Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- 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)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- A pay progression scheme to enable our Social Workers to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.Â
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced fostering Social Worker as a Fostering Reviewing Officer to provide an independent view within the Fostering Service. Working as part of The Quality Assurance function within the service, the Reviewing Officer will offer their objective view to evaluate the quality of practice both in respect of the foster carers and the fostering service as a whole.
This is a countywide role with an office base at Scott House in Huntingdon. The role is hybrid with a mix of home and office working alongside visits.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Service Manager Stuart Stapleton on 07825 781 868 or email stuart.stapleton@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held week commencing 20th May 2024 via Microsoft Teams. 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.
About you
We are looking for a qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England, who is passionate about wanting to contribute to providing the best service to the children who require the care of foster carers. Both in ensuring that children feel well supported, but also that their carers are receiving a good service in order to provide good quality of care.
We are looking for an experienced Social Worker, with knowledge and experience of working within fostering services. The preferred candidate will have a good understanding of the fostering regulations, national minimum standards and best practice within fostering.
The role does require some travel, including out of county, so a driving licence and access to a car is essential.
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
