About this role
Job summary Were thrilled to announce a fantastic opportunity for an Adult Social Worker to join our East Community Team. Find out more details below!
Main duties of the job At Cambridgeshire County Council, we offer an extensive range of benefits designed to support you and your wellbeing. Discover all the details below.
About us At Cambridgeshire County Council, we offer an extensive range of benefits designed to support you and your wellbeing. Discover all the details below.
Job description Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, and registered Qualified Social Worker? An incredible opportunity awaits in our Adult Community EastTeam for both a full-time Social Worker and a 30-hour Social Worker.
We are looking for committed professionals who thrive on making a difference. If youre ready for a new challenge, possess the skills to complete Care Act Assessments, Mental Health Assessments, and Safeguarding Adult Enquiries, and are passionate about empowering the people of Cambridgeshire wed love to hear from you!
Join our established team of passionate, enthusiastic, and committed Social Work and Social Care Practitioners.
You will be responsible for a caseload and will need to be experienced in completing Safeguarding Adult Enquiries, assessments, and reviews in a timely manner with older people. Have experience of record keeping procedures, working as a member of a team and have very good organisational skills.
You will also be experienced in working to tight timescales and commissioning cost effective personalised support to meet the assessed needs of the service users as part of the reviewing process. Managing Safeguarding as part of Making Safeguarding Personal is part of the role and this can be offered as a development opportunity for the post holder.
You would be joining our established team of person centred, passionate, enthusiastic, and committed Social Work and Social Care Practitioners. You will be providing structured, positive supervision to social workers and CCO, providing support in complex case work.
You will be responsible for supporting the development of good, evidence-based practice particularly in the key areas of risk enablement, safeguarding, the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, Court of Protection work.
Ready to make an impact? Join our dedicated team of professionals in delivering exceptional care to the community!
Should you need any further information, please contact Aleesha Lombardo on 01353 650581 [email protected]
Interviews will be held during the week commencing 23 November 2026.
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.
Our benefitsWe 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 ARefer a Friend Schemewhere if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, well pay you an introduction fee of £350 Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growthFor more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.
What will you be doing?Youll have the chance to collaborate closely with partner agencies, including health professionals, to support adults with care and support needs, as well as their carers.
Together, youll provide Strengths-Based, evidence-informed assessments and interventions that promote meaningful reviews.
Your work will empower service users to maintain independence, make informed choices, and retain control over their liveswhether theyre living within the community or in a care home setting.
Additionally, youll have exciting opportunities to pursue qualifications, such as becoming a Practice Educator or a Best Interest Assessor, further enhancing your professional development.
About youYoull bring valuable experience working with individuals who have complex care and support needs, along with a solid understanding and practical knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, and other essential legislation.
The post holders will be expected to be experienced in IT skills, Promote Independence, choice, and control of service users to enable them to continue to live within their homes whether this is in the community or a care home environment.
If you:
Are passionate about Social Justice and NHS Continuing Healthcare Are aqualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England Hold a full drivers licence and havethe ability towork from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently Are willing to learn and be flexible in your approachThis is the role for you!
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
About usCambridgeshire 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 dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont 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
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Cambridgeshire County Council
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Employer's website https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)