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We are looking for a team player who is supportive, keen to impart excellent standards and has an attention to detail. The ideal candidate should want to strive for excellence in all aspects of their IQA role.</p><p><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><br>The ideal candidate must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience as an IQA and 5 years’ experience as an assessor. The ideal candidate must also have a minimum of 3 years of working with VTCT.</p><p><br>Start date asap</p><p><br>Please note that we are unable to accept CVs directly. All applications must be submitted through our official recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’.</p><p><br><a href=\"https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies\">https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies</a></p><p><br>Sutton College is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we actively welcome applications from all sections of the community. 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This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ. </p><p>Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.</p><p>All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.</p><p>Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There’s also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p><p>Adult Social Care is undergoing a significant transformation to address the rising demand for our services. We're implementing wide-ranging changes to improve care for adults and create positive working environments for our staff. We have new leaders and experienced managers who bring innovative ideas to the service and are driving meaningful changes throughout your service delivery. Our goal is to deliver exceptional care that enhances outcomes for our community whilst providing an inclusive, diverse and stable environment for staff to grow their career.</p><p>Hospital Pathway And Reablement (Start) Service </p><p>Staff within our hospital team work closely with NHS colleagues to facilitate safe, timely discharge.  Their priority is to enable people to return to their own homes, utilising reablement and other services to enable them regain independence.</p><p>For more information on our new operating model and teams <a href=\"https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/adult-social-care-jobs\">click here</a>.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Join Adult Social Care as a Social Worker and receive a Welcome Bonus* of £1000 paid in your first month's salary or a Retention Bonus* of £1000 paid for every complete year in service (*subject to pay scale within the grade). </p><p>We've got an exciting opportunity for you as a Social Worker in Adult Social Care. Our mission is to empower adults to live independently as possible, and we need your expertise to make it happen. This role will challenge you in a dynamic and diverse environment, helping you expand your skills and knowledge in the practice of social care. As a Social Worker working within the Hospital Pathways Team, you will conduct assessments, manage complex cases, and provide high standards of care. Our teams are renowned for its ability to craft outstanding care plans that prioritise the needs and voices of service users, integrating input from various professionals, families/carers, and external agencies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved.</p><p>Our teams are renowned for its ability to craft outstanding care plans that prioritise the needs and voices of service users, integrating input from various professionals, families/carers, and external agencies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved.  </p><p>Are you ready to take the next step? We are here to support your growth as you begin your career at Suttons Adult Social Care. Apply now and join us as we navigate this journey toward excellence.</p><p><strong>Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>This position offers an excellent opportunity for individuals with outstanding communication skills and a compassionate manner capable of effectively managing high levels of emotional distress. We encourage applications from candidates with experience in adult care and those passionate about delivering person-centred care. You'll join a welcoming, supportive, and energetic team dedicated to providing first class supervision and ongoing professional development opportunities.</p><p>In addition, we would expect the following from all suitable candidates:</p><ul>\n<li>Qualified Social Worker with current registration with Social Work England and eligibility to work in the UK. </li>\n<li>2 years post qualifying experience working in adult services, assessing and supporting individuals with diverse needs and successful completion of their ASYE. </li>\n<li>Sound knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 as well as social work theories.</li>\n<li>Strong assessment, outcome focussed care planning, and risk management skills.</li>\n<li>Ability to communicate complex social issues clearly to both patients and professionals.</li>\n<li>Ability to plan and coordinate social care plans and aspects of patient discharge. </li>\n</ul><p>For more information about the role and/or an informal conversation, view the Role Profile or contact Keyur Patel, Team Manager Hospital Pathways on keyur.patel@sutton.gov.uk</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. 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Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. 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We strive to provide a consistent, restorative approach that prioritises the voices of children and young people while being trauma-informed.</p><p>Joining Sutton, you can expect to receive:</p><ul>\n<li>A broad range of post-qualifying education opportunities designed to encourage continuous learning and professional growth, as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP) with Kingston University and regional partners</li>\n<li>Opportunities to attend conferences, workshops, and access research and practice resources for ongoing development.</li>\n</ul><p>Sutton Council is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, featuring various staff network groups such as the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic +A Network, LGBTQ +A Network, and Women’s +A Network. These groups empower staff to have a voice and actively drive positive change within the organisation.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Join Children Social Care as a Team Manager in our Leaving Care and Children Looked After Team and enjoy a Golden Hello along with a Recruitment and Retention Bonus, outlined as follows:</p><ul>\n<li>£1,000 paid with your first month's salary</li>\n<li>£1,000 for your first completed year of service</li>\n<li>£2,000 for your second completed year of service</li>\n<li>£3,000 for your third completed year of service and each year thereafter</li>\n</ul><p>With a total salary package of up to £63,172, inclusive of bonuses and benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to elevate your career in social care.</p><p>As a Team Manager for the Children Looked After Team, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the care and support provided to children in our care. Your responsibilities will include:</p><ul>\n<li>Leading and managing a multidisciplinary team to deliver effective social care services for looked after children.</li>\n<li>Ensuring that all interventions are child-centred, emphasising the best interests of the children and young people in our care.</li>\n<li>Overseeing the assessment, planning, and review processes for looked after children.</li>\n<li>Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, policies, and professional standards.</li>\n</ul><p>As a leader, you will foster a positive and inclusive team culture that encourages professional growth and continuous improvement. You will oversee care planning, quality assurance reports, and the direct work of your team, while chairing meetings and collaborating with multi-agency professionals to safeguard the children and young people in our care. This role offers challenges in a dynamic and diverse environment, allowing you to expand your knowledge and skill set within children’s social care. Our teams are renowned for their ability to create exceptional care plans that prioritise the needs and voices of our service users, incorporating input from professionals, families/carers, and external agencies to achieve the best outcomes.