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Join Our Team as an SEN Teaching Assistant! Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? We’re on the lookout for a dedicated, compassionate, and adaptable SEN Teaching Assistant to support pupils in both primary and secondary specialist SEN schools in and around Luton, with opportunities extending to Aylesbury for those happy to travel. The Role No two days are the same! You’ll be supporting students with a range of special educational needs, helping them thrive both academically and personally. This is a hands-on, rewarding role where your support truly matters. What We’re Looking For • Experience working with children or young people with SEN or a background in support/care work, • A caring, patient, and proactive attitude, • Willingness to assist with personal care when required, • Flexibility to work across different school settings, • Available for part-time or full-time work Requirements • An enhanced DBS (child or child & adult workforce) on the update service, or willingness to obtain one, • Ability to travel within Luton and to Aylesbury if needed Why Join Us? • Make a genuine impact every single day, • Flexible working options to suit your lifestyle, • Opportunities to gain valuable SEN experience across a variety of settings, • Supportive team environment where your work is valued If you’re ready to bring energy, empathy, and enthusiasm to a role that truly counts, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and start making a difference today! Email or call . All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.

Title: Social Worker - Family First Division: Children's Services Grade: L7 - M1 PURPOSE OF THE ROLE To work within a multi-disciplinary Family Help Team delivering early help and child in need services. The team includes social workers, family help practitioners, psychologists, police community support officers, CAMHS workers, adult mental health nurses, health visitors, youth workers, housing officers and voluntary sector partners. You will assess children and families, analyse risk and need, and develop effective care plans. The role involves working closely with children, young people and families, completing statutory visits, parenting assessments and coordinating multi-agency support to safeguard and promote welfare. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Assessment & Safeguarding Complete high-quality, holistic assessments using the Department for Education guidance and Luton's Effective Support document. Lead multi-agency planning to address child protection concerns and children in need., 2. Statutory Duties Undertake duties under the Children Act 1989 including care proceedings, adoption/permanency planning, risk assessments and investigations. Obtain and implement Court Orders and represent the Council in court., 3. Planning & Intervention Create SMART plans aligned with the Practice Framework. Ensure needs are met through negotiation and collaboration. Promote anti-discriminatory practice and empower families., 4. Direct Work Build positive relationships with children and families. Ensure children's voices, wishes and feelings are heard and influence planning., 5. Recording & Compliance Maintain accurate and timely case records on Liquid Logic in line with GDPR and council standards., 6. Court & Reporting Prepare court reports and witness statements. Work in line with Luton Borough Council policies and procedures., 7. CPD & Development Engage in supervision, training and professional development through the Social Work Academy and Research in Practice. WORKING ENVIRONMENT Hybrid working (community, office and home-based). Regular home visits (often lone working, risk assessed). Exposure to emotional strain and occasional challenging behaviour. Attendance at meetings across multiple locations. CONTEXT Luton 2040 is a vision for a healthy, fair and sustainable town where no one lives in poverty and children can thrive. This role forms part of the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme (Apply online only)), investing over £45 million into reforming: Family Help Child Protection Family Network Support Packages Safeguarding Partnerships The new system includes: * Multi-disciplinary Family Help services * Specialist child protection response * Greater use of family networks and family group decision making * Strengthened multi-agency leadership CAREER DEVELOPMENT Clear progression pathway from Newly Qualified Social Worker to Senior Practitioner, Deputy Team Manager and Team Manager. Ongoing mentoring and structured career development support. PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential Substantial post-qualifying social work experience Experience working with children and families Registered with Social Work England Strong knowledge of Children Act 1989 and safeguarding legislation Ability to assess risk and need in complex cases Experience of court work Strong written and verbal communication skills Ability to manage high-risk cases with minimal supervision Ability to meet deadlines and maintain high-quality records Understanding of equality and anti-discriminatory practice Ability to undertake home visits across the borough Willingness to occasionally work outside core hours Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

