40 jobs found in Ashford

Children's Support Workers Location: Maidstone, Kent. Pay Rate: GBP15 - GBP18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Buckinghamshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding and...

Children's Support Workers Location: Ashford, Kent Pay Rate: £15 - £18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Buckinghamshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding and child...

Housing Advice Worker We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Housing Advice Worker to join our Domestic Abuse Social Care Service in Kent. £27,976.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week on a 1 year FTC. Our benefits include: Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service A generous pension - we will contribute up to 8% and life assurance cover up to 3x Pensionable Salary (T&Cs apply) Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light CardAll applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship. What you'll do: Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers who are currently in refuge to make the transition to permanent accommodation smoother. Supporting community customers who have accessed the Sanctuary Scheme to remain in their properties and manage the risks associated with that. Supporting key customers to set...

A great opportunity has arisen for a Prevention Manager to join a Local Authority in West Sussex. This is a temporary position paying £43.00 per hour. What you will be doing: * Managing and leading a team delivering the Council's statutory Housing Advice and Homelessness Prevention functions * Ensuring all statutory duties are carried out in compliance with current legal and corporate requirements * Developing and reviewing local procedures, providing guidance to the team on complex and difficult cases * Supporting the Housing Options Manager and Legal Services team with Judicial Reviews and s.204 appeals * Relieving homelessness through innovative, cost effective prevention solutions * Responding to Duty to Refer referrals and working with Housing Association landlords on Commitment to Refer * Representing the team at MAPPA and MARAC, and building relationships with Social Services, Health, Turning Tides, Probation and the Police * Monitoring team performance and...

Female Waking Night Support Worker Location:             Ilford Essex    Rate:               £13.03 per hour Permanent | Full-time | 30hours per week (rota-based) Please note: We may be unable to support applications where Home Office visa restrictions prevent candidates from meeting the full contractual hours or requirements of the role. ‘Extraordinary Days, Every Day’ At CareTech, we are committed to delivering Extraordinary Days, Every Day through high-quality, person-centred care. Our focus is on empowering independence, building confidence and life skills, and supporting people to live fulfilling lives in environments that best suit their needs. We are recruiting Wake Night Support Workers to join our service in Ilford, Essex , supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs. Whether you’re new to care or experienced, this is an opportunity to build a rewarding, long-term career - any truly make a difference! About the Service – High Road...

Senior Children's Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention | Southwark Council | London Location: London (Southwark Council) Role: Senior Children's Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Contract: 3 Months (High possibility of extension) Hours: Monday to Friday | Full-Time Pay Rate: £39.04 per hour Start Date: ASAP SW Locums is recruiting an experienced Senior Children's Social Worker to join the Assessment & Intervention Service at Southwark Council. This is an excellent locum opportunity offering a competitive pay rate, a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real difference to children and families. Key Responsibilities: * Complete Section 17 and Section 47 assessments. * Undertake initial court work and Looked After Children (LAC) processes. * Manage a complex caseload, safeguarding children and delivering high-quality assessments. * Prepare analytical reports and represent the Local Authority at court and child...

Summer-Browning Associates is building a talent pool of experienced Commercial, Procurement and Contract Management professionals for upcoming Resource Augmentation opportunities across the public sector. We're keen to hear from professionals at who have worked as interims in roles equivalent to civil service grades (HEO, SEO and Grade 7+) for a range of exciting commercial assignments. Contract Details: Location: Primarily London / Hybrid Contract: 6-12 months with extension potential Rates: £400-£750 per day (Inside IR35) Security Clearance: Active SC clearance is highly desirableWe're looking for experience across: Commercial Management Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Contract & Supplier Management Category Management Commercial Delivery Commercial Assurance & Governance Commercial Data, Spend & Performance Analysis Grants & Funding Commercials Procurement Transformation & Capability Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)Categories include: Digital,...

Children's Support Workers Location: Brighton Pay Rate: GBP15 - GBP18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Buckinghamshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding and child...

