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Family Court Advisor

Liquid PersonnelCanterbury, Kent, United Kingdom · Posted 1 month ago
Full-timeEst. 77,680 GBP
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Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Family Court Adviser (Children & Families) for its client's Cafcass service based in Canterbury, Kent. This is a full-time agency role offering £37.75 per hour and supporting children involved in family court proceedings through robust safeguarding, assessment, and court advisory work.

Benefits of the Role

  • Competitive pay rate of £37.75 per hour
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Long-term agency opportunity
  • Supportive team environment
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact on children's lives and welfare

What You Will Be Doing

  • Providing advanced social work services to children, families, and courts involved in family proceedings.
  • Assessing and analysing court applications where there are child protection or serious welfare concerns.
  • Delivering high-quality safeguarding and child protection advice, assessments, and analysis to the Family Court.
  • Undertaking direct work with children and families to ensure children's voices, wishes, and feelings remain central to decision-making.
  • Preparing clear, evidence-based recommendations and reports to support judicial case management.
  • Influencing parents and carers to remain child-focused throughout court proceedings.
  • Working collaboratively with Local Authorities, legal professionals, and partner agencies to safeguard children.
  • Identifying risks and making referrals to appropriate support services when this will improve outcomes for children.
  • Negotiating effectively with families and professionals to achieve safe and positive outcomes for children.

What We Are Looking For

  • Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
  • Significant post-qualified experience in children's social work.
  • Strong knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, and family court proceedings.
  • Experience of conducting complex assessments and producing high-quality analytical reports.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to work independently while managing a complex caseload.
  • Commitment to keeping children at the centre of all practice.

Why Liquid Personnel?

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
  • Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
  • “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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