Total 2,831 Others job vacancies in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4YL

Location: Barnet

Since 1989, we've supported adults of all ages to maintain their independence and stay in the place they know and love. Because, life is better at home.

We're looking for people who are passionate about care, and who want to help others to join our amazing teams. We don't require you to have any previous social care experience, what we do need from you is to have the Right to Work in the UK, as we are NOT able to offer Health and Care Worker visas. Additionally, you are required to have a full UK driving license with access to your own vehicle.

If you're looking for a job that can be flexible around your lifestyle there are a variety of shift patterns available to work in mornings, afternoons, evenings or weekends.

At Helping Hands, we can offer the following benefits

• Paid mileage of 35p per mile between calls
• Early Pay App request up to 50% of your pay in advance of pay day
• Earn up to £100 for referring a friend
• Our care assistants are directly employed by us giving you access to holiday entitlement and our pension scheme
• Apprenticeship opportunities available to existing staff
• Support to complete nationally recognised qualifications including your Care Certificate and NVQs. Your career development is important to us if you want to progress, we can help!
• FREE Blue Light Card national discount card for hundreds of retailers
• Annual pay reviews based on cost of living

Being a Care Assistant means you need to be adaptable, kind-hearted and put others first. Your role may include:

• Providing companionship
• Support with personal care such as showering, bathing and toileting
• Helping with mobility around the home
• Overseeing medication and providing medical support
• Helping around the house with cleaning, cooking and tidying
• Running errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions

Location: Barnet

The Role:

Since 1989, we've supported adults of all ages to maintain their independence and stay in the place they know and love. Because, life is better at home.

Helping Hands is the nation's most widely rated home care provider and the only one to be endorsed as a Centre of Excellence by Skills for Care. We have over 150 branches across England and Wales and we're looking for Care Coordinators who are as passionate about what they do as we are to join our growing team.

Being a Care Coordinator with Helping Hands is about more than just rota management. You will be responsible for supporting the Registered Care Manager with recruitment, business development and ensuring we are always delivering the highest possible standard of care.

As a Care Coordinator you'll be responsible for:

• Supporting the Branch Care Manager by providing care and support to our customers and carers within the local community.
• Ensuring that customers receive the highest standards or care and support through effective allocation of staff.
• Completing direct observations and supervisions for your care teams within the correct timescales.
• Supporting the Branch Care Manager to maintain carer numbers by actively recruiting new team members and guiding them through the recruitment process.
• Reassessing customers to ensure care plans are reflective of customer's needs and condition.
• Actively seeking new business opportunities and supporting the commercial growth of the branch.
• Ensuring that the highest levels of customer service are always provided.

About You

To be successful in this role you'll need to have a Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care or be willing to work towards achieving this. Additionally, you'll need to have knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practice in line with CQC/CIW guidance and experience of working within the care sector at supervisory level. You'll also need to have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

What's in it for you?

At Helping Hands, we recognise that running a branch is a lot of responsibility and we have an excellent support network to assist you with all things HR, Compliance and Business Development. You will have access to a wide range of benefits including:

• Career progression opportunities
• 23 days annual leave, rising to 25 after 2 years of service
• Blue Light Card offering discounts from business and services
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Support to complete nationally recognised qualifications
• Refer a friend scheme
• Annual salary review

Helping Hands is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce as we believe this develops a comfortable working environment for all our staff. All applications will be treated fairly in line with our Equality and Diversity Policy.

This lovely family is seeking an energetic, bubbly, and caring Nanny to join their household and care for their three school-aged children. The role involves all general nanny duties, with a focus on providing a nurturing and supportive environment. Someone who speaks English to an excellent level and Tagalog would be ideal. A driver is required for this position, and the candidate should be comfortable driving both automatic and manual vehicles. One of the children has autism, so the family would ideally prefer a Nanny with experience in Special Educational Needs (SEN).

A valid first aid qualification is needed for this position.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 10:30 am and then 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Duties include:

Responsible for the safety, well-being, care and development of the children.
Playing with the children and taking them to the park.
Reading to and playing with the children.
Helping with homework.
Implementing daily routines.
Tidying up children's bedrooms and play areas.
Providing healthy meals and snacks for the children.
This lovely family is looking to hire as soon as possible.

To learn more about this Full-time Nanny role in Barnet, Job ID J19EEA role, please apply and a consultant will contact you with more information.

