 Location: Hampshire Salary: £29,700 pa + £2,000 pa Out of Hours Allowance + £500 pa Homeworking Allowance Closing Date: 14/07/2020 Interview Date: 23/07/2020 Hours: 35 hours per week TACT, the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity now has over 500 dedicated carers, who look after over 600 children and young people across the country. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits and we invest all of our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development.
Our vision is to provide better lives for our children and young people. A post has arisen for a Supervising Social Worker covering the Hampshire area in this home based role. The successful candidate will be part of the wider, dynamic and forward thinking registered office in Hither Green. This role is fixed term for 6 months, with the possibility of extending this due to development and growth of the region. We are interested in individuals for whom quality of service is paramount and in those who share our commitment to working in partnership with children and their foster carers in the development of the agency. The successful candidate should also have post qualifying experience in family placement work or other child care settings as well as a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and child protection procedures. TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
You will need to be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with Social Work England. An enhanced DBS clearance is also required and is requested for you by TACT. The successful applicant will be required to support Duty and Ouf of Hours on a rota basis and will be paid an out of hours’ allowance of £2,000 per annum once participating in the rota. Closing: Tuesday 14th July 2020 Interviews: Thursday 23rd July 2020 (via Video) Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies. TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them. TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Full details and application documents here  Location: Norwich Salary: £40,718 to £45,240 Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time (35 hours per week) Closing Date: Thursday 23 July 2020 Please note, the role will require an element of travel to other Break locations across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
Break delivers a wide range of outstanding services providing exceptional outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and their families, and is looking to develop and diversify those services to increase our support and geographical spread while always striving for continuous improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to join an expanding and vibrant voluntary organisation with services located in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and make a positive impact on young lives as a member of our Senior Leadership Team. You will be passionate about changing young lives and experienced in managing teams and staff to ensure they are able to provide the best support for our beneficiaries. The Operations Manager (Children and Families) will be leading, managing and supporting the management teams of our diverse services, which include children’s homes, fostering, short break services for children with disabilities, family assessment services and our therapeutic provision. You will work across Break working to ensure that our services work collaboratively whilst ensuring regulatory compliance. We aspire to excellence and employ experienced, resilient, skilful and creative senior managers to inspire our service delivery and provide support to our teams. You will have a background in delivering services to children and young people either with a social work qualification or a relevant professional qualification. We welcome those experienced in delivering excellent residential child care. If you would like to discuss the post please contact Rachel Cowdry on 01603 670100 or email on Rachel.cowdry@break-charity.org. Closing Date: 23rd July 2020 Interview dates: 31st July for Safe Care/Warner Interviews / 3rd August for Formal Panel Full details here  Location: Norwich Salary: £47,505 - £52,782 (up to £58,61 relating to performance) (Pay award pending) Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time Closing Date: Thursday 16 July 2020 About us
Break has been delivering care to children, young people and their families for over 50 years. We have a wide range of services (majority of which are Ofsted regulated) spanning Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and have a growth agenda across the region for the next 3-5 years. About you We are seeking an experienced, dynamic senior manager who has the drive and commitment to lead our care services and support our improving for excellence agenda. You will be a qualified social worker with experience of leading multiple teams or work streams, with a commitment to driving forward a range of improvement agendas across all services. You will have a track record of developing talent, effectively leading and building teams. With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be confident building and maintaining relationships, both internally and externally and will have a relentless focus on positive outcomes, creating new and better means to achieve service success. We're looking for a proactive can-do individual who can hit the ground running, demonstrating positive impact through engagement and outstanding outcomes. We would welcome candidates with experience of a wide spectrum of children, young people and family services, including residential child care. If you feel you have the skills, experience and drive to join this dynamic and successful charity we would like to hear from you as soon as possible. In return, we will offer you a supportive work environment with a fantastic team, and a smarter working approach to nurture your career with us. We need you to help us “change young lives” Closing date: 16th July 2020 Interview dates: Warner/Safe Care on 28th July/ Formal on 29th July Contact Rachel Cowdry for an informal discussion on 07834 130443 or email rachel.cowdry@break-charity.org Full details here  Circa: £33,000, plus on call allowance Department/Division: England North Location: Fareham, Hampshire Contract Type: Permanent Full Time Closing Date: 10 July 2020 The role
