Adult Social Worker - Transfer of Care South Team

What will you be doing?

You will undertake Care Act Assessments for adults to facilitate safe discharge from hospital and community rehabilitation services, identifying care and support needs and arranging appropriate services to promote independence and wellbeing. You will also undertake safeguarding enquiries and support individuals where there are concerns relating to risk, abuse or neglect. 

As part of the South Transfer of Care Team, you will complete six-week reviews following discharge, evaluating the effectiveness of support arrangements and making adjustments where required to ensure outcomes continue to be met.

Working within a multidisciplinary environment, you will collaborate closely with therapists, nursing staff, health colleagues, care providers and community services to deliver person-centred, strengths-based support. You will communicate effectively with individuals, their families and professionals, ensuring decisions, assessments and outcomes are clearly recorded.

This is a fast-paced and rewarding role where you will play a key part in supporting people to leave hospital safely, regain independence and achieve the best possible outcomes.

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

Our team provides strong peer and managerial support, regular supervision and excellent opportunities for professional development. Interviews are usually held face-to-face and may include an assessment, although full details will be provided in advance.

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.

About you

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

You will 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 will have experience of working with adults, an understanding of relevant legislation including the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, and be comfortable managing a busy caseload while maintaining a focus on safety, independence and positive outcomes.

You will be an effective communicator, able to build positive relationships with individuals, families, carers and partner agencies, and thrive in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment 

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
• 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 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