Adult Social Worker – South Transfer of Care Team

What will you be doing?

You will undertake Care Act Assessments for adults to facilitate from hospital or rehabilitation services to identify care and support needs, plan and arrange timely care provisions, to enable a safe discharge. You will also undertake safeguarding enquiries as part of your Social Worker role. The South Transfer of Care team also complete six-week reviews post-discharge, to review the effectiveness of support and adjust care provisions as required. You will work within a multidisciplinary team alongside therapists, nursing staff and providers to deliver person-centred care, communicating effectively with service users, families and professionals and documenting decisions and outcomes clearly.

The Transfer of Care Teams operate within set office hours Monday to Friday and we will consider flexible working arrangements. 

Our team provides strong peer and managerial support, regular supervision, and opportunities for professional development. Interviews are usually held face to face and may include an assessment but we’ll give you all of the relevant information ahead of time.

About you

We are looking for confident and dynamic Social Workers who enjoy making a difference in their local community. 

You must be a qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration and be able to travel independently across the county and work from multiple locations. 

You should be comfortable managing a busy caseload while prioritising safety and positive outcomes.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

For the full list of role requirements and competencies, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification and follow the application instructions in the advert.

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
• 6 days of protected time each year to support in maintaining your Continuous Professional Development
• A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills
• A Refer a Friend Scheme where if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, we’ll pay you an introduction fee of £350
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth

For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure 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.

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 Leader. 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. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process 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