Total 26 job vacancies by West Sussex County Council

Salary: NJC Grade 9 £35,235 to Grade 11 £45,718

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Chichester

As a Social Worker within a busy community team, your role will involve working with young people and / or adults from 16 years and upwards (depending on which team you are part of) with lifelong disabilities, including physical and learning disability and autism.

You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes for young people. You will have a varied, complex caseload, and provide an accountable social care service to those people who access or need the service.
You will be undertaking high quality assessments and reviews including mental capacity act assessments, responding to safeguarding enquiries, and working as part of a team. You will be expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative requirements. You will have the opportunity to apply your social work skills, experience and values to the work that you do in supporting young people, their support networks and your team.

Qualifications and/or experience:

* Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work.
* Completion of relevant post-qualifying training.
* Registration with the relevant professional registration body and responsibility for maintaining registration with that body.
* Advanced theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge of social work. Good, up-to-date working knowledge of legislation relevant to the specialist area of the post e.g. The Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act.
* Good understanding of the necessity of working with partnership agencies including health, housing, learning, statutory, voluntary and independent sector.
* Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency/ multidisciplinary setting.
* Valid, full driving licence.
* Experience of working in partnership with those who access or need the service and maintaining a focus on the needs of the individual whilst handling conflict and disagreement.
* Experience of effectively coaching and supervising others, acting as practice
role model and promoting exemplary practice.
* Experience of managing levels of risk within a complex caseload.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05420.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Paul Rogers ( Team Manager LLS Western ) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

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

Salary: £33,945 to £36,648 depending on experience
Working Pattern: Full time
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: St Richard's Hospital, Chichester

As an experienced Social Worker, you will be accountable for delivering a statutory social work service for those people who need it. You will be completing proportionate strengths-based conversations that enable maximum participation for the individual, planning, reviews, and safeguarding enquiries. You will be responsible for ensuring that you are up to date with key developments and that business change is successfully implemented.

In the hospitals, we are looking for a candidate who can work collaboratively with individuals and effectively into the future, building on good partnership working with health colleagues. You will need to work inclusively with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity. You'll need to be able to manage conflicting and competing priorities while remaining resilient.

You will need to remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies, codes of conduct and the values of West Sussex. You will be expected to work with complex cases and work within the timescales of the Discharge to Assess Model. You will also support the duty function on a rota basis. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

Hear from the team:

"This team has the best positive culture in any social work environment that I have ever worked in. The managers prioritise staff wellbeing and ensure that staff always feel valued, listened to, and contained. It is a busy team, but you never feel isolated or overburdened as the whole team helps each other and the manager is always available to offer direction and reflection on cases." - Liz Zinyemba

Experience and Skills

Please refer to the job description for required qualifications / experience and key skill requirements

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05380.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Coral Stokes ( Team Manager * Adult Services and Health ) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

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

We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have experience in project management, change management or business analysis and are looking for an opportunity to elevate your career.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Improvement Officer that could be the perfect next step for you! In this role, you'll have the chance to make a difference through delivering change that makes a real impact within our organisation. Join us in shaping the future and take your career to new heights!

The Opportunity

Salary: £41,418 to £44,428 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent, willing to consider a 1-year fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Base Location: County Hall, Chichester, hybrid working from home available.

Interview date: w/c 28 October 2024

Working as part of a team, as the Senior Business Improvement Officer, you will provide project management and/or business analysis expertise to support the implementation of business change, including identifying opportunities for efficiency, reducing costs and improving service delivery.

You will be working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders to design and deliver high quality business improvement and change outcomes within target timescales. This will involve working both independently and collaboratively to undertake a range of shaping, planning, reporting and analytical activity to discover relevant information about current service(s), provide input to new design models, assess options and draft proposals, track progress, and identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies in support of programme and continuous improvement delivery.

You will provide detailed advice and guidance, including responding to queries and problems, and influencing and persuading individuals through the development of effective relationships in a challenging and complex environment.

