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Currently working in the Adult Social Care Commissioning Team focusing on Older People. I support senior colleagues to plan and implement projects and programs of work that support our strategic outcomes across all stages of the commissioning cycle. I have covered several areas of work in this portfolio.My responsibilities in Extra Care include:• Rewriting the Extra Care Specification• Creating KPIs and MI information for providers of the schemes • Gathering data for demand… Show more Currently working in the Adult Social Care Commissioning Team focusing on Older People. I support senior colleagues to plan and implement projects and programs of work that support our strategic outcomes across all stages of the commissioning cycle. I have covered several areas of work in this portfolio.My responsibilities in Extra Care include:• Rewriting the Extra Care Specification• Creating KPIs and MI information for providers of the schemes • Gathering data for demand modelling• Engagement with residents in Extra Care schemes and producing reports on findings• Working with partners to update the nominations and referral process into the schemes • Researching various areas and producing reports and recommendations• Updating relevant documents • Providing administrative resource where needed• Benchmarking activities such as contacting other local authorities Equipment Service responsibilities:• Work shadowing providers and the different areas of the service to understand how the service operates • Working with partners to produce a new Equipment Service Specification• Providing secretariat resource to the two main equipment service boards • Benchmarking activities such as contacting other equipment services • Producing reports and recommendations from benchmarking and researching • To provide administrative resource where neededIntermediate Care Service responsibilities:• Research and Benchmarking data from intermediate care services in other areas • Producing reports and recommendations • Working with internal and external partners to improve intermediate care services in Essex Show less

Working in the Growth and Infrastructure team in the Place Commissioning portfolio. Supporting commissioners as well as internal and external partners to ensure senior colleagues are able to make informed decisions.Projects:• Refreshing the Essex Design Guide• Creating the Essex Growth and Infrastructure Framework• Building the Essex Growth ModelSecretariat for four Boards:• Essex Planning Officers Association • Integrated Growth Forum• Essex Business… Show more Working in the Growth and Infrastructure team in the Place Commissioning portfolio. Supporting commissioners as well as internal and external partners to ensure senior colleagues are able to make informed decisions.Projects:• Refreshing the Essex Design Guide• Creating the Essex Growth and Infrastructure Framework• Building the Essex Growth ModelSecretariat for four Boards:• Essex Planning Officers Association • Integrated Growth Forum• Essex Business Board• Civilian Military Partnership Board Show less

- Researching for assignments.- Presenting in front of around 20 people.- Using archives and online search tools to help with a 10,000 word dissertation.- Working in a group as well as individually - Respecting and listening to other people

- Serving the public, dealing with all kinds of people.- Working in a team of 10 people.- Merchandising products on the shop floor.- Dealing with money and making sure the tills add up to what they should be.- Sell all kinds of products to the public

- Researching people's experience of moving to Hatfield in the 1950's.- Looking through photographs and choosing suitable photos to coincide with people's experiences.- Researching previous Oral History projects and choosing the most suitable content to add to the project.

- Working on the New Towns project.- Going through negative photographs from the 1950's.- Getting quotations to put under the photographs, then used for an online exhibition.- Using Oral history projects to collect information that was put into a spreadsheet.