making.

Supporting colleagues and children and families to progress plans for permanency.

Connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support.

Increasing peoples creative potential and self-esteem.

Keeping in touch with children, young people and families and taking a genuine interest in how they are, what matters most to them and if anything needs to change.

Being ambitious, curious with a desire to learn and reflect.

Our offer to you:

Up to 34 days holiday a year (pro rata if 4 days)

Competitive salary following pay and grading review in 2023.

Free parking.

Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.

Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.

Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.

Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.

A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer

If you are interested in knowing more about the make-up of our teams, how we work, our offer to you please visit:

https://www.salford.gov.uk/jobs-skills-and-work/council-job-vacancies/be-a-social-worker-in-salford/

We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to laura.murfin@salford.gov.uk the service manager for the team social.work@salford.gov.uk for wider disucssions about how we work and we'll get a call arranged. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Want to know more about Salford?
As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.

Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You’ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you here!

Continuous Service commitment
New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme. Find out if this applies to you here.

Guaranteed Assessment Schemes
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please click here.

Grade: G scp23 £32,076 to scp27 £35,745
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term
Role specifics: SW Degree & must hold full driving licence.

Ask us about flexible working options to fit with your work/life balance - #HappytoTalkFlexible.

The Role
Bolton is committed to improving outcomes and experiences for its people, aiming for prosperity through service transformation and reform. With a strong foundation in delivering quality public services and person-centred care, Bolton focuses on promoting wellbeing in partnership.
Our 'Return to Social Work' program offers reflective supervision by a qualified social worker, along with a comprehensive training and support package. This will help you refresh your skills and complete the Social Work England registration, preparing you to resume practice.
Training support will vary based on your time away from social work. A 2-5 year gap requires 30 development days, while a 5-10 year gap or overseas qualification requires 60 days.
A Return to Social Work - Social Care Assessor opportunity is available with the Adult Social Care Team, working with adults aged 18+ through end of life, offering varied and multifaceted work.
As a Social Care Assessor some of the tasks you will be completing are:
Detailed assessment of need (Care Act) and effective asset/strength- based support planning, taking into account available resources, universal and voluntary services, identifying and managing risks, completing carers assessments, mental capacity and best interest work and preparing for and participating in decision-making forums and multi-disciplinary meetings.
Tasks must follow legislation, policies, procedures, and best practices. The role also involves covering a busy duty service, handling referrals, and providing advice to the public and professionals.

About You
Are you a qualified Social Worker currently not registered with Social Work England? If you are interested in returning to Social Work, we will support you with training and development opportunities, so you are in a position to submit your registration portfolio to SW England within a 12-month period.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has a passion for working with adults in Bolton. The ideal candidate will be an individual who can demonstrate understanding of the needs, aspirations and the ability to support adults to enhance their quality of life.

You will have the ability to develop and maintain relationships with service users, carers, team members, and external organisations. You will have the skills to be actively involved in multidisciplinary team working and decision making.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and explain how you meet the points on the person specification, using the open text box for your answers.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

GMFRS are a progressive, inclusive, and innovative Fire & Rescue Service, who strive to always be the best at what we do and how we do it. This approach is reflected throughout the organisation, when supporting each other in all we do.We are currently seeking expressions of interest from Wholetime competent Firefighters Area Managers(currently employed bya UK Local Authority Fire Serviceon a Wholetime contract) who are interested in transferring to Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service and wish to be considered for any upcoming Inter-Service Transfer or Promotion Pathway processes once they open.

Please Note:This is an expression of interest only.

At this time, on-call Firefighters are still required to apply via our current Wholetime vacancies. Please find the expression of interest here

Eligibility to express your interest:

• Demonstrable competence as your permanent Wholetime rank (FF-AM) within a UK Fire and Rescue Service throughout the last two years (proof of contract and up to date training records will be required)

• Operational awareness or competence at current rank.

