We have an exciting vacancy in the Children in Care Team for a Senior Practitioner/Senior Social Worker. For more information please see the below.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting vacancy in the Children in Care Team for a Senior Practitioner/Senior Social Worker. For more details about the role please see the below.
About us
We have a wide range of great benefits if you join us as a colleague at Cambridgeshire County Council. To find out more please see below.
Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for the next step in your career? We're looking for a Senior Practitioner to join us in the Children in Care Team based in Ely. The role is hybrid with a mix of office and home working.
Our aim in Children in Care is to achieve permanence for children and young people who become Looked After and to ensure that they are in a home which meets their needs, reflects their right to safety and security, and encourages them to reach their full potential at every stage of their development. We encourage all Looked After children and young people to meet their full educational potential and to promote both their physical and mental health.
If this sounds like a role that suits your skillset, we would love to hear from you! For more information, call Nathalie on 01223 475920 or email joinus@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
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.
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.
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension, and mileage:
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
* 6 days of protected time each year to support in maintaining your Continuous Professional Development.
* A relocation package of up to £8,000 (eligibility applies).
* Scalable retention payments of up to £8590 over a 3 year period, starting after your first full year of employment.
* A Refer a Friend Scheme where if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, we’ll pay you an introduction fee of £350.
* Access to our Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) who will support your development, enabling you to become the best practitioner you can be.
What will you be doing?
Day-to-day responsibilities of a Senior Practitioner in Children in Care include:
* Provide leadership in high complex cases which involve risk, complexity, and safety of children, young people, carers, and families.
* Provide written and verbal reports for a variety of settings, including court, that are concise, informative, and based on analysis of complex evidence.
* To lead, guide and direct Social Workers and Child Practitioners, supporting with their performance and development, including supervision.
* Support in planning, allocation, and review of cases.
* Support with the recruitment and induction of staff.
About you
We're looking for confident and dynamic individuals who enjoy making a difference in their local community, are curious and spot things that others might not see, enjoy building relationships, and like to explore possibilities.
You must:
* Be a qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration.
* Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
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 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.
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.
Person Specification
General Requirements
* Please refer to job description above.
* Please refer to job description above.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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