Derbyshire County Council
Parenting Assessor
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Closing date: 16 August 2026
This is an important role within Children's Services, working directly with families to assess parenting capacity, identify strengths and risks, and support positive change for children.
The successful candidate will play a key part in ensuring children are safe, supported and able to thrive within their family and community.
We are looking for a skilled, motivated and compassionate Parenting Assessor to join our Child Protection Parenting Assessment Service.
As a Parenting Assessor, you will undertake high-quality parenting assessments using the East Midlands Parenting Assessment Framework, providing robust analysis of parenting strengths, areas for development, and the impact on children's safety, wellbeing and development. You will work directly with children, parents and carers, building positive relationships while offering both support and respectful challenge to promote meaningful and sustainable change.
This is a rewarding and varied role where no two days are the same. You will work alongside social workers, health professionals, education providers, police and other partner agencies to gather information, assess risk, and contribute to planning that delivers the best possible outcomes for children and young people. You will be responsible for producing clear, evidence-based assessments, reports and recommendations that may be used within multi-agency and legal processes.
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We are seeking someone with experience of working with children, young people and families, strong assessment and analytical skills, and a sound understanding of safeguarding, risk management and child-focused practice. You will be confident engaging families who may be resistant to support, and able to identify strengths, barriers and capacity for change.
In addition to completing comprehensive parenting assessments, you will work closely with the Family Time Assistants and will facilitate and observe family time sessions, assessing the quality of parent-child interactions, attachment, attunement, and the parent's ability to meet their child's emotional and developmental needs.
What you'll bring
- Experience assessing the needs of children and families.
- Experience working with families facing emotional, personal or practical difficulties.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Strong report writing and analytical abilities.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and child-focused planning.
- The ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a multi-agency environment.
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What we offer you:
- 25 days of annual leave plus another 5 once you reach 5 years of continuous service.
- Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month.
- Generous local government pension scheme.
- Guaranteed incremental annual pay increase.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Discounts at selected county leisure centres and much more!
We're always pleased to hear from talented people so if you're looking to join a dynamic team and have the skills and experience, we're looking for, then we'd like to hear from you.
For further information please contact Zoe.Taylor@derbyshire.gov.uk or Melanie.Johnson@derbyshire.gov.uk
Provisional Interview Date 25 August 2026
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