Adult Social Worker – North Transfer of Care Team in Huntingdon

We are looking for social workers to join our North Transfer of Care Team, working out of Hinchingbrooke Hospital, as well as covering Kings Lynn Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital on a rota basis.

We provide support to adults being discharged from hospitals and rehabilitation settings. You will be imaginative and dynamic and make a positive contribution to delivering good outcomes for people who have care and support needs. You will be a person-centred practitioner with excellent communication skills and be able to work within a multidisciplinary setting. The Transfer of Care Teams operate within specific office hours, but that does not mean we will not consider flexible working opportunities. Our staff receive a salary enhancement between 7% and 15% depending on their selected working pattern:

• 7% for 1 weekend day a month and 1 Bank Holiday a year
• 8% for 1 weekend day a month and 2 Bank Holidays a year
• 10% for 1 weekend day a month and 3 Bank Holidays a year
• 15% for 2 weekend days a month and 3 Bank Holidays a year

You will still only work 5 days per week (full-time), meaning you get a day off during the week that you’re working at the weekend or Bank Holiday. While this is a fast-paced and highly demanding job, our team offers excellent support from both colleagues and managers, and opportunities to develop your knowledge. We are able to balance the work that needs to be done and what we can do to support you to keep on top of your workload.

The role will work across 3 Acute Hospitals: Addenbrookes (Cambridge), Hinchingbrooke (Huntingdon) and Peterborough City Hospital. We also support 5 Inpatient Rehabilitation centres across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. We know that your time is precious, so our interviews are generally held virtually, by Microsoft Teams, to provide the most flexible recruitment process. We may include a virtual assessment as part of this, but we’ll give you all of the relevant information ahead of time.

You will be responsible for completing Care Act assessments, Support plans, Mental Capacity assessments, and other statutory workflow tasks to support individuals in their safe and timely discharge from hospital settings. You will also complete initial community reviews to ensure that the discharge support is meeting the needs of the individual.

We are looking for confident and dynamic individuals who enjoy making a difference in their local community, are curious and spot things that others might not see, enjoy building relationships and like 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

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like 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 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

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.

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 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.