Assistant Director Strategic Programme Development and Change Leadership (Children’s Social Work)
£106,944 - £114,014
Location: Flexible across the country
Cafcass is England’s largest employer of children’s social workers. We support c140,000 children in family court proceedings every year. Family Court Advisers (FCAs) and Children’s Guardians are independently appointed by the court to offer advice and recommendations about what is safe and in children’s future best interests.
Our strategic ambition is for every child in family law proceedings to have an exceptional experience, everywhere in the country and every time.
While we are proud that Ofsted judged us to be ‘outstanding’ in January 2024, there is always more to do to serve the best interests of children in public and private law proceedings across England.
Currently Cafcass is trialling and continuously evaluating new ways of working in private family law proceedings and is doing so in partnership with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Judiciary, Cafcass Cymru, HMCTS and local authority children’s services in the pilot court areas. Whilst transforming the experiences of children and families in proceedings is a system-wide endeavour, the associated practice change for in excess of 1,700 Cafcass social workers is significant. It is for this reason that we are looking for an individual with the leadership skills to change a national system at th...