Total 21 job vacancies by Essex County Council

Legal Caseworker - Children and Education Legal Team

Fixed Term - 12 Months duration, Full Time - 37 Hours Per Week

£23,344 to £26,620 Per Annum

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months

This role has a hybrid working arrangement. We will expect you to attend our Chelmsford offices approximately 1 - 2 days per week. In the first 2 months of appointment to the role, you will be required to attend the office daily for training purposes.

The Role

Essex Legal Services (ELS) provides high quality, professional, legal advice across the Council and to increasing numbers of external clients.

As a caseworker in the Children and Education Team you will assist the lawyers to provide a high-quality advice and litigation service to meet the Council's corporate objectives and will support legally qualified and other colleagues, in providing routine admin and quasi legal tasks. Working directly to lawyers and paralegals, you will be commissioned to undertake various tasks such as preparing court bundles, organising meetings and administrative support. You will contribute to delivering a more efficient, professional service that is valued by our customers and improves their business.

The Children and Education legal team deal with highly sensitive, sometimes distressing, cases relating to child protection matters. You should therefore be resilient and empathetic. The team works at a very fast pace, often dealing with several urgent matters and it is therefore essential you are able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks.

The Opportunity

You will support legally qualified colleagues in the delivery of all aspects of routine legal work within the Children and Education team across the Council and to external customers which will include:

• Dealing predominantly with public law cases including care proceedings and adoption proceedings;
• Responsible for the smooth and efficient running of your allocated lawyers' day to day activities;
• Liaising with external solicitors, barristers, courts and CAFCASS;
• Processing applications, preparing court bundles;
• Lodging documents with the Court and other parties via the Family Public Law online portal;
• Diary management;
• General administration, including preparing bundles photocopying and scanning.

Accountabilities

• Good understanding of client needs and provides them with a service they value, which supports them in driving the delivery of productivity and efficiency improvements.
• Supports colleagues in the development of current and future business opportunities, to promote the Essex Legal Services' vision to the external market.
• Responsible for delivering personal objectives in support of the function's overall business plan.
• Develops good working relationships across the Council, schools, other local authorities and the private sector, to ensure a quality service is provided to the customer.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential

• Strong Administrative and IT skills including Outlook and Word.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate appropriately with a diverse range of clients and external organisations and professionals.
• Proven track record of excellent customer service skills.
• Works collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with colleagues and the client base, to understand customer needs with a strong focus on delivering positive outcomes which meet these needs and an ability to manage competing demands.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within an administrative role in legal setting in a public service or private sector environment, assisting in the provision of legal work preferably within family law.
• Experience of the Family Public Law Portal
• Experience of a Case Management System - ELS uses Visual Files.

Specialist Child & Family Worker - Education

Fixed Term, Full Time

£30,931 to £35,362 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: Tuesday 22nd October 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note this position is being offered as a Full-Time (37 hours per week Monday to Friday) and Fixed Term Contract (12 months duration) role.

Family Solutions is an Early Help service in Essex working holistically with disadvantage families, with multiple difficulties to enable them to make significant changes and improvements to their lives. Family Solutions is part of children's social care and was described as "exceptional" by OFSTED in their recent inspection which judged children's social care as "outstanding".

An exciting secondment or one-year fixed term opportunity has arisen in the highly performing Mid Essex team. The team is based in Chelmsford and covers surrounding areas. The successful candidate will need to travel independently across this area.

The work of a Link Family Worker is complex, sometimes challenging, but always varied and rewarding. Key aspects of the work include:

Working closely with families to build strong relationships with all family members.

• Promoting positive change with families.
• Provide both practical and specialist advice as well acting as a lead coordinator for additional support services where appropriate.
• Managing your own caseload
• Managing safeguarding risks to children
• Taking the lead on an area of professional practice for the team through supporting team members, and liaising with professionals outside of Family Solutions
• Working with education and early years, to support families with school-readiness, inclusion and removal of barriers to learning and attendance.

The Mid Essex team are extremely supportive, and the post holder will be supervised by an experienced manager or senior social worker. Family Workers will also utilise support from colleagues who have specialisms in different areas.

The post holder will be expected to operate flexibly, working out of normal office hours when required to best meet the needs of the family.

We welcome applicants with a wide range of professional back-grounds and qualifications.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential

• Educated to degree level preferred but minimum NVQ level 4 or equivalent by experience in relevant thematic specialism i.e. Education, Domestic Abuse, Substance Misuse, Mental Health, and Parenting.
• Ability to work in partnership with others to maximise outcomes for families in line with the Family Solutions operating principles. Ability to work independently and as part of a team and to use supervision appropriately.
• Effective communication skills, good problem solving and assessment skills with a demonstrable track record of building and sustaining positive professional relationships with individuals and families with multiple and complex needs.
• Significant practical experience of working with families with multiple and complex needs.

