Job Type: | permanent | Duration: | |
Category: | Medical or Health | Recruiter Reference: | Ref/1660/4116 |
URL for Applications: | Apply Here | Salary: | £42,970 - £45,987 |
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Social Worker to join Cambridgeshire County Council’s Continuing Healthcare team, as a Senior Social Worker on a permanent, full-time basis.
The service provides advice to the Adult Social Care workforce relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and works in partnership with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB) to determine individuals’ eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare, through joint completion of the NHS Continuing Healthcare process. The team implement services under the Care Act 2014 if the ICB has decided an individual is not eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Interviews will be held on 30th April 2024
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Team Manager, Eva Samson on 01480 376 360 / 07393 142 471 or email: Eva.Samson@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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.
Our benefitsWe value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
What will you be doing?The role will require you to lead on practice and performance development through the provision of high quality supervision and support of staff in line with The Care Act principles. You will take a lead on highly complex cases, working creatively in partnership with others to manage risk.
The role involves completing Care Act 2014 Assessments, Reviews, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Assessments and Best Interest Decisions (where applicable) identifying individuals' needs and supporting the Multidisciplinary team's recommendation on eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare. Where individuals are not eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, but are eligible for care and support from Cambridgeshire County Council in line with the Care Act 2014, the successful candidate will implement this.
The successful candidate will support Cambridgeshire County Council’s Adult Social Care workforce to improve their confidence, skills, and knowledge in relation to NHS Continuing Healthcare. This will be achieved by providing training, coaching, mentoring and advice to staff in relation to the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care (2022).
As well as supporting the Adult Social Care workforce, the role also involves supporting the Council’s Children’s workforce in relation to the interface between the Adults' National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care (2022) and the National Framework for Children and Young People’s Continuing Care (2016).
As this is a specialist role, in addition to the responsibilities outlined above and in the Job Description the position holder may have the following responsibilities:
You will be a qualified Social Worker with at least 2 years' experience with a passion for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Social Justice.
Line management experience is desirable but if not, you will be able to demonstrate mentoring/guidance for colleagues and/or management support.
Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation such as Care Act 2014, Health and Social Care Act 2022, and the National Framework for NHS CHC and NHS FNC (2022) is key.
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 don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t 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 Employer. 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. Some examples of adjustments 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.
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https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers