Total 64 Senior Executive job vacancies in Telford, TF1 1LX

About The Role
Calling all people who are kind, caring and want to make a difference by joining our team of key workers: your community needs you! We need people to rally together and join our teams to support society’s most vulnerable during these unprecedented times and beyond.
As a Senior Carer at HC One, Kindness will be at the core of everything you do. It touches upon every aspect of our Dementia, Nursing, Residential and Specialist care homes. Every single person who works here understands that our residents are people just like them with their own stories to tell. And, by joining us, you’ll have a wonderful opportunity to give something back to those people.
For you, that will mean planning and implementing the kind of care that will give our residents a real sense of security, dignity and independence. You will get to know our residents and their families – helping to ensure we deliver truly personalised care plans.

Leading a team of carers, you will be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of care and you’ll be a real influence on the rest of the team. Whether you are showing someone how to use a walking frame, helping someone at the end of their life to eat a meal or talking to a resident’s family on the phone, you’ll do so with a sense of kindness, above anything else.
Assisting the Registered Nurse and Care Manager, you will be involved in providing essential physical and mental stimulation through a range of social and recreational activities, as well as administering medication
One of your key responsibilities is to maintain accurate records of the job you do and build strong relationships with the rest of your team.
Become a Key worker and make difference.
We are committed to providing the quickest possible turnaround from the point of making you a job offer to you starting with us on day one

About You
Ideally, you’ll have an S/NVQ 2 or 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care, a background in person centered care planning and knowledge of caring for people with dementia. What’s essential, though, is your brilliant positive energy and natural ability to get along with people. You’ll know what good record keeping looks like and be able to manage your time effectively. And, whenever you communicate with a resident or co-worker, you’ll be truly considerate and kind.

Well, after all, it’s just in your nature.

About The Company
We’ll provide full training, so it’s a great opportunity to learn something new. In return, you will enjoy access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being and throughout your career as a Care Assistant we will invest in you and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:

- Hourly rate is subject to experience and qualifications.
- Paid Enhanced DBS/PVG
- Free uniform
- During a shift of eight hours or more a nutritious meal will be available
- Company pension scheme
- 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Group life assurance cover
- Wagestream - financial wellbeing and flexible access to pay as you need it
- Award-winning learning and development and support to achieve qualifications
- GP online - a service providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app - available to you and your children under 16
- An opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team.
- Colleague discounts – Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners.
- Wellbeing - free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives Colleagues and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues
- Excellent recognition schemes such as ‘Kindness in Care’ and Long Service Awards
- An attractive refer a friend scheme of up to £1000 per referral, depending on the role

We are passionate about ensuring that our current and future Colleagues can be their true selves, and that our workforce represents the communities we serve. We prioritise inclusive working practices and invite applicants from all backgrounds into our HC-One family and we are committed to providing the quickest possible turnaround from the point of making you a job offer to you starting with us on day one.

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Job: Senior Residential Support Worker
Contract: Permanent
Location: Telford
Hours: Full time
Pay: £27,558 - £33,000 (Including sleeps)
Job Role: Children's Residential Senior Support Worker

We are excited to partner with individuals possessing exceptional skills for the role of Senior Support Worker on behalf of our esteemed client. Our client, a reputable national company with over 35 years of experience, operates fifty children's residential homes across the country. These homes take pride in positively transforming children's lives by delivering top-notch specialist services. Led by dedicated "professional parents," the service offers high-level support and nurturing care to help children overcome challenges and achieve remarkable outcomes. The primary focus is on trauma-informed, therapeutic services, aiming to provide stability, develop resilience, and facilitate smooth transitions for children and young people.

Your Responsibilities:

• Establishing effective relationships with young individuals, their families (if applicable), and external agencies.
• Actively participating in the development, assessment, and execution of care plans and risk assessments for young individuals.
• Providing assistance to the deputy/manager of the home during shifts and fulfilling designated senior responsibilities as directed.
• Ensuring meticulous upkeep of high-quality records as required, with supervision and guidance from shift leaders and Managers.
• Upholding and promoting residential care work to the elevated standards of professionalism expected by the company and Ofsted.
• Maintaining the cleanliness and order of the home, adhering to the cleaning rota system, and encouraging the engagement of young individuals as appropriate.
• Contributing to the educational and social advancement of each young person and actively supporting the implementation of Individual Education Programs.
• Attending to the emotional and physical needs of our young individuals, while maximising opportunities for their holistic development.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Flexibility to work different shifts on a rota basis, including 2 in and 4 off shifts pattern with sleeps.
• NVQ Level 3 in Children.
• Experience as a Senior Support Worker or equivalent.
• Enhanced DBS clearance.
• Possession of a driver's license with own car (Desirable).
• Being over 21 years old.

What's Offered:

• Competitive salary ranging from £27,558 to £29,758 per year, depending on qualifications, up to £33K with sleeps.
• Enrolment onto the fully funded Level 3/4/5 Children and Young People's Workforce qualification.
• 248 hours of annual leave per year.
• Opportunities for extra shifts/overtime at an enhanced rate.
• Bank holidays paid at time and a half.
• Pension enrolment and cycle to work scheme.
• Fantastic opportunities for career development, with over 50 colleagues promoted last year.
• £500 bonus through the 'Refer a Friend' scheme, with a chance to win £5000 in a prize draw for successful referees.
• Access to big-brand deals and discounts via the employee benefits scheme
• Free parking.

