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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Assessment Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £65,607 per annum. Main duties: • To lead, manage and coach a team of social workers that includes experienced staff and newly qualified workers, responsible f... ZIPC1_UKTJ

Electrical Training OfficerLocation: Home-based with travel across the Medway areaSalary: Up to £39,250 (depending on experience)Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per weekThe Opportunity Are you an experienced electrician looking for a new challenge away from the tools? Or already working as an Electrical Assessor, Trainer or Training Officer and looking for a fresh opportunity? This role is ideal for both: • Qualified electricians wanting to transition off the tools, • Existing trainers/assessors You'll play a key role in developing the next generation of electricians - supporting apprentices throughout their journey, from onboarding through to End Point Assessment.What You'll Be Doing As an Electrical Training Officer / Apprenticeship Coach, you'll manage a caseload of electrical apprentices and support them through their learning journey. Key responsibilities include:, • Managing and supporting a caseload of apprentices in the workplace, • Carrying out regular reviews, assessments, and progress tracking, • Assessing evidence against industry standards (NVQ / NOS), • Providing clear feedback, coaching, and setting SMART targets, • Preparing apprentices for gateway and End Point Assessment (EPA), • Identifying learners at risk and putting support plans in place, • Working closely with employers to ensure high-quality training delivery, • Supporting apprentice recruitment and onboarding where required, • Promoting apprenticeship opportunities to employers, schools, and stakeholders, • Ensuring safeguarding, Prevent, and compliance standards are metWho This Role Would Suit This role is perfect for someone from one of the following backgrounds:, • Electrician, • Electrical Engineer (hands-on / installation), • Electrical Tester / Inspector, • Electrical Supervisor / Site Manager, • Electrical Assessor / Trainer / Lecturer, • Maintenance Electrician If you're still on the tools but thinking about a long-term career change, full training and support can be provided to help you transition into education.What We're Looking ForEssential:, • NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation (or equivalent), • Recognised electrical apprenticeship or equivalent experience, • Strong hands-on industry experience as a qualified electrician, • 18th Edition (or willingness to obtain), • GCSE Maths & English (or equivalent)Desirable:, • Assessor qualification (A1, D32/D33, TAQA), • 2391 Testing & Inspection, • IOSH or similar Health & Safety qualification, • Experience working with apprentices or training deliveryWhat's in It for You?, • Move away from the physical demands of site work, • Structured career progression into education and training, • Ongoing CPD and funded qualifications (teaching/assessing), • Generous holiday allowance + bank holidays, • Pension scheme with employer contributions, • Optional healthcare and wellbeing benefits, • Flexible, home-based working with regional travel, • The opportunity to make a real impact on future electriciansWhy Make the Move? This is a genuinely rewarding career path where you can:, • Pass on your knowledge and experience, • Help shape the next generation of electricians, • Achieve better work-life balance, • Build a long-term, stable career outside of site work

Job Introduction Children matter in Medway, and so do you. It’s an exciting time to join us as we offer competitive pay and conditions and hybrid working. We are committed to helping you to grow and develop throughout your career and reach your full potential. Our practice development offer, whether you are a manager or practitioner, ensures you will be guided, supported and cared for. Candidates will be offered a competitive basic salary between £38,476 and £41,956 per annum, dependant on your experience, and the potential to earn up to £48,956 per year when market premiums and retention are applied. Join us and #Make a Difference… Our Offer Grade SW-CS2 - up to £48,425 (inclusive of market allowance) + annual retention payment • We are proud to offer a range of benefits including –, • A market allowance of £5,000 per annum (payable in 12 equal instalments), • A retention payment of £2,000 per annum (payable in April, following 1 years service in Medway), • A generous annual leave entitlement up to 30 days plus bank holidays, • An excellent local government pension scheme, • An essential car user allowance with option to apply for a lease car after six months., • Free car parking, • Hybrid working - enabling you to work from home/office (minimum of 2 days per week will be required in the office). Assessment Teams are office based for duty weeks., • Relocation package of up to £8,000, • A range of staff benefits and discounts including access to fantastic discounts and savings on shops and services, travel discounts, health and wellbeing support, and an employee assistance service., • Access to professional development and support including Community Care Inform., • Hybrid working style

