Published date: 11 September 2023

Last edited date: 11 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 September 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

B70 8SZ

Value of contract

£38,296 to £43,516

Procurement reference

IT-230-7311-KB100923

Published date

11 September 2023

Closing date

15 September 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

25 September 2023

Contract end date

22 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Job Title Advanced Practitioner
Rate of Pay: £19.85 per hour (Inside IR35)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid/Sandwell Council House, Oldbury, B69 3DE
Start Date: ASAP
Contract type: Agency, 12 weeks from start date

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description:

We are looking for 1 x temporary agency Social Care Lead Officer, for 3 months, 18.5 hours a week (Wed (PM), Thursday & Friday) to cover the Young adults Team (YAT) in the Adult Social Care while we recruit a permanent worker to fill that post.
Person should be a qualified Social Worker with Adults Social Work management experience, to bring your knowledge, skills, and attributes to lead a team of qualified and unqualified staff to make a difference to the lives of young people of Sandwell.
You will need to be motivated and flexible with high professional standards and sound knowledge and experience of current legislation and practice including the Care Act 2014, Safeguarding Continuing Health care, Community DOLS/LPS and Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Mental Health Act. Have knowledge of working with young people, transition from children to adult service/adulthood and be able to engage with partners such as Children's Services, Health services, housing etc. in the process
You will be expected to support your staff to work with vulnerable adults with mental health issues, learning disability, physical disability, and older people. You need to be able to work with a diverse group of individuals and partner agencies. You will work alongside a supportive and experienced team of managers with regular supervision and development opportunities.
Key features of this role:
*Managing the day to day operational business of the team *Ensuring the successful delivery of team and service objectives *Managing expectations in terms of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, statutory safeguarding duties and corporate policies *Driving the improvement and performance frameworks, with regular staff supervision. *Implement, monitor and review the use of Prevention and Re-ablement services and the use of community offers

CVs required urgently please. JD and PS attached.

Please can the agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy of Terms and Conditions. You will also need to include your agency on cost details to each submission. Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs.

An Enhanced Adults Barring DBS check is required for this role.

Please note this advert is also out with our Master Vendor

You will receive further information regarding invoice terms if your candidate is appointed to this role. Invoices must be sent electronically on a weekly basis to templink_1@sandwell.gov.uk along with your workers authorised timesheet supplied by your agency. Payments are then released 14 days from the date of the in...

More information

Links

Additional text

The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on 'Tenders' to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on 'View Details' in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of quotations is Friday 15th September 2023 17:00pm

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Karendeep Bassra

Address

1 Providence Place
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 8SZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 4766

Email

karendeep_bassra@sandwell.gov.uk