CAFCASS urgently requires a Social Work England registered Social Worker/ Family Court Adviser in Plymouth
Your role here would be to provide advanced social work-level services to children, families and courts by assessing and analysing court applications for any child protection and serious welfare issues affecting a child or young person.
This position is in their Work After First Hearing Team (Private Law)
We are currently working with them recruiting for a Family Court Advisor based in Chelmsford
They are looking for someone to provide advanced social work-level services to children, families and courts by assessing and analysing court applications for any child protection and serious welfare issues affecting a child or young person.
Randstad are proud to be partners with Cafcass as one of their suppliers.
Cafcass is Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Suitable candidates must have a degree in social work and at least 2-3 years post qualification experience working in a Children Team that ideally involved court work
Cafcass Private Law team in London requires a Qualified Social Worker to join their team.
Family Hub Connectors will support families to access the support and services they need.
Family Hub Connectors will support early years services to be inclusive and enable parents, carers, and families to be involved in decision-making which influences service design and delivery, including developing high-quality volunteering opportunities.
Family Hub Connectors will support parents to access early years services, address barriers to engagement, and implement action plans to increase engagement with new families.
Provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children's health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families; -to work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
To conduct child protection investigations where a multi-agency strategy discussion considers there are grounds to believe the child has or is likely to suffer significant harm and to involve families in developing plans for change which will reduce the risk of significant harm and keep children in their families wherever possible.
Where children cannot be adequately cared for within their families or their families cannot be engaged to access services that would support them to change and the significant harm threshold is reached, to initiate discussions to seek agreement for s20 or initiate planned or emergency legal proceedings to ensure children are protected in line with departmental policy, procedures and relevant legislation.
Specific areas of work will vary depending on the team but will include: -triage of contacts to the service to ascertain whether contacts from families, members of the community and partner organisations meet the threshold for a statutory social work assessment of significant impairment of a child's health/development or significant harm, with appropriate information from referrers and the consent of the family (except when over-ridden by a team manager to protect a child from further significant harm); -to provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children's health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families; -to work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
Our overarching duty is to promote the upbringing of children within their families, where this is compatible with the welfare of the children.Social workers in Surrey will be supported to develop high levels of skill in motivational practice which they will use to help parents identify the aspects of their lives/behaviours that they want to change and provide the help and support to families, on a partnership basis, that they need to support them in their change.
Surrey aims to work alongside families, to respect families and their rights, to work with them in partnership and with their informed consent, to recognise their strengths and help them identify their needs.
Posted by NonStop Consulting Ltd • £35/hr to £37/hr
NonStop care is currently working with a well established local authority in the Yorkshire who are looking for an experienced social worker to join their Children and Families team.
QSW- Duty and Assessment - No Court Work- Good Ofsted
They offer the opportunity to work from home which offers extra support for their workforce and helps assist with effective and efficient caseload management, giving you greater job satisfaction and flexibility.