Digital & Technology Programme Manager - Local Government Location: Southwest London (Hybrid – 1–2 days per week onsite) Contract: Initial 6 months (likely extension) Rate: £600 PD Inside IR 35 Overview: Our local authority client is seeking an experienced Digital & Technology Programme Manager to join their Digital & Innovation team to deliver a major Alloy & IDOX implementation focussing on housing services. While Housing is becoming an increasingly strategic area, the majority of the programme covers digital transformation across Planning, Public Protection, Public Realm, Highways, Land Charges, Parking and Corporate Services. The successful candidate will inherit several live programmes while initiating and delivering new projects from inception. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives managing multiple stakeholders, suppliers and technology workstreams within a complex local government environment. The Role: You will be responsible for...

Our client is seeking experienced Caseworkers to play a key role in a high-profile government initiative supporting eligible Afghan nationals and their families who assisted UK operations. This is a sensitive and high-impact position within the Defence sector, ideal for individuals with strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and emotional resilience. Key Responsibilities * Manage and progress casework in line with government policy, ensuring fair, well-documented, and transparent decisions. * Analyse complex information from multiple sources to reach accurate conclusions. * Handle confidential and, at times, distressing material with professionalism and care. * Work to daily case targets while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality. * Communicate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. * Ensure full compliance with data protection and information security requirements. Essential Skills &...

London – Children Social Worker – £30 to £32 • Manage a caseload of children and families, ensuring high-quality statutory social work practice. • Undertake Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection and Looked After Children work. • Complete safeguarding enquiries and risk assessments to protect children from harm. • Develop, implement and review outcome-focused care plans. • Build effective relationships with children, families and partner agencies. • Prepare reports for child protection conferences, reviews and court proceedings. • Attend statutory meetings and represent the local authority where required. • Complete statutory visits, reviews and assessments within required timescales. • Work collaboratively with education, health, police and other professionals to achieve positive outcomes. • Promote permanence planning and improve outcomes for children and young people. Intro: Are you a passionate and dedicated social worker? 3D Recruit is looking for...

Social Worker – Child in Need | London Borough of Haringey | £37.52 per Hour | Full-Time Locum Looking for your next locum opportunity in Children's Services? We are recruiting an experienced Social Worker – Child in Need to join the London Borough of Haringey on a full-time locum contract. If you're passionate about supporting children, young people, and families while working within a forward-thinking local authority, this is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference. Position Details * Role: Social Worker – Child in Need * Location: London * Council: London Borough of Haringey * Contract: Full-Time Locum * Start Date: ASAP * Pay Rate: £37.52 per hour * Hours: 37 hours per week * Working Pattern: Monday to Friday Key Responsibilities * Manage a caseload of children and families within the Disabled Children's Team. * Complete Child and Family Assessments and specialist disability...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Strategic Workforce Planning professional to join a high-profile government organisation undergoing significant transformation. Working within the People function, you will lead workforce planning activity, workforce analytics and organisational improvement initiatives, helping the organisation build future capability and make evidence-based workforce decisions. Key Responsibilities Lead the development and delivery of strategic workforce planning activities and frameworks. Analyse workforce data, trends and risks to provide actionable insights for senior leaders. Develop workforce dashboards, reports and intelligence products to support decision-making. Support organisational change, transformation and workforce strategy initiatives. Drive process improvement, innovation and digitisation across People services. Facilitate workforce planning workshops and engage with senior stakeholders across the organisation. Prepare...

A Reputable Housing Provider is seeking an experienced and highly organised Democratic Services Officer (fully site based) to provide professional policy and administrative support to Cabinet Members and senior leadership. This role is critical in supporting Cabinet Members to effectively deliver their portfolio responsibilities and organisational priorities. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across departments, ensuring executive decision-making processes are supported through high-quality research, coordination, and stakeholder engagement. The postholder will play a key role in ensuring Cabinet Members are fully supported through proactive planning, structured communications, and effective casework and diary management. Department: Corporate Services Location: London  Rate: £21.80 – £22.80 PAYE Key Responsibilities Cabinet and Executive Support Provide flexible administrative and policy support to 2–3 Cabinet Members, enabling effective delivery of...