• Currently not under any live sanctions, capability, performance, or disciplinary procedures

• Willingness and ability to be posted to and work from any location within the Greater Manchester boundary

• Driving license (Category B) with access to own vehicle

Please Note:

- All Wholetime applicants must be conditioned to a permanentwholetime duty system, working an average of 42 hours per week

- This is NOT an IST or Promotional Pathwayapplication form.By expressing your interest this will enableus to contact you as soon as either of these application process opens.

For more information about Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service’s eligibility or any queries, please contact the recruitment team via email at promotionpathway@manchesterfire.gov.uk

Further information:
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT:

This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within the application form could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on theMinistry of Justice website.

The role holder will be subject to a National and Police Vetting through a Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Safeguarding Policy and Procedure

Privacy Notice

For more information about Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service’s eligibility or any queries, please contact the recruitment team via email at promotionpathway@manchesterfire.gov.uk

BLESSED THOMAS HOLFORD CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Urban Road
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA15 8HT
Phone: 0161 911 8090
Email: recruitment@bthcc.org
Website: http://www.bthcc.org.uk/job-vacancies/

SENIOR IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN - Required for an immediate start
Band 6: £32,076 to £33,945 (scp 23 to 25)
To work 36.25 hours per week, full year

We are looking to appoint a Senior IT Support Technician to work as part of team under the leadership of the IT/Network Manager, to provide a comprehensive technical service to all staff, students and visitors.

The successful candidate will have technical expertise, interpersonal skills and the ability to keep our college up-to-date with IT developments. This is a hands-on role and candidates will be required to work flexibly on an operational level.

We are looking for candidates who:
Hold or working towards a professional qualification such as CCNA
Have experience of installing and configuring computer hardware and software
Have a good knowledge of computer systems/networks and a range of software applications

To Apply:
The job description and application form are available on the school’s website: http://www.bthcc.org.uk/job-vacancies/

Completed application forms should be returned via e-mail to: recruitment@bthcc.org

Applications should be made using the CES application form. CV’s will not be accepted.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) on line/social media checks may be undertaken for shortlisted applicants. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought, along with other relevant pre-employment clearances, for the successful applicant.

Closing date for applications - Monday 7 October 2024 at 9.00 am

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (for 6 months)

Contract Reason: Specific Project

Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment

Salary: Grade C. SCP 5 £23,500 - SCP 6 £23,893

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tameside Housing Advice, Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7RL

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

This role will work within the temporary accommodation team in supporting households placed into emergency accommodation to find alternative accommodation.

You will be providing administrative support to a number of households providing a holistic and wrap around support model to ensure a timely move on into sustainable accommodation is in place.

You will be ensuring all relevant paperwork is completed with households in emergency accommodation including applications to housing providers, completing tasks from Personalised Housing Plans and ensuring benefit maximisation is in place.

You will be expected to work in a hybrid way including carrying out visits to temporary accommodation locations and partner agencies in order to support in the completion of paperwork.

You will also be expected to support the team in the prevention of homelessness wherever possible, chasing documents and ensuring paperwork is competed along with providing the first point of contact within the reception area of the team.

You will be part of a very busy and fast paced service providing the statutory homelessness function.

About You

You will have:

Experience of working with households with complex difficulties

Worked in a Housing or support related field of work previously.

Excellent IT skills and the ability to work on your own as well as part of a team.

Be able to work on your own initiative to find solutions

Excellent interpersonal skills: able to build relationships with people at all levels, manage and resolve conflicts, influence others and challenge unacceptable practice.

Ability to show compassion to others in extreme and difficult situations.

Knowledge of the benefit system including housing benefits and universal credit

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present information coherently and concisely to different audiences.

Understanding of the council’s statutory duties and powers and procedural rules with the ability to advise others on their meaning.

Excellent understanding and management of customer expectation including where customers have additional support or other needs.

Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to present information to different audiences.

To meet Tameside Council’s standard of attendance.

A willingness to be flexible in a changing environment.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 3848 or carol.halton@tameside.gov.uk

Reference Number: DPT325