Children's Social Worker and Senior Practitioner Positions inCambridge inCambridge PUBLISHED 15 MAY 2024

We believe in giving Children, Young People and their Families choice, control and flexibility in how they manage their support needs, and the right to access inclusive services and be part of their own community. Our Childrens Social Workers use Person Centred Planning approaches in seeking the views, wishes and feelings of those in our community.

We are passionate about making a difference and do all we can to make the lives of our Children, Young People and their Families better. We are committed to high professional standards, continuous learning and we enjoy the challenges the Social Worker role brings.

If this sounds like an role that suits your skillset, we would love to hear from you! For more information, call
Nathalie
on

or
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This is a rolling campaign and we check applications daily, so dont wait to apply!

In Childrens Services we are working to reshape what we do and how we do it. Why not be part of it?

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.

Wesupportflexible 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:

• 
  Flexible and creative
  working arrangements
• 
  Flexible
  Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive
  wellbeing package
  
• Our Cambs Rewards
  employee discounts
  
• A comprehensive
  pension scheme
  
• IDEALstaff
  equality, diversity and inclusion
  network
• Camwebour staff intranet helping to
  keep you informed
  
• An
  employeerecognition
  scheme
• We offer a
  generous mileage allowance
  

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
• Payment for
  business mileage expenses
  (45p per mile)
• 
  Employee Assistance Programme
  access to free support 24 hours a day
• Scalable
  retention payments
  to loyal social workers in specific teams after the first full year of employment, starting at £900which increases during the first three years of service
• Apay progression schemeto 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.

We're looking for confident and dynamic individuals whoenjoy making a difference in theirlocal community, arecurious and spot things that others might not see, enjoysbuilding relationships and likes to explore possibilities.

You must:

• Be aqualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration
• Havethe ability towork 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.

We will not be able to accept applications from Newly Qualified Social Workers for this role as we recruit to our ASYE programme at the beginning of each year. For more informationand to register your interest roles and be notified when we're recruiting Newly Qualified Social Workers, head to our website.

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 dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont 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.

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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We have several exciting vacancies in our Children's Social Care Teams for full time and part time Social Workers and Senior Practitioners/Senior Social Workers. For more information please see the below.

We have several exciting vacancies in our Children's Social Care Teams for full time and part time Social Workers and Senior Practitioners/Senior Social Workers. For more details about the role please see the below.