Qualified Children's Social Worker - Pathfinder

Qualified Children's Social Worker - Pathfinder role at Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).

This range is provided by Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

We are hiring Children’s Social Workers for our Pathfinder Team and offering £4k professional retention payments to further encourage you to join us.

Have you heard about Pathfinder? It's an innovative approach to improving family justice, supporting us to keep children at the heart of decisions. At Cafcass, we're committed to creating an environment where social workers can achieve exceptional outcomes for children, giving you the chance of a more fulfilling and effective way of working, that enables you to do your best work for children and families.

• A valid Social Work England membership is required.
• You should have previous experience working with children and families in a social work capacity, ideally in child protection and assessment context.
• Familiarity with Family Court proceedings and an understanding of Private and/or Public Law would be advantageous.
• You should be organised and resilient, with the ability to work independently while effectively managing your workload.
• Strong report writing skills are essential.

• Be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures.

Staffordshire, based from our Stafford office, with flexible and remote working where appropriate.

We provide 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. We provide extensive wellbeing support and excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to work within our dedicated team.

The advertised salary reflects our 2024/25 pay award. We are awaiting confirmation of our 2025/26 when salaries will be updated to reflect this.

• Associate

• Full-time

• General Business and Other

• Courts of Law, Individual and Family Services, and Civic and Social Organizations