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TWIGS Gardening Services Co-ordinator

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Horsehay Telford
Salary
18065
Closing date
16 Apr 2020
Reference
TWC000003849

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Social care
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details


My Options - Activity, Wellbeing & Care Services

Skills & Enterprise Hub

TWIGS Gardening Services Co-ordinator

£18,065- £18,426 per annum

Scale 3

37 hours per week

The Telford & Wrekin Integrated Gardening Service (TWIGS) is a service that provides personalised support to our customers, enabling them to achieve personal objectives to maximise independence, choice, wellbeing and community involvement through the provision of a valuable and valued gardening service to vulnerable households across the borough.

In this exciting and rewarding role, you will work with the Service Leader – Skills & Enterprise Hub to develop the TWIGS service, including the acquisition of new customers and working in partnership with external organisations.

You will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable adults, with experience of providing a gardening service including the safe use and maintenance of powered gardening equipment, and with the ability to undertake the associated heavy gardening work, often involving heavy machinery. You will also be required to drive the TWIGS van on a daily basis.

My Options - Activity Wellbeing and Care Services is part of Telford & Wrekin Council and provides a wide range of person-centred support to over 350 people to vulnerable people of all ages and abilities.

We currently provide a wide range of services including; Community Activity and Wellbeing, services, residential options, community support for those people living in their own or shared accommodation and Young People’s Services offering a range of support and activities to children and young people. Our services also include a very successful Shared Lives Scheme and The Skills and Enterprise Hub, where people can develop their skills and confidence as part of their stepping stone to work.

As part of the team you will receive excellent support and training and the opportunity to develop a personalised skills development plan. If you want to join us at this exciting time then we would like to hear from you.

To find out more about the My Options services please take a look at our website: www.myoptionstelford.co.uk

For further information on the role please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

Please note employees who are at risk will be considered first for this position.  Only if an appointment is not made will other candidates be considered.

We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.

Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.

 

 

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My Options TWIGS Co-ordinator Advert Aug 19.docx

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

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Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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