Desirable:

• Experience of applying a solution focused approach and providing practical advice and support to families to enable them to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes.
• Evidence of continuing professional development with good knowledge in relevant professional area and commitment to the principles of evidence based practice.
• Experience of working within an educational setting.

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.

Practice Education Development Lead - ESCA

Permanent, Full Time

£42,932 to £50,509 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Operational field-based worker

Closing Date: 10th October 2024

The Role

Essex County Council (ECC) supports over 100 students every year from over 13 social work courses working with multiple university partners. We are fortunate to have a large cohort of several hundred practice educators to support learners and invest in their training and development to maintain their currency. This role is critical to ensuring the future of a strong and prepared cohort of social workers entering the profession. The role sits within the Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) which provides a strong team of support enabling those working in social care to grow and thrive throughout their careers.

The Opportunity

Essex County Council is achieving transformational change across Adult Social Care and Children and Families Services, underpinned by delivery of high-quality practice and a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion. The development of a professional, knowledgeable and skilled workforce is central to achieving practice improvement and driving change; delivered by a joint Essex Social Care Academy service which meets the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs of both professional areas.

The Practice Education Development Lead will oversee the practice education agenda by providing practice learning opportunities for social work students undertaking BA (Hons) and/or MA, MSc master's degree. Maintaining oversight of national policy and practice initiatives and undertaking research to ensure an excellent quality of practice education. Identifying learning needs and recommending appropriate learning solutions, aligned to professional skills frameworks and key Council objectives.

An experienced social work practitioner, with experience in managing a complex caseload and the capacity and knowledge to mentor and advise staff, manage performance and deliver improvements. Building strong working relationships and a thorough and in-depth understanding of adult learning theories is essential, as is evidence of successfully delivery and development of workforce projects and initiatives.

Accountabilities

Responsible for translating the developing Workforce Development strategy into a Practice Education programme, to ensure a high level of quality and professional development for social care, to support recruitment, retention, and development.

Work closely with operational service managers to promote and support the development of practice education, identifying learning needs and development solutions across social care.

Proactively develop links and working relationships with partnership agencies, HEI's and national bodies, to develop integrated practice learning opportunities leading to high quality practice education across the council.

Work collaboratively across the service to develop and manage processes and practice education, to build capacity for workforce planning, providing regular progress reports to senior management, groups and boards.

Responsible for overseeing and monitoring financial and budgetary review of practice education spend.

Maintain currency with national, regional and local practice education priorities by researching best practice, networking, attending conferences and/or meetings as appropriate.

Responsible for ensuring systems are in place to safeguard practice placements, quality assure and evaluate practice learning opportunities, by attending HEIs practice assessment panels.

Lead on delivering the practice education programme, ensuring that internal Continuing Professional Development programmes (either function specific or broader) and development planning, commissioning and delivery processes are integrated, to reflect commissioned outcomes and align with Partner programmes.

Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• A recognised social work qualification i.e. Diploma, degree or Masters in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent, with current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) 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

• An experienced practice educator qualified to PEPS2 standard or equivalent

• Evidence of developing strong relationships with partners and external agencies, which are collaborative in nature and engender joint delivery.

• 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.

• Desirable experience working across Adult Social Care and Children and Families

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all under-represented groups.

We are working towards implementing anti-racist practice and the Practice Education Development Lead will play a key role in supporting delivery of that ambition.

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.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

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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The Opportunity

We're on the lookout for a dynamic L&D technologist to join our team! If you're passionate about learning and technology, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Essex's County Council's Learning Management System (LMS).

You'll be the driving force behind our learning festival and various learning campaigns, utilising tools like MS Office Stream, Insights, Sway, Forms, and Clipchamp. Your enthusiasm for tech will be key as you explore innovative solutions with Power Automation, AI, and HTML.

While experience with an LMS is a plus, we provide comprehensive training on our platform to ensure you're up to speed. Your role is crucial in managing learner expectations, requiring excellent communication skills, resilience, and empathy.

As you can imagine no two days are the same and will includes tasks such as leading collaborations and revitalising virtual sessions, tracking training trends to stay ahead of the learning curve and enhancing our platform and enriching our skills repository.

Attention to detail is a must, as is the readiness to tackle repetitive tasks with the end goal of crafting perfect solutions. You'll need to grasp the complexities of the public sector, but don't worry, our onboarding process is designed to help you understand the diverse needs of our learners, from the recycling team to lawyers and social workers.

Join us and be a part of a team that values innovation, learning, and making a real impact!

