About the role
We are seeking Family Workers to the reunification and placement stability team where the focus will be on assessing families to consider if a young person can return home. The process will be underpinned by the NSPCC’s reunification framework and will require you to contribute to multi-agency assessments and deliver interventions to children, young people and families. We will focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for our young people with all permanence options being considered and explored.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Suzie.Hawkins@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
To provide support, guidance and supervision to the family workers and provide case oversight and direction on designated family workers cases in addition to holding a case load of 12-16 cases.
To seek solutions to strengthen care arrangements and support our most vulnerable young people back into in-house and in county provisions that better meet their needs.
About you
You will be a qualified and registered social worker with excellent
communication and written skills. You will be familiar with trauma informed
approaches and be able to confidently manage situations involving risk.
Successful applicants will be highly motivated and committed to working as
part of a team. The ability to liaise and form positive relationships with partner
agencies is essential. You will be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of
the service and willing to work occasional planned work on evenings or
weekends.
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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