Partnership to improve disabled job seekers access to work opportunities
Jobsgopublic.com, the UK’s leading public and not for profit jobs website has partnered with leading disability organisation DisabledGo to provide an exciting new partnership to connect inclusive employers with disabled job seekers.
The newly re-launched jobsite www.disabledgo.com/jobs is already well supported in the Higher Education and Further Education sectors, will be further boosted by the inclusion of public and not for profit partners who choose to be included in the scheme. This will also allow Jobsgopublic clients to have access to a more diverse job seeker talent pool through Disabled Go’s existing ‘reach’.
David Marshall, Chief Executive, Jobsgopublic said, “This important partnership will ensure that we continue to offer public sector employers the means to promote their job vacancies to a hugely diverse audience. Our sophisticated back office platform allows advertisers to easily post their job opportunities and gain important statistics that demonstrate our exceptional value for money services.”
Speaking about the new venture, DisabledGo’s Chief Executive, Dr Gregory Burke said, ‘DisabledGo’s partnership with Jobsgopublic is a significant step-change for our jobs service. It brings together two sides of the same conversation: genuinely inclusive employers and disabled people looking for work.’
Through the service Employers will be able to cost-effectively:
- Satisfy elements of discrimination and employment law regarding proactive recruitment and retention of disabled people.
- Target a pool of talent that has been historically overlooked
- Access over 30,000 disabled people every month who are looking to get out and about and actively engage with their community
- Advertise and promote opportunities on the most popular and credible disability information service in the UK
- Help public sector organisations comply with parts of the Disability Equality Duty by promoting disability in a positive way.
- Enhance their credibility among disabled people and foster a better public image.
Jobs seekers will also have access to a huge range of job seeker benefits through the new platform including the ability to apply for vacancies online and set up email alerts for vacancies that fit the search criteria they set.
In line with Jobsgopublic policy, all the vacancies advertised on the site will be from genuine bone fide employers, so that job seekers are not frustrated and advertisers can promote their vacancies on a ‘level playing field’, this also further reduces any point of discrimination from outside agencies.
Employers advertising on DisabledGo will be able to track applications and receive a full statistical breakdown on their individual vacancies advertised on this, and on the wider Jobsgopublic network of websites. This improved service is designed to reflect the way employers recruit, saving time and money whilst attracting candidates with the necessary skills and experience.
Anna Borthwick, DisabledGo’s Head of Marketing and Business Development commented, ‘As every organisation is different the service can be tailored to the recruiter, from advertising a single vacancy to a yearly licence, which enables employers to post as many vacancies as they like throughout the year.’
For more information on advertising on DisabledGo, Jobsgopublic and the wider network of websites please contact our dedicated sales team on 020 7923 5610 or email disabledgo@jobsgopublic.com for more information.
Focus on….Camden
The London Borough of Camden stretches from Hampstead Heath to the North, Kentish Town to the East, West Hampstead to the West and part of Covent Garden to the South. In the first in the series of our all-new ‘Focus-on’ section of the weekly blog, we take a look at the Camden area and find out what it’s like to work in the region.
We asked Shabnum Din, who works in the Camden Parking Services team what she thinks of working in Camden. She said: “Camden is a real people-orientated culture. People are at the heart of everything we do. We focus entirely on our customers, whether they are members of the public, colleagues or business owners. There is a good sociable atmosphere and lots of things to do. “She added: “It’s certainly a lot more innovative and forward thinking than any other borough. I’d recommend that anyone thinking of working in Camden should visit our website or visit Jobsgopublic.com and apply for some of our vacancies. We are always looking at ways to improve how we work so we value any feedback people give us.”
For those Youtube lovers out there, you may enjoy watching a selection of videos made by the London Borough of Camden which discuss what it’s like to work for the council as well as focusing in on specific areas within the borough such as Hampstead, Kilburn and Bloomsbury. So grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy. And afterwards, why not check out some of our jobs in the Camden area?
Why should you work for Camden? Why does it rock? What is the work ethic like?
What’s so great about Bloomsbury? Why do people love it so much?
What is so special about the vibrant town of Camden?
What is there to do in Finchley Road? What are shops and leisure facilities like?
Why is Hampstead so civilised?
What’s different about West Hampstead?
What does Kentish Town have to offer? What are the pubs like?
Just how diverse is Kilburn? What is the atmosphere like?
The public sector – still open for business.
In some ways the public sector jobs market looks grim. According to a Labour Market Outlook survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) and management consultancy firm KPMG, one third of public sector employers have said they are making redundancies within the next three months.
Compared with the private sector which is expecting a steady increase in recruitment campaigns, the public sector recruitment cuts is set to affect nearly eight per cent of the workforce.
But let’s get things in perspective: the public sector is still very much open for business – what affects one side of the workforce will affect the other. The private sector is dependant on the public sector and vice versa. There is still a demand for social workers and social carers. We still need teachers and paramedics. Police officers, library staff and charity fundraisers are still very much required. So whilst there will inevitably be a reduction in public sector recruitment, it will not halt all together. Don’t let the bad news put you off from your public sector job search. You may need to widen your career horizons a bit and become a little more flexible in the types of jobs you are wanting and in the areas you are looking, but take heart: Jobsgopublic is as busy as ever, (and August is meant to be our ‘quiet period’!) and the busier we are the better – it means we have hundreds more jobs to upload for you. Here is a small selection of the types of jobs we have out there….