Accountabilities

• Support updating virtual sessions building effective working relationships with other L&D practitioners and chase for none updated rosters which affects user records.
• Support interest tracking requests to ascertain future training needs for learners.
• Weekly check of events and sessions running to ensure links etc are there for learners.
• Upload content as and when needed and set quarterly reviews to ensure content still be utilise, check evaluation and check working as it should e.g., launch.
• Update recordings to L&D 'branding' so learners clearly see which learning capabilities they are aligned too. (Like thumbnailing we do now on My Learning)
• Support learning technology Consultant with quarterly platform releases.
• Maintain and support professional skills catalogue - make live, remove expired content.
• Highlight problems on My Learning to escalate.
• Checklist / review accessibility on My Learning content.
• Problems solving with My Learning Wizards and offer support.
• Utilise new cornerstone tool such as VR, Content Studio.
• Support in reviewing evaluations for programmes.
• BAU customer services- e.g., Corp Gov!! completion queries, finding a specific course etc.

Comms and Marketing:

• Market our offer with guidance from LT Consultant and working with comms and design team.
• Post updates to learners on Yammer, Teams etc

Projects:

• MS Stream videos - all learning and performance videos now broken due to Stream migrating.
• Support us in building new L&D Teams area so all files etc in one place for new structure!
• Learning 'cataloguing' - Streamline topics into new categories / capabilities.
• Support deactivation of old content so most up to dates and used content is available.
• Support Learning Technology Consultant in building new pages and removal of 'Hubs' to produce more affective user journey for learners ready for LearnFest.
• Help with LearnFest/Learning campaigns.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Efficient or can learn quickly in MS Office tools including - Stream, insights, sway, forms, Clipchamp, utilising content creating tools at ECC.
• Excited about learning technology, not afraid to try new ways of doing things e.g., Power automation, AI, HTML.
• Experience of working on an LMS would be great - but training on cornerstone offered.
• This role is more than likely receive some learner frustrations, so good communication s kills, resilience, empathy is needed. Don't tend to hear when it's made impact, so would advocate role to help with stalls and meeting the teams more especially to grow network when working in a hybrid set up!
• Eye for detail and ready to work on a given task repeatedly, to produce a solution. Some tasks will be repetitive but worth it in the end!
• ability to understand organisation's requirement, public sector is complex but good onboarding will be needed so they understand the different hats we wear to support different learners e.g., from recycle team, to lawyers to social workers.

To read more about us please visit: People and Transformation

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

Please note that Essex County Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

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 if you would like to see a copy of the full role profile, please email Thea.Towers@essex.gov.uk

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

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Education Officer - Road Safety

Permanent, Full Time

£30,097 to £35,408 per annum

Location: Essex

Working Style: Community-based worker

About Us

Essex Highways is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country: 5,000 miles of roads and around 5,000 miles of footways. Essex Highways is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council and our contractual partner.

Essex Highways will deliver a safe, sustainable, and effective highway network for all road users, through sound asset management, scheme/programme identification, delivery, maintenance and management of the network. Liaising directly with elected members, district councils, strategic partners and other providers, the role will manage the implementation of the programmes of work relevant to an operational/service area, in accordance with the strategies and policies of the Council.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Education Officer to join our Road Safety team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in reducing road casualties across Essex by implementing and supporting educational programs and interventions. You will work closely with various stakeholders, including schools, local councils, and strategic partners, to promote road safety awareness and best practices.

As an Education Officer your responsibilities will include but not limited to

• Supporting the implementation of policies and procedures of the wider Essex Highways management systems, e.g. Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality, Construction Design to minimise work related injuries.
• Responding to complaints to meet relevant targets and provide high performance standards.
• Work as part of a road safety interventions delivery team providing education and awareness raising interventions to both children and adults.
• Work closely with partners by providing public facing interventions to support agreed activities to maximise the success of enforcement and current road safety campaigns
• Develop and maintain collaborative links with other agencies, interest groups, businesses, schools, colleges and other educational establishments, agencies dealing with people not in education, training or employment, and those involved with disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to develop strong partnerships for targeted road casualty reduction
• Contribute to the development of appropriate educational materials, including literature and other promotional/engagement aids, to support the partnership in liaison with the County Council and Essex Police communications teams.
• Act as an expert witness at Crown Court, Public Inquiries and Hearings as required; preparing detailed evidence as a specialist on practice issues, liaising with Counsel and Solicitors in case preparation.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF Level 3 ('A' level) or equivalent by experience in Highways.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area. Membership of, or working towards, a relevant Professional Institution is desirable.
• Knowledge and application of Highway and Health and Safety legislation, including Construction (Design and Management) regulations.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally
• Knowledge and understanding of educational and evaluation techniques
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Knowledge of financial management including budgetary governance and controls.

