About the role
Are you enthusiastic about quality learning and development, that supports colleagues to develop and grow and are you an experienced Children’s and Families Social Worker with a passion for putting children at the heart of everything you do? If so, then, please read on:
Cambridgeshire County Council is currently creating a brand-new Children's social care development academy which will focus on supporting our Children’s social care workforce to be confident, competent, capable, and feel valued. Our academy will promote an everyday learning culture, that recognises all the different ways of learning and encourages active engagement. It will be a place where practitioners are supported to develop and enhance their critical reflection, practice their skills, and deepen their knowledge. It’s also a place where learning is used to inspire and develop colleagues and enable them to unlock their potential.
We are looking for an inspirational, supportive, and kind person, with the ambition and vision to create our children's social care academy. As the manager of our academy, you will take a lead role in driving a learning culture where colleagues are fully supported to thrive and flourish within Children’s Social Care.
We support flexible working requests from day one of employment and so we are open to discussing different working patterns to help you bring your best self to work.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Kerry Bishop, Kerrylouise.bishop@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 07425 615602
What will you be doing?
In this role you will lead a development academy that supports social care practitioners to shape, develop and embed their practice by providing the resources and opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities to build trusted relationships with the families they work with and achieve the change needed be an outstanding council.
You’ll be working very closely with colleagues across Children’s Services, where we have a new Executive Director (DCS), new Service Directors, a new Principal Social Worker, and we have separated from Peterborough Children’s Services. Big changes that give us an amazing opportunity to reshape what we do and how we do it, and to put Cambridgeshire back on the map. Why not be part of it?
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
- Be an experienced Children's and families Social Worker with a current SWE registration, who has also taken a keen interest in Learning and Development and will have supported others with their professional development, including providing Practice Education.
- Have an in-depth knowledge of applicable legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice for children’s social work
- Be passionate, curious and creative in the planning and delivery of learning and be confident working with a broad range of learning models and training evaluation techniques
- Share our values, and our commitment to putting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.
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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