Pre entry level
Servery Assistant at the Bourne School
Location: Farnham, Surrey.
Experience: None required.
Salary: £13,251
The role: Assist with serving up to 200 meals a day.
Closing Date: 5th September 2010.
Graduate
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Experience: RICS accredited degree in Estate Management.
Salary: £22,000
The role: To assist with the valuing and management of the council’s commercial properties.
Closing Date: 27th August 2010.
Junior
Location: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Experience: Previous experience in a HR environment with knowledge of payroll. NVQ Level 3/equivalent HR qualification is highly desirable.
Salary: £16,900-£18,090.
The role: Provide HR support within the department.
Closing Date: August 20th 2010.
Senior
Senior Residential Care Worker
Location: Nottinghamshire County Council
Experience: Applicants must be over 22 with experience of working with children and adults with disabilities. Knowledge of social work techniques with good communication and leadership skills.
Salary: £21,244-£23,405
The role: To supervise and work in a team of professional staff who are caring for children and young people.
Closing Date: August 19th 2010
Managerial
Location: Coronation Avenue Children’s Home, Derby
Experience: Qualified manager with a thorough understanding of how to care for and look after young people. Excellent leadership skills and experience of supervising staff.
Salary: £30,851-£33,661
The role: Supervise and lead a team of residential staff in a six-bedded children’s home.
Closing Date: Monday 16th August
Director
Location: South Norfolk Council
Experience: Appropriate qualifications (DMS, MBA etc), track record of commitment to continuing professional development.
Salary: £70,000
The role: To maintain service standards and stability in the day-to-day service delivery, in setting and maintaining service levels across South Norfolk Council and contributing to the vision and direction to transform services.
Closing Date: August 20th 2010.
A letter from the Prime Minister
In an attempt to soften the blow as the cuts axe falls over the public sector, Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Nick Clegg have written a joint letter to cabinet ministers in an attempt to raise morale within Government departments.
The letter, which reminds ministers of the need for ‘deficit reduction’ comes amidst tense discussions around the Spending Review.
It mentions reversing ‘decades of over-centralisation’ and giving control back to ‘individuals, families and communities’. Crucially, the letter warns that tough decisions would need to be made as part of the Spending Review but these would be necessary ‘to equip Britain for long-term success’.
The letter finishes: “This is the purpose of our government in one sentence: putting power in the hands of communities and individuals and equipping Britain for long-term success. Over the course of the Spending Review we need you to ensure that this purpose is felt across your departments. Whatever the options on the table, whatever the decision to be made, the same questions must be asked: will it put more power in people’s hands?”
Government departments will no doubt be bracing themselves for these ‘necessary’ cuts, even if it is under the guise of ‘reform’. Going hand in hand with these cuts is the announcement that nearly three hundred advertising and marketing jobs at the Central Office of Information (COI) are to be slashed as part of the Government’s efficiency drive. Expect more such announcements as the Spending Review gets under way.
Alternatively, ignore all this doom and gloom and get straight down the job hunting business.
‘Ello, ‘ello, ‘ello…what’s going on ‘ere then?
Ever thought about joining the police? Considering volunteering in your community? Now you can do both. In one of the first initiatives to spring from Cameron’s Big Society idea, civilian policing is about to get, well, big. Or so they hope. Some call it DIY policing, some call it a money-saving con. Some even call it the worst thing since unsliced bread. But whatever your views, it’s set to get debating tongues wagging from both sides of the fence.
Police volunteers isn’t by any means a new fad. It’s been possible to volunteer with the police for years. But this new shake up, which will involve creating a bank of police volunteers – or reserves – who will work alongside police officers as community crime fighters, is set to encourage even more people to volunteer for their local police force.
The government has yet to announce the exact role a police reserve will have, but some ministers have hinted that some members of the public could help with ‘joint patrols with the police, looking out for their neighbours’.
In addition to the hyped-up police volunteering initiative the big shake up will also see:
- Directly elected police commissioners who will oversee chief constables.
- Commissioners for every police force across England (apart from London) will be elected in May 2012 for a term of four years with a two-term maximum. London’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner is already appointed by the Home Secretary and the Mayor.
- Police Authorities will be scrapped. Instead, the Police and Crime Panel will oversee each force’s commissioner.
- National Crime Agency (NCA) will be created in 2013 and will include Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
- The NCA will consist of two components: One – tackling organised crime and the other on border policing.
Although the new proposals are part of the Government’s plans to cut ‘red tape’ bureaucracy within the sector, Shadow Home Secretary Alan Johnson believes that the plans would actually ‘make the job harder’ for the police.
In other news…
The Government is to cut a number of quangos – and therefore jobs – as part of their cost-cutting drive. Soon-to-be-axed quangos, or Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), as they are sometimes known include:
- Health Protection Agency
- UK Film Council
- National Patient Safety Agency
- Alcohol Education and Research Council.
Fed up with all this doom and gloom? I am. So why not put something back into your community whilst job hunting and get volunteering? You never know, a permanent paid position could just come out of it.