</p><p>Are you ready to take the next step in your social care career? We are committed to supporting your growth in a diverse and inclusive environment, as you embark on your career with Sutton’s Adult Social Care. Apply now and join us on our journey!</p><p>This position offers an excellent opportunity for existing team managers and experienced social workers with outstanding communication skills and a compassionate manner, capable of effectively managing high levels of emotional distress. We encourage applications from candidates with experience in childcare and those passionate about delivering person-centred care. </p><p>In addition, we would expect the following from all suitable candidates:</p><ul>\n<li>To be registered with Social Work England and hold a degree in Social Care or similar.</li>\n<li>Experience of working with children within a care environment.</li>\n<li>Significant experience of leading and managing a multidisciplinary team.</li>\n<li>Have sound knowledge and ability to deliver social work support to service users and their families.</li>\n<li>Ability to communicate complex social issues clearly to both patients and professionals.</li>\n<li>Ability to plan and coordinate social care plans and aspects of patient discharge.</li>\n</ul><p>You will join a welcoming, supportive, and energetic team dedicated to providing first class supervision and ongoing professional development opportunities.</p><p>For more information about the role and/or an informal conversation, you can view the Role Profile or contact Debbie Owen Head of Service Corporate Parenting  (debbie.owen@sutton.gov.uk)</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. 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Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGMTYxsYV0WkCbJAHTDyEDSVwv5YDX9A/view?usp=sharing\">here.</a> We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. 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We are very interested in tutors who are able to support students to:</p><p>Take the initial steps in professional counsellor training to specialise whether in the voluntary, statutory or private sectorsLearn how essential theoretical concepts are proving to be in their own client work<br>Prepare for work as a professional counsellor in an agency setting</p><p><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><br>You should have a passion for teaching, good subject knowledge, and a desire to develop pre-practitioner training for future counselling professionals. Professional counselling experience is preferred, and a minimum level 3 teaching qualification is essential (or the willingness to work towards one). Qualified at Level 4 or above in CPCAB Therapeutic Counselling or its<br>equivalent</p><p><br>Online – Mondays 18:30-21:30 - Start date ASAP</p><p><br>Please note that we are unable to accept CVs directly. All applications must be submitted through our official recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’.</p><p><br><a href=\"https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/\">https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/</a></p><p>Sutton College is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we actively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and are committed to making the recruitment process as accessible as possible. We will provide reasonable adjustments where necessary to ensure candidates<br>can perform at their best during the selection process and, if appointed, throughout their employment.</p><p><br>If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please contact us at: hr@suttoncollege.ac.uk</p><p>Sutton College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Applicants must currently reside in the UK and have the legal right to work here at the time of application. Sutton College is not able to offer sponsorship for work visas, and as such, we cannot consider applications from individuals who require visa sponsorship now or in the<br>future.</p><br><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Sutton College is urgently seeking a dynamic and experienced Counselling Tutor who can teach L3 Counselling studies (BACP) for a current cohort. We are very interested in tutors who are able to support students to:</p><p>Take the initial steps in professional counsellor training to specialise whether in the voluntary, statutory or private sectorsLearn how essential theoretical concepts are proving to be in their own client work<br>Prepare for work as a professional counsellor in an agency setting</p><p><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><br>You should have a passion for teaching, good subject knowledge, and a desire to develop pre-practitioner training for future counselling professionals. Professional counselling experience is preferred, and a minimum level 3 teaching qualification is essential (or the willingness to work towards one). Qualified at Level 4 or above in CPCAB Therapeutic Counselling or its<br>equivalent</p><p><br>Online – Mondays 18:30-21:30 - Start date ASAP</p><p><br>Please note that we are unable to accept CVs directly. All applications must be submitted through our official recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’.</p><p><br><a href=\"https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/\">https://www.suttoncollege.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/</a></p><p>Sutton College is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we actively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and are committed to making the recruitment process as accessible as possible. We will provide reasonable adjustments where necessary to ensure candidates<br>can perform at their best during the selection process and, if appointed, throughout their employment.</p><p><br>If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please contact us at: hr@suttoncollege.ac.uk</p><p>Sutton College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Applicants must currently reside in the UK and have the legal right to work here at the time of application. 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We have a Future Council commitment to ensure that the council is ready for the future, is managed effectively and responsibly in the best interests of our communities and delivery is supported by high quality services.</p><p><strong>About the Service and Team</strong></p>The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames offers thriving places to live, work, study and visit. Our communities are a vibrant cross-section of society and, for the most part, are thriving. But like all communities, we have those who require a larger range of services in order to ensure their health, safety and prosperity. Our diverse resident groups mean that we must deliver to a broad range of customer needs, in an increasingly challenging financial environment. <p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>This is a highly visible and collaborative role – providing trusted, strategic advice to elected Members, Chief Officers and partners. Kingston operates a committee-system and within this context you will lead critical services including Legal (via the South London Legal Partnership), Corporate Governance and Democratic Services.</p><p>We’re looking for a pragmatic Director to play a pivotal leadership role, ensuring that the council operates within a sound legal and ethical framework. You will also be the Council’s Monitoring Officer, upholding standards of conduct and legality across all our functions.</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Kingston</li>\n<li>Flexible and agile working arrangements</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p><strong>Important</strong></p><p>Please note that Starfish Search are working as our Recruitment Partners for this role and managing the end to end recruitment process. For further details, please click on the role profile and useful links below, or for more information please contact Tom Ripley (07701 217 520 / tom.ripley@starfishsearch.com) or Penny Ransley (07549 233685 / penny.ransley@starfishsearch.com).</p><p>Please apply online via <a href=\"https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/dir-gov-law-rbk/\">this link</a> on Starfish Searches website outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.  </p><p>Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. Some characteristics may not be obvious, but our panels are diverse wherever possible. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.