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
The South Learning Disability Partnership offers an exciting opportunity for a permanent Adult Support Coordinator. This 37-hour-per-week role combines office-based work at Sunley House in Papworth Everard with home working.
Adult support coordinators play a major part in the work we do in our team, and you will be working with adults with a learning disability, as well as their unpaid and formal carers and if successful, you will be working alongside social workers as well as other health professionals including Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Art / Music Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Physiotherapists to meet the outcomes of those we support.
If you would like to expand your knowledge and skills by gaining experience of working with adults with learning disabilities within the Learning Disability Partnership please contact Sacha Hodson, Team Manager on 07876816356 or by email sacha.hodson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to discuss further.
Interviews are planned for the 06th / 7th May.
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.
Please note that if you have applied for this position in the recent past, we kindly ask that you refrain from reapplying at this time, as your application has already been reviewed.
About you
We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual who enjoys making a difference and building relationships. You will demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will commit to making a positive difference for the people we support. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills, use their initiative to work innovatively, and work from various locations and travel countywide independently.
You don’t need a social work qualification, but knowledge, experience, and understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults are essential for success in this role. Working knowledge and experience of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Cambridgeshire County Council’s Adult Social Care policies and procedures will also be advantageous.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.
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
