Adults Social Worker - Learning Disability Partnership in Huntingdon

The Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership (LDP) brings together specialist health and social care services for people with a learning disability. We have an exciting part-time (21 hours) Social Worker vacancy in our Huntingdon Team, based at Scott House in Huntingdon. The successful candidates will contribute to the practice alongside Health and Social Care Practitioners such as Adult Support Co-ordinators, Social Workers, Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrist, Speech and Language Therapists and Art / Music Therapists.

The LDP work in a flexible way, allowing for home and office-based working. This gives our Social Workers a quiet space and plenty of time for reflection whilst still balancing collaborative working across the multi-disciplinary team and peer support. It has also increased our Social Workers' autonomy and has had a positive impact on wellbeing and work-life balance. Cambridgeshire County Council's approach to social work and social care is to make it increasingly proactive, preventative, and personalised.

Interviews are planned to take place on the 05th (pm) and 06th (am) of March. Should you need any further information, please contact Kim Woodhead on Kim.Woodhead@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, Eleanor Rix on Eleanor.Rix@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Eleanor Burrow on Eleanor.Burrow@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. The salary for this role is £40,735 – £43,516, pro-rata for part-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 looking for exceptional Social Workers to join us on our journey. For an informal discussion about our vacancies, contact Beth on 01480 372 425 or e-mail welovesocialworkers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Our benefits:

• 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 pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
• 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 development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.

For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.

What will you be doing?

This role will primarily focus on completing Community Deprivation of Liberty applications to the Court of Protection and completing Safeguarding enquiries. As part of this work, you will also be undertaking Social Care and Mental Capacity Act assessments, as well as care and support planning, to achieve better outcomes for the adults we support. You will consider people’s support networks and undertake Carers conversations and assessments as required. You’ll need to be inquisitive and provide evidence-based, proportionate recording with a keen focus on strength-based practice. As you’ll be working with adults, both those in need of care and support services, along with their unpaid carers, it will be crucial that you work in partnership with them to establish needs and ensure that they are met. Curious and creative practice is embraced, to allow for personalised solutions, considering wider community resources and organisations. This isn’t just about delivering care; it’s about providing service users with choice and control of their lives and empowering independence.

About you:

We are looking for people who can demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, have the ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and are committed to making a positive difference for the people we support. The successful candidates will have excellent organisational skills and be willing to use their initiative to work in innovative ways. You must:

• Be an experienced qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration.
• Can work from a variety of locations and travel county-wide independently.
• It would be advantageous to have experience of completing Community Deprivation of Liberty applications to the Court of Protection and accompanying assessments.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and 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. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. 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.

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 Leader. 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.

Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process 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.

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