About the role
The Adolescent Team is recruiting for a Children's Practitioner. It is an exciting time to be joining a social care team in Cambridgeshire and you will be well supported by your colleagues and managers.
The purpose of the role of a Children’s Practitioner is to intervene with families open to the adolescent service, which will include evaluating, supporting, planning and coordinating services to vulnerable children and their families in accordance with national Social Work and Health Care legislation, regulations, guidance and local policies and procedures. We would expect the ideal candidate to have experience of working with vulnerable children and families, have knowledge of Social Work legislation and national policies that concern vulnerable children.
You don’t have to be social work qualified but you need to be dedicated and passionate about supporting young people and their families as you will be undertaking direct work with them under the guidance of social work practitioners. In addition, you will be expected to work closely with partner agencies developing a specialist service that is flexible and responsive to the needs of the families in the community.
We offer:
A competitive salary
Excellent index-linked, defined benefit pension scheme including life assurance benefits
Outstanding occupational sick; maternity/paternity and shared parental leave schemes
Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with length of service and ability to buy more
Training and development
The team base will be based in Cambridgeshire but the ability to travel will also be essential.
To apply for this role, please e-mail an expression of interest to Jo Foster – jo.foster@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- 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
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 believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
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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