What are we looking for?

As the successful Senior Business Improvement Officer, you will:

• Have a keen interest and background in business improvement and change activities, along with a positive can-do attitude, commitment, tenacity, and drive.
• Have experience of service redesign, transformation, and change management, demonstrating full analysis of the impacts of change including assessment of the financial and service benefits.
• Be able to assimilate complex information and establish credibility with a diverse range of stakeholders across all levels.
• Be able to provide significant analytical input through the use of data and support to assigned change initiatives, working both independently and collaboratively with colleagues to deliver outputs to a high standard and planned timescales.
• Be able to quickly establish favourable networks and build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Drawing on your expertise, you will influence and persuade others to embed operational change in a challenging and complex environment.

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

Working for us

To support your development in the role, you will be encouraged to undertake and complete a relevant Business Improvement apprenticeship.

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

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00871.

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

CC

Senior Support Worker - BTC

Our team at Ball Tree Croft (Adults Residential Service) focuses on providing the right balance of the individuality, needs, wishes and rights of each of our residents. We're looking for Senior Support Worker to join our amazing team on a full time basis.

Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in adults' residential services, day opportunities and shared lives webpage to learn more about the difference you can make!

About The Job

Salary: £30,296 - £33,024 (plus enhancements)

Enhancements: Weekend working - Time & a half, Bank Holidays - Double time & Night enhancement (8pm - 10pm shifts)
Working Pattern: Shifts on 4-week rotation which will include evenings, sleep ins & weekends

Contract Length: Permanent (37 hours per week)
Location: Ball Tree Croft, Sompting

About You

To become a Senior Support Worker with us you will be:

• Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Supporting people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• A good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain friendships/relationships important to them and to make new friendships/relationships.
• Support people to maintain their health.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description.

About Ball Tree Croft

We are a registered residential service providing person-centred care and support for up to 15 people over the age of 18 who have a range of learning disabilities. We also have a lovely, covered courtyard area for our residents enjoy.

We aim to enable every person to be engaged in their local community to the best of their ability. For some of the people we support, this could be through a programme of tailored support to build and develop them for day-to-day life skills on a one-to-one basis.

Key Skills: (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills to monitor budgets and document activities in care plans.
• Ability to organise/ prioritise work, co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines which minimise the disruption to the business.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of people and create effective working relationships. Ability to build relationships with people and ensure the views of service users are heard and that their needs are met.
• Effective people and performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and motivate and inspire the team.
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to seek and introduce continuous improvement and innovation, for self and team. Ability to maintain a sympathetic and understanding attitude whilst dealing with challenging behaviour from service users and/or their families.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently, planning solutions and make sound pragmatic decisions.

Qualifications/ experience

• Minimum of 4 GCSEs, including English Language and Maths, or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
• NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
• NVQ 4 in Management or equivalent qualification - Desirable
• Relevant organisational knowledge of systems, procedures and policies in specialist area e.g. protection of vulnerable adults, health and safety etc.
• Knowledge of a wide range of disability issues and the needs of older people.
• Significant experience of working with adults who have a wide range of disabilities.
• Experience of involving service users and carers in planning, developing and evaluating services.
• Experience of working with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

How to Apply:

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

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

Salary: £27,334 to £36,648 per annum.

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week.

Contract Length: Permanent.

Location: Chichester with hybrid working options.

Employer Pension Contribution: 20.70% this alters per annum on the 1 April each year.

Annual leave: 25-27 days holiday + Bank holidays = 33-35 days.

As a Technician, you will work within our forward-thinking Highways, Transport & Planning Service.

You'll be providing support to help ensure that services are delivered to customers flexibly, efficiently, and effectively, and undertaking a range of tasks as directed. You will make a positive contribution to the development of sustainable communities in West Sussex.

You'll support the team to deliver an annual programme of highways capital works. Your day-to-day role could include supporting major schemes, safety improvements, traffic calming, footways, cycleways, pedestrian crossings, drainage, safety barriers, highway signs, road markings, road studs and Traffic Regulation Orders.

