Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible and creative working arrangements
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
- Scalable retention payments to loyal social workers in specific teams after the first full year of employment, starting at £900 which increases during the first three years of service
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, qualified Social Worker with the relevant skills and experience to join our workforce as the Team Manger for our Huntingdon and Fenland area. This is a full time, permanent role. We are Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) and cover the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire areas. You will be leading a team of Social Workers, Senior Social Workers and a Support Worker to deliver an effective (statutory) Adults Mental Health Social Care service for people who need the support and are ordinarily resident in the area. You will work alongside other Team Managers who covers other areas. You must be AMHP qualified, or willing gain this qualification – you will be supported with this.
We have embraced new ways of working, enabling staff to have flexible and hybrid approaches to working from home and the office. We also understand the value to being with your team in person and the support that this brings.
We are looking for an exceptional Team Manager 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.
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 will have the ability to:
• Lead and influence teams through periods of change
• Make cost effective use of available resources
• Encourage collaborative working with other agencies
• Lead and motive a team
• Challenge others constructively and make informed decisions
• Communicate effectively at all levels
• Think strategically across functional and geographical boundaries.
• Delegate and prioritise
You must:
- Be a qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration or equivalent health qualification
- Have proven knowledge and understanding of relevant Social Care and Health policy and practice in relation to the provision of services.
- 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.
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
