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Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,183 - £26,409 (pro rata)","publishDate":"2024-12-23T12:49:34.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-17T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/af8930a0-2f22-4880-89ff-dc289e75dadd.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"44417ef7-25bc-4377-8f01-b719630015bd","title":"Countryside Officer","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Cannock Chase","locationType":3,"description":"Join us in protecting and enhancing the beauty of the countryside as a dedicated Countryside Officer!\n\nWe are looking to recruit 3x Countryside Officers to our Country Parks and Cannock Chase teams.\n\nWith a passion for preserving and enhancing Staffordshire's natural beauty, we are on a mission to create a landscape that inspires all who encounter it. From enchanting country parks, copious reservoirs and sprawling greenways, we are committed to shaping a future where every corner of Staffordshire has something to offer visitors to Staffordshire’s Countryside.\n\n2x roles in Country Parks Team\n\nThe team mange 4 country parks, 3 greenways and several smaller picnic sites and open spaces.\n\nWe have 1x permanent post £30,060 - £34,314 (salary supplement applied for regular weekend working).\n\nBased at our Werrington depot, you'll be required to work from other county council locations as required. Working hours are 37 hours per week worked over five days, with two (generally consecutive) rest days, including bank holidays.\n\nWe have 1x 2 year fixed term post Salary: £29,093 - £32,654\n\nBased at Chasewater Country Park, you'll be required to work from other county council locations as required, working 5 days per week Monday – Friday 37 hours per week including bank holidays.\n\nCannock Chase Team\n\nCannock Chase Country Park 1,300ha of heath and woodland on Cannock Chase. Most of this land is designated SSSI and SAC.\n\nWe have 1x 2 year fixed term post Salary: £29,093 - £32,654\n\nBased at Marquis Drive, Cannock Chase working 5 days per week Monday – Friday 37 hours per week including bank holidays and occasional weekends or evenings.\n\nPost holders may be required to be part of the rota responding to deer callout duties, for which an enhancement is paid.\nMain Responsibilities In this exciting role you'll:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Have responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the countryside estate / Cannock Chase Country Park, ensuring the Country Park sites are safe, clean, and accessible for all visitors.</li>\n\t<li>Oversee the delivery of site management plans, conduct inspections, and manage contractors to maintain high standards of safety and functionality.</li>\n\t<li>Be a key player in emergency response efforts, from fire safety to supporting emergency services and wildlife management.</li>\n\t<li>Drive environmental stewardship by implementing conservation tasks under Countryside Stewardship and other schemes, enhancing habitats and preserving the site(s) natural heritage.</li>\n\t<li>Lead projects and work in collaboration with partners to achieve management objectives, while maintaining constructive relationships with stakeholders, tenants, and local businesses.</li>\n\t<li>Ensure vehicles, equipment, and facilities are well-maintained and ready to support operational needs.</li>\n</ul>\n\nYou will also be part of creating an engaging visitor experience by supervising events, and promoting awareness of the park's unique features, as well as leading and inspiring volunteers to contribute effectively, ensuring their activities align with the site's goals. \nThe Ideal Candidate You will have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>a strong background in countryside management, practical wildlife conservation or a related discipline</li>\n\t<li>ideally hold a relevant degree or equivalent qualification</li>\n\t<li>have a sound understanding of practical countryside management practices, particularly in managing public sites</li>\n\t<li>experience of engaging with the public, volunteers, and external organisations </li>\n\t<li>the ability to interpret natural and cultural heritage effectively</li>\n</ul>\n\nYou will also have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a focus on engaging the public and working effectively within a team.</li>\n\t<li>proficiency in general IT skills, including word processing and spreadsheets, and basic knowledge of GIS is desirable.</li>\n\t<li>be capable of handling difficult situations, responding to emergencies, and maintaining physical fitness for outdoor work in various weather conditions.</li>\n</ul>\n\nThis role requires a candidate who is both technically skilled and passionate about countryside management and conservation.\n\nA current full driver’s licence is essential.\n\nInterview date: Monday 27 January 2025.\n\nFor more information about the role at Cannock Chase please contact Cathy Taylor Cannock Chase Site Manager: <a href=\"mailto:cathy.taylor@staffordshire.gov.uk\">cathy.taylor@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nFor more information about the Country Parks Team roles, please contact Tim Cleary Country Parks Manager: <a href=\"mailto:tim.cleary@staffordshire.gov.uk\">tim.cleary@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\n“We’re happy to talk flexible working” \n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£29,093 - £34,314","publishDate":"2024-12-23T12:35:12.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-12T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/50dd4c4d-e76a-4519-9f09-b797a8c0f06d.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"1a066a54-d043-40fa-95eb-90ed800c135c","title":"Visitor Engagement Assistant","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Cannock Chase Visitor Centre, Marquis Drive","locationType":3,"description":"We have an opportunity to join our Cannock Chase team, working on a site with fantastic wildlife and historic heritage! It is an exciting time for the visitor experience at Cannock Chase, as we are at the start of an investment project to improve our visitor facilities.\n\nYou will be part of the team that look after Cannock Chase. The Visitor Engagement Assistant works with the Visitor Engagement Officer in the Marquis Drive Visitor Centre and is key to communicating with the public about the site and generating income. \nMain Responsibilities Based in the Cannock Chase Visitor Centre on Marquis Drive, you will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Provide a warm welcome and relevant information to visitors to Cannock Chase - helping people get the most from their visit, whether it is through giving them maps of the site, information about why the site is special or hiring out accessibility trampers.</li>\n\t<li>Be the face for Cannock Chase Country Park, taking enquiries and dealing with any concerns in the first instance.</li>\n\t<li>Selling items in the gift shop, cash handling, basic stock checks and record keeping.</li>\n\t<li>Organising and administration work is required, such as taking bookings for the rooms that we hire out and checking that they are ready for use.</li>\n\t<li>Helping run family activities and events.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate You will :\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Be friendly and outgoing with customer service experience.