My client is looking for a number of experienced Lead Gardner/Drivers to operate in Enfield, for a beautiful large public park. The role is temporary and the client is looking for previous exp in park management, gardening or landscape gardening. Ideally you will know how to use a ride on mower, operate a strimmer and leaf blower and have worked with hedge cutters in the past. The ability to identify plants is a must as we move into spring as plants that are starting to emerge can look very similar to weeds. You will need your own steel toe capped boots, be punctual, diligent, hard working and very much a team player. You will be able to identify your relevant experience with work references and demonstrate those abilities on the first day of induction. The role is temporary with an option to go permanent if you prove yourself to be hardworking and adding value to the existing Parks Maintenance team. Hours are 7.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Thursday and 7.30am to 3pm on a Friday with...

Experienced Children's Social Worker | Enfield Council | Excellent Locum Opportunity Location: Enfield, London Role: Qualified Social Worker – Children's Services Contract: Full-Time Locum | Monday to Friday Pay Rate: £37.52 per hour Start Date: ASAP SW Locums is recruiting an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join Enfield Council's Children's Services. This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished practitioner looking to work within a supportive local authority that is committed to delivering high-quality services and achieving the best outcomes for children and families. Enfield Council is recognised for its commitment to continuous improvement, collaborative working, and providing social workers with the support they need to deliver outstanding practice while making a meaningful difference in the community. The Role As an experienced Children's Social Worker, you will: * Manage a varied and complex caseload independently. * Complete...

Head of Service- CTPLD, Mental health and Older adults - London Borough of Ealing • To lead and manage Social Work and Team Managers, Team Managers and their teams within Adult Social Services to ensure provision of a comprehensive, consistent, timely, quality, cost effective service is provided to people using services and their family and other social contacts. To ensure that assessments are carried out and appropriate services are planned and delivered to meet the assessed need. To ensure that an appropriate emergency response is available to meet unplanned high-risk need. • To provide expert guidance on complex casework and all operational matters. • To undertake all management responsibilities within the framework of legislation, Guidance, policy, good practice and Social Work and Occupational Therapy research. • To participate in the overall management of the service in the Adults Senior Management Team and the Operational Management Team, including ensuring effective...

Are you looking for a new opportunity as a Deputy Manager to work with individuals with complex needs? Responsibilities of the role: * To assist the Manager in ensuring the effective, safe and profitable running of all locations * Assist with individual referrals * Provide support to all staff within the group on a 24 hour on call basis * Ability to work 2 weekends per month * Assist with management of staff Requirements: * Experience of working with people with complex needs desirable * NVQ in Health and Social Care Level 3 mandatory working toward Level 5 * Excellent communication skills * Team player * Good organisational skills * Drivers license * Must be on call one weekend per month Our client offers use of company vehicle during shifts, 28 days holiday, social events and career development/training

Social Worker/Snr Social Worker Roles Available- Ealing Council £37.50-£39 per hr **Hybrid working** Responsibilities * Support the team to work within legislative and policy frameworks, ensuring that all social work interventions are based on a clear care and support plan. Advise staff on relevant legislative and policy frameworks within care and support planning and application of social work interventions. * Oversee proportionate and holistic assessments, ensuring the strengths, capabilities and support available from the person’s wider network are maximised. Identify and advise on barriers to change and how needs impact on family members or others in a child’s support network. * Lead and oversee the progression of complex and difficult social work cases within the parameters of agreed policies, procedures, and framework for delivering Social Work, including timely intervention, resolution and case closure or transfer. Represent Ealing in a professional and competent...

Social Worker – Families First Initial Support Team 📍 Location: London Borough of Ealing 💷 £39.04 per hour 🏡 Hybrid Working 📅 Locum Opportunity Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker looking for your next rewarding locum opportunity? Tripod Partners are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join the Families First – Initial Support Team within a well-established Local Authority. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to children and families while benefiting from flexible hybrid working and a competitive hourly rate. The Role You'll be responsible for managing a varied caseload of children and families at the front door of Children's Services, completing assessments, identifying levels of need and risk, and ensuring children receive the right support at the earliest opportunity. Working closely with partner agencies, you'll play a vital role in safeguarding children and promoting positive outcomes through timely, strengths-based...