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Join Our Intensive Prevention Service Team!Our Intensive Prevention Service is part of Futures Matters, which supports children and families in Staffordshire. Futures Matters encompassesIntensive Prevention ServiceYouth Offending ServiceSaplings and PreventionFamily Group Conference ServiceBreathing SpaceChild Exploitation TeamWhat We Do:provide intense support to children on the edge of care to help them stay at home.we also support Social Workers with the re-assessments of family members to progress family time with the aim being to support children and young people to return home after being in our care, as we believe children are best cared for by their own families when it’s safe.Our approach is solution-focused, using relational and strength-based methods to meet each family’s speci...

Do you thrive on delivering excellent customer service and making a real difference every day? Do you enjoy injecting your excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with customers to provide the service they deserve? Then read on to learn more about our exciting role on offer!You will join our vibrant, welcoming and supportive Contact Centre team who are proud of the high level of service we provide for our customers.We are a people business – excellent customer insight and experience needs to be at the heart of everything we do. Customers today have high expectations; their experience of using council services should not be second rate. We aim to meet customer needs by giving consistent information, advice and support at their convenience. Our customer model is built on the fo...

Adult Care Commissioning in Staffordshire is on an exciting journey, rapidly advancing a portfolio of projects to shape our future vision. To tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities ahead, we are seeking to recruit two Commissioning Project Officers within our Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism, and Carers Strategic Commissioning Team in Health and Care.Our Team: We are dedicated to enhancing outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and those with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health issues aged 18-64, as well as carers of all ages in Staffordshire.Our Mission: Our team is renowned for its collaborative approach, engaging with partner organisations, stakeholders, service users, families, and providers. We are committed to:Innovating and finding creative soluti...

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Governance, Executive, Cabinet and Civic Team at Staffordshire County Council.The services that we support within our team are as follows: Civic Events, Administration of the Lord-Lieutenant & Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Member & Democratic Services, School Admission Appeals and the Access to Information Team.We offer flexible working arrangements including hybrid working to support a good work life balance and needs of the service.Main ResponsibilitiesIn this role you will mainly be supporting the Legal Services team with transferring court bundle data over to our new records management system in Microsoft SharePoint. Other duties may include: Processing Freedom of Information and Subject Access requests using House-on-the-Hill software. General a...

Are you passionate about project management and eager to make a difference to Staffordshire's business community and our care leavers? Do you have a flare for financial management and enjoy working across multi-disciplinary teams? If so we would love you to join our dynamic Funding, Business & Enterprise team! Staffordshire County Council is seeking a dedicated Business and Enterprise Programme Officer to project manage the Supporting Care Leavers into Employment scheme, . This role is crucial in supporting the corporate parenting responsibilities of the County Council and wider stakeholders.You will be based at Staffordshire Place 1, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH, although we do offer flexible/remote working, within the team.This is a 2 year fixed term contract from 1 April 2025 to ...

The Business and Executive Support team are looking for an experienced full time administrator to provide support within their Children & Families Team based in Stafford, primarily working in the Statutory Checks area. Statutory checks are information sharing requests that as a Local Authority we have a responsibility to act and respond to in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. Our team manages the requests, supported by the Access to Personal Information Officers in processing the more complex checks which includes receiving referrals, checking relevant systems, actioning the request and responding to the requestor. Main ResponsibilitiesAs part of your role, you will provide support by maintaining records, undertaking syst...

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives if children who are placed in local authority foster care?As a Family Time Worker, you’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents. We’re looking for people to join us with the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours.You'll play a vital role in supporting families for them to spend quality time together. Our aim during family time is to promote a positive and meaningful time for children with their family. This could include offering support, guidance, ...

Do you want to play a key role in making sure our school buildings and land remain fit for purpose for 21st century education and learning? Our Schools Strategic Property Team develops and delivers property strategy and asset management plans to support our education property provision.You’ll be responsible for providing financial and programme management expertise supporting capital initiatives with a focus on education to deliver new schools, school expansions and school maintenance projects across Staffordshire. Main ResponsibilitiesThis is a wide and varied role working with external and internal stakeholders to develop the Schools Capital Programme and it's Statement of Priorities. Playing a lead role in working with/influencing Schools and Academies in asset management and planning ...

