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Family Court Advisor, Private Law, CAFCASS, Leeds
Client: HCRG Workforce Solutions
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: d0fefe94e7b8
Job Views: 7
Posted: 22.02.2025
Expiry Date: 08.04.2025
Job Description:
AGENCY FAMILY COURT ADVISOR
CAFCASS, LEEDS
PRIVATE LAW
JOB SUMMARY: 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. Also, to influence those with parental responsibility to be more child-focused when needed, to advise the courts and Local Authorities about safeguarding concerns and about how a child's life can be improved, supporting judicial case management in the process. You will need to keep the child at the centre of your work through high quality direct work with children and their families as well as high quality analysis and assessment. You will also need to be a skilled negotiator, working persuasively with family members and professionals on behalf of children. You must be prepared to advocate in the best interests of the child, ensuring their voice is not lost in the court arena. You will be required to be a resilient, reflective and accountable practitioner, possessing good IT and organisational skills, to maintain a high throughput of outstanding casework.
FCA RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Safeguarding/Child Protection: 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.
Service Effectiveness Throughput and Productivity: To produce high quality work with a rapid throughput, combining increasing productivity with quality of casework. For all work produced to be rated good or outstanding in internal and external audits, with exceptions tolerated where the learning gained from these exceptions can be absorbed and applied to future work. 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.
Quality: To carry out an advanced social work level case analysis of the child's circumstances and to ensure this is updated if circumstances change. To provide advanced social work level advice and assist the Court to achieve a timely conclusion to proceedings and the best possible outcome for the child. To administer and comply with orders made by the Family Court as required and conduct the necessary inquiries in accordance with relevant legislation and Court Rules. To provide a clear child-focused plan of work in each case which is monitored and subject to ongoing review. 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 participate in training and development programmes in line with the agreed individual personal development plans, taking responsibility for your continued professional development, learning and improvement.
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