Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
As a SAFE worker you will be part of the Missing and Exploitation Team (M&ET). Our M&ET is part of an integrated service which means we are closely aligned with the Adolescent Team and Youth Justice Teams. As a result of these close links, you will be working alongside social workers, youth justice officers, police, psychologists, education officers, substance misuse workers and health workers.
In Cambridgeshire we strive to ensure that children are at the heart of everything we do and to provide practitioners with the tools and resources they need to do their best practice.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Rachel Speechley, Missing and Exploitation Team Manager on 01223 507235.
About you
You will have 3 A Levels/NVQ Level 3 and GCSE level C in Maths and English or equivalent.
You will also be someone who has in depth knowledge of child protection and safeguarding processes and services, an awareness of issues relating to communities from different racial and cultural backgrounds and equal opportunities and up to date working knowledge of relevant legislation relating to young people.
You will also be someone who has the ability to adapt to change on a daily basis, and/or longer term as services develop and change, to communicate effectively at all levels, through different mediums as required and work closely within a team as well as being able to work independently.
You will have experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour, working in a statutory or voluntary agency, Social Care, Youth Work with Adolescents or Youth Offending.
You will also be someone who can demonstrate experience of case work, supervision, risk management and inter-agency working and who is able to work in a way that promotes the safety and well-being of children.
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Please use the supporting statement on your application to outline how your skills and experience match the Essential Criteria outlined in the Job Description/Person Specification attached to this advert. |
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