If you are seeking to build a fulfilling career within an outstanding company and have a genuine desire to make a positive impact on a child's life, this role might be the perfect fit for you. To apply for this rewarding position, click "APPLY" today, or for more information, contact Maribel at our Birmingham Care Office on 0121 480 8217.
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Senior Practitioner - Children in Care, West Essex

Fixed Term 12 months , Full Time

£43,477 to £52,302 per annum

Location: Harlow

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 7th January 2024

Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services. If you would like more information on this, please follow this link

We are a friendly, supportive, and hard-working team where we always hold children at the centre of what we do. We have created an open, reflective and learning culture where social workers feel enabled and supported to raise issues, consider different perspectives, challenge authority, and try out different approaches in a safe and non-blaming environment. Good quality reflective supervision is provided to all social workers and senior practitioners.

Sonia and Padraig talk about our great team

As a Senior Practitioner you will provide leadership in the team, provide both support and mentoring to newly qualified or less experienced staff, facilitate reflective group supervision, oversee the team's duty service, deputise for the Team Manager when needed and have responsibility to lead in a practice area.

There will be opportunities for your own professional development and for being part of developing our team and service.

Children in Care

Children in Care (CIC) teams work with children and young people up to the age of 18 who are in care- they're unable to live at home and are either placed with a foster carer or live in residential homes. They work with children and young people to ensure their experiences in care is a good one and that the work undertaken prepares them for their transition into leaving care or return home to family. The CIC teams receive cases in proceedings after the first hearing, they visit children and young people in placement, develop permanency plans which include Special Guardianship Order (SGO) and adoption, undertake life-story work to enable a child to understand the reasons for being in care and also support children to return home to birth family.

Skills, knowledge and Experience

· A recognised social work qualification i.e. Diploma, degree or masters in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent, with current registration with Social Work England as a registered social worker.

· Evidence of continuing professional development, aligned to any relevant Professional Competency/Capability frameworks or Knowledge and Skills Statements.

· Significant experience of social work, demonstrating a comprehensive and up to date understanding of all relevant legislation, regulation and guidance.

· Experience of mentoring both Social Work students and newly qualified and experienced Social Work staff, being a subject matter expert in professional social work practice.

· Experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members and/or carers and other multi-agency professionals.

· Developing strong relationships with partners, other agencies and the local community to achieve joint objectives and offer a supportive framework for children, young people and families.

· In depth understanding of delivery of value for money interventions balanced against need.

· Proven track record of clear decision making in order to highlight and limit the potential risks associated with intervention.

Please contact Sonia Brewster-Jones or Andrea Norton, Team Managers CIC if you would like to discuss further

sonia.brewster-jones@essex.gov.uk or Matthew.smith@essex.gov.uk. 12 month fixed term or secondment also available

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

Please take a look at our 'No Magic' Children & Families video

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community .

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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Senior Practitioner - Children in Care Specialist Team

Permanent, Full Time

£43,477 to £52,302 per annum

Location: Harlow

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 5th November 2023

Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services.

The Senior Social Worker in our Separated Migrant Children (SMC) team plays a critical role. You'll conduct initial needs assessments and arrange suitable placements for SMC, addressing age disputes through age assessments when necessary. We also support these young people in their asylum claims, helping them find legal representation and attend Home Office appointments. It's important to note that these young people are Looked after Children primarily. You must be trauma informed due to the experiences many of our young people have had either in their country of origin or throughout their migrant journey.

As a Senior Social Worker, you'll support your colleagues, lead group supervision sessions, and step in for the team manager when needed. Your role involves managing a specific caseload, working with children, young people, and families to bring about positive change. This encompasses Child Protection, Child in Need, and Children Looked After, with the ultimate goal of achieving permanency for Children in Care, depending on the Home Office's decision on their leave to remain in the UK.

In our Children in Care Teams, we provide a high-quality service to children up to 18 years old who cannot live at home and are placed with foster carers or in supported accommodation after turning 16. This involves meeting statutory requirements, including Care proceedings, and supporting children who may return home. We strive for excellence in our work, collaborating with various agencies, including the Home Office, Immigration, Solicitors, Health, and Education, to ensure effective care plans.

To join our Social Work teams, you'll need:

• A diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent
• Experience in mentoring ASYE's
• Social Work England Registration as a registered Social Worker
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• IT and word processing skills
• Recent, substantial experience as an experienced social worker in Children Services
• Preferably, experience in Child Protection work, including section 47 investigations and assessments, since the Children's Act 1989 implementation
• Proficiency in communicating with children of all ages and working with parents/carers/professionals.
• Experience in planning activities and programs for children, young people, and parents
• Knowledge of Court work related to Child Care matters and an understanding of the legal process.
• Knowledge of Asylum and Immigration policy and procedure/age assessments would be advantageous however full training is available.

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community

If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

Follow us on Facebook ,Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn . Further details can be found on our careers page .

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