Overview
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
About the role
Cambridge Accommodation Services is based in central Cambridge and supports tenants
with learning disabilities in a respite, residential and supported living setting.
The role of Senior Support Worker is to lead a staff team of Support Workers to support
and empower adults with a learning disability to enhance the quality of their life,
maximise their potential and to continue to promote and develop independence skills within
their home, the community, or within a supported unit or whilst accessing respite.
Our Senior Support Workers line manage a team of Support Workers providing support, training and supervision.
For more information on the role please contact Teo – Teofilia.Florea@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.
About you
You will need to have a proficient level of written and spoken English for the purposes of
case recording and will hold a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or related
subject.
As a Senior Support Worker, you will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as having proficient IT skills.
You will be able to demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion principles and anti-discriminatory practice and also show an understanding of the principles of a supported living/ respite Provision.
About us
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.
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.
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.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