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £20 gross per hour

Location: Barnet

About The Role
As a Regional Admissions Co-ordinator at HC-One you’ll be responsible for driving new and existing business into homes across the area, whilst building and sustaining high occupancy in line with the homes’ commercial strategy with an emphasis on private pay admissions and public pay admissions with a 3rd party top-up.
Main Activities

- Develop and implement sales, marketing and awareness programmes that ensure high levels of awareness and profile of the home within the local community; specifically, amongst the target market who will have the personal and family financial means to be a private fee payer.
- Present and share ideas for increasing revenue to AD & CBP to deliver overall Area occupancy growth.
- Monitor and report any identified barriers that have led to lost revenue opportunities.
- Generate Resident enquiries through networking in the local community and supporting the enquirers throughout the process from maintaining regular contact, arranging viewings and assessments, conducting tours, welcoming those who choose to live in the care home as they are admitted and liaising with them and their families throughout their stay.
- Organise events in the care homes in the area that are appropriate to the target audience so that they attract local private pay Residents to enquire to the home and position it as a first-choice care home within its local community.
- Local networking to identify key local public opinion leaders, influencers and referrers and building up contacts databases to support you in promoting the home i.e. people you will invite to events, send newsletters to, meet in the community.
- Identify local community publications that are read by the same target audience we are promoting our care homes to.
- Support the Care Home Managers in your area in setting and maintaining high standards in the presentation of front of house, public areas and Resident areas.
- Set out a route for visitor care home tours and ensuring a high standard, quality view bedroom is available.
- Work with the central marketing team to arrange for advertising, mailshots and other local awareness campaigns that will help generate enquiries across the care homes you support.
- Support Home Administrator to manage Care Home enquiries from initial point of contact whether direct to the Care Homes or via our central support enquiry team. You will carry out training within the Care Home to ensure enquiry capture both in and out of office hours is being achieved by care staff. You will be required to follow up enquiries and arrange tours of the care home.
- Visit local health and social care settings, community organisations and other influencers to build relationships that will generate enquiries developing an inner and outer circle of contacts to achieve this.
- Work closely with the wellbeing coordinators to organise events within the homes to the benefit of Residents to help them live fulfilling and meaningful lives. You will research local advertorial opportunities to ensure the Care Homes are achieving maximum exposure within the relevant catchment areas. You will make sure that the marketing materials reflect the home to its highest standards.
- Use your hospitality or customer care skills to ensure staff are given training in the delivery of the expected standards. You will be the key contact for Residents and their families to provide solutions to any problems that arise, this will involve liaising with the Home Managers, Area Director and RQUILS.
- Generate content for home level social media pages, building links, and awareness, ensuring regular content features.
- Support Wellbeing Co-Ordinators to produce the home newsletter.
- To provide training to appropriate colleagues on ‘how to take a good enquiry’ and ‘how to arrange and deliver a professional tour the home’
- To generate care home reviews
- Monitor daily financial budgets, occupancy (funded vs private pay) and enquiries. You will also have to complete weekly/monthly reports detailing the day-to-day movements within the care home and its effect on the enquiries/occupancy/financial status of the care home.
- Generate positive news stories and write up for sign up and sign off.
- Monitor and interpret management information undertaking comprehensive analysis to highlight and identify commercial successes and opportunities.

The following applies to all Colleagues:
You are expected to comply with HC Ones policies and procedures for health, safety and hygiene at all times. When attending HC-One homes all colleagues should ensure they comply with infection and control processes as outlined in the HC One infection and control procedures available on the Group intranet.
You may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to your post and/or hours of work. The company may periodically review your role profile and update it to ensure it relates to the job being performed. It is the company’s aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible the company reserves the right to insist on changes to your role description, after consultation.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and therefore it is important that you are able to recognise the signs which may indicate possible abuse, harm or neglect in its different forms and know what to do if there are any concerns. All colleagues are required to attend safeguarding training appropriate to their role and to undertake additional training in associated areas. You also have the ability to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, including escalation if action is not taken.
What HC-One offer

Complimenting your salary, you will enjoy access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being and throughout your career we will invest in you and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:

- Award-winning learning and development
- 25 days annual leave
- An opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team.
- GP online - providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app - available to you and your children under 16
- Colleague discounts – Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners
- Wellbeing - free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives Colleagues and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues

We want you to have an amazing experience working at HC-One, starting with our commitment to providing the quickest possible turnaround from the point of making you a job offer to you starting with us on day one.