</li>\n\t<li>Be positive, and have a problem solving attitude </li>\n\t<li>Have an interest in and knowledge of Cannock Chase .</li>\n\t<li>Be able to inspire the public with how unique Cannock Chase is for wildlife and historical heritage.</li>\n\t<li>Have the ability to work independently but also with the Visitor Engagement Officer, volunteers and as a part of the wider Cannock Chase team. </li>\n</ul>\n\nFor more information about this role, please contact Alastair Hughes-Roden <a href=\"mailto:alastair.hughes-roden@staffordshire.gov.uk\">alastair.hughes-roden@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nInterview date: Friday 24 January 2025.\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£24,790 (includes enhancement for weekend working)","publishDate":"2024-12-23T12:08:48.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-09T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/44dc90ba-95f9-49a7-9716-0470d4210170.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"5d66243a-7959-4180-bfa4-de0d339bed4d","title":"Digital Infrastructure Coordinator","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Stafford","locationType":3,"description":"We have a fantastic opportunity in our team for a Digital Infrastructure Coordinator!\n\nIn this role you'll be a key contributor to the council's digital transformation, encouraging the take up of digital services as well as working with mobile network operators on improving both coverage and capacity in the County.\n\nYou'll be joining an established and successful team working to enable fixed and mobile communications, whist delivering new digital services for the businesses and residents of Staffordshire.\nMain Responsibilities Working with the Head of Service you'll:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Develop the County's mobile communications infrastructure strategy, attending internal meetings, meetings with Mobile Network Operators and industry working groups.</li>\n\t<li>Ensure that all stakeholders are briefed on the progress being made in the deployment of infrastructure (including where required Council and Senior Leadership meetings)</li>\n\t<li>Investigate and work with the telecommunications industry to understand and advise on likely future technology developments and enable as required to meet the strategic objectives of the council. </li>\n</ul>\n\nGiven the seniority of the role, you will be expected to contribute to and lead elements of Staffordshire County Council's digital infrastructure strategic framework strategy.\nThe Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate will be and all rounder and expected to flexible in their approach to digital transformation, with the the following attributes:\n\nQualifications:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Educated to Level 4 or equivalent professional qualification in digital & telecommunications networks or have demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role.</li>\n</ul>\n\nKnowledge and experience:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies, operators, public and private sector organisations to achieve desired outcomes</li>\n\t<li>Experience of working within a customer / public interface and maintaining good internal / external stakeholder relations.</li>\n\t<li>Commercial awareness and an understanding of the relationship dynamics between relevant providers, operators, their marketplace and the Local Authority</li>\n</ul>\n\nSkills:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Ability to lead, undertake research, analyse and evaluate data and information from a variety of sources to provide insight in support of decision making.</li>\n\t<li>Ability to plan, prioritise and adapt to change to deliver results.</li>\n\t<li>Ability to work across functional and organisational boundaries</li>\n</ul>\n\nDon’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Idris Roberts at <a href=\"mailto:idris.roberts@staffordshire.gov.uk\">idris.roberts@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\n“We’re happy to talk flexible working” \n\nInterviews will be held during the week starting 20 January 2025. \n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. 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This role is based in our Tamworth team.\nMain Responsibilities You will : \n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Carry out duties of a current SEND Key Worker role with the additional responsibilities below </li>\n\t<li>Implement the district SEND Team Quality Assurance plan for Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans for both new assessments and/or Annual Reviews. </li>\n\t<li>Act as a keyworker for adults and children with special educational needs & disability, co-ordinate and call on the support of qualified Social work, Educational Psychology, Health professionals</li>\n\t<li>Ensure collaborative relationships with individuals with special educational needs and a disability of all ages, and their families. </li>\n\t<li>Identify and explore, with the individual and their family, innovative and appropriate actions to support their individual agreed, outcomes, facilitating individuals making informed choices. </li>\n\t<li>Maintain appropriate professional records of all key discussions, investigations, findings, assessments, opinions (including factual basis) and decisions, including electronic client records and necessary performances data, in line with policies and procedures. </li>\n\t<li>Undertake performance, quality assurance processes, including peer and reflective supervision, analysis of performance data, learning from complaints and compliments, personal development and continuing professional development. </li>\n\t<li>Ensure all practice including referrals are consistent and compliant with the Staffordshire Inter-agency Adult Protection and Child Protection Procedures. </li>\n\t<li>Deputise for the Family Practitioner Lead in their absence at weekly panels.</li>\n\t<li>Oversee and provide professional guidance and support for the SEND Keyworker team on a core areas of SEND statutory responsibility within a district (e.g. assessment or review, Children in Care, Tribunals, Phase Transfers). Provide regular reports on performance, key trends and solution find in this area of responsibility.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate You will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Be a SEND professional, with experience of leading or are ready to take a lead in an area of SEND professional practice for a team.</li>\n\t<li>Be child and family focussed but also ready to focus on performance and quality in both your own work whilst driving performance and quality in a specific area of practice for your team.</li>\n\t<li>You will be expected to provide support to your colleagues in these specific areas of practice.</li>\n</ul>\n\nInterviews are likely to be held 15th January 2025\n\nFor more information, please contact - Mandy Baggott, Family Practitioner Lead: <a href=\"mailto:mandy.baggott@staffordshire.gov.uk\">mandy.baggott@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\n“We’re happy to talk flexible working” \n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£32,654 - £37,035","publishDate":"2024-12-20T13:38:50.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-06T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/fe7ed9d0-4048-4f88-bdbe-f30a66788c73.