About the role
Are you looking for a Senior Social Worker role? Do you thrive in a fast paced, multi-agency environment?
If the answer is “Yes” then this might be just the role for YOU!
The South Transfer of Care Team are looking for a full time Senior Social Worker, working predominantly from Cambridge University Hospital (Addenbrookes), based at 28 Long Road Cambridge.
You will join a group of Senior Social Workers and be part of the management team.
The Team provide support to adults being discharged from the acute hospital and rehabilitation settings.
The Transfer of Care Teams operate within specific office hours, but that does not mean we will not consider flexible working opportunities. You will work 1 day of one weekend per month, plus 3 bank holidays throughout the year, on these weeks you will still work 5 days (full-time) and have a day off during the week. In return we will offer you a 7% enhancement on your salary.
Whilst this is a fast-paced, often demanding job, we are a highly supportive team offering excellent guidance and help from both colleagues and managers, alongside opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills.
For more information get in touch with us today by calling Nathalie on 01223 699263. Alternatively, you can email us on welovesocialworkers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or visit our website for more information.
Interview will be held virtually on Teams the week commencing 22/05/23.
There will be a short written exercise as part of the interview but we’ll give you all of the relevant information ahead of time.
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?
Key responsibilities of the Senior Social Worker post include:
- Managing the practice and performance of the team to ensure timely and safe discharges from the hospital setting.
- Supporting the day-to-day practice of the Team. Quality assuring Care Act assessments, care and support plans and completing audits.
- Ensuring accurate record keeping.
- Being part of a management team, managing and nurturing a team of professionals (Social Workers and Adult Support Coordinators) so that they can operate innovatively and creatively to meet the needs of Cambridgeshire citizens.
- Building positive relationships with key partners and making positive contribution to delivering good outcomes for people who have care and support needs.
- Effective management of resources (including financial) and assurance of quality to achieve the best outcomes for those being discharged from hospital.
- Managing complex safeguarding cases and or serious concerns processes.
- Supporting your supervisees as part of ‘Our Conversations’ to ensure their wellbeing and professional development.
About you
You must be a qualified social worker with at least 2 years’ experience and ideally have experience managing people. You will have worked with a complex caseload and have excellent knowledge of current legislation which will include the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act and the associated statutory guidance. You will have proven knowledge and skills for Safeguarding Adults.
You will be a person-centred practitioner with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work within a multidisciplinary setting. You will be imaginative, dynamic and an excellent communicator with the ability to influence the workings of other services.
This is a fast-paced environment which will requires a high level of personal resilience and the successful candidate should be able to work with competing demands for services.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible and creative working arrangements
- 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, and for the 2022/2023 financial year an additional fuel allowance for those driving over 300 business miles each month)
- Scalable retention payments to loyal social workers in specific teams after the first full year of employment, starting at £900 which increases during the first three years of service
- 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.
Our Transfer of Care Teams also have a 7% salary enhancement!
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.
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.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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