17 Jobs found

Why Join Us? With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services. Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here. Visit our brochure to find out more about ECC's Adult Social Care services. What We Offer We'll support you to be your best… Training and development to empower you from our award...

Intelligence Manager - Quantitative and Qualitative ResearchFixed Term, Full Timeup to £69,262 per annumLocation: ChelmsfordWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 2nd May 2024 Please note this role will be offered on a fixed-term contract or secondment basis to January 2025. At Essex County Council, our work impacts the lives of over 1.5 million residents. We work hard to meet our residents' needs - from protecting vulnerable children, to helping older residents remain independent; from improving quality of life through better public health, to unlocking economic opportunities across our towns and cities. We need to take decisions based on meaningful insight and high-quality research. This is where you come in. About the role As an Intelligence Manager, you'll join a senior team respo...

Research Strategy and Governance ManagerFixed Term, Full Timeup to £70,364 per annumLocation: ChelmsfordWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 2nd May 2023 Please note this role will be offered on a fixed-term contract or secondment basis to January 2025. At Essex County Council, our work impacts the lives of over 1.5 million residents. We work hard to meet our residents' needs - from protecting vulnerable children, to helping older residents remain independent; from improving quality of life through better public health, to unlocking economic opportunities across our towns and cities. We need to take decisions based on meaningful insight and high-quality, ethical research. This is where you come in. About the role As our Research Strategy and Governance Manager, you'll join a senior ...

School Crossing Patrol Officer - St Martins SchoolPermanent, Part Time£12.10 per hourLocation: BrentwoodWorking Style: Operational field-based worker STOP! Come and support your local community by joining Essex County Council's School Crossing Patrol Team as a School Crossing Patrol Officer at St. Martins School. Support schools once in the morning and once in the afternoon, ensuring the safety of all pedestrians crossing the road to and from school and its surrounding locations. We are looking for a punctual and reliable individual, who is approachable and enjoys engaging with the public. Each position is for 7.5 hours per week approximately, with a holiday pay element included. You will need to be available to work during the 39 weeks of the academic year, for 45 minutes between 08:00...

Are you an outstanding teacher? Are you looking for a different challenge outside the classroom? Are you searching for an organisation which believes strongly in the holistic development of young people? Do you want to work for a student-centred provision which offers highly personalised and exciting learning opportunities? Are you keen to develop your therapeutic capabilities tutoring and coaching students with complex needs? Do you have a car and are you willing to drive to work with students?Lapwing continues to grow and strengthen its peripatetic Education Team across Suffolk, Norfolk and north east Essex and is looking for highly versatile tutors, working out of home, to deliver best practice holistic support to young people with special educational needs. This role may involve tutor...

Active Travel & School Engagement Intern12 Month Fixed Term, Full TimeUp to £23,344 per annumLocation: ChelmsfordWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 28th April 2024 Do you have an interest in helping transform Essex into a safer, greener and healthier county? Are you a Graduate looking to expand your knowledge and start a career in this sector? Or an undergraduate looking to complete your placement year? This could be the opportunity you are looking for! About Us: As an organisation, we expect everyone who works here to be treated and to treat everyone else with dignity and respect. We are proud to have been recognised as 'Excellent' by the Local Government Association (LGA). We were commended in all five areas of the Equality framework for local government , first awarded ...

Housing Business Support ManagerCastle Point Borough CouncilTemporary, Full TimeUp to £35 PAYE/ £45 Umbrella - per hourLocation: BenfleetClosing Date: 29th April 2024 Interviews for this position will be taking place on 8th May 2024, to start W/C 20th May 2024. Why Castle Point? Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enab...

The role will be responsible for supporting adults to develop their abilities to enable them to live as independently as possible. This may include moving and handling assessments, the provision of equipment, environmental assessments adaptations (including major adaption recommendations), functional assessments, liaising with partner colleagues in health and universal services and utilising wider Adult Social Care services. You will be part of a multi-skilled team drawing on your skills as an Occupational Therapist to support and motivate all through educating and modelling good practice. In addition to overseeing complex cases you will support with the delivery of services to defined standards, engaging in initiatives when requested by your manager. There will also be a commitment re...

Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team, South EssexPermanentPart Time, 3 days / 22.2 hours per week£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: BasildonWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 28th April 2024 Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted and at the same time humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years!Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protec...

Social Worker - Children in Care, South EssexFixed term / Secondment, 12 monthsFull Time, 37 hours per week£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: BasildonWorking Style: Community-based workerClosing Date: 24th April 2024 Please note that this is a fixed term contract / secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months with the potential to go permanent.Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted and at the same time humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years!Please take a look at our 'No Magic' Children & Families video hereEssex County Council understand how ...

Principal Planning Officer - Economic GrowthPermanent, Full TimeUp to £53,892 per annumLocation: ChelmsfordWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 1st May 2024 In this role, you will influence the quality of business accommodation across Essex, by providing evidence and guidance to internal colleagues, Local Planning Authorities and scheme promoters.Over the course of a week, you might:Apply your town planning qualification or equivalent experience to propose amendments to the draft employment chapter of an emerging Local Plan, representing the Council at a meeting with economic development officers at one of our 12 district, borough and city councilsUse your analytical skills to extract relevant information from the Essex Business Accommodation Dashboard, bolstering the case for a di...

Social Worker - Assessment & Intervention, North EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: ColchesterWorking Style: Community-based workerClosing Date: 22nd April 2024 Unleash Your Potential with Essex County CouncilWe get it. Flexibility and well-being are vital, especially in the fast-paced world of children's Social Care. That's why we're flipping the script and introducing a groundbreaking nine-day working fortnight for our frontline Social Workers within Children's services. Intrigued? Dive deeper and explore this game-changing initiative by following this link: nine-day working fortnight Experience the Magic of 'No Magic' Children & Families Video: Are you ready to witness the power of our Children & Families services? Brace yourself for a captivating journey th...

SEND Operations PartnerPermanent, Full TimeUp to £37,427 per annumLocation: BasildonWorking Style: Anywhere workerClosing Date: 29th April 2024 The RoleEssex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuin...

Senior Practitioner - Family Support & Protection, West EssexPermanent, Full Time£43,477 to £52,302 per annumLocation: HarlowWorking Style: Community-based workerClosing Date: 14th November 2023 Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services.Join Our Team: Making a Difference in Families' LivesAt Family Support & Protection (FS&P), we are on a mission to create lasting positive change in the lives of families facing complex and long-term challenges. We understand that some situations require more than just a quick fix, and that's where our dedic...

Social Worker - Children in Care Specialist Team, West EssexPermanent, Full Time£34,712 to £46,751 per annumLocation: HarlowWorking Style: Community-based workerClosing Date: 10th March 2024 Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children's services.This is an exciting opportunity to work across to service areas, initially you will be working with the Children in Care Service. There will be scope after 6 months to work within the Children in care specialist service.As a specialist Social Worker within the Children in Care team, your role involves working Se...

Senior Practitioner, Children and Families HubPermanent, Part Time£43,477 to £52,302 per annum FTELocation: ColchesterWorking Style: Fixed-base workerClosing Date: 11th April 2024 This is a part time role 3 days per week. (pro rata salary £26,090 to £31,381 per annum) The RoleThe Children and Families Hub is the single point of access for Children's Social Care. Its primary purpose is to ensure that children and young people and their families receive early help, advice and support to assist in protecting them from significant harm and promoting their development and wellbeing. The Children and Families Hub does this by identifying the lowest appropriate level of support needed to bring about change, support good parenting and boundaries and promote children's emotional wellbeing. The Chil...

Procurement Assistant ManagerPermanent, Full TimeUp to £40,313 per annumLocation: Chelmsford / HybridWorking Style: Anywhere worker - expectation to attend the office (County Hall, Chelmsford) is once a week on averageClosing Date: 21st April 2024 The RoleWe are looking for an experienced procurement professional to fulfil this truly wide-ranging role spanning both category and contract work you will deal with the full procurement lifecycle, touching all elements of the process from cradle to grave.This is an exciting role in the corporate team where your focus will be technology and indirect spend buying and supplier management. You will be joining a team of approx. 25 procurement professionals.You will gain extensive knowledge and have the opportunity to progress your career using best p...