Assessing Social Worker - CPAT, Kinship Services (Countywide)
- Devon
- Full Time
- £38,626 - £42,708

Do it for Devon - Bring your skills and passion to our team and join us as an Assessment Social Worker in our Child and Parent Assessment Team.
Devon County Council have an exciting opportunity for Experienced Social Workers to join the Child and parent Assessment team (CPAT) within Children's Social Care.
About Us
The Child and parent Assessment team (CPAT) are a specialist team who work within Devon Childrens services to provide parenting assessments utilising the ParentAssess model, in both Child and Parent fostering placements and in the community.
About the Role
The key purpose of the role is to improve the outcomes for our most vulnerable young people and families in Devon to encourage positive change. Working closely with experienced family practitioners, CPAT foster carers and childrens social workers you will support the parenting assessment work to enable early permanency decisions to be made for children. Parenting assessments are usually between 8-12 weeks duration and many of the families that we work with will be in pre proceedings or the court process.
Our parenting assessment social workers make a vital contribution to delivering high-quality social care services. This is an exciting opportunity to work in our supportive team to further develop your skills and experience in parenting assessment work.
Office base for the post is flexible due to this being a County wide service
About You
Advocating for the children and young people of Devon, you will model social work practice that is of a high standard and in line with statutory obligations. You will champion restorative practice and encourage a collaborative culture, where opportunities for reflection and learning are supported.
Your skills and experience will include:
- A social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
- Satisfactory completion of your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
- Experience of working within social care, including working in a multi-agency and court environment, with knowledge of fostering regulations
- A high-level of written and verbal communication skills*
- The ability to build effective professional relationships with children, families, and other professionals
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation, models, and theories relevant to children’s social work
- Exceptional recording and planning skills
- A valid UK driving licence and access to a car*
* Exceptions may apply under the Equality Act
What’s in it for you?
In return for the vital contribution that you make, we have some fantastic employee benefits available, including:
- Generous annual leave and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
- Free onsite parking.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services.
- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Amy McDowell (CPAT Team manager), telephone: 07970434599 email: amy.mcdowell@devon.gov.uk
Applications close on 23rd February 2025 and applicants will be contacted to arrange interview dates upon shortlisting.
For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
Internal Applicants: If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.
Please Note: At this time, we are only accepting applications from candidates who are currently residing in the UK and are unable to consider overseas applications.
Additional Information
- DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working.
- For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
- This role requires a DBS disclosure
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