</p><p><strong>Timeline</strong></p><p><strong>Closing date: </strong>Monday 7th July 2025<br><strong>Longlist meeting: </strong>Thursday 24th July 2025<br><strong>Technical interviews (virtual):</strong> Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th July 2025<br><strong>Shortlist meeting:</strong> Wednesday 20th August 2025<br><strong>1:1s and stakeholder panels (in-person): </strong>Thursday 28th August 2025<br><strong>Final interviews (in-person): </strong>Monday 1st September 2025</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.</p><p>As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. 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In this role, you will play a key part in delivering a high-quality service aligned with the goals of our 5-year plan. By bringing innovation, flexibility, and a positive attitude, you’ll help ensure the dog warden service remains cost-neutral to the Council while enhancing service standards.</p>\n<p><br>We have embraced agile working practices and invested in technology that supports creativity and productivity, shaped by the evolving needs of our workforce following the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>\n<p><br><strong>About the Role</strong><br>You will be responsible for:<br>- Picking up stray and lost dogs, reuniting them with their owners, and completing associated records and paperwork.<br>- Investigating dog fouling complaints and carrying out enforcement duties under relevant legislation.<br>- Liaising with external agencies including the RSPCA, Surrey Police, vets, and housing providers such as Raven Housing Trust.<br>- Maintaining accurate, up-to-date records.</p>\n<p><br>A good working knowledge of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 – Section 149 (Seizure of stray dogs) is desirable, but not essential.</p>\n<p><br><strong>About You</strong><br>We’re looking for someone who:<br>- Is confident around all types of dogs and comfortable working with the public.<br>- Is self-motivated and able to work independently.<br>- Has working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.<br>- Ideally, is familiar with the borough’s parks and open spaces.<br>- Holds a full manual UK driving licence.<br>- Has the right to work in the UK and a good standard of spoken and written English.</p>\n<p><br>Experience with dog-related legislation and previous experience in a similar enforcement role would be beneficial, though training and support will be provided for the right candidate.</p>\n<p><br><strong>What We Offer:</strong><br>In return for your expertise, dedication, and enthusiasm, we offer:<br>- Support for your personal and professional development.<br>- Competitive annual leave.<br>- 15% employer contribution to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).<br>- Access to a wide range of staff benefits, including discounts with local and high street retailers, a cycle-to-work scheme, and discounted Better leisure centre membership.</p>\n<p><br>If you’re ready to take on a rewarding challenge in a role that makes a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.</p>\n<p><br>For an informal discussion about the role, please call Clare Sawyer, Enforcement Manager on 01737 276610.</p>\n<p> <br>We are proud to support the guaranteed interview schemes for those meeting the essential criteria for the role, under the Disability Confident employer scheme for disabled candidates and the ‘Veteran’s scheme’ for ex-armed forces candidates.</p>\n<p><br><strong>Closing date: 19 June 2025</strong><br><strong>Interview date: w/c 23 June 2025</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,245 – £32,049","publishDate":"2025-06-05T13:01:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-19T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/5ee3db82-515f-46dd-a9ca-4e5ac9eef798.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"9c259396-6dbc-4877-be98-3fe2cd2507bc","title":"Planned Works Surveyor","employer":"London Borough of Sutton","department":"","location":"Sutton Gate","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p><strong>Role: Planned Works Surveyor</strong></p><p><strong>Band: 5</strong></p><p><strong>Salary: Up to £51,201 per annum with pay award pending, market supplement of £3883 to be paid upon successful completion of probation, and retention payments. </strong></p><p>Sutton Housing Partnership, (SHP) is an ALMO providing all housing services and works for Sutton Council’s c7,500 homes, (c6,000 tenanted, c1,500 leasehold).</p><p>SHP is in the process of procuring several high profile ECO energy delivery projects that will vastly improve the quality and benefit our residents' homes. The improvements need to be delivered to tight deadlines and to a high quality managing the appointed supply chain on-site and completed to high contract management outturns. </p><p>SHP is seeking to recruit a Planned Works Surveyor who will lead on delivery and implementation of planned/capital works.</p><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><ul>\n<li>Deliver specific building capital projects and programmes from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery on time, to budget and to the defined quality.</li>\n<li>Maintain effective client relationships and appropriate communication with all stakeholders to ensure the client brief is adhered to.</li>\n<li>Provide advice throughout all stages of the project from initiation, brief compilation, on the appropriate procurement strategy for individual projects and undertake the procurement of both consultants and contractors.</li>\n<li>Lead, manage and motivate internal and external project teams through supporting, challenging and guiding the external project manager, to ensure project delivery on time, within budget and to the agreed brief.</li>\n<li>Ensure that regular progress and financial reports are provided by the external project manager and/or the project cost consultant and monitor anticipated and actual costs against the agreed budget.</li>\n<li>To adopt the latest construction materials and techniques when appropriate to ensure value for money throughout the construction phase.</li>\n<li>Ensure that completed projects are handed over with the necessary documentation in place and undertake post project and post occupancy reviews are carried out to ensure continuous improvement in future projects.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>About You </strong></p><p>Experience:</p><ul>\n<li>To be successful it is essential that you have experience of managing multiple projects, contractors and both internal and external stakeholders. </li>\n<li>You should have a demonstrable experience of dealing with residential-type properties, social housing or housing associations, and be able to demonstrate your experience in these areas. </li>\n<li>You will also need to have experience of managing internal teams and project managers.</li>\n<li>Working knowledge of JCT / NEC form of contracts will also be a big plus point.</li>\n<li>Understanding of construction stages such as RIBA stage 1 etc is also something the organisation will look for in the successful candidate.</li>\n<li>Experience of large scale complex construction projects.</li>\n<li>Experience of acting as a client project manager for construction projects.</li>\n</ul><p>Qualifications:</p><ol>\n<li>RICS, CIOB, Degree or HNC or relevant qualification and/or demonstrable experience in delivering capital investment projects</li>\n<li>Ideally experience of working in partnership or for Social Housing Provider, with experience of managing works </li>\n<li>Experience of managing JCT / NEC works contracts.</li>\n<li>Demonstrable experience in developing capital works’ specifications to be used in the procurement of works.  </li>\n<li>Good understanding and experience of leasehold charging consultation, (Section 20) requirements for qualifying works.</li>\n<li>Experience of managing building consultants engaged to work on capital investment projects.</li>\n<li>A good understanding of traditional and modern construction practices, best practice, and associated Regulations.</li>\n<li>Technical expertise to understand complex issues in construction, engineering and maintenance in the delivery of projects</li>\n<li>Comprehensive knowledge of materials, trades, construction methods and legal/statutory requirements. </li>\n<li>Experience of monitoring budgets and managing contractors</li>\n</ol>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£45,810 - £51,201","publishDate":"2025-06-05T09:40:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-07-03T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/f3362182-a779-4fa4-b500-30e087baf265.