Salary: Band 7, £29,777 to £33,945 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Closing date: Monday 4 November 2024, 09:00

Interview date: Friday 15 November 2024

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?

Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

The Supporting Your Future team works with Children Seeking Asylum and Care Experienced young people aged 16-25 to support them through to independence or reunification to their families. This is an exciting and privileged opportunity to support children and young people in their journey to independence and help them to build a positive future for themselves.

Your New Role:

You will be responsible for supporting young people aged 16 to 25 to develop the independent living skills and emotional resilience necessary for a successful transition to adulthood. You will work alongside the young person's allocated social workers until they turn 18, then support them to access and maintain Employment, Education or Training and help them with any benefit claims. You will provide practical and emotional support to enable them to move into and maintain a tenancy. You will support young people to develop and strengthen all the skills necessary for successful independent living and help them to achieve their life goals.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You are passionate about working with young people and aspirational for them. You are approachable, supportive, flexible and responsive, and able to sustain positive and effective relationships with young people, their families and professionals. You can challenge others appropriately, work effectively alone or in a team, and are an excellent communicator. You enjoy a busy atmosphere, and have skills in tact, diplomacy and empathy. You can write clear and concise reports and assessments. You are motivated to achieve good outcomes for young people, and are curious. You understand the importance of confidentiality and are computer literate. You are able to travel to meet clients across the city or beyond. You have a driving licence and can take young people to appointments and visit clients outside the city; a car will be provided if needed. You have a degree (desirable but not essential), or other post-18 training or development.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Sarah Read, Service Leader, Sarah.Read@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 688 118.

A commitment to our values:

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

As an Apprentice Personal Trainer, who is caring, dedicated and driven, you will love being a part of Nuffield Health. It is a place where you can develop your technical skills, grow your career and really make a lasting difference in people's lives.

With all the services of Nuffield Health at your fingertips, you will have a clear path for career progression, and enjoy unrivalled opportunities to move onwards and upwards, into wellbeing lead, healthcare or managerial roles.

This is a full-time apprenticeship, working 30 hours a week at one of our Fitness and Wellbeing (gym) sites.

What will you do in the role?

- Attend fitness team meetings and training sessions monthly, both to support and educate you on your career development

- Attend apprenticeship meetings, working towards your Personal Training Apprenticeship

- Support members to reach their health & fitness goals and maintain a healthy lifestyle

- Support our Community Exercise and Community Education programmes that we offer for free to some of the communities most in need of health and wellbeing education and activity sessions

- Support other departments in the gym on an ad hoc basis once you have the relevant training/qualifications such as covering reception, lifeguarding, front of house to learn about the operational aspects of a busy gym

- Once you have reached the relevant milestones, you will support general duties on site, support members and any enquiries they have, support community outreach activity, deliver gym floor activity, group fitness, gym inductions, engagement sessions, programming sessions and learn all about our signature Personal Best programme, and of course our Personal training approach so you can hit the ground running as soon as you qualify.

Apprenticeship Information

At Nuffield Health, you will be working towards your Enhanced Personal Training Level 3 apprenticeship over the course of 14-18 months (this includes L2 Certificate in Gym Instructing). If you already have your L2 qualification we can support you gaining the L3 on its own in a shorter timeframe. This will involve a blended learning experience (online and face to face) with a support network including your Lifetime coach, a Nuffield Health mentor, Expert Fitness Education team and your line manager. The apprenticeship is a structured learner and employer focused development programme, consisting of face-to-face and/or remote training, designed to create opportunities to acquire lifelong knowledge, skills and behaviours.

Once you have completed the apprenticeship and hold your L3 Personal Training qualification, you will be moved onto our iconic Personal training model, which allows you to increase your earnings through PT commission and grow your own client base.

Please note: All applications are review by our third-party apprenticeships team Lifetime and so your application will be directed to their website.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free gym membership to private healthcare, financial wellbeing, generous annual leave plus more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

At Fawkes & Reece we are recruiting for an Administrative Assistant to join a leading regional contractor based in Portsmouth.

About the role of Administrative Assistant

The role of the administrative assistant will be to provide support to site teams on the framework. Predominantly you will carry out Administrative duties, organising site diaries, organising notices to surrounding areas and providing customer support, reporting into the Senior Project Manager.

Responsibilities for Administrative Assistant

• Declaring notices to residents within surrounding areas
• Answering customer service calls and providing solutions or escalating to relevant person if necessary
• Logging data and information on the server in the correct manner and format
• Providing support to the business and site teams

Requirements for Administrative Assistant

• Organisational skills is key
• Ability to prioritise tasks by importance
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Computer literate

What we offer for Administrative Assistant

• £20,000 - £30,000
• Private medical health care
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Professional development and progression opportunities

If you want to hear more about this Administrative Assistant role please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or contact Claire Spiers in our Southampton office on 07749578588.

Personal Trainer
Nuffield Health Portsmouth FWC | Fitness | Permanent
From £25,480.00 up to £31,175.04 OTE, depending on experience

If you're a Personal Trainer who's ambitious and caring, you'll love being a part of Nuffield Health. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we offer somewhere you can grow while you're making a lasting difference to people's lives. Plus, we'll give you paid holiday and you won't have to pay a fee to train clients at our facilities.

As a Personal Trainer at our Portsmouth Fitness and Wellbeing Club, you're confident, outgoing and approachable. Whether you've been training for a while or just recently qualified, it's important that you've achieved REPs Level 3 or CIMSPA Practitioner (or above). A natural communicator, you're great at listening, understanding and explaining things.

