Wokingham Borough Council

We have been delighted by the ongoing transformation of Bluebell House 🤩 The 50-bed care home in Wokingham was purchased in September 2023 with a view to providing high-quality nursing and dementia care ❤️ Improvements are being made all the time and we are so proud and thankful for the efforts of our partners at Optalis 🤝 Find out what staff and families think about the journey we have been on by watching this video 📽️ #care #nursing #dementia #carehome #wokingham

New Year, New Career? 🎉   Exciting career opportunities await here at Wokingham Borough Council! We have a variety of roles across a range of different fields for those seeking a fresh challenge, career growth, or simply looking to kickstart their professional journey. Click the links below to discover our current openings and apply today ⤵️ 👩💼 Programme Manager ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e2AdDgkd 💻 IT Procurement and Contracts Specialist ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEeQ_hpZ 🤝 PMO & Portfolio Manager ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eG9GGNYn 💼 Commissioning Manager ➡️ https://lnkd.in/et7RcdJ3 More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d3k2W68z If you’d like more information, or would like to discuss any of our opportunities, get in touch with a member of the Recruitment Team! 😊 Lee Partridge Mathilda Barker Charlotte Cousins Gemma Lenton #newyearnewcareer #careeropportunities #wokinghamcouncil #team

Great things going on at Social Work Wokingham 👇 https://lnkd.in/eFm4vrxD

📣 We're hiring! 📣 💷 Finance Business Partner ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eXPRpk7i 🧠 Educational Psychologist ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e2dCBCnG 🤝 Welfare Assessment Advisor ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEd3qfd8 💼 Prevention, Careers Advice and Tracking Officer ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ez-4qb3D More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/egzfpW6H Want to find out more about any of these opportunities? Reach out to Lee Partridge, Mathilda Barker or Charlotte Cousins 👋

We are #Hiringnow! If you’re an Educational Psychologist and you’re looking for a new opportunity, a new challenge or the chance to drive your career in a different direction, then take a look at our current vacancies by clicking the link below. https://lnkd.in/ePdESHGJ We have lots going on in our Education Psychology Team including expansion, key investment and the opportunity for colleagues to develop in a specialist area of choice. You’ll be joining an Award-Winning Council, ranked in the top 5 high performing Council’s in England and you’ll form part of an incredible team that provide a highly valued service and unmeasurable support across the borough. Lee Partridge Mathilda Barker Elaine Munro #educationalpsychology #careers #opportunity #teamwokingham

Our congratulations to Shinfield Studios, which continues to go from strength to strength after hosting the reboot of ITV's You Bet! And what a spectacle the first episode was, featuring everything from digger stunts and free climbing to cactus-licking and more. The studios are on Thames Valley Science Park, which was planned as an employment site as part of our long-term vision for the borough's growth. We gave full planning permission in September 2021 and construction finished in summer this year.

Promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in the housing sector 🤝 Congratulations to Jay Rumboldt on his appointment to the new EDI board of The Chartered Institute of Housing 🎉 Jay, from our Housing Services team, will join 10 other members to provide valuable insights and EDI-based recommendations to CIH’s governing board and executive team. This group will also: ✔️ Discuss the implications of CIH business on national EDI policy ✔️ Set the strategic direction for the organisation’s EDI action plan ✔️Provide input to the events programme Excited to see the positive impact Jay will make 💪

📣 We're hiring! 📣 💷 Financial Assessment and Payments Accuracy Officer ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eHdec6YG 🤝 SEND Casework Assistant ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ex4fBVgJ ❤️ Social Care Practitioner ➡️ https://lnkd.in/exkNiWKC 💼 Occupational Therapist ➡️ https://lnkd.in/emKEhBzR More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/egzfpW6H Want to find out more about any of these opportunities? Reach out to Lee Partridge, Mathilda Barker or Charlotte Cousins 👋

🙌 We'd like to extend a big warm welcome to Lidl GB after they opened another branch in our borough! ⭐ The new Shinfield outlet, envisioned as part of our Local Plan to guide our area's long-term development, joins the existing Wokingham town and Woodley branches. ✂️ Hundreds of people visited for yesterday's opening ceremony, led by Shinfield Infant and Nursery School pupils and popular community figure Jimmy Peter, of project builders Tinnelly Construction.

We’re hiring! Be part of our SEND Team at Wokingham Borough Council We have recently invested in our SEND Service to increase capacity, training and career development opportunities to promote closer partnership working with children, young people and their families. It has never been a better time to join us and to be part of future successful story of Wokingham Borough Council’s ambitious SEND services. ⭐ We offer an excellent range of benefits including flexible working options, a generous annual leave entitlement, a local government pension scheme, a range of local and lifestyle discounts, access to a free onsite gym (based at Shute End Office), salary sacrifice car and bike schemes, an employee assistance programme, including a 24/7 wellbeing support line, learning and development opportunities and so much more! We have a number of new and exciting roles available – click on the links below for more information or to apply: ➡️ SEND Tribunal Officer https://lnkd.in/eZS4dCfY ➡️ SEND Casework Assistant https://lnkd.in/e9T7CT2G 📧 Alternatively, contact a member of our team:  Lee Partridge Mathilda Barker