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Paint Sprayer / Paint Technician

- Starting salary from £17-18.50 per hour however this is negotiable based on experience.
- £5,000 joining bonus spread over your first 12 months of employment.
- 40-hour week Monday to Friday with flexibility on your shift patterns.

Our Client, a busy Automotive Repair Centre in Gloucester, is seeking a skilled Paint Sprayer / Paint Technician to join their busy Repair Centre.

For your hard work as a Paint Sprayer / Paint Technician with our Client, you will be rewarded with a salary of £45,000 OTE.

The hours of this Paint Sprayer role are 40 per week, Monday to Friday.

Skills and Qualifications required of a Paint Sprayer:

- Previous working experience within a Paint Sprayer role
- The ability to work to a high standard with an up-to-date knowledge of the latest vehicle repair techniques
- ATA would be beneficial
- Fully Qualified Paint Sprayer to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Self-Motivated and a good team player

Our Automotive Client is looking for a skilled and experienced Paint Sprayer who can enter their busy bodyshop and hit the ground running.

If you are interested in hearing more or wish to apply for this Paint Sprayer Job, please send your CV to Josh Buck quoting the job reference number.

Perfect Placement are the UK’s Leading Automotive Recruitment Agency so if you are looking for a Paint Sprayer Job get in touch today.

For the best Paint Sprayer, Paint Technician, Bodyshop Paint Sprayer, Automotive Paint Technician, Automotive Paint Sprayer jobs be sure to contact our team.

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Chef Manager

Full-time - 37 hours per week - Weekdays and alternate weekends required

Quantum Care is a not for profit company providing high quality care services for over 2000 older people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. We are looking to recruit the right people to join us and provide the best possible care to our residents, offering support, maintaining dignity and assisting them to enjoy every day living in our Homes.

As a Chef Manager you will be responsible for:

Providing homely meals for our residents, meeting a diverse range of dietary requirements.
Planning staff rotas which are appropriate for the kitchen workload and arrange cover for planned absences, using existing and casual staff.
Organising every aspect of the catering operation within the home to provide a safe, nutritious, cost effective quality service to all customers.
Ensuring all statutory training takes place.
Ensuring regular stock takes occur and that stock is maintained at minimum agreed levels.
Communicating with all customers on a regular basis, whenever possible.
Managing the catering budget and producing financial information relating to performance against the budget on a monthly basis.
If you believe this is the job for you, we would love to have you join our team and in return we will provide the following rewards & benefits:

Competitive salaries with enhancements at weekends and Bank Holidays.
Career development opportunities and recognition of career milestones.
First class in house training provided from day one.
Free Employee Assistant Programme: Providing 24/7 assistance and support to help you balance work, family and life.
Company Pension Scheme (after 1 years’ service).
Free DBS check and uniform.
Access to retail discounts and offers.
Refer a friend scheme of £500 per referral
Terms and Conditions apply to all benefits

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established, values driven company that offers varied and rewarding work and opportunities for career progression. We welcome applications from a very diverse range of people who have the right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship to candidates at this time.

Female Support Worker - Learning Disabilities Service - "No Sponsorship Available"

£11.50 up to £11.80, paid training, full-time, only day positions available

Please note that we can only consider female applicants for this role due to the needs of the service and its residents.
Location: Glenholme Healthcare, The Marlowes, Hemel, HP1 1GQ

Do you have a big smile? That can make a person's face light up.

Are you a kind, compassionate, or empathetic? No experience is required.

Whether you have been a Support Worker, Care Assistant or Carer previously or you come from a retail, hospitality, warehouse, cleaning, customer service, or admin background. We will provide ongoing training and support to you throughout your career with us.

Do you have patience and a sense of humour? Working as a care assistant or a Support worker isn’t always the easiest job, but we promise that it will be one of the most rewarding.

