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Vacancy Bulletin (Blue Sheets) Issue No: 4 31 January 2020 You can view these vacancies, and more, online at: dasjobs.co.uk Latest time for acceptance of advertisements is Tuesday 10am for the Friday bulletin. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, details and application forms FOR ALL POSTS, excluding those marked INTERNAL can be found on dasjobs.co.uk Only SCC employees may apply for posts marked INTERNAL in the first instance. Internally advertised vacancies can be viewed on the SCC intranet: dasjobs.co.uk/internal ALL POSTS MARKED WITH * REQUIRE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK VIA THE DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE "Somerset County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people" All applicants, including current employees, should complete and return the Recruitment Monitoring Form, which is attached to the Application Form. Thank you for your cooperation AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER Applications for all vacancies are particularly welcome from people with disabilities. Further details and application forms are also available on request in braille, large print, tape and disc. JOB SHARING Somerset County Council, as an equal opportunities employer, wishes to promote job-sharing arrangements in any full-time post where the Manager and Chief Officer consider that such an arrangement would be a viable proposition. If you are interested in making an application on a job-sharing basis for any full-time post advertised in this bulletin, you should contact the appropriate Manager in the first instance to see whether such an application would be accepted. ************************************************************************************************************* To receive an automatic update of the week’s latest jobs simply click on email alerts and fill in the subscription form. You can cancel the email alerts anytime you like. Somerset County Council is proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do. We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. We offer an excellent benefits package to all of our employees including: • A Local Government Pension Scheme. • Discounted lease car via salary sacrifice scheme and options for discounts on petrol or diesel. • My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and so forth. • A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work, childcare vouchers, additional annual leave, computers, mobile phones and health screening. • Generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements. • Staff discounts in gyms. • Employee Assistance and support offering a variety of employee wellbeing services to support a healthy work/life balance and lifestyle. • Optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme. Somerset County Council is subject to Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English will be an essential requirement for customer-facing roles. Please note for SCC roles: If an internal applicant who is at risk of redundancy or in need of redeployment has applied and passed the selection process they will be offered the role over remaining internal and external applicants. If you are applying for a secondment please ensure you discuss this with your Line Manager first and obtain their approval. 2 *TEAM LEADER (PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING) Salary: £37,570 - £43,772 pa Location: Glastonbury Working Pattern: Full Time Closing Date: 06-Feb-2020 About us The Public Health Nursing Team is delighted to offer the opportunity to join our management team as a full-time Team Leader in the Mendip area of Somerset. We sit within the Public Health Directorate of Somerset County Council. This offers excellent opportunities to develop services with our commissioners and health and social care partners which have a beneficial impact on the families of Somerset. About the job The Team Leader role is key to the safe and effective delivery of Public Health Nursing Services in Mendip through the Healthy Child Programme. As a Team Leader you will be responsible for managing and leading teams of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Administrators as well as leading on streams of work relevant to the countywide service. You will play an important role in developing and maintaining relationships with multiagency partners, promoting collaborative working to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and families. About you This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. You need to be highly motivated and innovative, with proven leadership experience, a can-do attitude, solution focused and excellent communication skills to maximise networking abilities. In addition to this, you should have a strong Public Health focus and be fully committed to improving the health and well-being of the children and families in Somerset through the delivery of excellent Public Health Nursing services. You require a valid NMC registration. Applicants must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010. For further details please contact Elizabeth Rendell on 07979 857482 or email to [email protected] Interviews will take place on the 19 February 2020. Apply: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/our-vacancies/job-details/?jobId=1345 Ref: SCC01090TC *SOCIAL WORKER - SAFEGUARDING Salary: £29,636 - £33,799 pa Location: Somerset Working Pattern: Full Time Closing Date: 16-Feb-2020 About the job Qualified Social Worker – Safeguarding – Taunton and Yeovil Hours are negotiable and flexible We are looking for Social Workers who are passionate and enthusiastic to join us in improving outcomes for our most vulnerable young people and families in Somerset to encourage positive change. Somerset are committed to providing the support, training and development you will need to continue to improve your professional practice as a social worker. You will be offered • Small supportive teams • Support to work from a strengths and relationship-based approach • Regular high-quality systemic supervision and annual appraisals 3 • Flexible working arrangements • Regular training and continuing development opportunities We work with children and families which enable practitioners to do meaningful work with families and a focus on the quality of practice and improving learning, supervision and support for our social workers. You’ll be encouraged to work smarter with access to a mobile phone, laptop, training and planning resources. We build resilience in our social workers through reflective and supportive supervision and strong case management conferencing. Somerset staff morale is good, and management are committed to staff retention. Extensive training and development opportunities are supported by weekly CPD, and on-site additional management support from Consultant Social Workers, and Advanced Social Work Practitioner (AP) Programme with role specialism. The AP salary scale is £33,799 - £37,849. We promote flexible working within our safeguarding teams and will consider part time, 9-day fortnight and other flexible working approaches. Our offices in the south of the county are based on the outskirts of Yeovil just 10 minutes from the A303 with plentiful parking on site. We are just 40 minutes’ drive from Taunton, the county town of Somerset, 30 minutes’ Dorchester and 45 minutes from the Jurassic Coast. There are good railway links to London, and options of town and some beautiful village living. The team for the west of the county are based in County Hall in Taunton. As the county town transport links are great with access to the M5, less than two hours by train to London and 40 minutes drive in each direction to Bristol and Exeter. Progressive, improving and innovative we offer competitive salaries and up to an £8k relocation allowance. Discover more Benefits of working for Somerset County Council here. For an informal chat about roles within our Safeguarding teams please contact Claire Medley, on [email protected] 07890581068 and Emma Grosvenor [email protected] Interview week commencing 24 February 2020 Apply: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/our-vacancies/job-details/?jobId=1352 Ref: SCC01097HC ESTATES AND VALUATION ADVISOR Salary: £29,636 - £33,799 pa Location: Taunton Working Pattern: Full Time Closing Date: 14-Feb-2020 About us We're looking for an Estates and Valuation Advisor to join our Estates team on a full time basis. Somerset County Council has a large and diverse property portfolio ranging from historic buildings to new office facilities and schools currently being constructed with everything in between! About the job You will assist in the provision of a full professional valuation and estate management service within the Estates team of the Councils Corporate Property group. You will join a busy, dedicated and supportive team with aspirations for increased commerciality and portfolio management. The role will offer responsibility and experience in a wide range of activities associated with day to day Estate and Property management activities. About you We're looking for an Estates and Valuation Advisor with an innovative and creative approach. You will be committed and adaptable in your