About the role
Do you enjoy making a difference in your local community? Are you curious and spot things that others might not see? Do you enjoy building relationships? Do you like to explore possibilities?
If the answer is yes, then this opportunity is for you.
The Fenland Learning Disability Team have an exciting opportunity for an adult support coordinator post. The posts is for 37 hours per week and the office base is in Hereward Hall in March.
Adult support co-ordinators play a major part of the work we do in our team. You’ll be working with adults with a Learning Disability with care and support needs, along with their informal or formal carers.
If you would like to expand your knowledge and skills by gaining experience of working with adults with learning disabilities within the Learning Disability Partnership please contact Lucy Gooding, Team Manager on 01354 750084 or by email Lucy.Gooding@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to discuss further.
While we welcome applications from individuals with right to work in the UK requiring sponsorship, this cannot be guaranteed, as there are restrictions in place under UKVI guidance. Due to these restrictions, only those with specific exemptions meet the salary requirements for sponsorship. Please note, this role is eligible for sponsorship under a Skilled Visa, however it is not eligible for sponsorship under a Health & Care visa.
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.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.
What will you be doing?
You'll be working with individuals to complete adult social care assessments, care and support plans, mental capacity assessments and carrying out carers conversations as well as other team tasks and responsibilities.. You will work as part of an MDT with both health and social care colleagues.
About you
You won’t need to have a social work qualification but knowledge, experience and understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults will be essential to succeed in the role. Working knowledge and experience of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Cambridgeshire County Council's Adult Social Care policies and procedures will also be an advantage.
Good planning and organisation skills will be key. You will need to have good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with adults with a variety of needs and communication styles.
Inquisitive and creative practice is embraced, to allow for personalised solutions, taking into account wider community resources and organisations.
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.
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