Job summary
We have an exciting vacancy in the Family Support and Safeguarding 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 Family Support and Safeguarding 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 description
Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Social Worker and ready to take the next step in your career? Were looking for a Senior Practitionerto join us in our South CambridgeshireFamily Support andSafeguarding Team, based in Trumpington Cambridge.
Wemanage a varied caseloadof Child in Need, Children in need of Protection, Public Law Outline and care proceedings, focusing on children up to the age of 18. You will use a Motivational Interviewing approach where you will act in partnership with children and their families to achieve sustainable change and improved outcomes for children. You will besupported in this by a multi-disciplinary team that includes adult mental health workers, drug and alcohol recovery workers, and adult domestic abuse workers, supported by our practice methods.
The Family Safeguarding South Team is a stable, highly motivated and very supportive team, that is strengths-based underpinned by relationship-based practice with clear aspirations to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in South Cambridgeshire. We would welcome applications from a diverse range of workers to enhance our existing workforce.
The role is hybrid with a mix of office and home working alongside is an expectation that our Seniors are in the office at least two days per week and available to be in the office to assist the Team Manager with any additional tasks as they arise.
If this sounds like an environment where you would thrive, we would love to hear from you! For more information, call Nathalie on 01223 475920 or email .
This is a rolling advert, where applications are reviewed when submitted and the advert will close as soon as the position is filled, so don't wait to apply, we want to hear from you now! Please note thatthere will be a written assessment as well as a panel interview.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the