To read more about us please visit: Climate, Environment and Customer Services

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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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Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.

Our Values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus

The Opportunity

It's an exciting time to join our newly restructured People team at Castle Point. We are on a journey to transform employee experience at Castle Point and this role is critical to ensuring the Council achieves its ambitions. The purpose of this role is to shape and deliver the Council's Learning and Development strategy and plans, including a corporate training programme, leadership and management development and service specific training requirements.

The postholder will be responsible for promoting excellence in learning and will work collaboratively with the wider People team and colleagues across the council to implement the Learning and Development proposition. This includes design, commissioning and delivery of blended modules of leaning and creating a robust infrastructure to support the delivery of learning.

Accountabilities

• Lead an innovative approach to learning and development activity, driving the delivery of the learning and development strategy and deliver against short, medium and long term priorities.

• Ensure plans and strategies are affordable, sustainable, resilient and understood by all colleagues.

• Partner with managers across the Council, offering expert advice and guidance of all L&D matters and ensure solutions address service specific needs.

• Improve leadership and management capability through the design and delivery of leadership and management learning solutions.

• Maximise the use of blended learning and digital solutions available to ensure learning is accessible, relevant and flexible in its delivery.

• Direct delivery of learning and development activity including training sessions and workshops as appropriate.

• Support the design and implementation of professional development including coaching and mentoring programmes.

• Working collaboratively, share best practice across key stakeholders.

• Evaluate and assess the impact of all L&D activity against agreed measures and KPI's, adapting the programme as required.

• Work closely with external training providers to establish a network of approved learning providers that meet the Council's requirements in line with procurement procedures.

• Develop a mentoring programme and work closely with People team colleagues to ensure L&D activities support wider corporate objectives such as talent management and succession planning.

• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Specialist knowledge of L&D to degree level or possess equivalent skills, knowledge or experience
• Relevant Leadership and Management or Coaching qualification
• Understanding of national initiatives, such as apprentice levy and how to use to benefit of the Council
• Demonstrable experience of delivering L&D initiatives aligned to strategy
• Demonstrable experience of managing and developing L&D programmes
• Demonstrable experience of delivering training, coaching and / or facilitation
• Experience of using different methods / blended approaches to delivering L&D activity
• Ability to influence, build and maintain relationships and work collaboratively with key stakeholders
• Understanding of and commitment to principles of equality and diversity and compliance with Council policies
• Professional / specialist knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion

If you have any questions or if you would like to request a copy of the full job description please email thea.towers@essex.gov.uk

Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident committed employer. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

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

Education Safeguarding Adviser - Training Lead

Fixed Term, Full Time

£35,314 to £41,547 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 10th September 2024

Please note this is a fixed term role for up to 1 year.

This is a countywide role which requires a combination of office / home working, and attendance at other sites across Essex. There will be a need for occasional evening and weekend work.

Reporting to the Head of Education Safeguarding and Wellbeing, this is a countywide safeguarding role to support all Essex schools, Early Years and other education settings. The post holder will support the provision of high-quality training, information and advice to all education settings and ECC Education staff in respect of safeguarding and child protection. They will work collaboratively with the Essex Safeguarding Children Board and a wide range of partners to drive safeguarding work across the county.

This role will lead on the training offered by the Education Safeguarding Team, including the Level 2 and Level 3 training and also the termly safeguarding briefings.

The postholder should have an in-depth knowledge of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance, Level 3 safeguarding training, and experience of working with schools and other educational settings.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a source of professional information, advice, and guidance to education settings and ECC staff on safeguarding and protecting children from harm
• Work collaboratively with statutory partners and other key professionals to improve safeguarding outcomes for children in Essex
• Contribute to the development of resources for education settings to support safeguarding work
• Lead on the development of a training and development programme for education settings to support consistent, quality delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 training across all settings
• Lead on delivery of termly safeguarding briefings for education settings to ensure Designated Leads receive relevant information to support their role as safeguarding leads
• Maintain up-to-date in-depth knowledge and information on child protection and safeguarding matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent by experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area
• Sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance and procedures specifically in relation to education
• Evidence of working with schools at a senior level, demonstrating a broad and in-depth knowledge of education
• Proven track record of effective partnership working which is collaborative and influential in delivering advice and guidance
• Exemplar leadership and behavioural skills with the ability to focus on results, forging a strong team from diverse backgrounds to achieve strategic objectives
• Proven ability of proactively influencing, leading and delivering major cultural and organisational change in a complex environment
• Able to communicate with a range of people at all levels
• Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Education Designated Leads

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

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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Education Safeguarding Adviser

Fixed Term, Full Time

£35,314 to £41,547 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 10th September 2024

Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for up to 24 months.