Main ResponsibilitiesWorking in one of 3 Assessment and Staying Together Teams covering Newcastle and Kidsgrove you will be working with families across the continuum of need from Child In Need through to the conclusion of Care Proceedings.You will:be working within a District Model you will work closely with your colleagues in Early Help, Children in Care and Care Leavers and Children with Disabilities Team. As well as our colleagues in health and educationbe responsible for completing your statutory duties in co ordinating the child’s plan, reviewing and ensuring that our children are seen and heard.undertake section 47 investigationsundertake placement of children into Local Authority care, when it is agreed they can no longer remain at homebe responsible for the completion of both ...

It’s an exciting time to join our Highways Team here at Staffordshire County Council! Our vision is to help Staffordshire’s economy grow, so that everyone has the opportunity of a good job and good prospects in a beautiful, safe, accessible, vibrant, cultural, prosperous, business friendly and sustainable county. Staffordshire has great places and great connections, boasting the beautiful rural landscape of a shire county together with excellent transport links to major destinations across the country. We are committed to fixing more roads and improving transport and digital connections and we are making significant investment into the quality of our roads. To ensure we can deliver our ambitious Highways Strategy we are looking to grow our team of highway engineering professionals and dev...

Are you a dynamic, self-motivated individual with a passion for technical innovation? Are you devoted to continuous improvement, delivering benefits for organisations with a dedication to delivering excellent customer service? We may just have your ideal job!We are looking for a Systems Analyst/Analysts to join a motivated, forward-thinking, and established Care Systems Team who provide business advice and guidance as well as technical support of our current and future social care systems to adults and children’s services managers, their teams and partner agencies who deliver Social Care services to vulnerable people across Staffordshire.This role is fixed term until March 2026.Main ResponsibilitiesThe role involves collaborative work with customers and stakeholders to ensure the current s...

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager role due to internal moves and recruitment. In this role, you will lead a dedicated team focused on promoting independence and empowerment for young people. Your work will have a direct impact on young lives, ensuring that the voices of youth, their parents, and carers shape service delivery. You will drive positive change in collaboration with our partners in Children’s Services, Education, and SEND.As a leader, you will support Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, and Practitioners, helping them provide tailored support through assessments and plans under the Care Act. You will guide the team to creatively use resources, including technology and community assets, to enable young people to live independently.Hybrid working f...

Are you passionate about making a difference to children's lives who are placed in local authority foster care?As a Family Time Worker, you’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents. We’re looking for people to join us with the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours.The Family Time Workers play a vital role in supporting families for them to spend quality time together. Our aim during family time is to promote a positive and meaningful time for children with their family. This could include offering support...

Do you want to work in the great outdoors and maintain access to Staffordshire’s beautiful landscapes?We are looking for an experienced maintenance person to join the Rights of Way Team to help deliver maintenance and construction works on our path network. The Rights of Way team oversees Staffordshire’s public rights of way – an impressive 4500km network of footpaths and bridleways - that plays an ever-increasing role in providing greener travel choices, support for local businesses and physical and mental health benefits for our communities. In this role, you will help us to make sure the network is safe and accessible by attending to and making safe urgent safety issues and undertaking planned works such as bridge, signs and gates maintenance and replacement and vegetation clearance. Th...

Do you have a thorough understanding of the complex factors which may influence inclusion in education settings and have a sound knowledge of the statutory framework around school exclusions?If so come and join our team. We currently employ four full-time education inclusion officers who provide a service across the county, and you add extra capacity to these existing roles in four of our high demand area's.You will work in close partnership with education providers to address the complex issues of school Inclusion and exclusion. We have two temporary fixed term (until 31 March 2026) roles availableWhist we are offering two full-time opportunities we would also consider applications on a part-time basis of 18.5 hours per week.You will work in the following district areas:CannockStaffordT...

This team is new within Staffordshire County Council, and is an exciting opportunity to help develop the systems in which the team will then follow through with. This role has come available due to a period of absence and therefore this is a fixed term contract for 12 months. You will ensure the coordination and development of the Team implementing and maintaining services within a defined resource and work collaboratively with external partners to ensure that mental and physical health needs are supported with parity and to ensure the service operates in a safe, effective and efficient way as part of the wider health and social care system.Hybrid from home and from the office is in place, normally ensuring an office presence 2-3 days a week. Within this role you will receive regular super...

