Children's Social Worker - Assessment Team
We have an exciting Social Worker vacancy in the Assessment Team. For more details about the role please see the below.
Our Assessment Teams are lively and fast‑paced. We have a passion for ensuring that children, young people and families receive a positive and timely service. The work is rich and varied, allowing for a high level of multi‑agency working to tight timelines. The nature of our work means that you see positive outcomes quickly.
What will you be doing?
- Act as the lead professional and ensure all matters in respect of safeguarding are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures, escalating where necessary.
- Undertake assessments to identify and respond to needs, building on strength and ensuring that analysis is robust and leads to transparent outcomes that can be met through SMART targets.
- Engage with children, young people and their families to develop effective and empowering relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes.
- Produce reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, which are child‑focussed and reflect their experience.
We are proud to have created a space for our social care colleagues to reflect as a team and to conduct monthly individual supervisions. We recognise that the job can bring challenges and are proud to offer holistic support. You will have the opportunity to be creative with care planning and to have your ideas and voice heard. Our team is supported by Childrens Information and Advice Officers (CIAOs) and a permanent Team Manager who provides consistent senior leadership.
About you
We’re looking for confident and dynamic individuals who enjoy making a difference in their local community, are curious, spot things that others might not see, enjoy building relationships and love 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.
- Be able to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics such as 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).
- A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
- Scalable retention payments of up to £8,147 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 who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, we will 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.
Person Specification
- Please refer to the job description above.
- Please refer to the 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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