The Role

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We're immensely proud of our flexible working options.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Education Safeguarding and Wellbeing, this is a safeguarding role to support Essex schools, Early Years and other education settings within a specified quadrant, but also to support elsewhere in the county as required. The post holder will support the provision of high-quality training, information, advice, and guidance to all settings and ECC Education staff in respect of safeguarding and child protection. They will work collaboratively with the Essex Safeguarding Children Board and a wide range of partners to drive safeguarding work across the county.

This role will work with settings within their quadrant, to raise standards through appropriate support and challenge, to build capacity and expertise and ensure safeguarding duties are met. They will have a role in the training offered by the Education Safeguarding Team, and also lead on responses to safeguarding complaints, ensuring that any necessary work is undertaken.

The postholder should have an in-depth knowledge of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance, Level 3 safeguarding training, and experience of working with schools and other educational settings.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a source of professional information, advice, and guidance to education settings and ECC staff on safeguarding and protecting children from harm

• Work collaboratively with statutory partners and other key professionals to improve safeguarding outcomes for children in Essex

• Contribute to the development of resources and also a training and development programme for education settings to support consistent, quality delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 training across all settings

• Contribute to supporting education settings to raise standards through development of self-evaluation and undertaking safeguarding reviews of statutory responsibilities to ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements

• Support delivery of safeguarding briefings for education settings to ensure Designated Leads receive relevant information to support their role as safeguarding leads

• Undertake work to respond to safeguarding complaints and ensure that any necessary action is taken as part of that response

• Support developing resources for education settings on a range of safeguarding issues, including CE, domestic abuse, gangs and violence, honour-based abuse, child protection and harmful sexual behaviour

• Maintain up-to-date in-depth knowledge and information on child protection and safeguarding matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues

• matters to ensure Early Years settings and schools receive regular and relevant updates on important issues.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent by experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area
• Sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding statutory guidance and procedures specifically in relation to education
• Evidence of working with schools at a senior level, demonstrating a broad and in-depth knowledge of education
• Proven track record of effective partnership working which is collaborative and influential in delivering advice and guidance
• Exemplar leadership and behavioural skills with the ability to focus on results, forging a strong team from diverse backgrounds to achieve strategic objectives
• Proven ability of proactively influencing, leading and delivering major cultural and organisational change in a complex environment
• Able to communicate with a range of people at all levels
• Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Education Designated Leads

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

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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Teacher (Residential Homes)

Permanent, Full Time

£35,674 to £41,970 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: 18th August 2024

Interview Date: 5th September 2024

Opportunity

At the heart of our community, you'll find Children and Families, a beacon of collaboration, integrity, and compassion. We are dedicated to nurturing the growth and wellbeing of children and young people, shielding them from neglect and abuse. Our mission is to work hand-in-hand with our partners to deliver a spectrum of early help, family support, and effective social work interventions. Our goal? To build resilience, dismantle barriers, and empower children and young people to envision a future filled with promise and potential.

We are thrilled to announce the opening of our two new children's homes in the towns of Colchester and Basildon. These homes will serve as safe havens, offering stable, short-term, and supportive placements for children aged 11 -17 who, for the time being, are unable to live with their birth families.

In these homes, the role of a teacher extends beyond the classroom. As an integral part of our residential staff team, the teacher will not only educate but inspire. They will foster a positive learning environment within the home, bridging the gap between home and school. Their role is to cultivate strong partnerships with local education settings, Designated Teachers, the Virtual School, local authority SEND services, and other partners who contribute to our children's learning journey.

Join us as we strive to create a brighter future for our young people, one where they are loved, valued, and understood. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we can change lives.

Accountabilities

• Ensure the educational achievement of children and young people is promoted and priority is given to creating a culture of high educational aspirations.
• Maintain effective communication with the wider team about children and young people's educational progress, attainment, achievements and concerns.
• Provide high-quality, one-to-one additional support and enrichment to children, based on their individual learning needs and interests. Learning beyond the classroom is an important part of children's and young people's education, encouraging them to develop skills and attitudes for life-long learning and meet their educational potential and this requires time, resources, space and support.
• Develop a positive home/education partnership with Designated Teachers, professionals in education settings and the Virtual School to ensure effective communication which meets the needs of children and young people on a day-to-day basis and supports good attendance and punctuality.
• Support the Personalised Education Planning (PEP) process, sharing appropriate information, and working with education settings, social workers, the Virtual School and others, to ensure a child's educational, social, and emotional needs are met holistically.
• Promote a culture that takes account of children's/young people's views about education and the PEP process and help them to articulate these views according to age and understanding.
• Provide additional support and guidance around educational transitions especially at the point children enter or leave the home, but also during transitions that are part of a child's educational journey, especially where this involves a change of educational setting.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of additional support and enrichment activities and communication with schools and other professionals and share these with the Virtual School so that they can be added to the child's/young person's PEP record.
• Work with considerable autonomy, within professional guidelines including KCSiE and the overall framework of Children and Families Services' policies and procedures including safeguarding and health and safety policies, at all times.
• Celebrate Equality and Diversity and ensuring it is considered as part of all decisions taken and contributing to Essex County Council's commitment to Anti Racist Practice.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Skills and Knowledge