We have an exciting 12 months fixed contract opportunity within Business and Executive Support which is a central business admin support function which is aligned to meet the requirements of Staffordshire County Council, and which fulfils the needs of the organisation as it evolves.This post currently sits within the Business Support Education Services Team and the role will be providing administrative support to the Attendance, Inclusion and Education Services. The role requires flexibility to support other areas within the wider Business and Executive Support Service when required to meet priority demands and will enable you to develop your skills and experience a variety of work opportunities across the service. The contracted role is office based with flexible home working arrangemen...

Are you passionate about financial management and eager to make a difference in Staffordshire's business community? Join our dynamic Funding, Business & Enterprise team! As a key player, you'll support the Growth Hub Manager and the Programme and Funding Manager in delivering impactful schemes. Your expertise in financial control and compliance will ensure our projects meet their goals and adhere to guidelines.You'll thrive in a collaborative environment, working with various departments and stakeholders across Staffordshire County Council. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working, with time spent at Staffordshire Place, from home, and attending events across the county. This is a 2 year fixed term contract from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027.Internal applicants: if you plan to apply for thi...

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Early Years Team as we have recently reviewed our service because of changing national and local priorities. This means we now have greater capacity to be more resilient, connected and able to achieve our ambition to provide a high-quality service which responds to the unique needs of early years children and their families, ensuring the best start in life for all.We are a highly experienced and committed team who constantly strive to improve outcomes for children, working with our partners to ensure that all children in Staffordshire can access their funded entitlements in high quality, inclusive settings.As a result of our service review we have a newly created Early Years Senior Inclusion Consultant role available. The position will be based i...

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Early Years Team as we have recently reviewed our service because of changing national and local priorities. This means we now have greater capacity to be more resilient, connected and able to achieve our ambition to provide a high-quality service which responds to the unique needs of early years children and their families, ensuring the best start in life for all.We are a highly experienced and committed team who constantly strive to improve outcomes for children, working with our partners to ensure that all children in Staffordshire can access their funded entitlements in high quality, inclusive settings.As a result of our service review we have a newly created Early Years Inclusion Specialist role available. The position will be based in eithe...

Adult Care Commissioning in Staffordshire is on an exciting journey, rapidly advancing a portfolio of projects to shape our future vision. To tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities ahead, we are seeking a Commissioning Officer for a fixed term 12-month role within our Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism, and Carers Commissioning Team in Health and Care.Our Team: We are dedicated to enhancing outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and those with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health issues aged 18-64, as well as carers of all ages in Staffordshire.Our Mission: Our team is renowned for its collaborative approach, engaging with partner organisations, stakeholders, service users, families, and providers. We are committed to:Innovating and finding creative solutio...

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Early Years Team as we have recently reviewed our service because of changing national and local priorities. This means we now have greater capacity to be more resilient, connected and able to achieve our ambition to provide a high-quality service which responds to the unique needs of early years children and their families, ensuring the best start in life for all.We are a highly experienced and committed team who constantly strive to improve outcomes for children, working with our partners to ensure that all children in Staffordshire can access their funded entitlements in high quality, inclusive settings.As a result of our service review there are two full time vacancies available for the role of an Early Years Improvement Consultant.Main Respo...

Working with us means collaborating across our different teams, and sharing best practice, knowledge, and experience to continually improve the way we do things. Support is important, as we work in a big county with some diverse challenges – but together we can meet all kinds of needs and demands.We know you’ll want to continually develop in your role and potentially progress your career and that is why we have created great training and development opportunities ensuring your individual growth working in East Staffordshire.We have 3 Family Practitioner Teams in East Staffs and we have 2 permanent vacancies. Main ResponsibilitiesOur Family Practitioners are key workers for the children and families we support.You will:Complete direct work with children & families in their homes and at scho...

Are you passionate about kinship care?A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within one of our Kinship Assessment Teams. 2 x Permanent & 1 x 12-month Secondment / Fixed Term. It is our commitment as a team to reduce the number of looked after children in our care by not only alleviating any barriers that may prevent a child from being able to remain in their family & friends’ network but also for a carer in progressing to a permanency route which best suits their family life, but most importantly is in a child’s best interest.The teams are both stable and have the benefit of experienced staff who are both approachable and supportive. We are a county wide so you will be undertaking visits to connected carers in a range of areas as such home working is promoted.Main ResponsibilitiesIn th...

