Chief executive Anthony Douglas said salary could be used as a trade-off against other benefits such as extra holidays or a shorter working week.
Pay will still be subject to formal negotiation with unions. Douglas is due to meet family court union Napo for talks this month.
The move comes as Cafcass workers in Wales are set to benefit from a regrading of pay as they come under the wing of the Welsh Assembly. Douglas has also been urged to be "even more radical" in his restructuring of Cafcass.
Alison Paddle, chair of the guardians' organisation Nagalro, welcomed the commitment Douglas made to quality in the strategy he put out to consultation last November (Children Now, 24-30 November 2004), but said more responsibility should be given to experienced frontline workers.
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