• Possesses a professional qualification in teaching with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Qualified Teaching Learning Skills Status (QTLS) and teaching experience, with experience of working with children with a range of additional needs and disabilities.
• Has evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Is a qualified teacher with a passion for working with children in a trauma-informed/perceptive way and has experience of working with children with a range of additional needs and abilities.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with children, parents/carers, and other professionals involved in the children's care.
• Shows knowledge, understanding and experience of the PEP processes, Essex Virtual School, SEND, Educational Safeguarding and initiates such as Trauma Perceptive Practice and 'Let's talk …We Miss You'.
• Is highly organised, with excellent planning and time-management skills, and has the ability to work flexibly, adapt to changing priorities and circumstances and create opportunities for learning in the home and community.
• Shows a strong commitment to inclusive education, with a clear understanding of the importance of personalisation and meeting the individual needs of children.
• Is committed to continuous professional development, and has a willingness to undertake training and development to enhance knowledge and skills.
• Holds a driving licence and has access to a vehicle, or has the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means, as the job role requires the post holder to be mobile throughout an operational area.

Please note this role is not offered on Teachers Terms & Conditions for further information on pay and reward please visit: Pay and Reward

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

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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Education Access Coordinator

Fixed Term, Full Time

£27,663 to £32,545 per annum

Location: South Essex

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Please note that this is a fixed term contract opportunity for a period of 24 months.

Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for ensuring that children and young people at risk of missing out on education are supported in being able to access suitable alternative, high quality education provision.

We are seeking a flexible individual to work with providers, schools, families, and other key stakeholders and settings to improve access to education for children who are receiving an alternative education commissioned by the Local Authority.

This role is suitable for an experienced practitioner who is confident working within the education environment and who can work with multiple partners to support children who are currently unwilling or unable to attend school.

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with providers, families and settings with a specific focus on monitoring and reviewing the attendance and engagement of children accessing alternative education.
• Responsible for working with the wider team to support with the commissioning and monitoring of all pupils in receipt of alternative education.
• Responsible for working with the wider team to monitor alternative education funded provision to ensure such provision is effective and value for money
• The job role requires the postholder to be mobile throughout an operational area and access to a vehicle will be required
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Educated to RQF Leve 3 (A Level) or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of working in the educational field and with relevant experience particularly around school exclusions and alternative provision.
• Experience of making decisions and using initiative to ensure positive outcomes for young people.
• Experience of organising and prioritising own workloads with no supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage with and deal with families and young people who are often facing complex and distressing circumstances.
• Ability to engage with and deal with multiple education providers, including schools
• Good knowledge of DfE guidance around exclusions, attendance and alternative provision.

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

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.

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found here pay and reward

To view our Organisational Behaviours information please follow this link.

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 ami.fosker@essex.gov.uk

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

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Education Officer - Road Safety

Permanent, Full Time

£30,097 to £35,408 per annum

Location: Essex

Working Style: Community-based worker

About Us

Essex Highways is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country: 5,000 miles of roads and around 5,000 miles of footways. Essex Highways is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council and our contractual partner.

Essex Highways will deliver a safe, sustainable, and effective highway network for all road users, through sound asset management, scheme/programme identification, delivery, maintenance and management of the network. Liaising directly with elected members, district councils, strategic partners and other providers, the role will manage the implementation of the programmes of work relevant to an operational/service area, in accordance with the strategies and policies of the Council.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Education Officer to join our Road Safety team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in reducing road casualties across Essex by implementing and supporting educational programs and interventions. You will work closely with various stakeholders, including schools, local councils, and strategic partners, to promote road safety awareness and best practices.

