44 government jobs found in Wigan

Our client Wigan Council is looking for a Family safeguarding Social Worker to join their Locality, Duty, CWD team. Benefits of working with Remedy A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant. Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed. Double payrolls each week. *Terms & Conditions apply You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions. Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and...

Social Worker – Assessment Team - Wigan Council Location: Wigan  Pay/Salary: up to £40 per hour Office Working: 2-3 Days per week Contract: Locum We are currently working with Wigan Council to find an experienced Advanced Practitioner for their Duty and Assessment Team within Children’s Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, Wigan are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload. The Duty service is fast paced service consisting of 5 duty teams. Each team has a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, Senior Social worker and 6 Social Workers. You will be on duty once every 5 weeks. Duties Carry out needs led child focused assessments Hold a small, but complex caseload of single assessments (S17) and S47 investigations (this includes opportunities for co-working to support less experienced practitioners) Participate in the duty system, responding to safeguarding concerns Prioritise demand and make effective...

Social Worker - Duty & Assessment - Wigan- £39 per hour We are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker to join a fantastic Children's Assessment and Safeguarding Service in Wigan. The role of the Advanced Practitioner will be to carry out the function of statutory Children's Services and the remit of the Assessment and Safeguarding Teams in completing single assessments and section 47 enquiries. You will hold a mixture of cases ranging through CIN, CP and Court cases, although you will be expected to hold the more complex cases which is reflected in your level of experience. The benefits of this Advanced Practitioner role: £39 per hour Small and friendly local authority with strong multi agency partnerships and a visible senior management team Condensed hours such as 37 over 4 days available Differing start/finish times Remote & office working and flexi Personal and case supervision is held monthly They offer extensive training opportunities, parking permits...

Your new company A specialist contractor delivering refurbishment, small works and planned projects across secure government sites is seeking an experienced Site Supervisor / Team Leader to oversee works across multiple HMP locations throughout the North West. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on supervisor with a construction background looking for long-term freelance work with the potential to move into a permanent role. Your new role You'll be responsible for managing the delivery of small works, refurbishments, reactive building projects and maintenance upgrades across a portfolio of prison sites. Leading teams of joiners, plumbers, electricians and specialist subcontractors, you'll coordinate labour, materials and programme requirements whilst ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standard. A typical day could involve assessing a damaged cell, blocked WC, security door issue, plumbing defect or electrical fault, assigning the...

Customer Service Advisor Shift Times: Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm. 37 hour week Pay Rate: £12.94 (after 12 weeks) starting on £12.71 Location: West Strand Business Park in Preston, PR1 8UY We are looking for a positive, flexible, and customer-focused individual to join our busy call centre as a Customer Service Advisor supporting on the TFC campaign. Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) is a scheme for Government support towards the cost of childcare for working families. In this role you would be supporting families and making a difference by helping them. In this role, you will be responsible for providing excellent customer service to our customers, resolving their queries in a timely and efficient manner. You will also be responsible for working with other team members to ensure that we meet our customer service goals. What we are looking for: Ideally you will have worked in a customer service role before, but if this is your first role or a career change don't worry as we provide all...

Social Worker - Safeguarding Team - Cheshire East - £39 per hour An experienced Social Worker is required to join a Safeguarding Team based in Cheshire East. You will have the opportunity to put your previous experience to good use whilst being surrounded by a strong supportive network of experienced Social Workers and managers.You will have a caseload of around 10-12 Families and as a worker you will be provided with a comprehensive induction, training, help and advice to enable you to reach your full potential. Benefits of this Social Worker role include: Effective induction Caseload of 10-12 Families Excellent rate of pay Reflective supervision Long term contracts available Clearly defined practice standards and managers standards Effective and supportive management The right technology to undertake your role Efficient 'work-life balance' is encouraged Flexible/remote working Responsibilities of this Social Worker role include: Liaising with other professionals Knowledge of...

Our client St. Helens MBC is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Children with Disabilities team. Job Purpose To provide high-quality social work services to children and young people with disabilities and their families, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, and development. The Senior Social Worker manages complex cases, provides mentoring to colleagues, and contributes to service improvement while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and statutory guidance. Key Responsibilities Manage a caseload of complex children with disabilities cases, including safeguarding, child protection, children in need, looked-after children, and court proceedings. Undertake statutory assessments under relevant legislation, including the Children Act 1989 and Care Act where appropriate during transition planning. Develop, implement, monitor, and review child-centred care and support plans. Complete specialist assessments relating to disability, parenting capacity, risk, and...

Belmont Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experienced Procurement Officer to join a public sector organisation on an interim basis. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week (Mon – Fri) on a hybrid basis. Overview: This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to support the delivery of compliant procurement activity across a wide range of goods, services and works. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to deliver value for money, manage procurement projects and ensure compliance with current procurement legislation and best practice. Main Duties: * Manage end-to-end procurement exercises from initial market engagement through to contract award * Prepare tender documentation, specifications, evaluation criteria and procurement reports * Provide procurement advice and guidance to internal stakeholders throughout the procurement lifecycle * Support contract and supplier management to ensure...

Looking for flexible work? At Safestyle we are looking for Self-Employed Door-to-Door Canvassers (must be 17+)   About the role: Working within a team environment in your local area. Door to door canvassing, speaking with homeowners, following up on promotions and enthusiastically talking about our quality products. Generating and booking leads/appointments for our sales teams. What we offer: • Training provided — no experience needed! • Fun, supportive team environment • Flexible hours • Weekly commission (the more you put in, the more you earn) • Transport provided • Refer-a-friend bonus • Great career progression, including the chance to run your own team with a company vehicle Are youconfident, friendly, motivated, with good communication skills and a positive attitude? Interested? Apply now! Our Company is committed to monitoring & aligning its Policies with up-to-date Government guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections in the...

Our client Manchester city council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Complex Safeguarding team. About the Candidate: We are looking for individuals with a passion for working with adolescents, who have excellent communication skills and a sound understanding of social work and exploitation and who can be creative and innovative in their work. We are looking for workers with a passion for creative direct work approaches, tenacity, and trauma informed ways of working. We would welcome applications from the global majority and specifically males as we are under represented in the area. Experience of working directly with communities is desirable.Responsibilities You will support the locality social work teams in accessing, supporting, and disrupting exploitative abuse and supporting children and their families with recovery from this harm You will consult with partner agencies about individual children presenting with indicators of exploitative abuse and / or...

Security Operations Consultant – SC Cleared 📍 Remote | 💷 £600–£650 per day (Outside IR35) | ⏳ 3–6 months initial contract, likely extension | 🏛️ Central Government The Role We're seeking an experienced Security Operations Consultant to support a central government department's security operations function. This is a client-side role, working directly within the department to strengthen and mature their security operations capability. Key Responsibilities * Support and advise on day-to-day Security Operations Centre (SOC) activity, including alert triage and escalation processes * Assist with incident detection, investigation, and response * Advise on SIEM tooling, use case development, and logging/alerting strategy * Support vulnerability management processes: prioritisation, remediation tracking, and reporting * Review and enhance security policies, playbooks, and incident response runbooks * Act as a bridge between technical security teams and departmental...

Looking for flexible work? At Safestyle we are looking for Self-Employed Door-to-Door Canvassers (must be 17+)   About the role: Working within a team environment in your local area. Door to door canvassing, speaking with homeowners, following up on promotions and enthusiastically talking about our quality products. Generating and booking leads/appointments for our sales teams. What we offer: • Training provided — no experience needed! • Fun, supportive team environment • Flexible hours • Weekly commission (the more you put in, the more you earn) • Transport provided • Refer-a-friend bonus • Great career progression, including the chance to run your own team with a company vehicle Are youconfident, friendly, motivated, with good communication skills and a positive attitude? Interested? Apply now! Our Company is committed to monitoring & aligning its Policies with up-to-date Government guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections in the...

Our client Rochdale Borough council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Children with disabilities team. As a senior social worker, you will be vital in the service to support the social workers and advanced practitioner. You will be responsible for undertaking statutory assessments in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014. This includes identifying and assessing a child's needs, strengths, and risks, and developing person-centred care and support plans in partnership with children, families, and multidisciplinary professionals. You will manage the more complex case work alongside supporting lesser experienced social worker where needed. You will also have opportunity to deputise for the advanced practitioner. In return for your commitment we can offer you the following: - A manageable caseload - to support you in engaging in real direct work with children and families - TOIL to fit around your family and personal life - Regular reflective...

Our client Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Duty and Assessment team. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE JOB To provide a high quality professional social work service to children and their families, in accordance with Legislative requirements, the policies and procedures of the Service/Council by : Assessing the needs of individual children and their families for social care service Designing and arranging for provision of appropriate care services Providing direct social work assistance to children and families Establishing and developing effective collaborative working relationships with other agencies in pursuance of effective service provisionPrincipal Duties To ensure that the Council's duties under the relevant legislation are discharged in accordance with Council Policy in relation to individual service users, parents and carers. To assess the needs of children/young people and their families, including the identification of...

