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Ria Sharma
Recruitment Consultant
I joined CRA Group in 2023 as a Resourcer and have since been promoted to Consultant, I am responsible for the company's recruitment efforts. As CRA Group continues to experience rapid growth, I am excited to play a key role in ensuring our recruitment strategy aligns with the evolving needs of the business. Alongside my team, I am committed to supporting the company's impressive growth journey and contributing to its continued success.
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Senior SEND Assessment & Review Officer
2-3 months contract with a local authority Job Purpose To oversee and work with parents, carers, children and young people to ensure that the needs assessment process is undertaken in a manner that is clear, accessible and collaborative. Key Duties/Accountabilities To deputise for the Team Leader Assessment and Review – Tribunal/Compliance in their absence/at their request. To have strategic and operational responsibility for managing the Tribunal/Compliance team within the legal and statutory frameworks. To represent the Local Authority at Tribunal Hearings. To work directly with senior staff at a designated number of providers, ensuring that the LA meets all legal requirements in regard to the Children and Families Act 2014. To manage and co-ordinate the needs assessment and review process in compliance with the requirements of the Children and Families Act 2014, the SEN Code of Practice 2015 Essential Experience Required Experience of working in a Local Authority is essential. Experience of the SEN assessment and review processes is essential. Essential Qualification Required General education qualification is essential. Additional information to note Working hours: 35 hours per week. The role requires enhanced DBS. The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
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Principal Enforcement Officer
3-4 months contract with a local authority Job Purpose Inspect houses in accordance with HHSRS, serving enforcement notices and in taking high level enforcement action such as prosecutions and CPNs. Key Duties/Accountabilities Carry out inspections under HHSRS Write schedules of work and serving notices under Housing Act 2004 Prepare prosecution bundles and appearing as a witness in court and/or at FTT Serve CPNs Essential Experience Required Extensive experience in carrying out inspections under HHSRS essential. Experience in writing schedules of work and serving notices under Housing Act 2004 is essential. Experience in preparing prosecution bundles and appearing as a witness in court and/or at FTT is essential. Experience in serving CPNs is essential. Extensive experience in inspecting houses in accordance with HHSRS, serving enforcement notices and in taking high level enforcement action such as prosecutions and CPNs is essential. Essential Qualification Required General education qualification is essential. Additional information to note Working hours: 36 hours per week. The role is hybrid with 3 days in the office. The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
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Programme Manager
2-3 months contract with a local authority Job Purpose Working out of the Environment, Sustainability and Leisure’s (ES&L’s) Programme Management Office (PMO), the Programme Manager will be responsible for leading the delivery of the Streets for People programme. Our Streets for People strategy sets out a bold vision and a firm commitment to improve our residents’ quality of life and take action on climate change, by changing how we all travel and use streets across Southwark. The Streets for People strategy was approved July 2023 and a delivery plan was approved in January 2025 which sets you how aim to deliver on our objectives. One of the key components of this plan are nine new Street space schemes, which will transform communities across Southwark. These schemes will discourage through-traffic from using residential streets and put in improvements such as wider pavements to improve accessibility for all ages and abilities; bike lanes separating cyclists from walkers, and more green space for communities to enjoy. Please visit the following link for an overview of the Streets for People programme. Key Duties/Accountabilities Lead the development and delivery of a transformation programme that coordinates projects, and their interdependencies, in a way that ensures benefits realisation is maximised Provide effective line management and matrix management of project staff deployed to support programme delivery (contract staff or those from other service areas). Ensure allocation of common resources and skills within the programme's individual projects Produce, gain approval of, refine and update business cases that justify the initiation and/or continuation of the programme (and/or the projects within them) in terms of the benefits, costs and risks Essential Experience Required Experience of establishing and leading local government transformation and change programmes and delivering benefits (outcomes and financial) or equivalent programmes in a public sector setting is essential. Experience of assessing and managing risk and vulnerability in the context of delivering tenancy management services is essential. Experience of working, through the full programme and project life cycle, from inception to completion, including management of relevant programme and project documentation e.g. PID, RAID etc. is essential. Experience of turning strategic ideas and objectives into practical, well organised delivery plans with a focus on results is essential. Experience of developing Target Operating Models to enable the application of a strategy or vision to a business unit, service or department Experience of leading, managing and motivating a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners to achieve programme and project objectives is essential. Essential Qualification Required Ongoing certification to, for example, PRINCE2 and APM, and good knowledge of a variety of programme and project management methods including MSP and PRINCE2 is essential. Educated to degree level or be able to demonstrate or have substantial programme and change management work experience is essential. Additional information to note Working hours: 36 hours per week. Location: London Bridge Station Working Patterns: Hybrid - There is a requirement to be in the office on Monday's and Tuesdays. Interview dates: Interview dates will be held on: 4th June and 5th June The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
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Homelessness Prevention & Assessment Officer
