Portsmouth (On-Site)
Permanent, Term time
No DBS check required
£25,000 - £29,999
PARTTIME
Salary: Band 9, £25,770 to £28,360 per annum pro rata for TTO and part time (£36,647 to £40,220 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time (30 hours per week), Term Time Only (39 working weeks)
Closing date: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 23:59
Interview date: Wednesday 16 October 2024
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
The Service:
We have exciting opportunities for a learning and development practitioner to join our Children, Families and Education Directorate, in our Stronger Futures Academy based in Portsmouth City Council. At Portsmouth City Council, we value social work, and we continue to invest in our front-line staff and services, drawing on a wide range of skills, sharing expertise with our partner agencies and valuing development and improving practice. We are members of Research in Practice. As a unitary authority, Portsmouth is able to be flexible and nimble in its strategic and operational delivery to benefit our children and families.
Your New Role:
You will work closely within the Children and Families Service to commission workforce development activities. You will provide a consultancy service to establish training needs and identify solutions and monitor and evaluate the quality of delivery. You will use coaching and mentoring skills to support staff and provide advice and guidance on workforce development solutions. You will ensure all course descriptions and outcomes meet the required PCC standards, and create reports on workforce development activity and spend against agreed budgets. You will support reflection in social work practice, and support Student Social Workers on placement. The role provides an opportunity to make a difference for both the staff of the Children and Families service and the residents of Portsmouth they support. It's a rewarding role where you can really see the input you make having a direct impact on the development of others.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have knowledge of services provided by local government including health and social care, and of legislation and guidance related to local government including safeguarding children. You have previous project management experience or can demonstrate the ability to solve complex issues in a logical way. You can interpret data, deliver presentations, use effective research skills, and work to a defined budget. You can influence, coach, advise, reflect, and collaborate effectively. You have a recognised qualification, apprenticeship or experience that is transferable to this role. You have a passion for the development of people to enable them to fulfil their full potential, and a willingness to learn and develop your own skills and knowledge.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return:
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Clare Poyner, Principal Social Worker, clare.poyner@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 82 606 176, or Roland Bryant, Business Partner, roland.bryant@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 841 092.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.