Eden Brown Synergy have an exciting new opportunity in Nottinghamshire County Council for an experienced Social Worker within a Court team.

Candidates do have the opportunity to condense their hours into 4 days. They will still be required to attend any meetings or Court appearances on the fifth day if needed.
Caseloads vary but it could be up to 16 children, within that figure there could be sibling groups.
Candidates will be paid a mileage allowance of 45p and if they are required to travel outside of the county they will be given a hire car.

The Court Team is part of the Through-Care Service based in Ollerton. The purpose of the Court Work team is to provide a service to all children where a decision has been made to issue care proceedings, and where children require Section 7 and Section 37 reports for court.

Social workers in the court team will be responsible for undertaking all identified assessments and progress plans as identified within the legal framework.

In addition, they will be responsible for preparation of written evidence, attendance at court, advocates/professionals meetings and instructing solicitors representing Nottinghamshire County Council Social workers in the court team also have responsibility to co-work cases alongside the Permanence Team when children are subject to parallel planning with one of the possible outcomes being adoption.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.