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"3a6c567a-9094-4744-aa46-4bfbe631e771","title":"Family Practitioner (East Staffs & Tamworth)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Burton upon Trent","locationType":3,"description":"A rare opportunity has arisen for a Family Practitioner within the Children’s Disability Service. \n\nOur Children’s Disability teams provide specialist services for children and young people with complex disabilities. You'll based in Burton, Staffordshire, covering East Staffs and Tamworth.\n\nThe work of our service is diverse across the breath of social work tasks and functions. This may include some occasional out of hours and weekend working. \n\nIf you are confident and have the skills and experience to work within a busy Social Work team, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you to further your expertise.\nMain Responsibilities You'll assist in facilitating behaviour management work, practical support and undertaking direct work with children and their families and carers whilst underpinning our restorative approach.\n\nYou'll be expected to be creative and innovative with the ability to engage and communicate with disabled children and be committed to ensuring the children you support receive the best quality service.\n\nYou'll also:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>work collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care. </li>\n\t<li>develop, facilitate and organise family and professionals’ meetings, events and groups.</li>\n\t<li>provide transport and support to children and their families to a variety of situations including school, medical appointments, meetings and social activities working under the guidance of the allocated social worker.</li>\n\t<li>provide intensive support to children and families to enable them to remain together or where appropriate to support reunification of families.</li>\n\t<li>Work with children and families including contributing to assessments and providing practical support, this may include moving and handling, personal care, assistance with feeding, behaviour management and administration of medication (following training by a qualified professional and within guidance of an agreed care plan and risk assessment)</li>\n\t<li>be available outside of traditional working patterns including evening and weekends to provide support to children, families and carers when it is needed.</li>\n</ul>\n\nThis role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements, including any paid enhancements.\nThe Ideal Candidate You will: \n\n<ul>\n\t<li>hold a Minimum standard of NVQ3 in respect of working with children and their families together with previous experience working with children with disabilities</li>\n\t<li>the ability to engage and communicate with disabled children and their parents/carers</li>\n\t<li>have the ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families and carers as well as being able to work effectively in conflict situations</li>\n\t<li>have the ability to use IT systems and to write a good standard of records</li>\n\t<li>have the commitment and ability demonstrate restorative approaches to working with children and families.</li>\n</ul>\n\nInterview date will be confirmed\n\nFor more information about this role, please contact Natasha Davies, Team Manager, on <a href=\"mailto:natasha.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk\">natasha.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£29,093 - £32,654 (pro rata) plus £963 essential car user allowance","publishDate":"2024-12-20T11:54:09.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-12T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/37d2beee-4b7b-4461-a87d-63a6d517123f.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"69662ad5-2b14-4747-b491-301780c4f168","title":"Resettlement Practitioner","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Stafford","locationType":3,"description":"Do you have the ability to harness the power of partnership working and work in a team to deliver fantastic outcomes?\n\nIf so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a great team. We are both supportive and keen to make a real difference across all the work we deliver.\n\nWe are working in partnership with others to ensure that refugees arriving in Staffordshire can resettle in the community and live independently by providing the right help and support when this is needed.\n\nYou will be involved:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>in providing support and assistance to refugees, currently primarily from Ukraine and Afghanistan</li>\n\t<li>play a crucial role in helping individuals and families through our five foundations of integration: ESOL, Education & Training, Employment, Accommodation and Sustainability.</li>\n</ul>\n\nThis is a full-time, permanent role, working flexibly, including remote working across Staffordshire.\nMain Responsibilities You will be a key worker for families resettling in Staffordshire and will be:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Holding and managing a full caseload.</li>\n\t<li>Working in partnership with and collaboration with other partners and stakeholders.</li>\n\t<li>Completing accurate documentation, reports and records relating to work you do with resettled children and families, and adults.</li>\n\t<li>Supporting resettled children and families, and adults to integrate into their new homes, community and life in Staffordshire.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate You will have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Fluency in Dari or Pashto would be beneficial</li>\n\t<li>An outgoing, friendly personality who is able to communicate effectively with children and families, ability to build effective trusting relationships and relate positively to the people we support</li>\n\t<li>Passionate about helping others.</li>\n\t<li>An ability to build close networks with voluntary agencies.</li>\n\t<li>An able to adapt and respond positively to change and prioritise tasks and work within time restraints.</li>\n\t<li>An NVQ Level 3 related to working with children and families OR relevant experience working with children, families and/or vulnerable adults would be beneficial.</li>\n\t<li>Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.</li>\n\t<li>Wants to make a difference</li>\n</ul>\n\nApplications from male candidates from Afghanistan would be welcomed, to help support cultural and community representation within the Resettlement Service.\n\nAn extended induction and training period will be provided.\n\nUnsure if your skills are suitable? For an informal chat please contact\n\nCate Whitehouse - <a href=\"mailto:cate.whitehouse@staffordshire.gov.uk\">cate.whitehouse@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nOr\n\nLindsey Morris - <a href=\"mailto:lindsey.morris@staffordshire.gov.uk\">lindsey.morris@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nInterviews will be held on 23rd January 2025\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£32,654 - £37,035","publishDate":"2024-12-20T11:42:22.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-12T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/f9705594-5c71-4d34-a47c-28630e1157cf.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"9fb3e14f-a18b-4695-ace3-248821a90cbd","title":"Pensions Governance and Communications Officer","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Stafford","locationType":3,"description":"We have some exciting opportunities for highly motivated individuals with a real can-do attitude to join our Pensions Governance and Communications Team.