Qualified Children'S Social Worker - High Court Team

We are recruiting for the role of Family Court Adviser (Social Worker) in the High Court Team covering London.

We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way, providing the resources, equipment, and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures.

Whilst this role is part of a team based from ouroffice inGray's Inn Road,our teams work flexibly and remotely, your proximity to the office doesn’t always have to be a critical consideration

We are a diverse, inclusive organisation that is a safe space for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience, which helps ensure we provide a service which promotes the diversity and uniqueness of children and families from all backgrounds. We especially welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we work with

We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us.

Let us tell you a bit more about the role

The High Court team represent the needs and safety of children subject to High Court Proceedings. Such cases are often high profile and/or complex as you can probably imagine. Should you join us you’ll use your social work knowledge, skills and experience to understand what the child needs, wants and feels. Then you will advise the court on the best course of action for the child. You’ll do this by providing confident, powerful and succinct written risk and child impact assessment and case analysis and make evidence informed recommendations to the court. You’ll also attend court and be an advocate for the best interests of the child, ensuring their voice is heard.

… and what we’re looking for.

Being a Family Court Adviser is very rewarding – but it’s not for everyone. You must be a Social Work England registered social worker who’s organised, resilient and able to work independently. Confident in your abilities, you’ll have demonstrable experience of working with children and families over a sustained period as a Social Worker, potentially supplemented from relevant experience from earlier in your career also.

You can find out more about the above - and much more - before you apply and we also recommend you read the job description.

We understand that starting a new role is a big decision, and you may require further information before applying. You can find out more about the role in the Job Description and there is a wealth of information about Cafcass on our Cafcass Careers page.

If you wish to speak with a member of the team for more specific information you can either contact Upekha Welivita - from our HR Resourcing team if your query is HR related or to do with the recruitment process, or Louise Whyatt - if your questions relate more to the role, providing your contact information and best times / methods to get hold of you.

Finally, in anticipation of your application being successful, you might want to read about the offer and pre-employment checks process. This information will not be shared with individuals involved in the selection process.

Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Further information on what the assessment covers can be found by viewing the Cafcass DBS policy.