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"2e1807df-ac6a-4ab9-9ec4-6f43dd5d5bdd","title":"Enforcement Officer (Career Graded)","employer":"Runnymede Borough Council","department":"","location":"Runnymede Borough Council","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>Enforcement Officer (Career Graded)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>37 hours per week</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Appointment ranges:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Principal Enforcement Officer £40</strong><strong>,212 - £48,915 p.a.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Senior Enforcement Officer £</strong><strong>36,573 - £40,607</strong> <strong>p.a</strong><strong>.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Enforcement Officer £</strong><strong>29,696 - £</strong><strong>36,573 p.a</strong></p>\n<p><em>Salary within ranges dependent on experience, qualifications and evidence of continuous professional development.</em></p>\n<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>\n<p>Are you an ambitious planning enforcement professional ready to hit the ground running at Runnymede Borough Council? 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Experience of Planning Enforcement is desirable, however we are also very interested in hearing from candidates with suitable transferable skills and a desire to develop a career in planning enforcement.</p>\n<p>Most of all, we are seeking a confident, self-motivated and diplomatic person with a ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to deliver positive outcomes for the future of the Borough.  You should be able to provide clear and accurate advice to stakeholders and show excellent customer care, verbal and written skills.   </p>\n<p><strong>Benefits</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>28 Days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holidays and 1 extra day at Christmas</li>\n<li>Excellent Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Free Parking</li>\n<li>Training and development opportunities</li>\n<li>Payment of one professional membership per annum</li>\n<li>Cycle to work + further related discounts</li>\n<li>Season ticket loan</li>\n<li>Health and Dental insurance plan</li>\n<li>Mileage allowance</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>About Runnymede</strong></p>\n<p>Runnymede is an ambitious, passionate, and progressive council with a forward- thinking attitude and award-winning departments. As a Borough Council, we are committed to our four core values and goals which we demonstrate through our ongoing policies and projects.  We are always keen to improve our services and welcome innovative and proactive individuals who are open minded and have a positive approach in supporting our vision.</p>\n<p>Our modern offices, based in Surrey on the edge of London, are in Addlestone town centre and near the M25. Addlestone has a new cinema, Waitrose and gym within walking distance. </p>\n<p>Access to free parking for part of the week is also available and the Council has a flexible working policy that can accommodate working from home part of the week.</p>\n<p><strong>How to apply</strong></p>\n<p>For more information on the Enforcement Officer role and to apply please visit the council website.</p>\n<p>We are passionate about building an inclusive and diverse workforce and we welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, skills and abilities. If it is difficult for you to apply online, please contact Human Resources who will be able to assist you.</p>\n<p>The Council is happy to receive applications from individuals who are interested in part-time work. If you are interested in working part time hours please state your preferred working pattern in the ‘additional information’ section of the application form.</p>\n<p>We would welcome the opportunity to tell you more about the role.  Please call Victoria Gibson, Development Manager (01932 425256) or Ashley Smith, Corporate Head of Development Management and Building Control (01932 425240) to find out more.</p>\n<p><strong>Closing Date: 29th June 2025 at 11:59pm</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interview Date: TBC</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£29,696 - £48,915 dependent on experience","publishDate":"2025-06-04T15:17:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-29T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/9da96bdc-456e-4e01-a646-c3f65a52114a.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"17b175d6-0ce7-4a1c-91c0-914e5cb78a63","title":"Approved Mental Health Practitioner","employer":"London Borough of Sutton","department":"","location":"Sutton","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Borough</strong></p><p>In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ. </p><p>Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.</p><p>All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. 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Reporting to the Team Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering top-quality, responsive care to individuals with mental health needs who require assessment under the Mental Health Act. The objective is to ensure that those in greatest need receive the support they require while safeguarding their rights and ensuring their safety. Your responsibilities will include: </p><ul>\n<li>Conducting assessments under the Mental Health Act to accurately identify and address individuals' needs.</li>\n<li>Collaborating with individuals, their families, and other professionals to create personalised care plans that foster recovery and well-being.</li>\n</ul><p>As an AMHP, you advocate for the rights and preferences of the individuals under our care, ensuring their voices are heard and respected throughout the assessment and treatment process. You'll work hand in hand with service users, their families, and multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans that address mental health needs and promote recovery and well-being. Given the nature of the role, resilience and the ability to manage stress and emotional demands are essential, as you'll be working with individuals experiencing mental health crises. </p><p>If you can demonstrate empathy and maintain professionalism at all times, this role offers an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve.</p><p>This role presents an excellent opportunity for experienced and qualified Approved Mental Health Practitioner who are confident in their ability to work with individuals autonomously. </p><p>Within your application you should demonstrate your skills, expertise and knowledge as well as: </p><ul>\n<li>Demonstrating detailed knowledge of key legislation including the Mental Health Act, the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act, and the Human Rights Act.</li>\n<li>Having a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and legislative framework that underpins the Mental Health Code of Practice.</li>\n<li>Direct experience of working with people experiencing mental health needs, including under the Care Act</li>\n<li>Continued Professional Development within Mental Health Social Work </li>\n<li>In possession of a valid warrant to practise as an AMHP and ensure the ongoing maintenance of this qualification</li>\n<li>Professional Registration with Social Work England </li>\n<li>A full driving licence and use of a vehicle</li>\n</ul><p>If you are passionate about making a positive impact and possess the skills needed, we encourage you to apply. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the well-being of our service users while furthering your professional development in a supportive environment.</p><p>For more information about the role and/or an informal conversation, view the Role Profile or contact Karen Norton-Lamb, Team Manager at Karen.norton-lamb@sutton.gov.uk.</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>General Council Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)</li>\n<li>Public Health Service Localised Flexi-time Scheme - accrual of up to 5 days per year </li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Sutton</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Car parking scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.</p><p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p><p>We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGMTYxsYV0WkCbJAHTDyEDSVwv5YDX9A/view?usp=sharing\">here.</a> We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. 