Total 4 job vacancies by West Sussex County Council

About Us

West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents every day. As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

About The Job

Salary: £28,264 - £30,060 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed Term 5 month contract
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours, flexible working to be discussed at interview. Minimum of one day in the office.
Location: Bridge House, Durrington

An exciting opportunity has come up to join our Combined Placement Sourcing Team (CPST) as part of the health and social care system to ensure people who require supported discharge from hospital have access to the appropriate services working alongside lifelong services. Check out our Combined Placement and Sourcing Team (Adult Services) campaign page for more information.

Care and Support Broker roles are mainly office based with occasional travel and work during standard office working hours on weekdays between 9am and 5pm. You may have a background in health or social care already or you might have really good transferable skills from other sectors.

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

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

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

Experience and Skills

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

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

Rewards and Benefits

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

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05452.

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

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

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

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

The Opportunity

Salary: Hay B £56,713 to £59,946 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, full time

Location: Countywide - your base location can be from Chichester, Worthing, Horsham, or Bognor. You will need to travel across the county to locations that are not always accessible by public transport.

Closing date: 12 November 2024

Interview date: 18 November 2024 at County Hall, Chichester

Are you experienced in safeguarding children?

Do you have a passion for leading others?

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) are looking for a Business Manager for West Sussex Safeguarding Children's Partnership.

The vision for the West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSSCP) is to develop "an assured Safeguarding Partnership, which collectively engages with children and their families, enabling them to thrive."

We're looking for a dynamic and experienced manager to provide strategic level to support our partners, being instrumental in managing how each partner agency safeguards and promotes the welfare of children. You will lead three partners: Sussex Police, NHS Sussex, and West Sussex Children's Services.

You will provide on-going support to statutory partners and the Independent Scrutineer, with wider multi-agency impact, and will manage the Partnership Business Team. This high-profile role is essential in improving safeguarding arrangements and front-line inter-agency practice.

You will be pragmatic in your problem-solving decisions, make judgements based on analysis and principles, and tackle varyingly difficult situations of a technical, professional, or people related nature.

We need someone who is passionate about safeguarding children by providing a clear county wide understanding of best practice and experienced in working with partner agencies at a strategic level. You will be self-motivated and experienced in management or leadership, with the confidence to manage, oversee and advise on safeguarding with detailed understanding of statutory and relevant guidance, knowledge of policies and procedures and the ability to provide specialist advice and information to others.

For more information on the Key Skills, Qualifications and/or Experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. Please refer to the key skills in your cover letter.

About Us

The West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSSCP), hosted by West Sussex County Council, is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in each local area will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 statutory guidance sets out expectations about how we, as a safeguarding children partnership, provide help, support, and protection for children and their families.

The business team within West Sussex Safeguarding Partnership is agile and dynamic and drives forward the safeguarding priorities for the children of West Sussex. This team is fast paced, motivated and passionate about delivering their service. A key role for the business manager is to engage with partner agencies such as the Police, Health and Districts and Boroughs to ensure the best possible outcomes with sustainable positive change.

For further information about us and about working in Children's Social Care at West Sussex County Council, please visit the West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership website to find out more.

Benefits

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

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

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05431.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact our Embedded Coordinator Safeguarding team at

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter.

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

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

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

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

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

The government has announced new funding to support current smokers to quit smoking, with £70 million additional funding per year for local authority-led stop smoking services (SSS) and support.

West Sussex County Council Public Health (WSCC PH) will be receiving approximately £1.075 million for 2024/25, ring-fenced for smoking cessation. Although the exact amount for each subsequent year is yet to be determined, this funding will continue until 2028/29.

We are seeking multiple Smoking Cessation Advisors to join the team. You will be a key member of the in-house smoking cessation service, supporting individuals to quit smoking tobacco. This will include providing support in a variety of different ways, including via telephone and face to face, in a range of venues including community settings and workplaces.

The Opportunity

Salary: £30,296 to £33,024 per annum (£12,118 to £13,209 per annum, pro rata)

Working Pattern: Fixed term or Secondment (until 31/12/2026), full time 37 hours per week and Permanent, part-time 14.8 hours per week

Location: Based within the Crawley area, could work from other local council hubs, i.e. Chichester, Worthing and Horsham, Countywide travel expected

Interviews: 28 and 29 November 2024

As a Smoking Cessation Advisor, the support you provide will include the facilitation of a range of smoking cessation medications, including e-cigarettes, combined with appropriate behavioural support to enable residents to stop smoking tobacco. You will manage your own case load of clients and support in triaging new clients into the service. You will also be responsible for following up with clients at certain periods and supporting those who may have relapsed.

Broader areas of your role include supporting service promotion and working to reduce smoking prevalence with key groups.

You will need to be able to travel independently, as the role will require you to move between venues across West Sussex County.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking applicants with the enthusiasm for improving health and wellbeing outcomes for West Sussex residents, particularly to support a reduction in risk factors known to harm health.

• You will need to be able to work quickly, accurately and proactively to deliver high quality smoking cessation behavioural support and facilitate a range of medications including vapes.

• You will have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work to deadlines and respond to service user needs in a timely manner.

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

Working for us

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

have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role

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

Further information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05430.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Helen Simmons (Advanced Public Health Practitioner - Smoking Cessation Service) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

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

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

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

About Us

West Sussex County Council is all about making a positive difference to the people we work with and their communities. This is a wonderful opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join a supportive and welcoming team really making a difference to people's quality of life. Together, the team focus on prevention, enablement, reablement and safety, to promote wellbeing and independence. It's rare to get truly flexible working opportunities, but we can honestly say that flexible working and a focus on work life balance really is the culture here at West Sussex County Council.

The team has a supportive and caring culture and that shows in their everyday work, but don't just take our word for it hear from the team themselves:

"I think we work well as a team. I feel well supported by the manager and the senior practitioner, who listen to the teams needs and react. I like the fact that as a service WSCC and RIS are extremely flexible and adjust my working to help my work life balance"

"The team are very supportive with everyone being very generous in terms of sharing knowledge, experience and availability for joint visits. I feel as though the team is passionate about delivering person centred therapy and believe in the core principles of reablement"

"It's good to be able to organise your own calendar and have that autonomy, whilst still being accountable. Lots of learning opportunities as we have quite a varied caseload and there are always people to support with difficult case"

About The Job

Salary: NJC Grade 10 £37,336 to £40,221 dependent on experience
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Worthing or Bognor Regis

Would you like to work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational Therapy service? We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our team to be based in either Worthing or Bognor Regis.

In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments, applying relevant legislation and utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. You will be working within a supportive environment to apply your occupational therapy skills to develop and implement support plans, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets, and ensuring that eligible needs are met.

NB. You will be required to travel throughout the County including to locations that are not always easily accessible by public transport. The role will also involve complex physical interventions, including transporting, demonstrating, and using community equipment.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05434.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Joe Vithayathil

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

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