Social Worker - Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for 1 full-time Social Worker (37 hours) who has experience in undertaking Special Guardian and Connected Persons Assessments, Fostering Form F Assessments and Private Fostering Assessments. However, if you have good assessment skills and a desire to learn, we would be willing to support you to achieve this. The post sits within one of our Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Teams. The office base will be Scott House Huntingdon. We are looking for a qualified, experienced, and registered social worker with excellent assessment and critical analysis skills. You will have had some court experience and you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

If you wish to discuss this post, please contactJoanna Laur onJoanna.Laur@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or on07717646463.

We are looking to hold interviews in the week commencing the 13thof November.

We know that your time is precious, so our interviews are held virtually, by Microsoft Teams, to provide the most flexible recruitment process. We may include a virtual assessment as part of this, but well 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.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible and creativeworking arrangements
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensivewellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewardsemployee discounts
• A comprehensivepension scheme
• IDEALstaff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• CamWeb - our staff intranet helping keep you informed
• An employeerecognition scheme
• We offer a generous mileage allowance

For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:

• Generousannual leaveprovision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
• Asupportive management teamthat will champion your learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme access to free support 24 hours a day
• Arelocation packageof up to £8000 for eligible candidates
• Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain theirContinuous Professional Development.

Please read ourbenefits brochureattached for more information.

You will undertake Special Guardian and Connected Persons assessments and support plans and provide supervision to temporary Connected Persons Foster Carers as appropriate.

You may be required to undertake Fostering Form F assessments for applicants wanting to become Foster carers and support them throughout their journey to approval. You will undertake Private Fostering Assessments and Regulation 8 visits. You will become part of a very knowledgeable, committed, and supportive team and service. You will be supported by an experienced team manager and have access to excellent training and development opportunities.

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 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.

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntington

PE28 4YE

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)