\n\nThis role offers fantastic opportunities for long term career progression if that is what you are looking for.\n\nWe will need you to carry out post duties, maintain records accurately and respond to written and verbal enquiries about the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).\n\nPlease note that this is a Permanent, Full time (37 hrs per week) role but will consider part-time/flexible working. You will be required to be in the office 2-3 times a week.\n\nThe selection process will be by interview at our offices in Staffordshire Place, Stafford, and will include a short practical test.\n\nIf you would like to have an informal discussion about the role or have any questions, please email Martin Elliot, Pensions Governance and Communications Manager at: <a href=\"mailto:martin.elliot@staffordshire.gov.uk\">martin.elliot@staffordshire.gov.uk</a> or Matthew Clewlow, Senior Pensions Team Leader at: <a href=\"mailto:matthew.clewlow@staffordshire.gov.uk\">matthew.clewlow@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nTo find out more about what we do please click on the link below:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.staffspf.org.uk/Home.aspx\">www.staffspf.org.uk/Home.aspx</a>\nMain Responsibilities As a member of the Governance and Communications Team, you will be responsible for: \n\n<ul>\n\t<li>The timely scanning, indexing and tasking of documentation received in to the Pension Fund on to the Pensions Administration System.</li>\n\t<li>Ensuring that queries received in to the pensions mailboxes are dealt with in a timely manner in accordance with set service standards.</li>\n\t<li>Controlling the management, storage, retrieval, retention, and destruction of documents. </li>\n</ul>\n\n \n\n \nThe Ideal Candidate Previous experience in an administration role would be an advantage but if you don’t have this full training will be provided.\n\nWe just want you to bring a thorough and logical approach to your work and be able to work on your own initiative, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines. A customer focussed outlook is important to us as is a strong attention to accuracy and detail.\n\nPlease note that interviews will be held during the week starting 20 January 2025. \n\nDon’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Martin Elliot, Pensions Governance and Communications Manager at: <a href=\"mailto:martin.elliot@staffordshire.gov.uk\">martin.elliot</a><a href=\"mailto:xxx@staffordshire.gov.uk\">@staffordshire.gov.uk</a> \n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. ","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,183 - £26,409","publishDate":"2024-12-18T16:24:57.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-05T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/86908b34-7c1b-4b4a-a5ea-b52990c61b69.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"af6156a3-d596-416b-81c7-f4a8e1b7c1cf","title":"Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"East Staffordshire (Uttoxeter)","locationType":3,"description":"We have some exciting new opportunities for social workers available with us in the Assessment and Staying Together team in Uttoxeter, East Staffordshire\n\nLife-changing work. Game changing support.\n\nOur Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that.\n\nIf you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you.\n\nWe are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care.\n\nA career progression framework is in place to support you which also includes:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Practice Educator Programme.</li>\n\t<li>Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes.</li>\n\t<li>We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.</li>\n</ul>\n\nFor more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/children-families/\">Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nHear more from Michael, on what its like to work here! \n\n<div class=\"video-embed-wrapper\"></div>\n\n \nMain Responsibilities Working in one of our three Assessment and Staying Together teams covering East Staffordshire you will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>be working with families across the continuum of need from Child In Need through to the conclusion of Care Proceedings.</li>\n\t<li>Working within a District Model you will work closely with your colleagues in Early Help, Children in Care and Care Leavers and Children with Disabilities Team. In addition, to our colleagues in health and education.</li>\n\t<li>be responsible for completing the statutory duties in co ordinating the child’s plan, reviewing and ensuring that our children are seen and heard.</li>\n\t<li>Undertake section 47 investigations</li>\n\t<li>Undertake placement of children into Local Authority care, when it is agreed they can no longer remain at home</li>\n\t<li>Be responsible for the completion of both Private and Public law reports</li>\n\t<li>Be responsible for referring into our centralised services for specialist support/ services.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate You’ll need:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>A qualified Social Worker</li>\n\t<li>Registered with Social Work England.</li>\n\t<li>To have a current UK driving licence and vehicle</li>\n\t<li>Ideally have completed their ASYE before starting this role</li>\n</ul>\n\nBut above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.\n\nFor an informal chat about the role, please contact Layla Pace, Team Manager on 01543 334324 or <a href=\"mailto:layla.pace@staffordshire.gov.uk\">layla.pace@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nInterviews will be held on week commencing 13th January 2025\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£37,938 - £42,708 plus £963 car user allowance","publishDate":"2024-12-18T14:19:50.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-12T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/cf6092f3-7ae3-4039-9d49-ee06c07f8ba9.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"969bc21b-92cc-4abd-8dd0-005de3f16f23","title":"Advanced Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Uttoxeter","locationType":3,"description":"We have an exciting opportunities in our Assessment and Staying Together Team within East Staffordshire (based in Uttoxeter). \n\nLife-changing work. Game changing support.\n\nOur Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that.\n\nIf you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you.\n\nWe are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care.\n\nA career progression framework is in place to support you which also includes:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Practice Educator Programme.</li>\n\t<li>Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes.</li>\n\t<li>We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.</li>\n</ul>\n\nFor more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/children-families/\">Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\n<div class=\"video-embed-wrapper\"></div>\n\n \nMain Responsibilities You will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>manage a complex allocation of children</li>\n\t<li>share in day-to-day care management tasks with the team manager, promoting a restorative approach to working with children and families, making decisions and providing advice and guidance to social workers with regard to child in need, Child Protection and Child in Care and Care Proceedings, in consultation with the manager, and chairing of strategy meetings, complex Child in Need and Core Group meetings.