As an Education Officer your responsibilities will include but not limited to

• Supporting the implementation of policies and procedures of the wider Essex Highways management systems, e.g. Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality, Construction Design to minimise work related injuries.
• Responding to complaints to meet relevant targets and provide high performance standards.
• Work as part of a road safety interventions delivery team providing education and awareness raising interventions to both children and adults.
• Work closely with partners by providing public facing interventions to support agreed activities to maximise the success of enforcement and current road safety campaigns
• Develop and maintain collaborative links with other agencies, interest groups, businesses, schools, colleges and other educational establishments, agencies dealing with people not in education, training or employment, and those involved with disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to develop strong partnerships for targeted road casualty reduction
• Contribute to the development of appropriate educational materials, including literature and other promotional/engagement aids, to support the partnership in liaison with the County Council and Essex Police communications teams.
• Act as an expert witness at Crown Court, Public Inquiries and Hearings as required; preparing detailed evidence as a specialist on practice issues, liaising with Counsel and Solicitors in case preparation.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF Level 3 ('A' level) or equivalent by experience in Highways.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area. Membership of, or working towards, a relevant Professional Institution is desirable.
• Knowledge and application of Highway and Health and Safety legislation, including Construction (Design and Management) regulations.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally
• Knowledge and understanding of educational and evaluation techniques
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Knowledge of financial management including budgetary governance and controls.

To read more about us please visit: Climate, Environment and Customer Services

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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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In Adult Social Care we believe that people should be able to live their lives to the fullest and that with the right support everyone can achieve some independence.  We want to support people to maximise their own potential for control over their lives in a sustainable way that is preventative and localised. This reflects the Council's commitments to levelling-up the county in four key areas: the economy; the environment; children and families; and promoting health, care and wellbeing for all ages.

This role is focused on delivering IT training courses and workshops, supported further by coaching sessions in the workplace. Providing feedback from training programmes to support further development of training materials and maintain a close relationship with service users. To deliver, develop and evaluate systems training to all staff groups determined by the needs of the service.

An experienced trainer and technician, able to adapt to different audiences in terms of delivery and use feedback to evaluate understanding and success, and to drive the continuous improvement of systems, processes and associated training.

This role acts as subject matter expert to advice and guide business leads in developing new and reviewing existing practices, systems and processes. This role project manages the implementation of new practices, systems and processes.

The role will include…

• Providing a high standard of training including developing, producing and continuously improving training materials and information that meets the variety of different needs, including maintaining the training database and records to facilitate training.
• Conducting training needs analysis to ensure able to determine training and development requirements for different groups of employees.
• Developing, designing, reviewing and delivering training plans as required to meet changing needs of the service.
• Ensuring that training rooms are properly and appropriately prepared and maintained for use by workers and gives consideration to the requirements of Health and Safety at work in the training room
• Being the Subject Matter Expert for specific areas of process and practice to the business.
• Project managing the development of new functionality, systems and processes in line with the business requirements, including user acceptance testing, training and development of user guides.
• Overseeing the testing of new versions of systems and provide documentation and/or training on new functions as appropriate
• Managing the online training for the case management system for the Directorate.
• Working across the function with key stakeholders and partners.

The experience you will bring…

• Level 4 Award in Education and Training or equivalent (PTLLS)
• Educated to A level or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of experience in delivering training and developing training materials as necessary to meet changing business needs
• Experience of supporting the maintenance of data to facilitate and deliver training.
• Evidence of awareness and knowledge of statutory and compliance requirements, including awareness of equality and discrimination legislation to ensure courses and training address such concerns.

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

To read more about us please visit: Adult Social Care

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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.

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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Interviews will be held on 24th June 2024.

With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.

About the Role

In North Essex we have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join the Learning Disability and Autism team.

Our key aim currently is to support a positive life course for those we work with, this includes the social care journey. As a team we have been continuing to develop a person-centred approach to practice, to support adults with achieving their goals and ambitions. While also supporting them to meet their assessed needs. We place a key emphasis on improving health outcomes, supporting employment and supporting adults with gaining independence through accommodation.

This is where the exciting opportunity arises, we are looking for a social worker to join the team to become part of that journey. If you have a passion for supporting adults to achieve their full potential and want to gain further experience in improving outcomes and being part of this change then this opportunity will be for you. You will have the chance to support adults from the very start of their journey, to reviewing their goals and ambitions further into their social care journey ensuring that their assessed goals and outcomes to continue to promote independence and opportunities.

North Essex covers our offices in Colchester and Clacton. It is a diverse area to work in encompassing rural, costal and urban communities all with their own unique challenges. Essex County Council work closely with their partners in North Essex, those joining teams in this area are uniquely positioned to be increasingly involved in partnership projects across local authorities and the NHS.

About You

To apply you should be a qualified social worker with a current Social Work England registration. You'll bring at least 1 year's social work experience, evidence of continuing professional development, and capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards.