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You will be the primary driver of a vehicle up to 26 tonnes in support of the Council’s refuse and recycling collections. You will be responsible for its activities and crew, ensuring their safety and that all tasks are completed efficiently and within set timelines. You can learn more about our services at <a href=\"http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/recycling\">www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/recycling</a> and <a href=\"http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/businesbins\">www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/businesbins</a></p>\n<p>The role provides an opportunity for the successful candidates to work outdoors as part of an enthusiastic and friendly team while enhancing the Borough, the Council and their own professional portfolio.</p>\n<p>You will undertake daily vehicle checks, ensuring you comply with all procedures relating to its use and report any defects. You will also arrange the safe disposal of the vehicle’s contents to waste sites guaranteeing all site instructions are adhered to.  You must also be aware of all COSHH regulations and keep up to date with new legislation by attending all training provided to you.  </p>\n<p>You must be able to work safely on your own, and methodically as part of a team as you will also be required to help the crew with emptying refuse and recycling bins. You will be flexible, as you will be required to work early mornings and bank holidays. You will be able to communicate effectively and politely with the public. </p>\n<p>You must already possess a valid LGV licence category C and a valid Driver CPC qualification. You will be required to bring both your licence and Driver CPC photocards to the interview. Full, ongoing Driver CPC training is provided as part of the role.</p>\n<p>If you have enthusiasm and determination to deliver a first class service then we would like to hear from you. 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Initial and annual refresher training are provided to all staff.</p>\n<p>For an informal discussion please contact Saul Andrews, Waste Services Supervisor on 01372 732000.  </p>\n<p><strong>Closing Date:                                  06 July 2025</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interview Date:                              Week commencing 28 July 2025</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£33,071pa – £35,688pa","publishDate":"2025-06-04T07:58:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-07-06T07:56:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/19dd5502-61ab-4897-a54c-7c0399ce9aaf.jpeg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"72c30ad9-c196-4606-816d-903767c7ca08","title":"Private Rented Sector Access Officer","employer":"London Borough of Hounslow","department":"","location":"Hounslow","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>About us at Hounslow</strong></p>\n<p>We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! 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You must be professional, energetic and enthusiastic as we are interested in what you can bring to help us improve and develop our services to support landlords and some of our most vulnerable residents.  You must be able to learn and develop your knowledge required for this role and be able to travel independently around the Borough. </p>\n<p><strong>About The Team You’ll Be Working In</strong></p>\n<p>This is an exciting and busy role that is at the centre of the Councils response to homelessness. The service is developing and progressing our agenda to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and achieve more upstream prevention outcomes.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>You will liaise with landlords and Agents to secure properties in the borough for low-income homeless households, assess and matching customers to suitable properties and ensure tenancies are appropriate, affordable and sustainable.</li>\n<li>You will provide support to prevent customers becoming homeless and help customer’s secure settled accommodation in the private sector who are already living in temporary accommodation.</li>\n<li>You will have experience of homeless legislation and working with those faced with homelessness, to provide excellent outcomes for vulnerable clients, and high-quality customer services. Assessing customers support needs in a holistic manner and refer to appropriate agencies.</li>\n<li>You will also undertake assessments as to the suitability of our clients to access private rented accommodation and a range of activities to help them resettle into PRS, which will include practical elements of independent living such as paying rent, setting up and managing utilities, liaising with landlords and other agencies.</li>\n<li>Undertake inspections and advise landlords on property standards and adhering to relevant housing and legislative requirements relating to the PRS and produce appropriate schedule of works where required, acting as a point of contact for private landlords.</li>\n<li>Complete sign-ups with clients including the preparation of appropriate materials including inventories, tenancy agreements and other relevant information.</li>\n<li>Develop and deliver incentives and landlord promotional activities to increase the number of landlords and/or properties on the scheme.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>About You</strong></p>\n<ol>\n<li>You have experience of working in a customer orientated environment involving complex and diverse client groups and can understand and apply relevant legislation in your day-to-day work, including landlord and tenant law, homelessness and welfare benefits, while effectively managing customer expectations.</li>\n<li>You are an excellent communicator to engage effectively with a broad range of people to influence, negotiate, persuade, building trusting relationships and devising value for money solutions to complex problems.</li>\n<li>You act with integrity, take personal responsibility, work well under pressure and handle stress effectively while maintaining high levels of motivation and enthusiasm to secure new business opportunities using proactive and creative solutions.</li>\n<li>You work independently, proactively and flexibly, while being highly organised to prioritise conflicting demands, making effective use of IT systems to record concise, factual, information and data.</li>\n<li>You are a high performing individual who works collaboratively with others, adapting to meet a range of changing needs while achieving targets and service objectives and make the team the very best it can be.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you passionate about customer services?</li>\n<li>Are you an experienced homelessness professional?</li>\n<li>Are you looking to working in a forward thinking and progressive housing department?</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Essential for The Role: </strong></p>\n<p>Basic DBS</p>\n<p>Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.</p>\n<p><strong>When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact</strong></p>\n<p>The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:</p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:Paul.Nally@hounslow.gov.uk\">Paul.Nally@hounslow.gov.uk</a></p>\n<p><strong>For more information and to apply please click on the apply link above.</strong></p>\n<p>Interviews for this job will be held during June 2025.</p>\n<p>Closing date is 10<sup>th</sup> June 2025.</p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£39,855 - £42,342 per annum - Grade: PO1","publishDate":"2025-06-03T16:19:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-10T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/ed402e3c-1381-47b9-a5e0-6b9757f9c2f8.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"1e6f24b3-bbab-4706-8f95-409925b2dc31","title":"Career Grade Planner","employer":"London Borough of Hounslow","department":"","location":"Hounslow","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>About us at Hounslow</strong></p>\n<p>We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.</p>\n<p>We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough.</p>\n<p>With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.</p>\n<p><strong>About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion</strong></p>\n<p>We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.</p>\n<p>We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.