You will assist in timely project delivery, adherence to quality procedures, management system updates, and budget compliance. Also, fulfil communication and consultation requirements of the scheme.

Key Skills & Qualifications

This is a career graded role, so the qualifications and key skills are across Grades 7-9. Please view attached job descriptions to see which role best fits your skills and qualifications and tailor your application accordingly.

Reward and benefits

In addition to working within a great team and a brilliant opportunity you will receive:

• 25-27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• A competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• Training and professional development opportunities including coaching, mentoring and apprenticeships
• A range of discounts including Samsung, Argos, Wickes, TUI, Deliveroo and Asos
• A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee, go to our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is EIE01327.

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Sound like your next venture? To apply, please send your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the key skills and experience in the relevant job description attached.

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

Salary: £37,336 to £44,428 per annum.

Location: Your office base will be in Chichester; you will have the option to work from home depending on the service requirements.

Contract Type: Permanent.

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week. With flexible working arrangements to be discussed.

Employer Pension Contribu­­tion: 20.70%, alters 1st April annually.

Annual leave: 27 to 30 days + bank holidays = 35 to 38 days.

Are you looking for a role that provides a healthy work-life balance? We are currently in search of an individual to join our Highways Projects and Improvement team. This team is a strong, supportive network of colleagues who are searching for their next team member. If you have prior experience in delivering highway schemes, we would love to hear from you.

You will deliver a customer focused approach and will undertake a range of tasks including:

• Providing technical expertise on highways project related issues.
• Supporting on safety audit service.
• Supporting on speed management and casualty reduction schemes.
• Manage consultants and contractors.
• Planning and organising structural inspections.

What we offer

We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for fun, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits:

• A competitive salary.
• 27 to 30 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• A generous pension scheme.
• A strong and supportive management team.
• Subscription fees of one appropriate professional body paid for by WSCC.
• A strong supportive management team.
• A range of discounts including Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more.
• Free access to employee assistant programmes.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

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

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

What we need from you

• Customer service skills and the ability to seek and introduce continuous improvement and innovation, for self and team.
• Analytical skills.
• Knowledge of relevant highways and transportation standards and procedures.
• Political awareness when working with members/senior management.
• Evidence of applying knowledge and providing advice in relation to specific specialist area.
• Experience of delivering a highways improvement projects.
• Ability to seek and introduce continuous improvement and innovation for self and team.
• Ability to identify problems independently.

Please see further skills and qualifications in attached job description.

Further Information

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Sound like your next venture? Apply below, please follow the links below upload your CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the key skills in the attached job description.

There will be some interaction with members of the public, for example, dealing with customer complaints and queries. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

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

About the job

Salary: NJC Grade 12 £45,441 to £48,474
Working Pattern: Full Time 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Worthing

Please note that WSCC offer a Relocation Allowance for this role: If you relocate for a role with us then we can offer a tax free relocation allowance of £8,000.

We have the following permanent dedicated Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Hub Senior Social Work Practitioner grade 12 post available:

*Rolling rota. This involves working an 8 week repeating pattern that essentially consists of 7-3 shifts one week and 2-10pm another and includes some weekend hours, bank holidays (additional pay when worked) with an enhancement of 18%.

Please ask to see a copy of the rota pattern if you are interested.

This role will involve a combination of going out to assess under MHA and working as a lead to take referrals and triage / prioritise according to risk.

The base location for this role is Bridge House, Worthing but generally this role is remote working. Please note that the AMHP hub covers the whole of WSCC.

Any questions or for more information please contact Joanne Cooper Team Manager on 07715242490 /

Rewards and benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good work/life balance, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

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

Further information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04815.

