Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible and creative working arrangements
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- A pay progression scheme to enable our Social Workers to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Social Worker to join Cambridgeshire County Council’s Continuing Healthcare team, as a Senior Social Worker on a permanent, full-time basis.
The service provides advice to the Adult Social Care workforce relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and works in partnership with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB) to determine individuals’ eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare, through joint completion of the NHS Continuing Healthcare process. The team implement services under the Care Act 2014 if the ICB has decided an individual is not eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Interviews will be held on 30th April 2024
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Team Manager, Eva Samson on 01480 376 360 / 07393 142 471 or email: Eva.Samson@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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.
About you
You will be a qualified Social Worker with at least 2 years’ experience with a passion for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Social Justice.
Line management experience is desirable but if not, you will be able to demonstrate mentoring/guidance for colleagues and/or management support.
Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation such as Care Act 2014, Health and Social Care Act 2022, and the National Framework for NHS CHC and NHS FNC (2022) is key.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
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
