Senior Social Worker – Prevention and Early Intervention Assessment Team,

Overview

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• 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 pay progression scheme to enable our Social Workers to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
• A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
• 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, full time, permanent opportunity has arisen within the fast paced, Countywide Assessment Team for a qualified Senior Social Worker.

The Assessment Team complete Care Act Assessments and Care and Support Plans for anyone over the age of 18, who is seeking support or social care following a period of Reablement. They also support unpaid carers through assessment and support planning.

There are multiple office locations around Cambridgeshire to choose from for this role including Signet Court (Cambridge), Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon), Princess of Wales Hospital (Ely) and Hereward Hall (March).  This can be discussed at interview.  The role is hybrid with 2-3 days a week in the office and the others working from home or on visits.

As part of the wider Prevention and Early Intervention Team, we work closely to assist colleagues within the service to deliver the best outcomes for our service users. Our Social Workers mentor Reablement leads and are crucial to the duty function within the team.

The team is made up of Social Workers and Adult Support Coordinators from a variety of backgrounds. The team offer support to individuals and also to families and carers. The team work closely to support and share information on prevention services across the county.

As a council, Cambridgeshire will support individuals to look at their individual learning outcomes and offer a wide range of training and apprenticeships.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nathalie Watkins on 01223 699263 or email welovesocialworkers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk 

This is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications daily so please don’t wait for a closing date to apply, we want to speak to you now!

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 must be a Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England Registration with post qualifying experience within Social Care.

You will need a good working knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005. Experience of multi-disciplinary working to enable best outcomes for individuals is key.

It is imperative that you have strong communication skills, a confident telephone manner and can work on your own initiative.

Good planning and organisation skills will be key, and you should be used to working under pressure to meet deadlines, allowing flexibility and resilience.

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