Overview
Senior Practitioner – Fostering support – Scott House, Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
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 our Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) who will support your development, enabling you to become the best practitioner you can be
For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.
About the role
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you share our passion, commitment and determination to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people through fostering? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for a permanent Senior Practitioner to join our Fostering Support Team.
In Cambridgeshire Fostering, our aim is to provide stability for children and young people, helping them to thrive, enjoy all aspects of family life and achieve their full potential. Together with our foster carers, we work hard to ensure children live in homes that meet their needs, promote safety and security, and empower them to have their voices heard. We support children on their journeys towards independence, adoption or reunification with their families.
This is an exciting time to join Cambridgeshire Fostering as we continue to build on a period of stability and growth. We pride ourselves on creating a friendly, supportive and safe working environment where colleagues can develop and thrive. As a learning organisation, we are committed to reflective practice, high-quality supervision and professional development.
This is a hybrid role, with a combination of office-based and home working. As a countywide service, we are also keen to explore flexible working arrangements where possible.
If you share our belief that every child deserves to experience positive family life and achieve the best possible outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Fostering Team Managers Sharyl Acheampong or Mariepearl Camfield at: Sharyl.Acheampong@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Mariepearl.Camfield@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held in person at Scott House in Huntingdon on 9th and 10th September
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.
About you
You are a confident, dynamic and relationship-focused social worker who is passionate about making a difference for children and families. You are curious in your practice, committed to continuous learning and skilled at building positive relationships with foster carers, children and partner agencies.
You will:
- Be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
- Be able to work from a variety of locations and travel independently across Cambridgeshire.
- Bring experience of relationship-based practice and a commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people.
- Be able to balance support and challenge when working alongside foster carers and colleagues.
- Have strong communication, assessment and report-writing skills.
For a full list of the role requirements, please see 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.
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.
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
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