17 Jobs found

The RoleWe are seeking a parenting co-ordinator to join our Parenting Team. The Parenting team are responsible for running North Somerset Council’s Evidence Based Advanced Parenting Groups, supporting families with children from birth -19 years (25 SEND)In this role, you will be assisting the senior coordinator and team lead to manage delivery of groups and coordination of the group waitlist. Alongside administrative tasks pertaining to managing referrals. You will be supporting the team with the delivery of evidence-based parenting groups therefore experience of working in this field is essential. The successful candidate will link with our multi-agency partners to make sure we are connected to all those working within early help and wider teams within children’s services including educat...

The RoleWe are looking for a dedicated Lunchtime Assistant to join our dynamic nursery team at Early Birds Nursery, based in Long Ashton. You will actively contribute and support high quality care to children aged 0-5 years attending the nursery. Working positively in partnership with parents/carers whilst creating a safe and nurturing environment as part of the nursery team. Key Responsibilities:Understanding of providing a relaxed environment where children will experience different foodsBe able to perform routine activities after being shown how to do them Practical work experiences to give an understanding of the processes and practices required, for the role Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding protocols for protecting young childrenAble to work on own initiative, and within a ...

The RoleWe are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dedicated Social Worker/AMHP within the Recovery & Social Care integrated mental health service with North Somerset Council Adult Care and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWP).You will be a qualified AMHP or a social worker with experience in working within Mental Health and willing to undertake AMHP training. You will be working primarily with adults of working age with severe and enduring mental illness, and you will provide a strength-based social work perspective within a multi-disciplinary setting. You will be expected to undertake various duties, including Care Act (2014) assessments and reviews, S117 assessments, Community DoLS and best interest decision-making, capacity assessments, risk/safety asse...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced Social Worker to join our Adult Locality South team. This is a well-established and supportive Adult Social Care Team based at Town Hall, Weston- super- Mare with hybrid working. The team covers Weston, Worle areas and surrounding villages. In this role, you will; work within key legislative frameworks including the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983, you will make defensible decisions in partnership with people with care and support needs, s...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The RoleWe are seeking an apprentice to join our [Recycling and Waste Team]. The [Recycling and Waste Service] are responsible for providing all waste collection and disposal services for North Somerset, promoting waste minimisation projects and deal with street cleansing and fly tipping.In this role, you will provide essential technical administrative support, undertaking a range of tasks including maintaining, developing and implementing key admin tasks and data processing and helping our team deal with the wide variety of querie...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, person to join North Somerset Council’s Children’s Centres and Family Hubs team to provide business support across all our sites. If you have previous experience working in busy community environments, providing welcoming and supportive initial contact for customers, we would like to meet you. The RoleNorth Somerset Council are developing Family Hubs to provide seamless accessible support to families with children aged 0-19, (25 with Special Educational Needs and Di...

The RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced individual who has a bachelor’s degree (BEng, MEng or MSc) in Civil Engineering with minimum 3-5yrs experience in relevant Civil/Structural Engineering discipline and a member of the ICE or IStructE working towards Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.This role is also open to the individuals who are educated to a minimum HNC level (NVQ level 4) or HND (NVQ level 5) with 5-10years of experience in Civil/Structural engineering discipline and construction industry.In this role, you will Lead on the delivery of capital projects and the relevant structural design works, as well as supporting the Team Manager on the review of technical documents and the proposals as part of the AIP approval procedures for the external project...

We are seeking a dedicated and forward-thinking Educational Psychologist to join our team, delivering high-quality support across two school patches within North Somerset. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine direct practice with leadership, development, and innovation.Key Responsibilities:Provide educational psychology support to two patches of schools in North Somerset that include a combination of primary and secondary schools.Take on a leadership role to enhance support for children with speech, language, and communication needs. This is a developing initiative, giving the successful candidate the chance to shape and grow best practices in this critical area.Deliver supervision and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to SENCOs through our SENCO networks forum.Undertak...