Benefits and perks as a Support Worker:

A Salary increase to £11.65 once you have completed our paid-for-care certificate (An industry-recognised qualification)
A Salary increase to £11.80 on completion of a paid-for Level 2-3 NVQ qualification (An industry-recognised qualification)
Compensation of up to £200 for completing your e-learning before you start
Hastee Pay – withdraw up to 40% of your earned salary before payday as and when you want
28 holidays (including bank holidays)
An additional day off for your birthday plus up to 5 additional days off for your length of service
Quarterly Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff’s commitment and contribution and service performance-related bonuses
Automatic entry into our Employee Assistance Programme offering: Personal and everyday advice on child support, financial advice, mental health and health & wellbeing
You’ll also receive our pension & life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
Cycle2Work scheme
Free Blue Light Card
With the right training and support, you can help us to promote independence, choice, and inclusion. Every day you will make an invaluable contribution to the lives of people living with learning disabilities and will become more than just their support worker, you will become their companion too.

Duties of a Support Worker:

Companionship
Personal Care & Support
The teaching of independent living skills
Management of medication
Community-based activities such as swimming, social activities, or other leisure activities
Sound good? Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity and apply today to become a Support Worker and join the Glenholme Healthcare family.

At Glenholme, our core values allow our staff and service users to thrive. We believe in treating individuals, their families and our staff with respect and dignity while placing a high value on equality, equity and diversity.

This job requires an Enhanced DBS to be carried out.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Clinical Responsibility To assess, plan and implement programmes of care for individualchildren and young people, carers and families with complexbehavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for all childrenand adolescents, including the protective and risk factors in thenetwork of significant relationships. To be responsible for a defined caseload selecting and usingappropriate interventions to meet care plan objectives and goalsprivileging core skills as appropriate. To develop, implement and manage specialised interventions withinthe child/young persons context, employing evidence based practice. To evaluate and adjust practices based on feedback. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the clients care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/ professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions. To carry out assessments and interventions jointly with co-workersfrom the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate. To contribute and develop skills in Clinical Governance. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and localpolicies and issues in relation to both the specific client group andmental health

As a Senior Nurse you will lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions. You will undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening. You will contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to; Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them. Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference, as defined throughout our bespoke Health in Justice competency framework. Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of. Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning. Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

Agile Working: All our staff have a work base. However, the Trust operates a flexible agile working policy and therefore the finance team will be based on site for a proportion of the week and have the ability to work from home, if preferred, for the rest of the week on a rota basis. The Financial Management team work to a flexible working policy meaning flexible start and finish times and the ability to take back time owed. For more information please see the attached job description and person specification.

Are you a HGV Class 2 Driver, with a class 2 licence and CPC? Are you looking for an active and varied role?

Flowline, a division of FM Conway, is looking for a HGV Class 2 Driver to join our team working from our Bishop's Stortford depot on a full time, permanent basis. As our HGV Class 2 Driver you will work as part of a two-person team to carry out a range of services including cleaning, clearance, repair and maintenance of drains.

Duties of the HGV Class 2 Driver role:

- Conducting all areas of drainage work, including high pressure water jetting (HPWJ) and CCTV surveys works

- Attending drainage related issues, including emergency callouts to deal with blockages or cleaning pipes during regular maintenance programmes

- Recording and feeding back works undertaken and any further works required

- Providing reports using our app system

What we’re looking for in our HGV Class 2 Driver

We are looking for candidates who have a class 2 licence and full CPC. You will enjoy working as part of a team and will have a strong concern for health and safety. We will consider applicants with no previous drainage experience as we are able to offer full training.

What benefits will you receive?

By joining FM Conway as our HGV Class 2 Driver, you will receive the following company benefits including, career and professional development, opportunities for training and further tickets/qualifications, 23 days paid holiday, company pension and access to our Rewarding Great People discounts and wellbeing platform.

A brief introduction to FM Conway

FM Conway is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions and in May 2023 welcomed Flowline into the family.

We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

The division offers a range of services include drainage surveys, maintenance and rehabilitation across the whole highway’s networks. You will be working at the forefront of this and will benefit from one of the largest and most technically advanced transport fleets within the UK!

So if you want to Join our Family as our HGV Class 2 Driver, click apply today!

