Social Worker – Family Safeguarding

Service: City Family Support and Safeguarding
Location: Fawcett House, Foster Road, Trumpington
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 2/3 days in the office
Rate: £39 per hour Umbrella
Contract: Locum

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Family Safeguarding Team within City Family Support and Safeguarding.

This is a specialist role requiring candidates with previous experience working within a Family Safeguarding Teamand strong court experience. The successful candidate will be confident managing complex safeguarding cases, assessing risk and progressing cases through Child in Need, Child Protection and Care Proceedings.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete statutory visits for Child in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP) and Children in Care (CIC) cases.

• Manage an allocated caseload of CIN, CP and CIC cases.

• Manage complex cases that may progress through Public Law Outline (PLO) or Section 31 Care Proceedings.

• Chair CIN and Core Group meetings.

• Complete high-quality court reports, risk assessments and parenting assessments.

• Attend Court hearings, with support from a Senior Practitioner or Team Manager where required.

• Attend Initial Child Protection Conferences (ICPCs) and Review Child Protection Conferences (RCPCs).

• Prepare and write high-quality conference reports.

• Assess and manage safeguarding risks effectively.

• Participate in the duty rota and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.

• Work collaboratively with children, families and multi-agency professionals.

• Maintain accurate and timely case records in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements.

• Ensure children's wishes, feelings and lived experiences remain central to all assessments and interventions.

Essential Requirements

 Please note – these are essential requirements for the role:

• Qualified Social Worker with relevant professional registration.

• Previous experience working within a Family Safeguarding Team – ESSENTIAL.

• Strong and demonstrable Court experience – ESSENTIAL.

• Experience working with CIN, CP and CIC cases.

• Experience with PLO and Section 31 Care Proceedings.

• Proven experience completing court reports, risk assessments and parenting assessments.

• Experience attending and contributing to Court hearings.

• Strong safeguarding and risk management experience.

• Experience chairing CIN and Core Group meetings.

• Experience attending ICPCs and RCPCs and completing conference reports.

• Ability to manage a complex caseload independently.

• Enhanced DBS clearance or willingness to obtain one.

Important Application Requirement

Candidates who do not have previous Family Safeguarding Team experience and Court experience will not be considered.

If you are an experienced Social Worker with Family Safeguarding and Court experience and are available for a new locum opportunity, please get in touch with We do Social Work today.