We have interim opportunities in the Pathfinder team, covering the Birmingham and/or Worcester areas. – are you interested? Or can you recommend someone for £250 if placed?
We are an approved supplier to Cafcass, achieving this status through a competitive process and retaining it by delivering quality, timely and compliant services. Being one of Cafcass’ preferred partners ensures we will always be given priority access to any Social Work vacancies they ask external agencies to support them with.
The role will involve the following:
1. Some Cafcass teams are participating in a pilot scheme, known as ‘Pathfinder’, which aims to improve experiences for children and families in private family law proceedings and test if and how we can reduce court delay in proceedings.
2. In particular, Cafcass and other agencies involved in private law proceedings are aiming to give more children the chance to tell us what they would like to happen as a result of the court proceedings, by hearing from or meeting with them earlier. We are also aiming to improve the child and family’s overall experience of proceedings – by working with partners to reduce the length of proceedings. Another key aim of the pilot is to improve the experience of children where they or their families are the victims of domestic abuse or harm.
3. Within the pilot, after the court has received an applicatio...