Randstad are proud to be partners with Cafcass & are currently working with them to recruit for their London Offices. We are looking for Family Court Advisors to work in Private Law.
This is a full time position with a competitive salary minimum of £46,435, with a higher salary available at £51,217
Some of the benefits of working with Cafcass:
... - 28 days holiday including 3 privilege days over Christmas & New Year
- 4 extra days off per year to focus on health & wellbeing
- Continuous service honoured in London
- Outstanding Ofsted Rating
- 18.6% Employer Contribution
- Flexible working, manage your own diary
- Social Work England fees paid annually
- Car Leasing Schemes
- Access to discount scheme to cover companies including leisure, travel, technology, financial, fashion & supermarkets
- A strong induction programme with continuous training and development
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- To provide high quality early safeguarding and child protection advice, assessments and analysis to the Court on the needs and best interests of children subject to or involved in Family Proceedings
- To ensure that the well-being and safety of the child is paramount throughout Cafcass' involvement in the case.
- To ensure that all incidents or risks of significant harm to the child are dealt with in
- accordance with the relevant Local Safeguarding Children's Board (LSCB) procedures and Cafcass policies and procedures
- To directly work with, or on behalf of children & families to achieve safe and positive
- outcomes for children, referring to other services where this will produce benefit.
- To carry out an advanced social work level case analysis of the child's circumstances and to ensure this is updated if circumstances change, and for roles in Cafcass Intake
- To administer and comply with orders made by the Family Court as required and conduct the necessary enquiries in accordance with relevant legislation and Court Rules.
- To ensure the appointment and instruction of legal representation for the child as required, and work in partnership with the relevant agencies for each case.
- To keep up to date with changes in legislation, Court Rules, policies, national directives, procedures and best practice developments.
- To work in partnership with other parties, agencies and significant others for the child, putting the needs of the child first in all discussions and negotiations.
- To be fully engaged with Cafcass policy that all cases must be allocated and to adopt a proportionate approach to work, assessing the needs of the case. In response to changing demands, the regulating mechanism will be the average time spent on cases; which is lower when demands are higher and vice versa.
The minimum requirements for this role are:
- Social Work England registration
- Social Work Qualification
- 3+ years of experience in Children's Social Services
If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact on 0330 024 8775 otherwise apply below and I will be in touch soon.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
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