Any questions, or for more information please contact Joanne Cooper Team Manager on 07715242490 / or Zowina Green

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

Salary: £45,441 to £48,474

Working Pattern: Full Time

Contract Length: Permanent

Location: Horsham

The Safeguarding Adults Hub providers the single point of access for all Safeguarding Adults. The referrals and queries that the Safeguarding Hub responds to cover the full spectrum of life across West Sussex. We are looking for a Senior Social Work Practitioner who can bring new skills, knowledge and background to an already diverse team. Could this be you?

You will work as part of a strong and dynamic social work service. In this role you will work with colleagues from all our statutory partners, providers and members of the public when reviewing and making vital decisions in relation to

Safeguarding Adults.

An ability to rapidly risk assess situations and engage with people who may be in crisis is key to the role. You will utilise these skills to develop and implement effective plans of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering better outcomes for people as well as contributing to and developing skills in safeguarding. The hub will triage all safeguarding referrals submitted to the Local Authority, initiate all safeguarding enquiries and develop initial safeguarding plans.

Hear from the team:

"The Adult Safeguarding Hub provides a team of highly supportive colleagues who genuinely care for and encourage each other on a daily basis. The team offers a range of training opportunities, with personal and career development promoted within the team. The role is dynamic and fast paced which provides a range of interesting experiences each day, and ongoing learning opportunities for practice."

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05224.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Hiring Manager Marina Sowter ( Team Manager * Adult Services and Health ) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

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

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

The Opportunity

Salary: NJC Grade 12 £45,441 to £48,474 per annum
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, full time
Contract: Permanent
Location: Horsham District or Chichester District

Closing date: 26 August 2024
Interview date: w/c 02 September 2024

Do you have experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties?

Have you trained in low or high intensity CBT?

Do you enjoy supporting, supervising, and training colleagues?

This is a great time to join WSCC as we have new opportunities for Senior Mental Health Practitioners in Thought-Full: Mental Health Support Team.

In this role, you will work closely alongside Advisory Teachers and senior members of the Thought-Full team, as well as with multi-disciplinary teams, outside agencies, clinicians, and other mental health and education professionals, to help develop and deliver the Thought-Full core functions to the schools in your area.

You will deliver clinical skills and caseload management supervision to Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) and Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP), supporting with their training and role modelling best practice.

You will also hold a caseload of young people with mild to moderate mental health problems, where you will deliver a variety of brief evidence-based interventions, primarily using a CBT model. You will use your skills and knowledge to provide specialist advice on mental health to ensure services are working closely to meet the needs of young people with a person-centred approach.

As part of this role, you will be required to complete the PGCert Supervision of Therapeutic Practice at the University of Sussex to be able to supervise EMHPs and CWPs employed within MHSTs.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Clinical work to provide psychological assessment, therapy, advice and consultation, promoting carer involvement and delivering evidence-based interventions.
• Teaching, Training and Supervision to oversee the supervision and development of EMHP's and CWP's and receiving supervision to support with your own Continuous Professional Development.
• Research and Service Evaluation to collect routine outcome data and support the evaluation and development of the service.
• Management and Leadership to work alongside Senior Leadership to support the clinical delivery and oversight of your team and support with more complex clinical issues.
• General role responsibilities to follow codes of conduct, safeguarding, risk assessments, and working with professionals to promote inclusion and recovery.

For a full list of Role Responsibilities, Key Skills, and Qualifications/Experience, please refer to the job description attached. Please refer to the Key Skills in your cover letter.

About You

We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting the mental health of children and young people and who is self-motivated and organised, as you will need to manage your own workload and that of others.

Integrity, openness, emotional resilience and an awareness of yourself and others is vital, as you may be dealing with distressing or emotional circumstances.

Please note:

• There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.
• You must be able to travel throughout the county including to locations that are not always accessible by public transport. You will need to be able to travel independently to carry out assessments, and there will be periodic physical requirements to the role.

About Us

Our Mental Health Support Team is made up of over 60 professionals, and we are continuing to increase our service to support the growing needs of our communities.

We currently have opportunities for Senior Mental Health Practitioners to make a real difference in supporting Mental Health in Children. You will be working within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) on exciting new initiatives and an important strand of the Government's 2017 Green Paper 'Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision'.

