Social Workers

An exciting, full time, permanent opportunity has arisen within the fast paced, Countywide Assessment Team for a qualified 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.

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., Inquisitive and creative practice is embraced, to allow for personalised solutions, taking into account wider community resources and organisations. The work will be ensuring early and safe discharge from Preventative services, working closely with social care and health colleagues to ensure correct discharge plans are in place.

You must be a Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England Registration

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.

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.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

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.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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


• Scalable retention payments to loyal social workers in specific teams after the first full year of employment, starting at £900 which increases during the first three years of service


• 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.