Adults Social Worker - Home Care Project Team
Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Adults Social Worker - Home Care Project Team
£41958-£44822
Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 3 days ago, 27 Sep | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 513d7d12dc1d47d0bf932efd08899b29
Location ref: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Full Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for two full-time experienced and motivated Social Workers to join us as part of a dedicated 12-month programme supporting the implementation of a new Home Care Framework across Cambridgeshire. This high-profile programme will play a key role in shaping the future of home care services for adults across the county, ensuring people receive high-quality, person-centred support that promotes independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes. As part of this programme, you will undertake reviews with adults currently receiving home care services across the following service areas: · Older People · Physical Disabilities · Learning Disabilities · Adult & Autism This role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to a significant transformation programme, working directly with individuals, families, carers, providers and partner agencies to ensure support arrangements continue to meet people's needs and aspirations. You will be joining a dedicated team focused on delivering one of the most important programmes currently underway across adults. Why Join Us? This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a major programme that will help shape the future delivery of home care services across Cambridgeshire. Through your work, you will have a direct impact on improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and older people, while helping to implement a new and innovative Home Care Framework. If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, develop your skills and be part of an ambitious and exciting programme, we would love to hear from you., You will complete strengths-based reviews and work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, providers and partner organisations to achieve positive, person-centred outcomes. You will refer individuals to advocacy services where appropriate and ensure care and support plans accurately reflect their current needs, outcomes and goals. You will support adults to maximise their independence, wellbeing and connections within their communities, identifying opportunities to improve outcomes through strengths-based approaches and personalised support. You will also maintain accurate and timely records in line with statutory and organisational requirements. As part of the programme team, you will contribute to the successful implementation of the new Home Care Framework across Cambridgeshire, working towards key milestones while maintaining a strong focus on quality and person-centred practice. You will provide support and guidance to individuals as they navigate changes associated with the new framework. You will also work closely with key providers throughout implementation, providing appropriate oversight, challenge and quality assurance to help ensure consistently high standards of care are maintained across Cambridgeshire., 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
- 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.
We are looking for passionate and committed professionals who are enthusiastic about making a difference and improving outcomes for adults and carers. With excellent communication, relationship building and engagement skills, you will be comfortable working with a diverse range of individuals, families, carers and professionals. You will have strong assessment, review and care planning skills relevant to your role and be organised, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities effectively. You will bring a strengths-based approach to your practice, promoting independence, choice and positive outcomes for the people we support. You will enjoy working as part of a collaborative and supportive team and be motivated by the opportunity to play an important role in a significant service transformation programme.
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.