We fulfil 3 core functions:

• Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Delivering evidence-based interventions in education settings (primary and secondary schools and colleges) for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

For more information, please visit our Education, Children and Families page on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.

If you are interested in making a difference and working in a friendly and supportive team with a role that offers variety and challenge, then this could be the role for you.

Benefits

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

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05274.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact thought- or Clare Dixon at

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and cover letter.

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

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

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

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

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please visit our help applying for jobs page.

Senior Support Worker

The team at Burnside Day Opportunity Service is looking for an experienced Senior Support Workers to #BeTheDifference. Within our day opportunity service, we support individuals to live the life they choose, champion 'ordinary life' and feel part of their local communities.

Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in Directly Provided Services - West Sussex County Council to learn more about the difference you can make!

Hourly Rate: £13.02 - £13.69 (inclusive rate)/ Annual Salary: £25,119 - £26,421

Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hours) Monday - Friday

Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Burnside, Burgess Hill

About You

To become a Senior Support Worker with us you will:

• Be passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Work towards empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Bring a passion, or skill to the team that you can spark some excitement with the people we care; for it can be anything at all from photography to poetry, or gardening to drama. We are always looking to inspire people & would love to see what you could bring to the team.
• Support people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• Be a good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunities to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain friendships/relationships important to them and to make new friendships/relationships.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker.

Reward and Benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good work/life balance, and developing our team to be the best they can be.

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

About Burnside Day Opportunity Service

We provide a Day Opportunity Service providing person-centred support for people over the age of 18. We support people who have a variety of care and support needs such as learning and or physical disability, autism and older people living with dementia.

Burnside is a vibrant, friendly environment that offers a wide range of opportunities to the people we support. This includes an accessible training kitchen, sensory and computer suites as well as a drama studio.

We are passionate about linking the individuals we support with their local community in a safe and fun way. Some of the activities we support community engagement within are Gym, Football, Tidy Town and Steps and Sights.

Key Skills (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

• You are able to interpret information, such as service complaints, and redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• You will show the ability to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from the people we support, and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
• Confident in building relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
• Enjoy working as part of a team completing shared tasks as required.

Qualifications and/ experience

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills, in order to record and document activities in the provider plans.
• Basic understanding of the needs of the people we support and their rights as an individual.
• Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.

• Experience in offering accessible digital, multi-media groups or community-based activities- Desirable

• NVQ 2/Diploma in Care or equivalent qualification - Desirable
• Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or are vulnerable - Desirable

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role. Please ensure that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

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

Are you experienced in working in a fast-paced environment focused on customer interaction, and do you excel in making strategic decisions to resolve issues?

Are you interested in managing a team to support HM Senior Coroner deliver the Coroners Service for West Sussex, Brighton and Hove?

Can you effectively demonstrate leadership, personal resilience, empathy and professionalism?

If the answers are 'yes' then the role of Senior Coroner's Officer may be the job you have been looking for.

The Coroners Service comprises a small team dedicated to providing support to the Senior Coroner by ensuring that the legislative and case management processes, as well as the planning and handling of all aspects of the service, are conducted efficiently and effectively.

Salary: £45,441 to £48,474 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Location: County Hall North, Madeira Ave, Horsham RH12 1AB (Hybrid and Flexible Working) with countywide travel including Brighton and Hove.

This role offers hybrid working arrangements and will require you to work from county council office buildings and make regular visits across Horsham and Brighton, as well as the flexibility of home working as appropriate. Final arrangements to be confirmed with successful candidate.

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a dedicated professional to join the Coroners Service. In this role, you will be responsible for the effective management of all referrals as well as subsequent investigations and enquiries that lead to inquest hearings. Ensuring the team is supported and enabled to deliver a high-quality service to bereaved families.

Working directly with HM Senior Coroner and the Coroners Service Manager, you will be the crucial single point of contact, taking on the responsibility of representing and being accountable for the Coroners Service.

