Adult Senior Social Worker - Emergency Duty Team Relief

Cambridgeshire County Council's Emergency Duty Team has a fantastic opportunity for a Relief Senior Social Worker who also holds a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). This role is to cover weekends and bank holidays only. The Emergency Duty Team (EDT) provides a social care response to emergency situations that arise outside of normal working hours and that cannot wait until the next working day. This includes the provision of an AMHP service for urgent Mental Health Act assessments. EDT are part of the 'Integrated Front Door' serving the Local Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The team are based with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) at the Police HQ in Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon. As a Senior Social Worker, you would be working to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable people outside of normal working hours. This role will provide an opportunity for an experienced social worker with a high level of expertise, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and with the ability to work autonomously to a high standard, in an often highly pressured environment. This role is subject to a rolling working rota consisting of nights, weekends, and bank holiday cover. As a Relief Social Worker/ AMHP, the service provides a retained rate for the shift in addition to the hourly rate if called out. You need to be, dynamic, innovative, committed, and passionate; you'll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with vulnerable children, families, and adults. Your strong social work skills will enable you to support and develop others as well as being a role model for good social work practice, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Candidates must hold a degree level qualification including a certified and current qualification in social work, with evidence of post qualifying experience and continued professional development and in addition a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). Interviews will be arranged as required., Cambridgeshire County Council's Emergency Duty Team has a fantastic opportunity for a Relief Senior Social Worker who also holds a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). The Emergency Duty Team (EDT) provides a social care response to emergency situations that arise outside of normal working hours and that cannot wait until the next working day. This includes the provision of an AMHP service for urgent Mental Health Act assessments. EDT are part of the 'Integrated Front Door' serving the Local Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The team are based with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) at the Police HQ in Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon. This role is subject to a rolling working rota consisting of nights, weekends, and bank holiday cover. As a Relief Social Worker/ AMHP, the service provides a retained rate for the shift in addition to the hourly rate if called out., 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 development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth, 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.
  
  As a Senior Social Worker, you would be working to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable people outside of normal working hours. This role will provide an opportunity for an experienced social worker with a high level of expertise, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and with the ability to work autonomously to a high standard, in an often highly pressured environment., You need to be, dynamic, innovative, committed, and passionate; you'll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with vulnerable children, families, and adults. Your strong social work skills will enable you to support and develop others as well as being a role model for good social work practice, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Candidates must hold a degree level qualification including a certified and current qualification in social work, with evidence of post qualifying experience and continued professional development and in addition a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). 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
  
  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.