Cafcass Manchester - Children's Social Workers - Private Law
Social Work/Family Court Advisor (FCA) vacancies with Cafcass Manchester.
Caritas work with Cafcass to support with their recruitment. We currently have locum FCA roles available with Cafcass Manchester.
As the largest employer of Social Workers in England, Cafcass understands the challenges and rewards of being a Social Worker and fully supports its staff to work flexibly, proportionally and safely to achieve the best outcomes for children and families, whilst providing a healthy work life balance.
Cafcass leads the way when it comes to professional development, flexible working, use of technology and health and wellbeing support. And these are just some of the factors that contributed to Ofsted giving Cafcass an 'outstanding' rating at their last inspection in 2024, as well as previously in 2018.
As you would expect there are a few key things Cafcass need from you:
- You need to be a Qualified Social Worker with 3+ years' experience
- You need to be an expert in safeguarding
- You need to have Section 7 (Private Law) knowledge; experience is desirable but not essential
Cafcass' work is demanding so for you to succeed and truly make a difference you should be someone who;
- Is resilient and organised and can work proportionately
- Has strong intuitive IT skills
- Is an effective verbal and written communicator
If you would like more information, or an informal chat, about these roles, please get in touch with Chris Tuckwell at Caritas and I'll be happy to discuss the opportunities further.
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Additionally, if you know of someone who would be interested, please ask them to get in touch. We offer a fantastic £300 referral bonus scheme for each friend/colleague you refer. £300 could be heading its way to you very soon.
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