Other duties will include, but not be limited to:

• Oversee the preparation and submission of inquest files for Court, in consultation with HM Senior Coroner, West Sussex. Actively manage and allocate work to the Coroner's Officers ensuring that procedural timelines and legislation is adhered to.
• Manage a team of Coroner's Officers, delivering high quality investigations whilst maintaining a healthy and supportive environment, ensuring good performance management and development of people.
• Manage the Coroner's Office ensuring resilience is maintained and staff are fully equipped with all equipment required to conduct their role safely, efficiently and effectively.
• Act as a single point of contact to partner agencies to provide expertise
• Promoting the development of the Coroner's Service.

If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and relish being part of a close-knit team and can use your expertise to support the residents of West Sussex. we want to hear from you!

About You

To succeed at this role, you will have personal resilience and professionalism when dealing with potentially sensitive, confidential, or distressing queries.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate excellent communication skills and communicate on a number of different levels and adapt their style to suit the specific needs of the customer.

You will be responsible for effectively managing your own workload as well as coordinating tasks for others, demonstrating flexibility, multitasking, and effectively prioritising various responsibilities to meet the needs of the bereaved, HM Coroners, and partner agencies.

You will have keen attention to detail, be comfortable working independently and be at ease in this fast-paced, agile environment with rapidly changing deadlines, workloads, and priorities.

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

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CPP00952.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Click apply below, upload your CV and cover letter.

Your cover letter should:

• Outline your motivations for applying.
• Explain the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the attached job description).

Please ensure all that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV.

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, 3 years referencing and a health check.

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

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

RSi

We are looking for someone who can make a positive impact on our community. Working with partners, developers and our residents to manage local flood risk.

Salary: £37,336 to £44,428 per annum.

Location: Your office base will be Chichester and a typical week will combine homeworking with attendance at the office, minimum twice a week, and some site visits. This is led by the needs of the service.

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available, to be agreed with your line manager.

Employer Pension Contribution: 19.70% this alters per annum on the 1st April each year.

Annual leave: 30 days holiday + Bank holidays = 38 days.

As a Senior Flood Risk Management Officer, you will work on the delivery of the County Council's duties. With your "Can do" attitude, you will champion sustainable solutions for the County with both internal and external stakeholders.

In this role your work will be varied. Day to day tasks include:

• Consenting and enforcement (in relation to work on watercourses).
• Acting as a statutory consultee on sustainable drainage schemes under the planning system.
• Cooperation with other Risk Management Authorities.
• Supporting the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.
• Working on flood risk assessments, flood risk management plans and surface water management plans.

What we need from you:

• Able to research and analyse information to make sound judgments on development proposals or policy.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to build credible working relationships.
• Ability to utilise strong advisory and persuasive skills to promote and support controversial policy proposals, provide expert advice, manage enforcement action effectively, and advocate for economic development initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in a relevant specialism, preferably in a flood risk management role.
• Experience in dealing with flood risk issues and relevant legislation leading to production of policy documents, committee reports and recommendation papers.
• Experience of managing initiatives and effectively managing resources to deliver defined objectives.
• Sound & accurate IT knowledge, including GIS.

Rewards and Benefits

We care hugely about wellbeing and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits:

• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Utilisation of pool cars for traveling to other WSCC offices and depots.
• A generous pension scheme.
• A strong supportive management team.
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
• A range of discounts including Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more.
• Free access to employee assistant programmes.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

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

Further Information

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Apply now and be a catalyst for change! Click the apply button below, upload your CV and cover letter explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description. Remember to give examples.

Along with a positive can-do attitude, commitment, tenacity, and drive?

This could be the perfect opportunity for you…

The Opportunity

Salary: £41,418 to £44,428 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Base Location: County Hall, Chichester, hybrid working from home available

Interview date: w/c 08 July 2024

Working as part of a team, as the Senior Business Improvement Officer, you will provide technical expertise and leadership on the implementation of innovation and new ways of working, including identifying opportunities for efficiency, reducing costs and improving service delivery.