We have an exciting opportunity for a customer focused and dynamic Technical Service Delivery Manager to join our team. As a leading UK life and pensions mutual insurer with a proud history dating back to 1843, we exist to help people live financially confident lives – protecting their income while they work and maximising it when they stop. Today, over one million members and customers trust us to look after their futures, families and finances. Joining us means becoming part of a team that puts our members, customers and advisers at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive. We are proud to have built a workplace where our colleagues feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued – reflected in our recognition as one of the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers in 2025 and 2026. We celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger, so bring your true self and help shape the future of LV=. You will play a key leadership role within the LV= Technology Services Team responsible for overseeing the delivery of a designated portfolio of IT services provided by our IT outsourced partner. You will ensure delivery of our key service management capabilities across ServiceNow, Change Management (including the CAB) and Configuration Management/CMDB, as well as acting as an escalation point for one or more additional third-party providers. This role is offered on a permanent basis with a requirement for regular presence in our Bournemouth office. Key Responsibilities • Provide Technical Leadership for the services, ensuring adherence to standards and policies. Responsible for key decision making and acting as a point of escalation for service issues., • Lead related cross-functional outsource partner teams to deliver services ensuring effective collaboration and ensuring a “One Team” culture., • Lead Strategic Planning activities for the Services, developing and maintaining service roadmaps and driving change through continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure services are aligned to the needs of customers., • Drive Innovation with our outsource partner team by identifying emerging technologies and trends, evaluate their potential impacts on the services and lead implementation of transformative solutions to enhance service efficiency and user experience., • Identify Risks and Issues with the Services, working with Risk and outsourced partner team to identify mitigation and remediation activity and drive through Continuous Improvement or Projects as required., • Collaborate with PMO, manage the delivery of complex IT projects aligned with the Services where required, create business cases, agree budgets and ultimately deliver solutions aligned with the IT service delivery strategy and business goals., • Drive services to meet the strategic goals (and KPIs) of the LV Technology department including reducing vulnerabilities, improving customer satisfaction scores, reducing business impacts of change and incidents, increasing the levels of automation., • Act as Product Owner for our ITSM platform and manage outsource partner team to deliver best-practice ITSM processes and continual improvement. Own and drive the roadmap and backlog, including CMDB and CSDM adoption, Service Catalog quality, workflow automation and use of capabilities such as NowAssist, ensuring outcomes are measurable and aligned to LV= priorities., • Change Management: manage offshore team to deliver the end-to-end change process, ensure robust governance, quality and compliance. Chair/drive the Change Advisory Board (CAB) cadence and decision-making, improve change success rates and reduce risk to live services., • Configuration Management: ensure an effective, third-party-delivered process for CMDB accuracy and actionable delivery., • Demonstrate a strong customer-first mindset with the ability to maintain effective customer and colleague interactions., • Experience working with ServiceNow (or an equivalent ITSM tool), ideally including platform/product ownership, roadmap/backlog management and driving adoption of best practice., • Strong knowledge of ITIL Change Management and practical experience operating a CAB (including agenda management, risk/impact assessment, decision-making and stakeholder communication)., • Ability to translate technical reporting and discussion into customer outcomes and accurately identify areas of risk., • Solutions‑focused, confident and approachable, with strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills., • Highly organised and self‑motivated, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks independently with minimal supervision., • Strong communicator across verbal, written, presentation and facilitation settings; confident interacting at all levels., • Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically, with a clear focus on operational efficiency and service improvement., • Collaborative and inclusive team player, effective in diverse environments and skilled at resolving service‑level issues. At LV= Savings and Retirement, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes: -30 days' holiday, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days -Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements) -An annual bonus scheme based on personal performance -Single-cover private medical insurance (with the option for you to upgrade to family cover) -Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance -Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family -A group life assurance policy with 4 x your basic pay to go to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase to 8 x cover) -Group Income Protection (if you become a member of the Pension scheme and reach 5 years of service) -Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for support when you need it -A virtual GP service -Shared parental leave -Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family. Please note all salary sacrifice benefits are subject to National Minimum Wage requirements i.e. you are unable to select any benefits that would reduce your base pay below the minimum wage threshold. Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship for your application to be considered. We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Go on, bring your true self to LV=.

Functional Assessor Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity. £41,612 + Benefits Embrace a new work-life balance with a role that lets you work half your time in clinic and half at home. Say goodbye to shift work and late nights. Youll enjoy Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm hours, giving you back your evenings and weekends. This is also a chance to change career paths while still using your clinical knowledge. Plus, youll get DWP-approved training and ongoing support to help you settle in and succeed. Other benefits include having your professional membership fees covered, annual salary reviews, and flexible or part-time working options if you need them. With 25 days leave plus bank holidays, structured hours and the option to work from home, youll get more control over your time. And youll be working for a company thats been delivering government assessment services for over a decade, with a clear path for your own professional development. What youll do Youll hold consultations (by phone, video or in person) with people applying for Work Capability Assessment (WCA) benefits. Youll assess a wide range of conditions and impairments, using your clinical expertise to make fair, accurate decisions. Your verbal communication skills will be just as important as your ability to write high-quality reports using a specialised IT system. Youll also work with your manager to keep developing your skills and career as a Functional Assessor. What youll need At least 12 months experience as a registered Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD), Paramedic, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist Full registration with one of these bodies: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC) About the company Theyre a healthcare organisation through and through, with clinicians in the highest management positions and shaping the groups ethos. xrnqpay With over 10 years delivering government assessment services and a strong focus on training and development, theyre one of the best places to work as an assessor in the UK. Please click the Apply button.