Role: SOCIAL CARE ASSESSOR DART Department: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LIVING Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a SOCIAL CARE ASSESSOR on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LIVING department. Main purpose of position: Receive referrals, undertake assessments, undertake tasks involved in support planning and review. Promote personalised care pathways ensuring choice and control for all eligible individuals. You will be expected to work with others to influence and shape the local environment, to promote social inclusion and accessibility and ensure that identified needs are understood individually, by locality and fed into strategic commissioning. As a SOCIAL CARE ASSESSOR you will be responsible to: Complete assessments of need and risk in respect of service users and carers using Luton Borough Council eligibility criteria. This involves: Undertaking statutory duties under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, and other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers. Ensuring that service users and carers are involved in timely assessment and support planning and review processes. (This is may include duty work and screening and prioritising, providing advice and carrying out a range of assessments for: equipment, reablement and also longer term community care support. It could involve delivering, fitting and demonstrating equipment to assist daily living (although this is usually undertaken by Millbrook Health Care) including specialist non-stock equipment, assessments for minor building works and for some adaptation works. It will involve completion of risk assessments including moving and handling if you have been trained for this. It is likely to involve a working knowledge of welfare benefits to advise service users how to maximise their income and be able to contribute towards the costs of their care services) . Considering a range of solutions to meet needs within the principles of self-directed support and safeguarding. Meeting needs through discussion and negotiation with service users and their carers and in consultation with professional colleagues, ensuring that Support Plans are person centred and focused on individual outcomes, meet assessed needs, address risks, promote independence and choice, respect service users dignity and rights and meet their cultural needs . Checking that equipment, support plans (or care packages) provide value for money and meet assessed needs and outcomes identified by the user and take account of any changing needs at review. Keeping appropriate case records, statistics and information utilising Council computer case recording systems, and other IT systems where required. Working with other professionals and partners to achieve effective joint working through initiatives that require a multi-agency approach, participating in and organising multi agency meetings .Skills and Experience Experience of the customer interface environment and demonstrable commitment to customer satisfaction including knowledge of different adult social care client groups. Dynamic and innovative, able to work as part of a team and meet strict deadlines and targets and work under pressure. Able to communicate effectively (orally and in writing) and work with service users, carers and with a wide range of other professionals. Including being able to promote the benefits of working together as one multi-disciplinary team and one department to minimise duplication and make best use of scarce resources. Able to conduct robust and sound assessments, risk assessments, support plans and reviews and facilitate self-assessments, applying the concept of single assessment where appropriate and maintain high quality records, write clear, concise reports and correspondence dealing at times with complex issues. This will involve using Council computer database and case recording systems. Able to evaluate alternative lines of action, identify degrees of priority and urgency and make creative and sound judgments in providing solutions to case work issues. Value for money minded with evidence of ability to design cost effective care packages, being clear about the impact of decisions on costs, and maintain effective administrative and organisational procedures. Able to set and maintain the highest standards of personal, professional and ethical behaviour and gain the trust and respect of others.DBS Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment. About Us Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council. Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years. We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates. Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

SOCIAL WORKER - S12 Doctor Department: Population and Wellbeing Grade: M1 Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Social Worker - Best interest assessor. PURPOSE OF POST: Working closely with adults within the Borough of Luton, you will fulfil the duties and responsibilities of Best Interest Assessor (BIA) / Court of Protection (CoP) Social Worker in the Adult Safeguarding Team, completing comprehensive person centred assessments to a high standard in determining whether applications made by Managing Authorities to deprive a person of their liberty meet the legal criterion and are in the person's best interests, as outlined in the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Code of Practice and subsequent case law. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Undertake the role of the BIA / CoP Social Worker in line with legislation, case law and local policy, completing all supporting assessments within statutory timescales, as outlined within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Obtaining, evaluating and analysing complex evidence and differing views and weighing them appropriately in decision making, you will identify and action a proposed deprivation of liberty, assessing whether or not this is within best interest and submit relevant reports to the Supervisory Body or Court of Protection Monitor, and support ASC Community Teams to monitor practice, to ensure recommended conditions are adhered to in accordance with legislation and case law, undertaking timely reviews and / or renewals of existing DoLS and CoP authorisation's, ensuring appropriate contact and communication is maintained with Managing Authorities Maintain comprehensive and accurate case records, producing high quality reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences, including but not limited to, court, meetings, panels, conferences and other agencies Take accountability of decisions and judgements made in carrying out the duties of the role, presenting cases at legal hearings and exercising the appropriate use of independence, authority and autonomy, using it to inform practice, together with consultation and supervision Make appropriate recommendations regarding the appointment of Relevant Persons Representative in line with legislation and to escalate any objection cases to the Court of Protection in line with case law Demonstrate through your practice a strong commitment and comprehensive understanding of mental capacity, deprivation of liberty and safeguarding, including critical reflection and analysis of challenging cases, changing contexts at local and national levels, awareness of current issues and evidence based practice research. You will use this knowledge to provide professional support, education, advice and guidance to staff across various agencies in Luton and members of the public Assist the Specialist DoLS Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner in helping staff to develop skills and expertise in the areas of mental capacity, deprivation of liberty and safeguarding, providing coaching and mentoring to social care staff, as requested Maintain efficient and reliable liaison with other statutory and voluntary agencies, as well as Council departments, having particular regard to effective working relationships in ensuring Managing Authorities are aware of their responsibilities in ensuring no person is deprived of their liberty without lawful authorisation SKILLS and EXPERIENCES: Demonstrable post qualification experience with adults, families, carers and professionals Able to undertake challenging and high risk assessments, identifying degrees of priority and urgency, accurately applying legal reasoning and making sound professional judgements, keeping and maintaining high quality records on the case recording system Able to analyse conflicting information, giving appropriate weighting in decision making Able to act as an independent practitioner, exercising the appropriate use of authority and autonomy to promote sensitive ethical practice which acknowledges any potential conflict Able to assess and manage risk and conflict to produce positive and proportionate outcomes for individuals Able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with individuals and representatives of other agencies working with or in the best interests of vulnerable adults Recognised Social Work qualification Post qualification module(s) or diploma in social work, with a demonstrable commitment to undertake further professional development Qualified Best Interest Assessor Current Health and Care Professions Council Registration (HCPC) Flexible and able to occasionally work outside normal office hours in a range of public or private settings Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Clearance Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