Looking for flexible work? At Safestyle we are looking for Self-Employed Door-to-Door Canvassers (must be 17+)   About the role: Working within a team environment in your local area. Door to door canvassing, speaking with homeowners, following up on promotions and enthusiastically talking about our quality products. Generating and booking leads/appointments for our sales teams. What we offer: • Training provided — no experience needed! • Fun, supportive team environment • Flexible hours • Weekly commission (the more you put in, the more you earn) • Transport provided • Refer-a-friend bonus • Great career progression, including the chance to run your own team with a company vehicle Are youconfident, friendly, motivated, with good communication skills and a positive attitude? Interested? Apply now! Our Company is committed to monitoring & aligning its Policies with up-to-date Government guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections in the...

Looking for flexible work? At Safestyle we are looking for Self-Employed Door-to-Door Canvassers (must be 17+)   About the role: Working within a team environment in your local area. Door to door canvassing, speaking with homeowners, following up on promotions and enthusiastically talking about our quality products. Generating and booking leads/appointments for our sales teams. What we offer: • Training provided — no experience needed! • Fun, supportive team environment • Flexible hours • Weekly commission (the more you put in, the more you earn) • Transport provided • Refer-a-friend bonus • Great career progression, including the chance to run your own team with a company vehicle Are youconfident, friendly, motivated, with good communication skills and a positive attitude? Interested? Apply now! Our Company is committed to monitoring & aligning its Policies with up-to-date Government guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections in the...

Our client Wirral MBC is looking for an Adults Social Worker to join their integrated and supportive team. Main Duties And Responsibilities Behavioural: Enjoy, achieve, create impact, and thrive in the role and organisation. Adult Social Care specific duties & responsibilities: Work as part of an integrated and supportive team, planning, monitoring and evaluating work with the Multi-Disciplinary (MDT). Carry out needs led assessments, work of a complex nature, care and support planning and reviews, and, where appropriate, initiate a multi-disciplinary assessment. Provide social work support to individual adults and their carers and families, and involve them in all planning and actions taken, helping to signpost/refer on (where appropriate) and/or develop social resilience, the role also focuses on prevention of admission to acute hospitals. Undertake enquiries with adults experiencing or at risk of abuse or neglect in line with the Care Act (2014) and interagency...

Our client Wirral MBC is looking for an Experienced Social worker to join their Adults safeguarding team. Leading and coordinating safeguarding enquiries under the Care Act 2014 and triaging new concerns as part of the Duty Rota. Managing a diverse and complex caseload with autonomy and professional judgement. Undertaking strengths‑based assessments and developing outcome‑focused support plans. Completing Mental Capacity Assessments when required. Undertaking Making Safeguarding Personal Conversations that shape risk planning and outcomes. Working collaboratively with health partners, police, care providers, and voluntary organisations Applying legislation, policy, and best practice to protect adults from harm or abuse. Providing professional advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies.What We're Looking For Qualified Social Worker (Social Work England registered). Strong experience in adult safeguarding or similar statutory adult services. Excellent analytical,...

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Adult Social Worker to join a supportive and forward-thinking Community Social Work Team in Blackpool. In this role, you will work alongside adults to identify, understand and meet their support needs in ways that maximise independence, promote wellbeing and help prevent future needs from escalating. You will utilise strengths-based approaches, working collaboratively with community and voluntary sector organisations, reablement services and commissioned providers to achieve positive outcomes. If you are passionate about making a real difference within local communities and thrive in a role that combines autonomy, problem-solving and relationship-building, we'd love to hear from you. About the Role As a Community Social Worker, you will: Complete strengths-based assessments and person-centred support planning. Work with adults, families, carers and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes. Promote...

Looking for flexible work? At Safestyle we are looking for Self-Employed Door-to-Door Canvassers (must be 17+)   About the role: Working within a team environment in your local area. Door to door canvassing, speaking with homeowners, following up on promotions and enthusiastically talking about our quality products. Generating and booking leads/appointments for our sales teams. What we offer: • Training provided — no experience needed! • Fun, supportive team environment • Flexible hours • Weekly commission (the more you put in, the more you earn) • Transport provided • Refer-a-friend bonus • Great career progression, including the chance to run your own team with a company vehicle Are youconfident, friendly, motivated, with good communication skills and a positive attitude? Interested? Apply now! Our Company is committed to monitoring & aligning its Policies with up-to-date Government guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections in the...