Adult Social Care Development Lead – Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
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
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Are you a critically reflective social worker looking to take the next step in your career? If so, this is an exciting time to join our team. Cambridgeshire County Council’s Learning and Development Team is looking for a Full-time Adult Social Care Practice Development Lead.
You’ll be joining a welcoming Adults’ team and the wider Learning and Development Team, supporting professional learning, practice development and workforce improvement across Adult Social Care. This is a varied role that combines supporting newly qualified social workers through their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) with wider responsibility for developing, delivering and evaluating professional learning opportunities, contributing to practice improvement initiatives, and supporting workforce development priorities across services.
The post holder will be able to work flexibly from home or from our Stanton House office in Huntingdon, and other offices around the County when required. We are also able to offer flexible working patterns, allowing everyone to effectively blend their work and life commitments.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact:Zainab Sulaiman, Adult Social Care L&D Business Partner, at Zainab.Sulaiman@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
About you
You will have substantial experience of adult social work practice and a commitment to supporting the professional development of others.
You may have experience as a Practice Educator, ASYE Assessor, supervisor or in another role where you have supported learning and development in the workplace. If you do not currently hold a Practice Educator qualification, you should be willing to undertake it.
You will understand how professional learning occurs in the workplace and how reflection, supervision and constructive feedback can support professional growth.
You will have strong communication, organisational and analytical skills, together with an ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues across Adult Social Care.
You will be able to adapt your communication and support to meet a range of individual learning needs, helping to create an environment where colleagues can learn, develop and thrive.
Most importantly, you will be passionate about supporting high-quality social work practice and improving outcomes for adults and carers.
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.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…