</li>\n\t<li>promote effective multi agency service delivery, and restorative practice with partner agencies.</li>\n\t<li>ensure the teamwork towards achieving key service delivery objectives to ensure satisfactory team performance against key performance indicators.</li>\n\t<li>mentor Social Work colleagues through assistance with complex cases including Care Proceedings work to support the professional development of newly qualified social workers.</li>\n\t<li>be responsible for the provision of practice placements for students and support social workers undertaking the practice assessment and workload management of social work students in the team</li>\n\t<li>provide professional supervision to unqualified staff (including students and sessional workers) including identifying training needs.</li>\n\t<li>lead on or contribute to projects as directed by the team manager.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate More generally, overall, you will need to be a:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Qualified Social Worker with post qualifying experience</li>\n\t<li>Registered with Social Work England</li>\n\t<li>Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle </li>\n</ul>\n\nBut above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.\n\nDon’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat informal chat please contact <a href=\"mailto:layla.pace@staffordshire.gov.uk\">layla.pace@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nInterview date: week commencing 13 January 2025\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£43,693 - £47,754 plus £963 car user allowance","publishDate":"2024-12-18T14:12:31.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-05T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/1551c384-9f67-4405-92eb-dac356ffa2be.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"d348ce3c-4cac-48b2-be6b-4cea3134072c","title":"Advanced Social Worker (East Staffordshire)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Burton upon Trent","locationType":3,"description":"Life-changing work. Game changing support.\n\nOur Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that.\n\nIf you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you.\n\nWe have some exciting new opportunities for experienced social workers available with us across East Staffordshire\n\nWe are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience to work in the fast paced duty team. There is a very supportive and friendly culture within the district.\n\nA career progression framework is in place to support you which also includes:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Practice Educator Programme.</li>\n\t<li>Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes.</li>\n\t<li>We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.</li>\n</ul>\n\nFor more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/children-families/\">Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nHear more from Michael, on what its like to work here! \n\n<div class=\"video-embed-wrapper\"></div>\n\nInternal applicants: if you plan to apply for this role on a secondment basis please make sure you have followed the process <a href=\"https://staffordshire.sharepoint.com/sites/HRhub/SitePages/Secondments.aspx#what-should-a-colleague-do-if-they-want-to-apply-for-a-role-on-a-secondment-basis\">here</a> for gaining approval from your current line manager. If you are offered the role and you do not have agreement this will cause significant delays to the process.\nMain Responsibilities You will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>manage a complex allocation of children</li>\n\t<li>share in day-to-day care management tasks with the team manager, promoting a restorative approach to working with children and families, making decisions and providing advice and guidance to social workers with regard to child in need, Child Protection and Child in Care and Care Proceedings, in consultation with the manager, complex Child in Need meetings..</li>\n\t<li>promote effective multi agency service delivery, and restorative practice with partner agencies.</li>\n\t<li>ensure the teamwork towards achieving key service delivery objectives to ensure satisfactory team performance against key performance indicators.</li>\n\t<li>mentor Social Work colleagues through assistance with complex cases including Care Proceedings work to support the professional development of newly qualified social workers.</li>\n\t<li>be responsible for the provision of practice placements for students and support social workers undertaking the practice assessment and workload management of social work students in the team</li>\n\t<li>provide professional supervision to unqualified staff (including students and sessional workers) including identifying training needs.</li>\n\t<li>lead on or contribute to projects as directed by the team manager.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate More generally, overall, you will need to be a:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Qualified Social Worker with post qualifying experience</li>\n\t<li>Registered with Social Work England</li>\n\t<li>Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle </li>\n</ul>\n\nBut above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.\n\nDon’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat informal chat please contact <a href=\"mailto:laura.kirkpatrick@staffordshire.gov.uk\">laura.kirkpatrick@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>\n\nInterview date: week commencing 6 January 2025\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£43,693 - £47,754 plus £963 car user allowance","publishDate":"2024-12-18T13:08:39.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-05T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/dbd6acaf-5cbd-4921-95c4-5e4dc5615000.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"133f6e16-0d6d-41b8-8f1b-d451b7d6fd51","title":"Social Worker (Lichfield)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Lichfield","locationType":3,"description":"Life-changing work. Game changing support.\n\nOur Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that.\n\nIf you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you.\n\nWe have some exciting new opportunities for experienced social workers available with us in the Assessment and Staying Together team in Lichfield\n\nWe are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care.\n\nA career progression framework is in place to support you which also includes:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Practice Educator Programme.</li>\n\t<li>Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes.</li>\n\t<li>We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.</li>\n</ul>\n\nFor more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/children-families/\">Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nHear more from Michael, on what its like to work here! \n\n<div class=\"video-embed-wrapper\"></div>\n\n \nMain Responsibilities You will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>work within the framework of legislation, agreed council policies and procedures to work with or on behalf of children, young people and their families, to improve their well-being, and promote their independence.</li>\n\t<li>will be supporting families facing challenging situations, and managing complex issues.</li>\n\t<li>be supporting children and young people subject to Child Protection Plans, including those within the PLO and court arena. </li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate As an experience social worker to apply for this role you must have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li> A social work degree and be Social Work England (SWE) registered</li>\n\t<li>Knowledge of legislation and guidance underpinning delivery of children’s social care e.g. Childrens Act, Working Together, Adoption Act, Every Child Matters</li>\n\t<li>Full UK Driving Licence</li>\n\t<li>Knowledge and skills in supporting assessment and formulating plans for children and young people</li>\n\t<li>Demonstrated ability in improving outcomes for children and young people</li>\n\t<li>Examples of creative social work practice to keep children and young people within their families where safe to do so.</li>\n</ul>\n\nInterviews will take place on: 28th January 2024.\n\nFor an informal discussion about the role please contact Lauren Sarginson at <a href=\"mailto:%20Lauren.sarginson@staffordshire.gov.uk%C2%A0\"> Lauren.sarginson@staffordshire.gov.uk </a>\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£37,938 - £42,708 + £963 car user allowance","publishDate":"2024-12-18T11:58:47.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-19T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/a91dcfcf-1ce6-4041-b2af-c57227bbbfa0.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"1a95ab41-e3c7-42ec-997d-dfe06f8b1617","title":"Family Time Worker (Stafford)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Stafford","locationType":3,"description":"Are you passionate about making a difference to children's lives who are placed in local authority foster care?\n\nAs a Family Time Worker, you’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents. \n\nWe’re looking for people to join us with the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours.\n\nOur Family Time Workers play a vital role in supporting families for them to spend quality time together. Our aim during family time is to promote a positive and meaningful time for children with their family. This could include offering support, guidance, and parenting advice or modelling positive interaction and behaviours. We also support children getting to and from school and family time in various locations. Our family time workers are required to transport the children around the county and further afield. \n\nWe currently have 3 full-time permanent vacancies, and 1 fixed term contract for 11 months working 37 hours per week over five days.\n\nContracted hours of work will be:\n\nMonday - Thursday 8.30pm-5.00pm and Friday 830.00pm-4.30pm.\n\nHowever, flexibility is required as some family times involve working outside of contracted working hours, including evenings and weekends.\nMain Responsibilities You will be required to:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>facilitate therapeutic family time between children and their parents or other family members.</li>\n\t<li>coordinate arrangements for family time for children and their parents or other family members as directed by court.</li>\n\t<li>transport children and young people to attend family time.</li>\n\t<li>provide parenting support and guidance during family time.</li>\n\t<li>support the completion of accurate documentation, reports, and records in relation to children, young people, and families.</li>\n\t<li>be available outside of traditional working patterns including evenings and weekends to provide support to children, families, and carers when it is needed.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate As well as a passion for helping and supporting children and their families, you’ll need to have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>a minimum NVQ 3 in working with children and families or equivalent experience of working with children and families.</li>\n\t<li>experience of direct work with children, their families, and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families.</li>\n\t<li>experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages</li>\n\t<li>an understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development.</li>\n\t<li>an understanding of the key pieces of policies, guidance, and legislation which govern children’s social care.</li>\n\t<li>have unrestricted use of a car and a driving licence.</li>\n\t<li>be flexible to work evenings and occasional weekends as needed.</li>\n\t<li>the ability to effectively communicate with children, their families, and carers.</li>\n\t<li>the ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families, and carers.</li>\n\t<li>the ability to work effectively in conflict situations.</li>\n</ul>\n\nNeed more information?\n\nIf you’re unsure whether your skills and experience meet the needs for the role, please get in touch with us, we’d love to chat to you! You can reach us at <a href=\"mailto:natasha.williams@staffordshire.gov.uk\">natasha.williams</a><a href=\"mailto:rachel.harvey@staffordshire.gov.uk\">@staffordshire.gov.uk</a> or on 01785 276800\n\nInterviews will be held: 16th January 2025 \n\n“We’re happy to talk flexible working” \n\nThis role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements, including any paid enhancements.\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully with evidence of essential qualifications, alongside the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,183 - £26,409 plus £963 car allowance per year","publishDate":"2024-12-17T11:57:39.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-08T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/5f7038cf-b1e0-489b-a056-273bc33c510a.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"fe34f1a3-e9f4-439f-9ec9-a8bd9274d1c4","title":"Family Time Worker (South Staffordshire)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Codsall, South Staffordshire","locationType":3,"description":"Are you passionate about making a difference to children's lives who are placed in local authority foster care? \n\nAs a Family Time Worker, you’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents. \n\nWe’re looking for people to join us with the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours. Our family time workers are also required to transport the children around the county and further afield. \n\nWe currently have a part-time permanent vacancy, working 18.5 hours per week over 2.5 days.\n\nContracted hours of work will be Monday, Tuesday 8.30pm-5.00pm and Wednesday 12 -5pm. However, flexibility is required as some family times involve working outside of contracted working hours, including evenings and weekends.\n\n\"Were happy to talk flexible/hybrid working\"\n\nThis role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements including any paid enhancements.\n\nInterviews are expected to take place week beginning 6th and 12th January 2025\nMain Responsibilities You will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>facilitate therapeutic family time between children and their parents or other family members.</li>\n\t<li>coordinate arrangements for family time for children and their parents or other family members as directed by court.</li>\n\t<li>transport children and young people to attend family time.</li>\n\t<li>provide parenting support and guidance during family time.</li>\n\t<li>support the completion of accurate documentation, reports, and records in relation to children, young people, and families.</li>\n\t<li>be available outside of traditional working patterns including evenings and weekends to provide support to children, families, and carers when it is needed.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Ideal Candidate As well as a passion for helping and supporting children and their families, you’ll need to have:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>A minimum NVQ 3 in working with children and families or equivalent experience of working with children and families.</li>\n\t<li>Experience of direct work with children, their families, and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families.</li>\n\t<li>Experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages</li>\n\t<li>An understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development.</li>\n\t<li>An understanding of the key pieces of policies, guidance, and legislation which govern children’s social care.</li>\n\t<li>Have unrestricted use of a car and a driving licence.</li>\n\t<li>Be flexible to work evenings and occasional weekends as needed.</li>\n\t<li>The ability to effectively communicate with children, their families, and carers.</li>\n\t<li>The ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families, and carers.</li>\n\t<li>The ability to work effectively in conflict situations.</li>\n</ul>\n\nNeed more information? If you’re unsure whether your skills and experience meet the needs for the role, please get in touch with us, we’d love to chat to you! You can reach us at <a href=\"mailto:Jennifer.elliott@staffordshire.gov.uk.\">Jennifer.elliott@staffordshire.gov.uk.</a>\n\n“We’re happy to talk flexible working” \n\nOur recruitment process: we anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. \n\nIn addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to <a href=\"https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/\">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>\n\nOur recruitment process:\n\nAs an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities\n\nAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. \n\nAs you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,183 - £26,409 (pro rata)","publishDate":"2024-12-12T09:13:57.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-01-07T23:59:59.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/62c6832c-6066-4b1a-bca7-84a576173d41.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"98413c4c-8a74-414d-9722-4a272a965468","title":"Cook (Children's Disability Services - Cannock)","employer":"Staffordshire County Council","department":"","location":"Cannock","locationType":3,"description":"Join us in Staffordshire to work with our children, young people, and families. \n\nWe are committed to providing the best care and support, fostering lifelong relationships with our children. Creativity and fun are at the core of our approach, both inside and outside the homes. Our specialist teams support children and young people across Staffordshire, with numerous vacancies available.\n\nAs we continue to develop and enhance our in house residential service for children with disabilities we currently have a vacancy for a part time cook at our home in Cannock Our new increased pay range recognises the challenging nature of the role.\n\nWorking hours vary but will be between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday. This role is 20 hours per week.\nMain Responsibilities You will :\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>work within the children's home, providing home cooked meals for children with a range of dietary needs including allergens.</li>\n\t<li>be planning menus, ordering food within budgets and assisting the young people with independent skills.</li>\n</ul>\n\nWhat you can expect from us:\n\nWe have a detailed induction programme specifically designed to cover all elements of the role, so that you have all the tools and knowledge ready to get going.\n\nWe have an ambitious, confident, and motivated management team who are experienced, supportive, and keen to help you learn and grow. \n\nYou will have 1:1 reflective space with managers, a comprehensive employee support offer, and lots of opportunity to network with other professionals that support children.\nThe Ideal Candidate We are looking for an experienced cook who will:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>engage with the young people to encourage healthy eating</li>\n\t<li>understand dietary and allergen needs.</li>\n\t<li>plan meals in advance. You'll be expected to cook fresh home cooked meals.</li>\n</ul>\n\nWhat we are looking for:\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\nPassion – Thinking creatively to ensure that our children are encouraged to eat healthy food and try new dishes. We are looking for passionate people (irrelevant of length of experience) who truly care and want to make a difference to children, young people and families.</li>\n\t<li>\nChallenge – Some days will be tough, for our children, for you, and for your colleagues - we're after someone who is dedicated and committed, and who will always go that extra mile for our children (even on the bad days). Working as part of a close professional team is really important and you will need to be a team player to get through those tough times.</li>\n\t<li>\nForward thinking – We are an expanding service with big ideas and aspirational views. We are looking for workers who can join our team and join us on this exciting journey, making contributions to help shape and inform the future of the service for our children</li>\n\t<li>\nValues – We are looking for someone who has values aligned to those that are integral to our service and our organisation - supportive, innovative, respectful and collaborative</li>\n</ul>\n\nAre you interested?\n\nYou are welcome to contact any one of our Residential Managers, Zou Mohammed <a href=\"mailto:natalie.harvey@staffordshire.gov.uk\">zou.mohammed @staffordshire.gov.uk</a> or Bursar, Sue Wheeler <a href=\"mailto:susan.wheeler@staffordshire.gov.uk\">susan.wheeler@staffordshire.gov.uk</a> to discuss the role and gain more information about the service. They can be contacted either by email or phone on 01283 845237\n\nInterview date to be confirmed\n\nWe embrace strength-based approaches and offer a rewarding work-life balance.\n\nWhen applying please ensure your supporting statement shows evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. \n\nWe encourage our children to participate and get involved in all decisions, and recruitment is no different. It is really important to us that anyone joining the residential team has the skills, abilities, and outlook that our children tell us they need from us.\n\nOur Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.\nAbout Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council:\n\nOur Values:\n\nThe core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.\n\nOur values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:\n\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"272\" src=\"https://staffscc-uploads-eu-west-2.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/63806fb8a56160f4aa0fa5dc8ac1debabf27234b.jpg\" width=\"700\">\n\nWe have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.\n\nWe look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. \n\nOur benefits:\n\nWe recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. 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Business Support Administrator

