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…
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A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
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6 days of protected time each year to support in maintaining your Continuous Professional Development
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A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills
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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
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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.
About the role
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to lead on the embedding of an enablement approach within mental health social work.
In this role, you will develop, implement and review a new approach to building the independence of people diagnosed with mental health issues who require social care services from Cambridgeshire County Council. This will involve reviewing current arrangements, designing and implementing service transformation and identifying areas for improvement.
You will work across Adults and Older Adults teams, including transitions.
This post will require you to review individuals referred and then carry out an initial baseline assessment to determine their needs. You will then work with commissioners, contracts, providers, Early Help, TEC and health teams to develop an enabling approach for those individuals and will then carry out reviews and benchmarking to see if there is any change in the individual’s personal outcomes and level of care and support. You will have the opportunity to shape the role and create standard operating procedures to embed this practice across our teams.
Working arrangements
You will be supported to work flexibly with the opportunity to work some from home and some office based. You will have management and peer support across our mental health social care teams. This role will require you to travel across the County when you need to meet the individuals that you are working with, who will be from a diverse range of backgrounds with a variety of diagnosed conditions.
Why join our Mental Health Teams?
We offer a range of benefits specific to mental health social care, including:
- Opportunities in both Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust for development, as well as specialist and individual training.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team with Doctors, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and Psychiatrists.
- There are weekly team manager meetings where you can bring things you want to speak about and get advice and peer support, achieving the best outcomes for service users.
- Clear professional pathways and opportunities for progression including opportunities to apply and be considered for funded training to become an AMHP.
What our colleagues say
Social Worker:
‘’Supportive managers who promote a culture where you feel safe in your practice. As one social worker comments “the managers give you autonomy to be able to make decisions. They trust you as a Social Worker to know what’s best for the service users you work with.”
Team Manager:
‘’We have stability and support in leadership and it is great with strong links to health and social care colleagues.’’
Support Team Member:
‘’We have a management structure and culture that is fully supportive of all colleagues supporting the service, with an understanding of each individual’s unique strengths, ensuring all feel respected and valued.’’
To discuss this vacancy, please contact the Service Manager Michelle Foster on [email protected], 07517 568871.
We are planning to hold interviews for this position on Monday the 29tth of June.
Please seek authorisation from your line manager before applying for this secondment.
You may be wondering why you should join our Adult Mental Health Teams… Well, here are some of the reasons our Social Workers gave:
- It’s impossible to be bored in mental health social work and the skills you gain are so varied.
- The role of the Mental Health Social Worker is really aligned with the core values of social work that encourages you to see a person holistically.
- In our work, we really focus on people’s strengths and recovery. We have clear goals and work in partnership to achieve these.
- Working in partnership with health colleagues means there is a lot of knowledge and resource sharing. My knowledge and skills have vastly improved due to working with health professional.
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.
About you
We're looking for a confident and dynamic individual who enjoys making a difference in their local community. You will be curious and spot things that others might not see, enjoys building relationships and likes to explore possibilities with the ability to map out a process and deliver efficiencies.
You will have some experience working within mental health.
You will need to be autonomous and be confident in making decisions independently and be proactive in seeking advice/guidance from colleagues/managers.
You will need to be confident in communicating at times difficult decisions to colleagues and other professionals.
Essential requirements
- Be a qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration.
- Have some management experience.
- 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 refer 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.
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.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