</p>\n<p>As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Benefits</strong></p>\n<p>If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these <a href=\"https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20037/working_for_the_council\">here.</a></p>\n<p><strong>About The Role</strong></p>\n<p>A Senior Planner will help with the delivery of major sites; leading on complex and major planning applications, liaising with developers, applicants and senior officers, conducting negotiations and presenting applications to Planning Committee. The appointment will be commensurate with experience.</p>\n<p>We would also consider a planner at the beginning of their career and offer a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience and to develop a strong foundation for a career within the Built.</p>\n<p>Environment, determining a large number of householder and minor applications, as well as contributing to the overall work of the teams.</p>\n<p>The posts require candidates who have a vision for developing the built environment to achieve the council’s aspirations, who have the confidence and capability to engage with developers, carry a caseload of major applications, and the ability and experience to work with less supervision in delivering the service.</p>\n<p><strong>About The Team You’ll Be Working In</strong></p>\n<p>Hounslow are looking for a Career Grade Planner to join their award-winning Development Management Team. The team are currently working on a wealth of planning applications critical to the social and economic wellbeing of the borough. We have high housing targets to achieve, new schools to place children in and need to create opportunities for employers who want to be in our well located borough. This must be balanced against acting on the boroughs Climate Emergency and with Green Belt, listed buildings, conservation areas and River Thames frontage that need protecting. All this needs to be delivered while playing a crucial supporting role in delivering the boroughs partnerships and values.</p>\n<p><strong>About you</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to carry a caseload of planning applications and appeals and determine these within set deadlines and in accordance with quality indicators. Able to work flexibly in a changing environment responding quickly to conflicting workloads and changing priorities.</li>\n<li>Able to identify the need for guidance from more senior staff.</li>\n<li>Able to communicate in a sensitive and effective manner both orally and in writing and able to deal effectively with Members, the public, officers in other departments and outside organisations.</li>\n<li>Able to demonstrate effective negotiation skills both inside and outside the authority, e.g. experience of negotiating major planning gain, complex enforcement matters.</li>\n<li>To maintain an up to date technical knowledge of planning related legislation, principles and practice including knowledge of climate science and planning law.</li>\n<li>Ability to interpret legislation, and to impart knowledge to a team.</li>\n<li>Able to assess existing work practices and make recommendations for improvements.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A passion for the built environment and how residents experience and interact with the environment around them.</li>\n<li>Enthusiasm for working within a team that seeks to find creative and pragmatic solutions to problems facing the borough.</li>\n<li>A desire to proactively engage with officers, Councillors, residents and developers to negotiation best outcomes on schemes.</li>\n<li>Devotion to tackling equalities where they exist within both the workplace and the borough in general.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.</p>\n<p><strong>When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact</strong></p>\n<p>The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:</p>\n<p><strong>Email: Matthew.Rees@hounslow.gov.uk</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Telephone: 0208 583 6623</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 30th June 2025.</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£35,982 £50,574 per annum (Career Grade)","publishDate":"2025-06-03T15:18:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-22T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/1a3c8bfe-15a4-47d5-b507-5bf16eb0d34f.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"1ce77dcf-c5dc-44e9-ad0a-05d8d2cfa803","title":"Tree and Voids Officer","employer":"London Borough of Sutton","department":"","location":"Other","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Sutton Housing Partnership is looking for a Tree and Voids Officer to join our organisation. </p><p>The candidate will have to carry out tree inspection duties, work within the tree team daily to ensure work is carried out efficiently and undertake specified climbing arboricultural duties, including tree pruning, aerial rescue, dismantling and felling etc. Assessment and pricing of void garden and residential garden clearances. Plan and manage workload within the arboriculture team, supervise and monitor the work of colleagues on site to ensure work is carried out safely and to proper standards, </p><p>Requirement for the role:</p><ul>\n<li>Experience working within an arboricultural operations team</li>\n<li>City and guilds CS30, CS32, CS38, CS39, CS41.</li>\n<li>C1 driving licence</li>\n<li>PTI qualification</li>\n<li>ABC Level 2 Arboriculture qualification</li>\n</ul><br>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£34,452 - £38,091","publishDate":"2025-06-03T15:15:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-30T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/063dbd94-50e9-4189-9ccb-f74f783bcefb.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"b91aa19b-14f1-46d6-b7ca-81906d69b197","title":"Arboricultural Officer","employer":"London Borough of Hounslow","department":"","location":"Hounslow","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>About us at Hounslow</strong></p>\n<p>We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! 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We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. </p>\n<p>We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.</p>\n<p>As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates.  There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Benefits</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20037/working_for_the_council\">If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits.  Read more about these here.</a></p>\n<p><strong>About The Role</strong></p>\n<p>An Arboricultural Officer plays an essential role in the preservation and enhancement of green spaces in the borough. 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The team are currently working on a wealth of planning applications critical to the social and economic wellbeing of the borough. We have high housing targets to achieve, new schools to place children in and need to create opportunities for employers who want to be in our well located borough. This must be balanced against acting on the boroughs Climate Emergency and with Green Belt, listed buildings, conservation areas and River Thames frontage that need protecting. All this needs to be delivered while playing a crucial supporting role in delivering the boroughs partnerships and values </p>\n<p><strong>About You</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to carry a caseload of tree works applications and appeals and determine these within set deadlines in accordance with quality indicators. Able to work flexibly in a changing environment responding quickly to conflicting workloads and changing priorities. </li>\n<li>Able to offer clear advice on landscaping, green infrastructure and climate change and to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver on major planning projects in the interest of the borough and its residents.</li>\n<li>Able to communicate in a sensitive and effective manner both orally and in writing and able to deal effectively with Members, the public, officers in other departments and outside organisations.</li>\n<li>Able to demonstrate effective negotiation skills both inside and outside the authority, e.g. ability in engaging and negotiating trees works and landscaping schemes with complex competing priorities.</li>\n<li>To maintain an up to date technical knowledge of tree related legislation, principles and practice including knowledge of climate science and planning law and impart knowledge to a team.