About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Adult Support Co-ordinator in the Young Adults Team, on a full-time basis, 37 hours a week.
The Young Adults Team is a countywide team based at Scott House in Huntingdon. The Young Adults Team support adults aged 18 25 with a diagnosed learning disability and who have an EHC Plan. We are looking for a dynamic, committed and passionate individual who is dedicated to improving the lives of young people, working alongside other professional colleagues to promote the principles of personalisation, encouraging independence, choice and opportunities for young people.
There is a part of the role which involves working alongside Children’s services with young people under 18 years, to prepare them and their families for adulthood. You will have the ability to support service users through change, encouraging progression, and acknowledging individual, family and community strengths through a transforming lives approach.
Occasionally there may be some out of county travel required. You will need to work at the office for a minimum of 2 days per week and work from home on other days.
We are a fun, friendly and supportive team who work together to improve the lives of the young people we support.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Team Manager Clare Stocks at clare.stocks@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will include an in-tray exercise.
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.
What will you be doing?
You will be one of 4 Adult Support Coordinators, working along side Social Workers, Senior Social Workers and closely with Learning Disability Partnership health colleagues.
You will hold a caseload of young people aged between 16 and 25, and will need to complete adult social care functions such as assessments, support plans, reviews and Mental Capacity Assessments. You will also need to cover the team’s duty function a couple of times per month on a rota basis. You will work closely with education, health, social care providers, children's and adults' social care teams.
Adult Support Coordinators also complete statutory visits to some of our young people who are defined as a ‘care leaver’. You will have access to team huddles to discuss your cases and seek support from colleagues twice a week.
There are opportunities to represent the team by attending engagement events in the community, speaking with young people and their families/carers. You will receive monthly 1:1 support from your line manager and will have access to a Duty Senior Social Worker for support and advice at all other times.
About you
Knowledge and experience of working with people with a learning disability is desirable but not essential. Working knowledge and experience of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and CCC Adult Social Care policies and procedures will also be an advantage.
You need good written and verbal skills, the ability to work at a timely pace, good organisational skills that will enable you to manage a caseload, and the ability to provide a high-quality service to our young people and families.
You will take a creative, strengths-based approach and be solution focused, while keeping the young adult at the centre of the process.
You will need to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team at times and be able to organise and chair meetings.
You must have the ability to travel to places that public transport does not support both within, and occasionally outside of, Cambridgeshire.
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 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.
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