Closing Date: 15/12/2024

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Workshop Controller
Borehamwood
Basic up to £35,000 up to £45,000 OTE + Uncapped
Monday - Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturdays on a rota
OC19211

We are looking for an experienced Workshop Controller to join our leading dealership. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall running of the workshop, managing the day-to-day operations to ensure the highest levels of customer service are maintained. The successful candidate for this Workshop Controller vacancy will be proud to be a part of this fantastic company with career longevity and security

Company Benefits
* Company Pension
* Performance Bonus
* Company Benefits Scheme
* Long Service Holiday Reward
* Enhanced Maternity Policy
* Share Save Options
* Your Birthday Off

Workshop Controller Key Responsibilities:
* Oversee day-to-day running of the workshop, ensuring all jobs are completed within time frames.
* Ensure all work is carried out to highest quality standards and that customer requirements are met.
* Monitor the performance of the team, providing guidance and support when needed.
* Ensure that all health and safety regulations are adhered to.
* Liaise with other departments to ensure the smooth running of the workshop.
* Develop and implement strategies to improve performance and customer service.
* Monitor the progress of all jobs and ensure that they are completed within the time frames.
* Analyse customer feedback and identify areas for improvement.
* Ensure that all members of the team are adequately trained.
* Manage the budget of the workshop and ensure that it is kept within the allocated budget.
* Liaise with suppliers and ensure that all parts are ordered and delivered in a timely manner.
* Ensure that all vehicles are maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines.

Workshop Controller Skills and Requirements:
* Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within a motor industry background.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to manage a team and delegate tasks.
* Good problem-solving and organisational skills.
* A high level of attention to detail.
* A good understanding of health and safety regulations.
* Good IT skills.
* A valid driving license.

Consultant - Yvonne Martin - Octane Recruitment
INDAS

Octane Recruitment are a leading Recruitment agency specialising in Automotive, Motor trade, Engineering, OEM and various related industries.

We are recruiting across the UK for Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Mechanic, Commercial Vehicle Technician, Diagnostic Technician, Senior Technician, Master Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician, PDI Technician, Prep Technician, MOT Tester, Fast Fit Technician, LCV Technician, Light Commercial Technician, HGV Technician, Bus Technician, LGV Technician, HGV Engineer, HGV Mechanic, HGV Fitter, Workshop Controller, Workshop Supervisor, Workshop Support, Senior Controller, Workshop Manager, Workshop Foreman, Workshop Engineer

Octane Recruitment cover a variety of different sectors including Technical, Mechanical, Engineering, Sales, Service, Aftersales, Bodyshop, Fleet & Rental Management, Accounts, Finance, Marketing, & Payroll, Managerial, Logistics, Parts, Administration, Call Centre / Contact Centre, Senior Appointments, Head Office Positions and Confidential Appointments.
All applicants for this Workshop Controller role are treated with 100% confidentiality

Age UK is recruiting! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Store Manager to join our friendly and supportive Sawbridgeworth team.

Utilising your previous retail experience and excellent managerial skills, you will manage the day to day running of our store - maximising store sales and profits while ensuring our customers receive an excellent service. In doing so, you will be helping to raise funds for Age UK and the incredible services and support they provide to older people.

As Store Manager, you will manage our brilliant team of staff and volunteers, providing effective leadership, training, and development.

If you are a motivated manager with a passion for retail and would like to use your skills to support a charity that helps thousands of older people across the UK, this may be the role for you!

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kgs.)

To ensure the smooth running of our stores, we will be conducting interviews throughout the advertising process. Early applications are advised.

You will have:

• Experience in a performance driven retail/customer centric environment
• Experience of managing people
• Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg's
• Ability to build, retain and develop a team
• Strong drive to achieve results through others
• Ability to delegate, coach and listen
• Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities
• Ability to motivate self and others
• An open and adaptable approach to change and be able to support others through it
• Experience of communicating with a diverse workforce and customer base
• Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising
• IT literacy and numeracy skills

What we offer in return:

• A 35 hour working week
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday allowance
• A generous pension - we will contribute 8%
• Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
• Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
• Tickets for Good - Free and discounted tickets for events

Additional Information

To comply with UK legislation, we cannot accept applications from candidates under the age of 18 as the successful candidate will be required to work on their own in the shop without the aid of other staff.

All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.

Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this! So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Specialist Behaviour Support Worker to join our Birchall Wood Service in Hertfordshire.

£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Specialist Behaviour Support Workers are responsible for supporting people with learning disabilities and behavioural needs to live full lives, develop skills and maintain their wellbeing.

We are looking for a specialist behavioural support worker of skilled, creative and experienced support workers to support one customer in her own home in Welwyn Garden City. Specialist Support Workers within Look Ahead are required to have either an extra dimension of experience or a higher qualification level as determined relevant for the particular post. Specialist Support Workers provide information, social inclusion and vocational opportunities to support people to recover and stay well; exercise choice and control in their care and lives; and participate on an equal footing in the community. Support is also provided to develop a model of re-enablement towards self-advocacy, self-management and empowerment, incorporating the principles and practice of recovery, co-production and peer support. This role must have an excellent value base to support the customer to build their life and develop their skills and passions as an independent person.

