About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Emergency Duty Team has a fantastic opportunity for a permanent full time Senior Social Worker who also holds a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).
The Emergency Duty Team (EDT) provides a social care response to emergency situations that arise outside of normal working hours and that cannot wait until the next working day. This includes the provision of an AMHP service for urgent Mental Health Act assessments.
EDT are part of the ‘Integrated Front Door’ serving the Local Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The team are based with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) at the Police HQ in Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon. The role is hybrid with a combination of working from home and various other locations.
This role is subject to a 5 week rolling working rota consisting of nights, weekends, and bank holiday cover. There is an EDT out of hours allowance of 18% to reflect this aspect of the role. In addition to this there is an AMHP allowance of £2781.96p.a.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Gabrielle Jansen, Emergency Duty Team Manager on 07572130207 or email at gabrielle.jansen@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams week commencing 20th November.
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?
As a Senior Social Worker, you would be working to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable people outside of normal working hours. This role will provide an opportunity for an experienced social worker with a high level of expertise, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and with the ability to work autonomously to a high standard, in a high energy, fast-paced environment.
About you
You need to be, dynamic, innovative, committed, and passionate; you'll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with vulnerable children, families, and adults. Your strong social work skills will enable you to support and develop others as well as being a role model for good social work practice, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Candidates must hold a degree level qualification including a certified and current qualification in social work, with evidence of post qualifying experience and continued professional development and in addition a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).
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
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
- A pay progression scheme to enable our Social Workers to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
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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