Part Time Children's Social Worker - Assessment Team

Posting date:	05 December 2025
Salary:	£40,735.00 to £43,516.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£40735.00 - £43516.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 January 2026
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 9NL
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	F0063-25-0219

Summary

Are you looking for a part time Social Worker role in a lively and fast-paced environment? Do you have frontline safeguarding experience? Are you a passionate and enthusiastic Social Worker who will ensure that you have the childs voice at the heart of everything you do? The Assessment Team is the first point of contact for statutory intervention. Our work is dynamic, fast-paced and focused on delivering timely, proportionate responses to children and families at levels 3 and 4 of the Cambridgeshire Levels of Need framework. We work closely with our Targeted Support Services to ensure that families can be stepped down to early help when appropriate, helping to strengthen relationships and prevent escalation. What We Offer A stable and supportive leadership team, including a permanent Team Manager Dedicated administrative support from Childrens Information and Advice Officers (CIAOs) to reduce paperwork and free up time for direct work Monthly reflective supervision and team learning sessions A creative and collaborative team environment, where your ideas and professional voice is heard A hybrid working model with a mix of office-based (Fawcett House in Trumpington, Cambridge) and remote working Opportunities for progression through our career development pathways If this sounds like an environment where you would thrive, we would love to hear from you! For more information, call Nathalie on 01223 475920 or email joinus@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Closing date 9th November. Interviews will be held week commencing 17th November Please note that as part of the Councils ongoing Asset Review, the Fawcett House office base may change during 2026. Teams currently located at Fawcett House may be relocated to an alternative site within the County, which in most cases will be in close proximity to the current location. 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 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 6 days of protected time each year to support in maintaining your Continuous Professional Development A relocation package of up to £8,000 (eligibility applies) A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills Scalable retention payments of up to £8,147 over a 3 year period, starting after your first full year of employment ARefer a Friend Schemewhere if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, well pay you an introduction fee of £350 Access to our Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) who will support your development, enabling you to become the best practitioner you can be For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.What will you be doing? You will engage with children, young people, and their families to develop effective and empowering relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes. Acting as the lead professional youll ensure all matters in respect of safeguarding are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures, escalating where necessary. Youll lead on statutory assessments, strategy discussions, Section 47 enquiries, and producing high-quality reports for court under Sections 7, 37 and 31. Youll also be expected to complete SWET assessments and care plans where needed, contributing to positive and sustainable outcomes for children.About you Youll be confident in analysis and decision-making, emotionally resilient, and able to manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards. You will: Be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England Have experience in statutory childrens services, ideally including Section 17 and 47 assessments, and experience of court work (Section 37 and 31 reports) Be familiar with SWET and its application in care proceedings Have strong written and verbal communication skills, with a child-centred approach to assessment and planning Be confident working both independently and collaboratively Be able to travel independently as required to places across the county including those not on public transport routes For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & 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. 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 dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont 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 Leader. 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. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process 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. 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