A full driving licence is required for this position.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

For a full job description, please visit our website jobs.lookahead.org.uk

What you'll do:

Supporting the customer to lead a full and active life and do things they enjoy, sensitively and persistently trying to new things to open new opportunities for the customer.
Developing the customer's independent living skills and involving them in aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning, and decorating.
Supporting the customer in their sensory routine, trialling and testing new sensory experiences.
Supporting the customer to communicate their wants and needs and develop new ways of doing this, communicating with them in a person-centred way.
Supporting the customer to manage their anxieties, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches.
Collating a range of behavioural data and essential paperwork to be analysed within our local management structure.
Driving the customer's (manual) vehicle to support them to go about their daily life.
Supporting the customer with personal care.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

What you'll bring:

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers with Autism/Challenging Behaviour/learning disabilities
Driving licence and a willingness to drive as part of support duties
Experience of engaging vulnerable people with complex needs in meaningful activities.

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values: We focus on Excellence and innovation. We are Caring and Compassionate. We are Inclusive and Trusted. We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date. We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Housing Options Advisor
£31,773 up to £34,072 per year inclusive annual salary + up to 19.7% employer pension contribution, plus car user allowance
Permanent, Full-time (37 hour per week)
Flexible working options
Job Ref: P1245

About the Role
In this post you will provide a high standard of housing advice, homelessness prevention, housing support and housing options to customers or their representatives requesting housing assistance.

This position offers the opportunity for a well organised, customer focused individual to join our team in this role. You will be working as part of a small team who are committed to delivering high standards of service to those in housing need.

About you
Educated to GCSE’s standard in Maths and English, you must also have a NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject or have at least one year’s relevant work experience together with an understanding of social housing.

You will be working in partnership with other officers in the team to successfully prevent and relieve homelessness through the appropriate assessment of viable Housing Options for applicants. This will involve mediation with families and friends, conducting referrals to various housing support organisations around the County, and working with other key stakeholders to prevent eviction.

St Albans is a unique English Cathedral City with a colourful history which can be seen in the Roman remains and variety of beautiful architecture, heritage sites and conservation areas. Set within green belt, off the M25, A1M and M1 the District includes a cathedral, vibrant city centre and thriving villages. Our centrally located offices in the city are near to the station (London St Pancras 20 minutes), shops and restaurants. In short it is a great place to live and work.

In addition to working within a great team and a comprehensive salary you will have access to:
26.5 days basic annual leave (increasing with service) + bank holidays.Please note: annual leave will be pro-rated for anyone who does not have a standard full- time pattern of 37 hours over 5 days, e.g. part-timers
Local Government Pension Scheme with current employer contribution up to 19.7 percent employer contributions
Flexible working options
Staff Parking Permit
Reimbursement of professional fees
Comprehensive development and training
Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
Access to discounts and benefits via online platform

Additional Information

Disability Confident:
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets all the essential criteria for the post

Safeguarding
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Check.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

For an informal discussion, please contact John Frost, Principal Strategic Housing Officer on (01727) 819443 or alternatively you can e-mail john.frost@stalbans.gov.uk.

To apply

Please select the apply button on the vacancy and follow the steps below:
Complete an online application and in the supporting statement section, ensure you explain what you would bring to the role and how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification. 
Provide an up-to-date CV (no more than three sides of A4), explaining any gaps in employment.

A detailed job description and person specification are published on the advert for this role. The person specification sets out the criteria we use to assess applicants. The Council reserves the right to reject applicants at the shortlisting stage, where the application process has not been completed correctly. 

For more information about the role or to learn more about us visit Jobs and Careers or email recruitment@stalbans.gov.uk or telephone (01727) 819251 stating your details and the post reference number.

Closing date for applications: 2nd December 2024

Interviews are scheduled for w/c: 9th December 2024

NOTE:  Interviews are conducted throughout the application process.  We reserve the right to close the vacancy at an earlier date and we strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

For full details visit www.stalbans.gov.uk or email recruitment@stalbans.gov.uk or telephone (01727) 819251 stating your details and the post reference number.