North Somerset Council Children’s Centres are seeking a dedicated and adaptable Caretaker to become an integral part of our dynamic team. This part-time position involves working 20 hours per week, with shifts scheduled from Monday to Friday, 07.00am - 09.00am and 16.30 - 18.30pm. This person will be based at Ashcombe Children’s Centre, but will also be required to do some duties, at times, in other Centres across North Somerset.The Caretaker will assist the Family Wellbeing Lead in ensuring the safe and efficient management of all aspects of daily facilities operations at the Centre. Responsibilities include site maintenance, compliance, non-structural repairs, heating, ventilation, safety, security, and maintaining cleanliness across the premises.The ideal candidate will be professional,...

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Business Support Officer to join our Safeguarding Children Partnership. The NSSCP are responsible for ensuring the safety of children and their families in North Somerset. We coordinate work to promote the welfare of children and to ensure the effectiveness of what the member organisations do individually and together in the local area.In this role, you will; work as a member of the NSSCP providing practical, business and administrative support to the Business Manager. In the role you will act as the point of contact for the Business Unit and deal with enquiries and information requests. This will include telephone and email communication, answering general enquiries, undertaking administration tasks and responding to requests from council and par...

North Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. And to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The Role - We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Team Manager to join our Kinship Fostering Team. The Team Manager are responsible for Kinship and SGO Team, having oversight of kinship and SGO assessments, the support and supervision of kinship carers and overseeing the support of special guardians. This role requires team managers to meet all the fundamental professional standards as set out by Social Work England and ensure that the protection of children is adhered to ensure that children and young people are safe, and their outcomes enhanced. ...

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Family Support worker to join our Intensive Family Well Being Team in the South Locality of Weston-super-Mare. The Intensive Family Well Being Team are responsible for supporting families with children 0-19 who are experiencing difficulties, referred through the children`s front door. We work with professional partners, schools, and health colleagues to support children, young people, and their families within our communities. We offer parenting groups, courses and one to one work in the home.In this role, you will work intensively with a small number of families, using evidence-based methods of intervention to support positive change for children, young people and their families. You will form purposeful relationships with families, working in a ...

The RoleAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent SOCIAL WORKER to join a well-established and supportive Adult Social Care Team. The team covers the more rural north patch of North Somerset including the towns of Clevedon, Portishead and Nailsea as well as all the surrounding villages.We welcome applicants who are Experienced Social Workers and those who are Newly Qualified. We have an excellent ASYE programme for those who are newly qualified or already undergoing their ASYE. Our mentoring programme will enable professional growth and stimulate your professional curiosity assuring outstanding practice.Working within key legislative frameworks including the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. As a Social worker you will be undertaking Care Act Assessments, and co-prod...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The RoleWe are seeking a Planning Officer to join the Strategic Development (Majors) Team on a full time basis.We are a well-staffed and high performing team that are responsible for facilitating and regulating land use changes in accordance with local and national policies and guidance. While this is a high-level description of what we do, we assess and decide planning applications to achieve the best planning outcomes. We must balance the competing interests of applicants and developers, neighbours, relevant stakeholders, and the...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced Building Control Manager to lead our Building Control Team to help ensure construction work comply with the Building Regulations.In this role, you will lead and manage the delivery and performance of the Building Control, Local Land Charges and street naming services, supporting the delivery homes and economic development.Key Responsibilities:Ensure compliance with Building Act, Building Safety Act, CDM regulations, HSE Safety Management systems, Building Safety Regulator requireme...

About UsNorth Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.The RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced Principal Planning Officer to join our Strategic Development Team. The Strategic Development Team are responsible for guiding proposals through the development process including examining, processing and evaluating major planning and related applications including pre-and post-application advice, site inspections, negotiations, preparation and presentation of reports to a range of audiences.In this role, you will be required to undertake development management activities for new de...

The RoleThe Quality Monitoring Team are responsible for working with and monitoring the quality and safety of care providers (Care Homes, Home Care agencies, Community Care) that have contracts with North Somerset Council, to look after adults with care and support needs. The role involves overseeing and supporting the quality, performance and compliance of service providers. You will have the opportunity to shape and develop monitoring processes and to work closely with care providers and other professionals, such as the Safeguarding Adults Team, to promote and embed quality. This is an exciting opportunity to have a positive impact on how care services are delivered.This role is being advertised for up to 24.5 hours a week.In this role, you will…manage a portfolio of work comprising qual...