Staffordshire County Council

£25,183 - £26,409 (pro rata)

Horninglow Bungalows (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

Countryside Officer

Staffordshire County Council

£29,093 - £34,314

Cannock Chase (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

Visitor Engagement Assistant

Staffordshire County Council

£24,790 (includes enhancement for weekend working)

Cannock Chase Visitor Centre, Marquis Drive (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

Digital Infrastructure Coordinator

Staffordshire County Council

£43693 - £47754

Stafford (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

Senior SEND Key Worker (Tamworth)

Staffordshire County Council

£32,654 - £37,035

Tamworth (On-Site)

Posted 6 days ago

Family Practitioner (East Staffs & Tamworth)

Staffordshire County Council

£29,093 - £32,654 (pro rata) plus £963 essential car user allowance

Burton upon Trent (On-Site)

Posted 6 days ago

Resettlement Practitioner

Staffordshire County Council

£32,654 - £37,035

Stafford (On-Site)

Posted 6 days ago

Pensions Governance and Communications Officer

Staffordshire County Council

£25,183 - £26,409

Stafford (On-Site)

Posted 8 days ago

Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Staffordshire County Council

£37,938 - £42,708 plus £963 car user allowance

East Staffordshire (Uttoxeter) (On-Site)

Posted 8 days ago

Advanced Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Staffordshire County Council

£43,693 - £47,754 plus £963 car user allowance

Uttoxeter (On-Site)

Posted 8 days ago

Advanced Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Staffordshire County Council

£43,693 - £47,754 plus £963 car user allowance

Burton upon Trent (On-Site)

Posted 8 days ago

Social Worker (Lichfield)

Staffordshire County Council

£37,938 - £42,708 + £963 car user allowance

Lichfield (On-Site)

Posted 8 days ago

Family Time Worker (Stafford)

Staffordshire County Council

£25,183 - £26,409 plus £963 car allowance per year

Stafford (On-Site)

Posted 9 days ago

Family Time Worker (South Staffordshire)

Staffordshire County Council

£25,183 - £26,409 (pro rata)

Codsall, South Staffordshire (On-Site)

Posted 14 days ago

Cook (Children's Disability Services - Cannock)

Staffordshire County Council

£25,183 - £26,409 (Pro Rata)

Cannock (On-Site)

Posted 15 days ago

Highway Inspector

Staffordshire County Council

£32,654 - £37,035

Lichfield Depot area (On-Site)

Posted 23 days ago

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16 Staffordshire County Council jobs

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Business Support Administrator

Countryside Officer

Visitor Engagement Assistant

Digital Infrastructure Coordinator

Senior SEND Key Worker (Tamworth)

Family Practitioner (East Staffs & Tamworth)

Resettlement Practitioner

Pensions Governance and Communications Officer

Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Advanced Children's Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Advanced Social Worker (East Staffordshire)

Social Worker (Lichfield)

Family Time Worker (Stafford)

Family Time Worker (South Staffordshire)

Cook (Children's Disability Services - Cannock)

Highway Inspector

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Staffordshire County Council jobs