9-10 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: To provide a comprehensive high quality homeless prevention, support and advice service to all households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. To provide an assessment service to customers presenting to the Council to ascertain what duties are owed to them by the authority and what alternative housing options are available to them. To demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Homelessness legislation and case law coupled with hands-on experience of preventing homelessness and making statutory decisions. To develop specialist knowledge and skills in relation to customers required to enable the delivery of a flexible and responsive housing needs service that can effectively meet changing demands and customer pressures. To keep up to date, clear, accessible and accurate casework and data records and report on performance as required. Key Duties/Accountabilities To prevent and resolve homelessness within the borough through the provision of confidential and impartial advice and information to customers approaching the Housing Needs Service about their housing rights and obligations under legislation and Council policy either in Council offices or other locations as required. To actively and positively promote and deliver the Council’s homeless prevention agenda identifying appropriate housing options and utilizing the prevention tools available, such as DHP for customers that will resolve their accommodation problems and reduce the need for the provision of temporary accommodation within agreed timeframes. To provide advice to customers in respect of the Council’s obligations under PtVI and PtVII of the Housing Act 1996, the Homelessness Act 2002 and the Localism Act 2011. To fully investigate the circumstances of customers presenting to the Council as homeless and to determine in accordance with current legislation, case law and the Code of Guidance 2006 what duty the authority owes to them and to issue legally robust S184 decision letters accordingly. To maintain detailed, accurate case notes and reports, update computerised records, conduct correspondence and respond to enquiries as required to efficiently progress cases to resolution. Essential Experience Required: Experience with 3 year statutory homeless is essential. Experience of composing and issuing detailed and legally robust S184 decision letters in line with the duties owed to customers under the homelessness legislation is essential. Experience of homeless prevention initiatives and their application and effectiveness is essential. Experience working with legislation and duties owed to homeless persons by the Council under Part V1 and Part V11 of the Housing Act 1996, Homelessness Act 2002 & Localism Act 2011 is essential. Essential Qualification Required: A good standard of general education is essential. Additional information to note: Working hours: 35 hours per week. The role requires an enhanced DBS. The closing date for this position is 18th may 2025.
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Tenancy Management Officer
3 months contract with a local authority Job Purpose The Tenancy Management Team provides the 'end to end' tenancy management service from the point of a prospective tenant viewing a property and entering into a tenancy and encompasses all key tenancy events and the exercise of statutory rights during the life-time of the tenancy. Tenancy management delivers its core tenancy management functions via a collaborative network of multi-agency partnerships working to achieve positive outcomes and successful tenancies. Key Duties/Accountabilities The Tenancy Management Team 'own' the responsibility for a range of tenancy types and the early assessment and identification of risk to ensure residents are more equipped to live independently and enable the efficient use of the council's limited supply of social housing. The model of tenancy management contributes to the strategic object of preventing homelessness and sustaining all forms of occupation arrangement. This involves ‘doing the right thing at the right time’ to enable residents to be appropriately supported at the earliest opportunity. Tenancy Management Officers will have responsibility for the management of a 'patch' of tenancies across a range of tenancy types and will deliver the tenancy offer. Essential Experience Required Experience of delivering successful tenancy management services across a range of tenancy types within a social housing setting is essential. Experience of assessing and managing risk and vulnerability in the context of delivering tenancy management services is essential. Essential Qualification Required Hold an appropriate qualification in a relevant field: NVQ, Diploma, relevant degree or equivalent experience is essential. Additional information to note Working hours: 36 hours per week. The role requires a DBS. The role requires a driving license. The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
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Tribunals and Mediation Officer
6 months contract with a local authority Job Purpose To support the recording, monitoring and review of the processes and outcomes of complaints, as well as feedback from the complainants, reporting on this regularly to the Tribunals and Mediations Manager. Key Duties/Accountabilities To represent the Council at the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal and defend appropriateness of the proposed service provision for an individual child/young person. To provide key leadership in case management of SEN appeal related cases to ensure that the Council discharges its responsibilities effectively in relation to statutory appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST) To develop practice across the SEND team that limits the Council’s exposure to risk of appeals to Tribunals and litigation and judicial review/complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman, monitoring and evaluating practice and making recommendations for change To work directly with parents, schools, parental appointed legal representatives and other professional bodies within the statutory and legal framework related to mediation and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal process. To take the lead on complex casework, especially placements at risk of breaking down, providing effective mediation, drawing on strong negotiation and influencing skills across a range of complex SEN issues between parents, schools and multi-disciplinary practitioners Essential Experience Required Experience of managing/delivering a range of administrative functions and systems in a multi-disciplinary environment is essential. Experience of the 1996 Education Act, (ii) knowledge of the Children and Families Act 2014 and (iii) Knowledge of the law and procedure around Special Educational Needs and Tribunal proceedings is essential. Essential Qualification Required Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a related field is desirable. Additional information to note Working hours: 35 hours per week. The role requires a DBS. The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
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