Children's Social Worker - Family Support and Safeguarding Team

Overview

We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic Social Workers who have the child's voice at the heart of everything they do to join our Family Support and Safeguarding Team. We manage a varied caseload of Child in Need, Children in need of Protection, Public Law Outline and care proceedings, focusing on children up to the age of 18. You will use a Motivational Interviewing approach working in partnership with children and their families to achieve sustainable change and improved outcomes.

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.

• Comprehensive wellbeing package covering 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 your Continuous Professional Development.
• Relocation package (eligibility applies).
• Pay progression scheme to enable acceleration through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
• Scalable retention payments up to £8,392 over a 3‑year period, starting after your first full year of employment.
• Refer a Friend Scheme: for every Social Worker you refer who is subsequently employed, we pay a £350 introduction fee.
• Access to the Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) to support your development.

• Act as the lead professional to ensure all safeguarding matters are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures, escalating where necessary.
• Undertake assessments to identify and respond to needs, building on strengths and ensuring analysis leads to clear outcomes attained via SMART targets.
• Engage with children, young people and families to develop effective and empowering relationships that facilitate change and improve outcomes.
• Produce reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, that are child‑focussed and reflect their experience.

We are looking for confident and dynamic individuals who enjoy making a difference in their local community, are curious, spot subtle issues, enjoy building relationships and exploring possibilities.

• Qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration.
• Ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently.

Cambridgeshire County Council is a Disability Confident Leader and fully supports reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond. We offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria. We are committed to building a compassionate, inclusive and diverse workplace. We collect diversity data for monitoring and to take meaningful action.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.