As a Personal Trainer, you will:

• Have full access to Nuffield Health's incredible range of services.

• Connect with and motivate members to reach their fitness goals and maintain a healthier lifestyle.

• Be confident about delivering a range of sessions and consultations.

• Carry out high-quality inductions, Personal best programmes, group and personal training sessions, and general gym duties.

• Enjoy clear career progression with unrivalled opportunities to move onwards and upwards.

• Explore opportunities to progress into a Wellbeing Lead and management roles.

• Have the opportunity for further training from the in house Personal Best program, upskilling to Les Mills instructor and group cycle, plus additional CPD opportunities.

Salary is based on 40 hours a week, made up of 32 Hours gym floor with 8 hours of PT sessions. As your client base grows, you will drop your gym floor hours to maximise your PT earning potential of up to £31,175.04 OTE.

Whilst on probation all contracts will be a minimum of 24 gym floor hours, this is to ensure you earn a guaranteed minimum salary. Your earning will increase as you establish your PT clients and improve your earning potential.

PT sessions have a sliding scale, the more you deliver the more your take home earning potential is.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free gym membership to physiotherapy, private healthcare, financial wellbeing advice and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

Personal Trainer
Nuffield Health Portsmouth FWC | Fitness | Permanent
From £25,480.00 up to £31,175.04 OTE, depending on experience

A dedicated, caring and driven personal trainer, you'll love being a part of Nuffield Health. It's a place where you can develop, progress and really make a lasting difference for people.

There's nothing more personal than health and wellbeing. So at Nuffield Health, we deliver truly personalised experiences. With a network spanning hospitals, clinics and medical centres, Fitness and Wellbeing Clubs, and specialist services including physiotherapy, we take great care of people through connected healthcare. Our unique approach makes a huge difference for our people too. As Britain's largest not for profit healthcare provider, we invest every penny in our services and staff. So you'll have more time and greater scope to do what you love. What's more, our ambitious plans for change and growth include plenty of support for your professional development.

With all the services of Nuffield Health at your fingertips, as a Personal Trainer you can help clients to reach their fitness goals and maintain a healthier lifestyle. What's more, with a clear path for career progression, you'll enjoy unrivalled opportunities to move onwards and upwards, into Wellbeing Lead and even management roles.

As a permanent employee of Nuffield Health, you won't pay a fee to train clients at our facilities, and you'll enjoy paid holiday time. We'll expect you to agree to a minimum number of training sessions per week, in return for a base salary. If you want to build a client base and increase what you earn, you've got the freedom to do exactly that. The only limits are those you set yourself. Carrying out our personal best programme, group exercises, inductions, general gym duties and personal training sessions, you'll enjoy lots of opportunities to grow the role and your business.

You're a highly professional qualified personal trainer. Your personality is confident, outgoing and approachable. Whether you've been training for a while or you've recently qualified, we'll expect you to have REPs Level 3 or CIMSPA Practitioner, or above. As a coach, you're a great communicator - as good at listening and learning as you are at explaining. Your unique ability to motivate, inspire and connect with members will help them make the most of our services. Your ability to deliver high quality inductions, consultations, programmes and sessions will keep them coming back happy.

Salary is based on 40 hours a week, made up of 32 Hours gym floor with 8 hours of PT sessions. As your client base grows, you will drop your gym floor hours to maximise your PT earning potential of up to £31,175.04 OTE.

Whilst on probation all contracts will be a minimum of 24 gym floor hours, this is to ensure you earn a guaranteed minimum salary. Your earning will increase as you establish your PT clients and improve your earning potential.

PT sessions have a sliding scale, the more you deliver the more your take home earning potential is.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free gym membership to physiotherapy, private healthcare, financial wellbeing advice and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

Personal Trainer
Nuffield Health Portsmouth FWC | Fitness | Permanent
From £25,480.00 up to £31,175.04 OTE, depending on experience

If you're a Personal Trainer who's ambitious and caring, you'll love being a part of Nuffield Health. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we offer somewhere you can grow while you're making a lasting difference to people's lives. Plus, we'll give you paid holiday and you won't have to pay a fee to train clients at our facilities.

As a Personal Trainer at our Portsmouth Fitness and Wellbeing Club, you're confident, outgoing and approachable. Whether you've been training for a while or just recently qualified, it's important that you've achieved REPs Level 3 or CIMSPA Practitioner (or above). A natural communicator, you're great at listening, understanding and explaining things.

As a Personal Trainer, you will:

• Have full access to Nuffield Health's incredible range of services.

• Connect with and motivate members to reach their fitness goals and maintain a healthier lifestyle.

• Be confident about delivering a range of sessions and consultations.

• Carry out high-quality inductions, Personal best programmes, group and personal training sessions, and general gym duties.

• Enjoy clear career progression with unrivalled opportunities to move onwards and upwards.

• Explore opportunities to progress into a Wellbeing Lead and management roles.

• Have the opportunity for further training from the in house Personal Best program, upskilling to Les Mills instructor and group cycle, plus additional CPD opportunities.

Salary is based on 40 hours a week, made up of 32 Hours gym floor with 8 hours of PT sessions. As your client base grows, you will drop your gym floor hours to maximise your PT earning potential of up to £31,175.04 OTE.

Whilst on probation all contracts will be a minimum of 24 gym floor hours, this is to ensure you earn a guaranteed minimum salary. Your earning will increase as you establish your PT clients and improve your earning potential.

PT sessions have a sliding scale, the more you deliver the more your take home earning potential is.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free gym membership to physiotherapy, private healthcare, financial wellbeing advice and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.