Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For this role, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our professionals to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, Best Interest Assessor in the Cambridgeshire DoLS Team.
The DoLS team have an important role in upholding the human rights of residents in care homes and hospitals across Cambridgeshire.
You will be working with a dedicated and skilled team of Best Interest Assessors, DoLS coordinators, as well as the MCA DoLS manager.
The role involves travel across Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties.
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Nora Hanna – MCA DoLS manager – nora.hanna@cambridgeshire.gov.uk / 07789 942 155
This is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications daily so please don’t wait for a closing date to apply, we want to speak to you now!
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
As a qualified Best Interest Assessor, you will need to be a registered Social Worker, Nurse or Occupational Therapist with at least two years post qualifying experience.
Please do not apply if you do not hold the Best Interest Assessor Qualification.
You will need to have excellent working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards frameworks and up to date knowledge of relevant case law.
Please see the job description for full job 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