Title: SEND Improvement and Quality Assurance Officer Department: Children, Families and Education Division: Quality Assurance Service Responsible to: Head of Service, Strategic Safeguarding, Quality Assurance & Practice Improvement Purpose of post: To support the strategic development of the SEND Service by leading and delivering on the SEND Improvement and Quality Assurance framework by undertaking quality assurance systems and monitoring tools and other activities to inform the delivery of good quality and professional practice for children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities. Principal responsibilities 1. Delivery of good quality analytical Quality Assurance Framework including thematic, deep dive reviews, dip samples, and individual reviews., 2. To produce analytical reports including qualitative and quantitative data, findings, recommendations for improvement and that demonstrate impact of the Quality Assurance Framework. Plan for and lead on required identified actions to improve to SEND services and effective processes., 3. To lead on actions required for improvement of SEND practices contributing to improved outcomes for children and their families., 4. To effectively engage children, young people and their families in the operational work in evaluating services by ensuring Children, Young People and their families voices are reflected in Quality Assurance activity., 5. Lead, develop or facilitate on the delivery of learning resources and materials from the Quality Assurance Framework activity and other Quality Assurance activities., 6. Collaborate on the development, alignment and execution of departmental procedures to promote consistency, compliancy and sustained high quality procedures., 7. To work collaboratively with families, practitioners, managers, and professional partners, to reflect on practice to and lead on improvement., 8. Contribute to the strategic direction of the SEND service by helping to influence and develop strategic business plans, policy and procedure using information and data from the Quality Assurance activity. Context Luton Council and its community came together in 2020 to set an ambition for the future of the town. The ambition, captured in the Luton 2040 Vision, aims for Luton to be a town where everyone thrives and where strategies are in place and work together in building an inclusive economy and enhancing the wellbeing of residents of all ages. For children and young people, as a Local Area Partnership, we have collective responsibility to ensure that by 2040, we achieve: · good educational attainment from birth and higher educational attainment for all · greater support for the mental wellbeing of all our young people · more 'Good' and 'Outstanding' schools recognising effective education and learning provision for all our children · strong SEND provision and effective measures to tackle educational inequalities · increased access to adult education and lifelong learning for those who seek it · a child friendly town where children and young people grow up feeling safe and secure · the position where all children access their basic needs and essential services · reduced education and health inequalities for children and young people · children and young people expressing their collective voice and this is heard, matters and is acted upon · children and young people with SEND having the same access to opportunities, activities and the quality of life as other young people Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

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The Adult Safeguarding & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Team is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Social Worker and Best Interest Assessor to join the MASH (Multi‑agency Safeguarding Hub). For further information surrounding the post, please contact Bethan Jones, Adult Safeguar

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