As, as a subject matter expert in relevant professional practice, you should have a comprehensive understanding of current legislation, regulations, and guidance. With experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members, carers, and other multi-agency professionals, we're looking for your ability to develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community to provide a supportive framework for vulnerable adults.

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

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.

What We Offer In Return

We'll support you to be your best…

• Training and development to empower you from our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy.
• With us you can make your career work for you with flexible working options
• With us you can get the support you need with employee wellbeing and counselling
• Lease Car scheme
• Up to £8000 for relocation *
• With us you can have peace of mind with life assurance of three times annual salary
• Payment of professional fees for approved professions
• Local Government Pension Scheme. View Key Facts and FAQ's about the LGPS.
• Volunteering leave (up to 4 days per year)
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

*T&Cs Apply.

Apply now.

For more information visit our Adult Social Care Brochure or contact Abbie.Mollison@essex.gov.uk

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found on https://www.workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward/

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 .

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.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is key to our success.

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.

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Education Access Coordinator - Countywide

Fixed Term, Full Time

Up to £32,545 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Please note that this is a fixed term contract opportunity for a period of 24 months.

Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for ensuring that children and young people at risk of missing out on education are supported in being able to access suitable alternative, high quality education provision.

We are seeking a flexible individual to work with providers, schools, families, and other key stakeholders and settings to improve access to education for children who are receiving an alternative education commissioned by the Local Authority. This role with have a specific focus around attendance in line with ECC's vision of increasing educational achievement.

This role is suitable for an experienced practitioner who is confident working within the education environment and who can work with multiple partners to support children who are currently unwilling or unable to attend school.

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working strategically across Essex with a specific focus on monitoring and reviewing the attendance of children accessing alternative education.
• Responsible for working with the wider team to support with the commissioning and monitoring of all pupils in receipt of alternative education.
• Responsible for working with the wider team to monitor alternative education funded provision to ensure such provision is effective and value for money
• The job role requires the postholder to be mobile throughout an operational area and access to a vehicle will be required
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Educated to RQF Leve 3 (A Level) or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of working in the educational field and with relevant experience particularly around school attendance and alternative provision.
• Experience of making decisions and using initiative to ensure positive outcomes for young people.
• Experience of organising and prioritising own workloads with no supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage with and deal with families and young people who are often facing complex and distressing circumstances.
• Ability to engage with and deal with multiple education providers, including schools
• Good knowledge of DfE guidance around exclusions, attendance and alternative provision.

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

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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.

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Interviews will be held on 20th May 2024.

With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.

About the Role

In North Essex we have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join the Learning Disability and Autism team.

Our key aim currently is to support a positive life course for those we work with, this includes the social care journey. As a team we have been continuing to develop a person-centred approach to practice, to support adults with achieving their goals and ambitions. While also supporting them to meet their assessed needs. We place a key emphasis on improving health outcomes, supporting employment and supporting adults with gaining independence through accommodation.

This is where the exciting opportunity arises, we are looking for a social worker to join the team to become part of that journey. If you have a passion for supporting adults to achieve their full potential and want to gain further experience in improving outcomes and being part of this change then this opportunity will be for you. You will have the chance to support adults from the very start of their journey, to reviewing their goals and ambitions further into their social care journey ensuring that their assessed goals and outcomes to continue to promote independence and opportunities.

North Essex covers our offices in Colchester and Clacton. It is a diverse area to work in encompassing rural, costal and urban communities all with their own unique challenges. Essex County Council work closely with their partners in North Essex, those joining teams in this area are uniquely positioned to be increasingly involved in partnership projects across local authorities and the NHS.

About You

To apply you should be a qualified social worker with a current Social Work England registration. You'll bring at least 1 year's social work experience, evidence of continuing professional development, and capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards.

As, as a subject matter expert in relevant professional practice, you should have a comprehensive understanding of current legislation, regulations, and guidance. With experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members, carers, and other multi-agency professionals, we're looking for your ability to develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community to provide a supportive framework for vulnerable adults.

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

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.

What We Offer In Return

We'll support you to be your best…

• Training and development to empower you from our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy.
• With us you can make your career work for you with flexible working options
• With us you can get the support you need with employee wellbeing and counselling
• Lease Car scheme
• Up to £8000 for relocation *
• With us you can have peace of mind with life assurance of three times annual salary
• Payment of professional fees for approved professions
• Local Government Pension Scheme. View Key Facts and FAQ's about the LGPS.
• Volunteering leave (up to 4 days per year)
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

*T&Cs Apply.

Apply now.

For more information visit our Adult Social Care Brochure or contact Abbie.Mollison@essex.gov.uk

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found on https://www.workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward/

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 .

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.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is key to our success.

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.

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