Connect2SocialWork are urgently looking for experienced Social Workers and Senior Practitioners to join a Children Social Work Team in Thanet The benefits of this Social Worker role: Hybrid working Great teams to work in Laptop and training provided Low case loadRole Responsibilities: Manage a diverse caseload of children, young people and their families, undertaking assessments to determine the needs and capabilities of clients and carers, and drawing up plans of support under the supervision and guidance of a designated supervisor, using agreed eligibility criteria and in accordance with statutory requirements, Directorate and Corporate Policy and National Legislation. Cost any support package and assist the client to access the most appropriate and comprehensive support available through community resources, direct payments or commissioned services. This should be achieved where appropriate within a multi-agency environment and in accordance with service users' wishes, directorate budget limits and the requirements of the strategic framework and/or lead commissioning framework relating to the procurement of services. Provide and ensure the availability of adequate advocacy arrangements to assist service users towards self-determination of their personal assistance arrangements. Identify and where appropriate manage any safeguarding and quality of care issues in line with directorate policy and practice requirements, taking forward appropriate actions and communication with supervisor / line manager/ other directorate officers and develop investigating officer skills. Ensure that service users are empowered throughout the assessment, are at the centre of the decision making process and have control over their lives. Develop good working relationships with Education and Health staff to contribute to Education, Health and Care plans and other individual plans to ensure that positive outcomes for children and young people are achieved. In order to develop a holistic response, where appropriate, initiate and develop close working partnerships with other agencies: District Councils, voluntary agencies, the commercial and private sectors. Research and maintain a knowledge base of what resources are available in the local community in order to inform decision making on service users' care packages. Communicate effectively with clients and families on a range of issues. Be able to manage difficult situations and problems, promote independence including information, benefit maximisation, support services and equipment in order to inform the range of choices available when a person comes to develop their package of support and manage risk. Take into account issues of mental capacity and duty of care as agreed with a supervisor. Maintain a personal awareness of legislation relevant to children and adults, departmental and corporate policies and procedures, particularly those relating to the Children Act 1989, Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and any other relevant legislation and case law in order to apply a strong evidence base to ensure consistency and a high quality of service delivery. Maintain and keep accurate electronic records using the Social Care electronic system. Write and verbally present reports for formal meetings including reviews, case conferences and court proceedings.Requirements as a Social Worker include: SWE Registration Eligible to work in the UK Drive and have access to a car Post-qualified experience Degree level or equivalent in Social WorkBenefits of working for Connect2SocialWork: Free DBS and compliance service Access to a wide range of roles nationwide, as well as exclusive roles to C2SW Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge Work for an agency owned by Kent County Council Prompt and reliable payroll system "Refer a Friend" bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* "Warm Welcome" bonus - get £250 when you secure a role through our agency*If interested in this role or any other, please contact Jack Best on (phone number removed) or email a CV to (url removed) All posts are subject to satisfactory DBS check and references. *Terms and conditions apply. Connect2Socialwork is a trading style of Commercial Services Trading LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Socialwork is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

Assistant Grower Soft Fruit Kent Looking to build your career in commercial horticulture? Ready to play your part in feeding the nation? Passionate about soft fruit and eager to learn from experienced growers? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading, forward-thinking soft fruit business and develop your growing skills in a hands-on, structured role. Whether you're fresh out of a horticulture course or looking to build on early experience, this role offers genuine training and a clear pathway into commercial growing. What's in it for You? Great training and mentoring from an experienced growing team. The chance to work with innovative systems and production methods. A clear development path within a successful and expanding business. Permanent, full-time role with a competitive salary and benefitsThe Job You'll support the Grower Manager in all aspects of day-to-day growing on a large-scale soft fruit site. You'll gain hands-on experience in crop walking, irrigation, pest and disease monitoring, and biological control. You'll use Priva systems to monitor climate, water use, EC, and pH, learning how to adjust for optimal plant health. You'll assist with tunnel preparation and planting, including spacing, planting depth, and early-stage crop protection. You'll help maintain accurate growing records, spray logs, and traceability paperwork for audit compliance. Over time, you'll take on more responsibility in planning, quality assessment, and decision-making.What You'll Need A background or qualification in horticulture Ideally some experience in soft fruit or protected cropping - or at least a genuine interest A good understanding of plant biology, irrigation, pests, and disease A positive attitude, willingness to learn, and strong attention to detail.What's Next? If you're ready to grow your horticultural career with a business that will invest in, you - apply today. Apply below or contact me, Kieran, on (phone number removed) or (url removed) for a confidential chat