Nottinghamshire County Council

❤️ Schools in Nottinghamshire are working together as one Councillor Sam Smith, Cabinet Member for Education and SEND, and his deputy Councillor Nigel Moxon, visited Abbey Gates Primary School in Ravenshead to hear all about the Together As One Collaboration it has been working on. The collaboration includes five schools in Nottinghamshire working together to add value to each other’s settings. During the visit, the councillors met represenatives from the Pupil Parliament who shared their experiences of the project. School council representatives from all five schools will be visiting the House of Parliament soon as part of the initiative. To learn more about the collaboration https://lnkd.in/eKUaMZYZ #TogetherAsOneCollaboration #PrimarySchool #WorkingTogether #Nottinghamshire #Collaboration

🤩 Our youth service is young carer friendly! Thanks to our partnership with Nottinghamshire Carers Association and Young Carers Notts, we’re really proud to have been awarded the young carer friendly quality mark for our ongoing commitment to identifying and supporting young carers in Nottinghamshire. Colleagues in the service have been working towards achieving this with in depth training across the service and setting up young carer champions who take the lead in encouraging a focus on young people who have caring responsibilities. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e33JAZkm #Nottinghamshire #LocalAuthority #NottinghamshireCarersAssociation #YouthService #YoungCarers #Award

💻 Free domestic abuse and sexual violence training If you work in Nottinghamshire County or Nottingham City, Equation Charity offer free, expert training on how to respond to domestic abuse and sexual violence. Their online and face-to-face sessions can help you develop your professional skills, spot the signs, take the right action, and support those affected. Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQaWF3am #WhiteRibbonDay #16Days #EndViolence

💜 One of our fantastic Disabled Facility Grant caseworkers has been recognised for her hard work Sarah has been shortlisted in the caseworker of the year category at the National Healthy Housing Awards. The awards recognise the invaluable contributions of a caseworker who provides essential support and advocacy for children and families. Sarah has supported some very vulnerable children in many ways and is always being complimented by families for her support. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 18 December, good luck Sarah! Find out more about the integrated children’s disability service https://lnkd.in/epS9VMQp #NHHA24 #DisabledFacilityGrant #SEND #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #HardWork #Awards #ChildrenAndFamilies

🏆2024 Celebrating Success Awards🎉 Councillor Jonathan Wheeler, our Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, and his deputy, Councillor Tom Smith, joined Melanie Williams, our Executive Director for Adult Social Care and Health, in presenting awards which celebrated the achievements of staff across Adult Social Care and Health. The event, which took place at Newark Showground, is now in its fifth year and recognises the outstanding contribution our teams and individuals have made in supporting people, services and other colleagues in the last year. This year’s awards attracted a best-ever 77 nominations and the winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges. The categories up for nomination were: • Owning and Driving Performance • Strengths-Based Approach • Engagement • Empowered Learning • Nurturing Potential • Outcomes and Performance We’d like to congratulate all our winners and finalists on their success and thank them for their tireless work in helping others. See our gallery of all our fabulous winners from the event👇 #AdultSocialCare #LocalGovernment #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Nottinghamshire #Awards

We're keeping our fingers crossed that the Millside Spencer Academy project in East Leake picks up a national construction award tonight for our collaborative working with partners. 🤞 #ConstructingExcellenceNationalAwards #Nottinghamshire #Partnership

💬 It’s your last chance to have your say on how we set our budget. Make sure it meets your priorities by sharing your views in our budget consultation survey. Our budget impacts everything from adult social care, investment in schools and services to support children and families, to the county’s culture and leisure offer, infrastructure and support for businesses. Make your voice heard – survey closes Sunday (10 November 2024) ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eFw2Jstt

🦺 We were delighted to welcome Notts TV to Mansfield this week for a feature on our £20 million project to build a new 160-place school for pupils with special education needs and disabilities. The school, which is being built on the former Ravensdale School site, will be run by Diverse Academies and known as Horizons Academy when it welcomes students aged seven to 19 in early 2026. It is part of a wider programme being delivered by ourselves to create up to 490 additional SEND school places by 2026 to address the growing demand for more specialist school places across the county. The project is being designed, project and cost managed by the-arc-partnership-ltd, a joint venture between ourselves and public procurement specialists SCAPE. Construction work is being carried out by Morgan Sindall. #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Education #Construction #SEND

🙂 We are investing £50million into the creation of 490 extra SEND school places by 2026. Part of these plans include expanding St Giles School,Retford, where nearly £1m was invested into the reconfiguration of the school and the expansion of a second site dedicated to secondary school provision. The completed works have created 40 extra school places, giving young people access to a highly specialised curriculum and wonderful learning environment. Councillor Sam Smith, Cabinet Member for Education and SEND, visited the school recently and saw first hand the difference the investment has made for St Giles' pupils. Watch the video with Councillor Smith and headteacher Matt Rooney ⬇️ #SEND #School #Nottinghamshire #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Investment #StGilesSchool #Retford

🤝 We are delighted that our 'unique' joint venture with the Arc Partnership has been extended until 2031. Since it was formed in conjunction with SCAPE in 2016, the partnership has delivered more than 3,000 projects and investment worth £394m across Nottinghamshire. On behalf of the council and the communities and people it represents, Arc Partnership delivers multi-disciplinary property design, consultancy, master planning, regeneration, project and programme management, emergency, reactive, compliance asset management and planned services. The unique partnership was launched to drive greater efficiencies and lead on innovation in the design, management, and maintenance of property services in the public sector. Now eight years after the joint venture’s launch, the county council has approved a five-year extension to its an initial 10-year contract with Arc Partnership for it to continue delivering a wide range of services for the benefit of Nottinghamshire and its communities. The multi-million-pound projects it has delivered on behalf of the county council include new state-of-the-art schools, refurbishment of existing maintain schools, modernising its libraries and managing the development of the county council’s new low carbon, all-electric office Oak House headquarters, near Hucknall. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eixNa6bh #LocalGovernment #Partnership #NottinghamshireCountyCouncil #Procurement