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application: </p>\n<ul>\n<li>A passion for the green environment, how it integrates with well-designed places  and how residents experience and interact with the environment around them</li>\n<li>Enthusiasm for working within a team that seeks to find creative and pragmatic solutions to problems facing the borough</li>\n<li>A desire to proactively engage with officers, Councillors, residents and developers to negotiation best outcomes on schemes</li>\n<li>Devotion to tackling equalities where they exist within both the workplace and the borough in general</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the role profile.</strong></p>\n<p>  <strong>When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact</strong></p>\n<p>The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: </p>\n<p><strong>Email:Matthew.Rees@hounslow.gov.uk </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:0208 583 6623</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Closing Date: 15<sup>th</sup> June 2025</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 23 June 2025.</strong></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£47,532 - £50,574 per annum (15% Market Factor Supplement)","publishDate":"2025-06-03T11:01:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2025-06-22T22:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/3a6cc807-9741-40e4-a573-b7b6d62dea34.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"ebc54733-13b2-4046-ae87-13d81e010e92","title":"Children's Social Worker","employer":"London Borough of Sutton","department":"","location":"Sutton","locationType":3,"description":"<p><strong>About the Borough</strong></p><p>In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ. </p><p>Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.</p><p>All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. 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We provide a supported working environment that ensures manageable caseloads, regular supervision,  daily management support and an abundance of learning and development opportunities for our Social Workers to grow and flourish.  In addition we have a creative and flexible approach to the working week which allows for both home and office working which promotes a work/life balance.</p><p>Working with Kingston University and regional partners as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP). The partnership offers staff a wide range of pre and post-qualifying education opportunities to promote continuous learning and development. This includes staff being encouraged to support the practice education of Social Work students and those in the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). Staff are also given the opportunity to attend conferences, and workshops and have access to research and practice resources to support their ongoing professional development.</p><p>Sutton Council also has a number of staff network groups such as the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic +A Network, LGBTQ +A Network and Women’s +A Network to ensure staff have a voice to drive positive change in the organisation.</p><p><strong>About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate</strong></p><p>Join Children Social Care as a Social Worker on a starting salary of £40,833 and enjoy a Golden Hello and a Retention Bonus outlined as follows:</p><ul>\n<li>£1,000 paid with your first month's salary</li>\n<li>£1,000 for your first completed year of service</li>\n<li>£2,000 for your second completed year of service</li>\n<li>£3,000 for your third completed year of service and each year thereafter</li>\n<li>Reimbursement of Social Work England Registration</li>\n<li>Flexible working model that allows social workers to manage their diary to meet the needs of the service.</li>\n</ul><p>We've got an exciting opportunity for confident and experienced Social Workers to join our Locality Team in Children’ Social Care. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes for children and young people. </p><p>Your responsibilities will include:</p><ul>\n<li>To support children and young people through robust assessment, SMART planning and effective intervention to achieve positive outcomes within their families and communities.</li>\n<li>Working within a restorative practice approach to form partnerships with families and multi-agency colleagues in intervening to address both the presenting concerns and underlying difficulties.</li>\n<li>Leading and coordinating multi-agency partnerships, plans, interventions, and meetings to ensure children and young people are safe and their holistic needs are being met. </li>\n</ul><p>Reporting to the Team Manager, you will work within the frameworks of Section 17 and Section 47 - undertaking assessments, planning, and interventions with children and their families. Your role will consist of completing direct work with children to keep them safe, ensuring their voice, wishes and views are central to the planning and delivery of the care we provide. Compliance is key to our statutory requirements. As a Social Worker, you will deliver all aspects of work in accordance with safeguarding policy, procedure, and standards, ensuring that the children are at the heart of your decision making.</p><p>Your role will consist of completing direct work with children to keep them safe, ensuring their voice, wishes and views are central to the planning and delivery of the care we provide. Compliance is key to our statutory requirements. As a Social Worker, you will deliver all aspects of work in accordance with safeguarding policy, procedure, and standards, ensuring that the children are at the heart of your decision making.</p><p>Are you ready to progress your career? We are committed to supporting your development as you embark on your journey with Suttons Children Social Care service. Apply today and become part of our pursuit of excellence</p><p><strong>Our ideal candidate</strong></p><p>The successful candidates will be enthusiastic and motivated individuals with a caring and calm approach who have a thorough understanding of the frameworks that underpin social work practice. You will bring insight and experience to the team and the lives of children and show initiative which will help develop our services to an outstanding standard. You must also enjoy working in a high pace team, being able to deliver consistency, energy, and passion to make a difference in children's and young people's lives. You will demonstrate empathy when dealing with sensitive situations and strong interpersonal skills using different ways of communicating. Showcasing the ability to assess and record a child's needs, applied through evidence based practice to justify decision making.  </p><p>In addition, We would expect the successful candidate to demonstrate the following competences (not limited to):</p><ul>\n<li><p>you are a <strong>Qualified Social Worker with a Social Work degree</strong> or recognised qualification and registered with the relevant regulatory body <strong>Social Work England</strong></p></li>\n<li><strong>2 years post qualifying practice experience, ideally within a UK regulated authority</strong></li>\n<li><p>hold the relevant skills, knowledge and aptitude to ensure that all vulnerable people are safeguarded from abuse and that all statutory functions, local policy, procedures are adhered to in a timely manner and documented accordingly</p></li>\n</ul><p>Our culture of strong, accessible and supportive management will provide you with good regular supervision and the opportunity to take part in case discussions.</p><p>If you have experience in Children's services, are competent in assessment and direct work, and are looking for the next challenging step in your career with a supportive management team, then apply today!</p><p><strong>Our Offer to You</strong></p><p>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.</p><p>In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.</p><p>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:</p><ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Car parking scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.</p><p>To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.</p><p>The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. 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As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.</p><p>We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.</p><p>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. 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Payroll Officer (Part time)