An opportunity has arisen to join Staffordshire County Council for an enthusiastic and driven Records Manager in a new position as part of a forward thinking and innovative Information Governance Unit at an exciting time of information and records management development.The Records Manager role is integral for the delivery of key projects which contribute to the implementation of the Information Management Strategy and information and records management best practice across Staffordshire County Council. Main ResponsibilitiesYou will be leading on ensuring there is a culture of excellent records management practices embedded across the organisation, for both electronic and paper records, throughout their lifecycle in line with ISO15489.You will be responsible for managing the Records Centre...

We have an great opportunity to join our Schools Data Team, working on data collection from our schools.Our School’s Data Team are the key to supporting schools to enable them to complete the Department of Education school censes. The school census is a statutory return which takes place during the autumn, spring, and summer terms. The census collects information about individual pupils and about the schools themselves.You will work closely with schools to ensure we have accurate and update information from them for other services to use the data. This role is fixed term for 12 months. Main ResponsibilitiesYou will work closely as a team to:Process school data and work closely with schools to ensure the data is accurate.Collect weekly attendance for pupils attending Staffordshire Schools a...

We have a vacancy for a Holiday Activities and Food Project Manager who will be responsible for the operational management of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.The Family Hub Team is a multi-disciplinary team within our Children and Families Directorate whose purpose is to work with internal and external stakeholders and families to contribute towards the Early Help Strategy and improve outcomes for children and families.Our Family Hubs are a local support centre for families with children and young people aged 0-19 years, (aged 25 with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)). They are a place:to get help, information, advice, guidance and support to overcome difficulties and build stronger relationships. that provides a multiagency offer that can be accessed face to...

Join us in Staffordshire to work with our children, young people, and families. We are committed to providing the best care and support, fostering lifelong relationships with our children. Creativity and fun are at the core of our approach, both inside and outside the homes. Our specialist teams support children and young people across Staffordshire, with numerous vacancies available.As we continue to develop and enhance our in house residential service, we currently have roles across Tamworth and Stafford. Our new increased pay range recognises the challenging nature of the role.Working hours vary between homes, but we operate on 15 hour shifts on a 1 on 2 off basis or a mix of early and late shifts.Hear more from Natalie, about what it is like to work here! Are you ready to make a diffe...

Join us in Staffordshire to work with our children, young people and families.We are committed to providing the best care and support, fostering lifelong relationships with our children. Creativity and fun are at the core our approach, both inside and outside the homes. Our specialist teams support children and young people across Staffordshire, with numerous vacancies available.As we continue to develop and enhance our in house residential service, we currently have 1 vacancy in Stafford.Working hours vary between the homes, but we operate on 15 hour shifts on a 1 on 2 off basis or a mix of early and late shifts. Our new increased pay range also recognises the challenging nature of the role.We embrace strength-based approaches and offer a rewarding work-life balance.Hear more from Na...

It’s an exciting time to join our Highways Team here at Staffordshire County Council! Our vision is to help Staffordshire’s economy grow, so that everyone has the opportunity of a good job and good prospects in a beautiful, safe, accessible, vibrant, cultural, prosperous, business friendly and sustainable county. Staffordshire has great places and great connections, boasting the beautiful rural landscape of a shire county together with excellent transport links to major destinations across the country. We are committed to fixing more roads and improving transport and digital connections and we are making significant investment into the quality of our roads. To ensure we can deliver our ambitious Highways Strategy we are looking to grow our team of highway engineering professionals and dev...

Main ResponsibilitiesYou will:Work with children and young people, their families, and carers to maintain positive relationships, providing high support and high challenge to effect changes in family dynamics to promote stability at home Work weekends on a rota basis and in an evening to support the children and families that you are working with Work restoratively with families, offering an intense and robust package of support delivering practical and evidenced based interventions to ensure parents are equipped with skills to safely parent Take responsibility for the accurate recording of all work undertaken on the electronic file in keeping with the agreed timeframes within Breathing Space/Futures Matters You will participate in all team meetings (Wednesdays), training and the duty sys...

An exciting opportunity to join the Family Practitioner Service in Stafford. 1 x full time 37 hours, permanent post. Main ResponsibilitiesOur Family PractitionersOur Family Practitioners are key workers for the children and families we support. In this role you’ll be:Leading on the completion of early help assessments and plansCompleting direct work with children and their families, in their home or education setting, to support positive outcomesWorking together with social workers to support children in needDelivering group work to parents and childrenContributing to parenting assessmentsSupporting mediation, crisis prevention and conflict resolutionSupporting on the completion of accurate documentation, reports and records relating to work you do with children, young people and their fam...