Senior Social Worker

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join our Adult Mental Health Team in Huntingdon and Fenland Locality as a Senior Social Worker, working with Adults aged The team is based at Newton Centre, Huntingdon.

These roles offer a chance to work in parts of Cambridgeshire with a diverse population and many opportunities and challenges. There will also be the opportunity to develop a supervisory role.

Why join us in Adult Mental Health? We'll provide you with:
Opportunities in both Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) for career development with specialist and individual training.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team with Doctors, Nurses, Occupational Therapists Psychologists and Psychiatrists.
Weekly clinical meetings where you can bring cases you want to speak about and get professional advice, achieving the best outcomes for service users.
Clear professional pathways and opportunities for progression including opportunities for funded training to become an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and Practice Educator (PE).
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 .
A commitment to consistently prioritising supervision.
A dedication to Social Workers' wellbeing with regular mindfulness sessions.

One of our Social Workers said I was supported to do both my Practice Educator training and my AMHP training within 3 years of joining the team. As well as the additional training, I've progressed from Social Worker to Senior Social Worker, and more recently to Social Work Manager thanks to the incredible development opportunities available to me .

Applications are reviewed on a daily basis, please do not delay the submission of your application as this is a rolling advert and will be closed once a successful candidate has been found.

We are looking for exceptional Social Workers to join us on our journey. For an informal discussion about our vacancies, contact Beth on or e-mail .

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.

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 value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to 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 relocation package of up to £8,000 (eligibility applies)
• A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills
• Scalable retention payments of up to £7,650 over a 3 year period, starting after your first full year of employment, in specific teams
• 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.

The main duties of the role include:

• Working with adults aged 18-64 who have a variety of mental health needs, many of whom will be known to secondary mental health services (including specialist services and forensic services).
• Working creatively with cases of complexity (including safeguarding), alongside completing assessments and reviews under the Care Act.
• Practicing as an AMHP (or complete training to become one).
• Opportunities to supervise others and gain the Practice Educator qualification.
• Offering social work expertise to Social Workers and health colleagues.
• Working in partnership with other agencies and frequently working in a multi-disciplinary setting (including ward liaison).

You will also be expected (and supported) to develop your knowledge and skills in reflective practice, with an emphasis on social work models in the mental health context.

We're 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, enjoys building relationships and likes 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.

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 Employer. 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. Some examples of adjustments 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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