The Family Support and Protection team work with families that have long-term complex issues, require more than three months' intervention and where children are subject to child protection or child in need plans or where children can no longer live at home and care proceedings need to be initiated.

The successful applicant will be responsible for building on the relationships with families. Through this they will work alongside families to achieve positive change within the context of managing risk. The work is varied and involves working with Public Law Outline (PLO), taking families into proceedings and first hearing only, Special Guardianship Order, assessments and Section 7 court reports, reviewing as well as updating assessments and plans for children subject to Children in Need , Child Protection or Looked-After Children .

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.