You will be working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders to design and deliver high quality business improvement and change outcomes within target timescales. This will involve working both independently and collaboratively to undertake a range of shaping, planning, reporting and analytical activity to discover relevant information about current service(s), provide input to new design models, assess options and draft proposals, track progress, and identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies in support of programme and continuous improvement delivery.

You will provide detailed advice and guidance, including responding to queries and problems, and influencing and persuading individuals through the development of effective relationships in a challenging and complex environment.

What are we looking for?

As the successful Senior Business Improvement Officer, you will:

• Have a keen interest and background in business improvement and change activities, along with a positive can-do attitude, commitment, tenacity, and drive.
• Have experience of service redesign, transformation, and change management, demonstrating full analysis of the impacts of change including assessment of the financial and service benefits.
• Be able to assimilate complex information and establish credibility with a diverse range of stakeholders across all levels.
• Be able to provide significant analytical input through the use of data and support to assigned change initiatives, working both independently and collaboratively with colleagues to deliver outputs to a high standard and planned timescales.
• Be able to quickly establish favourable networks and build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Drawing on your expertise, you will influence and persuade others to embed operational change in a challenging and complex environment.

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

Working for us

To support your development in the role, you will be encouraged to undertake and complete the Level 5 apprenticeship - Improvement specialist / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

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

The reference number for this role is CRS00836.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Chloe Chatfield (Recruitment Specialist) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Judith Adam's Day Opportunity Centre is looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker to join our amazing team. Within our day opportunity hubs we support individuals to live the life they choose, champion 'ordinary life' and feel part of their local communities.

Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in Directly Provided Services - West Sussex County Council to learn more about the difference you can make!

About the job
Hourly Rate: £14.59 - £15.34 (inclusive rate)/ Annual Salary: £25,119 - £26,421

Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hours) Monday - Friday

Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Judith Adams, Chichester

About You

To become a Senior Support Worker with us you will:

• Be passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Work towards empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Bring a passion, or skill to the team that you can spark some excitement with the people we care; for it can be anything at all from photography to poetry, or gardening to drama. We are always looking to inspire people & would love to see what you could bring to the team.
• Support people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• Be a good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunities to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain relationships important to them and to make new relationships.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker.

About Judith Adams

We provide a person-centred support for people over the age of 18. We support people who have a variety of care and support needs such as learning and or physical disability, autism, acquired brain injury and older people living with dementia.

Judith Adams is a vibrant, friendly environment that offers a wide range of opportunities to the people we support. This includes an accessible training kitchen for cook and eat sessions as well as baking, sensory and computer suites.

We are passionate about linking the individuals we support with their local community in a safe and fun way. A few of the activities we support are community engagement in the vibrant city of Chichester, bike riding for all, Steps and Sights, theatre opportunities, swimming in the Summer season.

Reward and Benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good work/life balance, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
• Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and personal development.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution
• Eligible to apply for a Blue light card
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.

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

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

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

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

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

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

About The Job

Salary: £37,336-£44,428 (dependent on experience)
Working Pattern: Permanent, full time
Location: Horsham or Crawley

We are recruiting for a qualified Social Worker to join our Primary Care Network - Multi Disciplinary team.

In the North of West Sussex we work collaboratively with our NHS and third sector colleagues to prevent and reduce people from requiring hospital admissions and to live their best life in the community. There are 6 Primary Care Network Multidisciplinary Teams in the main towns of Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead, Crawley, and Horsham.

Working as a Social Worker in a busy community team, your role will involve working with adults from 18 years and upwards with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, chronic health conditions, older people and people with dementia. Tasks will include assessments, reviews, safeguarding enquiries and mental capacity act assessments.

Why not have a look at our dedicated careers in adults social work webpage to learn more!

Rewards and Benefits

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

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04730.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Hiring Manager For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

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

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

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