Spelthorne Borough Council

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Salary range: £21,438 to £26,069 (pro rata to 22 hours per week) dependent upon experience. Full time salary range is £35,081 - £42,659 pa

Spelthorne, Council Offices - Knowle Green (Hybrid)

Posted 15 days ago

Part-time Payroll Officer vacancy at Spelthorne Borough Council, responsible for running and managing payroll using iTrent software, with flexible working options.

Mobile Estate Warden

Runnymede Borough Council

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£23,557 - £24,264 for 37 hours per week

Runnymede Borough Council, Addlestone (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Director of Law and Governance

London Borough of Sutton

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£92,223 - £112,283 (£117,679 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Community Development Officer

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council

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£30,449 pa - £35,688 pa

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

IQA Moderator for Women's Hairdressing L2 - Sutton College

London Borough of Sutton

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SCP 29 £24.74

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Teaching Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling - Sutton College

London Borough of Sutton

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SP 23 £27.66 – SP 33 £33.96

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Social Worker Hospital Pathways

London Borough of Sutton

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£40,755 - £48,531 (£50,574 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Team Manager - Leaving Care and Children Looked After

London Borough of Sutton

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£47,532 - £55,620 (£57,663 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 1 day ago

Teaching Level 3 Counselling - Sutton College

London Borough of Sutton

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SP 23 £27.66 - SP 33 £33.96

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 2 days ago

Director of Governance and Law

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

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£105,622 - £118,566

Kingston (On-Site)

Posted 2 days ago

Dog Warden

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

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£25,245 – £32,049

Earlswood (On-Site)

Posted 2 days ago

Planned Works Surveyor

London Borough of Sutton

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£45,810 - £51,201

Sutton Gate (On-Site)

Posted 2 days ago

Enforcement Officer (Career Graded)

Runnymede Borough Council

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£29,696 - £48,915 dependent on experience

Runnymede Borough Council (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

Approved Mental Health Practitioner

London Borough of Sutton

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£40,755 - £48,531 (£50,574 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

LGV Driver 1

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council

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£33,071pa – £35,688pa

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council (On-Site)

Posted 3 days ago

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Private Rented Sector Access Officer

London Borough of Hounslow

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£39,855 - £42,342 per annum - Grade: PO1

Hounslow (Hybrid)

Posted 4 days ago

Career Grade Planner

London Borough of Hounslow

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£35,982 £50,574 per annum (Career Grade)

Hounslow (Hybrid)

Posted 4 days ago

Tree and Voids Officer

London Borough of Sutton

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£34,452 - £38,091

Other (On-Site)

Posted 4 days ago

Arboricultural Officer

London Borough of Hounslow

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£47,532 - £50,574 per annum (15% Market Factor Supplement)

Hounslow (Hybrid)

Posted 4 days ago

Children's Social Worker

London Borough of Sutton

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£40,755 - £48,531 (£50,574 unconsolidated maximum)

Sutton (On-Site)

Posted 4 days ago

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