Our Wessex Fostering service in Hampshire provides long and short-term foster placements predominantly for children aged eight years and over. We continuously aim to provide safe, secure and stable family placements within the community so that young people can experience a positive model of life and for the future. We want to fully understand our children and young people in order to provide a tailored plan to support their needs and ensure they are able to build positive relationships with others. We are a small, developing fostering service, located in Fareham but covering the Hampshire and surrounding areas. Your base will be in the Fareham office. You will be responsible for providing professional supervision and developmental support to foster carers, including advice and guidance to fostering families. You will be part of a small team and will have had exposure to managing multi agency partnerships. This position also requires a strong understanding of the therapeutic model including PACE. You will be required to provide telephone on call support for our foster carers which is currently up to a maximum of 4 nights per month (approx.) for our England wide on call service. Our team including foster carers are trained to a high standard; understanding attachment and trauma work along with specific interventions We are looking for a Fostering Supervising Social Worker to join our team working 37 hours a week. This will be mainly Monday to Friday during the day but there will be some flexibility required to meet the needs of the service which will include some evening and weekend working. This is office based but there maybe the possibility of home working. You will be responsible for providing professional supervision and developmental support to foster carers, including advice and guidance to fostering families. You will be part of a small team and will have had exposure to managing multi agency partnerships. This position also requires a strong understanding of the therapeutic model including PACE. You will be required to provide telephone on call support for our foster carers which is currently up to a maximum of 4 nights per month (approx.) for our England wide on call service. Our team including foster carers are trained to a high standard; understanding attachment and trauma work along with specific interventions You will make a difference by:
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The way we work We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here. Rewards We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here. For safe and happy childhoods At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK. For more information, please contact Maria Sorrentino on 07917482469 or email recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. Full details and application documents here  Location: Liverpool Transition, Preparation & Moving On Service (L12) Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 (7 day rota) Salary : £26,966 - £37,414 Closing Date: 5 July 2020 Interview Date: w/c 13 July 2020 Do you want to be part of a brand new innovative residential support service for young people in Liverpool?
Can you achieve transformational change for looked after young people who have a range of complex needs? If you're passionate about the children in your care and can show understanding, tenacity and consistency of care – this may be the opportunity for you! History of Service Barnardo's Transition, Preparation and Moving-On Service is a new service commissioned by Liverpool City Council to deliver residential support services in line with statutory requirements within a therapeutic approach. The service consists of two homes with 4 and 5 beds respectively. Objectives of Service The aim of the service is to provide a nurturing environment within two high quality homes. The homes will meet the needs of children and young people who have experienced trauma, neglect, rejection and whose basic needs have not been met. The homes will provide a truly therapeutic environment that can meet the needs of young people who require support to manage their behaviours safely, develop their resilience and prepare them for the demands of future life with their own families or in other settings. This role is based in Barnardo's Merseyside locality, initially at Liverpool and an On Call Allowance is payable. This role is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Children's Home Deputy Manager looking for career progression. Previous applicants need not apply. When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. About Barnardo's At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role. Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's. Our basis and values Click here for full details and application documents  Location: Norfolk Salary: £20,500-£21,525 Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time Closing Date: Friday 26 June 2020 Transition Worker – Supporting Young People Leaving Care
In this busy role, no two days will be the same as you support Young People to live independently in the community. As a Transition Worker for Break Charity – Staying Connected Service, you’ll work with numerous agencies to help make a difference to the lives of young care leavers in the community. Working both within the Young Persons home and in a variety of other settings, you’ll develop personal, flexible and realistic support packages based on people’s individual circumstances. Ultimately, this role is all about helping young people to realise their full potential, so you’ll develop strength-based plans, complete risk assessments and identify opportunities for them to get involved in their communities. That means you’ll also build relationships with the Young People. Delivering support to all young people to make a positive transition into adulthood, improve young people’s chances to progress successfully through education to employment, helping them to acquire the skills to live independently, whilst supporting them to make positive, informed choices about their lives This position will be based in Norwich but will involve regular travel across various locations within Norfolk. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, creative and motivated with a professional, caring and calm approach. You will need to be able to demonstrate commitment, flexibility and imagination. You will also need to be creative in problem solving and be able to work well using your own initiative and within a team. If you are interested in enriching the lives of the people we support, especially those who are living within the Norfolk area, please take a look at the Essential Job Information and apply. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive employer and recognise that working with young people, although incredibly rewarding, is not without its challenges. Therefore, we want you to feel appreciated for the life changing work you are doing. You will receive comprehensive training, company pension scheme, have excellent career progression opportunities, and be working in a warm and welcoming work environment – amongst many other things. Essential Information Salary: The current salary scale for this post is £20,500 - £21,525 per annum, depending on qualifications. (The maximum job rate potential is £22,550 which is performance related). At appointment: The actual salary will be £20,500. Hours: 38 hours per week Closing Date: 26th June 2020 Interviews: The first interview which will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview, will be held on 6th July 2020. If successful after the first interview, candidates will then be expected to attend a second formal interview also scheduled to take place on 9th July 2020. We anticipate that each interview should last around 60 minutes and we aim to leave a 30 minute break in between each interview. To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Border Agency (UKBA) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKBA guidelines. Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity. Your current immigration status will not be taken into account when assessing your application against the selection criteria for the post For more information on this job opportunity, please initially email or call the HR Team via the contact details found on our website. Click here for full details and to apply  Location: Walsall Salary: £33 p/h for initial visits and £27 p/h for support, supervision of foster carers and placements £1,900 + VAT per completed Form F Assessment Closing Date: 23/06/2020 Interview Date: 30/06/2020 Hours: Variable Self-Employed Sessional Social Workers - Fostering
TACT is the UK’s largest specialist charity provider of fostering services. Our core work involves providing high quality and well supported fostering or adoptive families for children and young people in the care of local authorities. Working in partnership with local authorities from our offices across England, Wales and Scotland, we are dedicated to providing creative, effective and outcome-focused services. We also campaign on behalf of children and young people in care, carers and adoptive families and are a leading voice in the sector. Our vision is to provide better lives for our children and young people. Our West Midlands Area Team are seeking self-employed social workers to support fostering in Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Kidderminster, Coventry and Warwickshire. The team require a number of workers to cover Form F Assessments and / or a variety of other duties. Successful applicants will be specifically located in these areas or within a 20 - 25 mile radius. Self-Employed Sessional Social Worker duties may include:
Self-Employed Sessional Social Worker - Fostering - Rates of Pay
Please see the Self-Employed Sessional Social Worker Job Information Pack for a full breakdown of the role and rates. Closing Date - Midnight 23rd June 2020 Interview Date - 30th June 2020 (via Skype) Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies. TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them. Full details and application documents here  Circa: £33,000 pro rata plus £700 per annum on call allowance Department/Division: England North Area: North West England Contract Type: Permanent Part Time Closing Date:19 June 2020 The role
We are looking for a Fostering Social Worker to join our small developing Fostering Service located in the North West (Greater Manchester) area. The role includes recruiting and assessing new applicants as well as supporting a caseload of foster carers. This role will be mainly Monday to Friday during the day but there will be some flexibility required to meet the needs of the service. There is also an on-call rota which you will be required to undertake. The 3 days of this role can be discussed at interview stage but we do require each Wednesday to be a working day. We promote and support agile working with all our Fostering Social Workers to enable you to work with a manageable caseload. Fostering experience and knowledge of fostering regulations is essential for this position. Part of the role is to develop and manage multi agency partnerships. This position also requires a good understanding of attachment and developmental trauma and a therapeutic parenting approach (Parenting with PACE). Our team consists of Admin Support, Social Worker, and a Young Person's Worker. We also work in partnership with Changing Minds UK Psychology Service who support our therapeutic work with children and young people. This service provides ongoing psychological consultation, training and guidance for the staff team and foster carers with the aim on ensuring a Therapeutic and evidence informed framework is utilised to support the young people, foster carers and staff. What we do... We recruit and assess new applicants and we provide professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and colleagues from other agencies where appropriate. The successful applicant will be part of an enthusiastic fostering team. You will be expected to uphold the core values and beliefs of the organisation, ensuring that children, young people and foster carers receive a high-quality service and that commissioners' expectations and contractual requirements are met. This will be instilled through effective day to day delivery of a high-quality fostering service. What will you need?
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Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 301,000 children, young people and their families – but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do. That's where you come in. If you really want to make a difference and be a part of an amazing team, don't hesitate, apply now! This is a current and live role and we shall be progressing as normal with our recruitment for this position. To comply with social distancing, we intend to interview remotely for the time being. Details will be discussed with applicants who progress to interview stage. For more information on this opportunity please contact recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk reference number 3726 Full details and application documents here  Location: Fishponds Salary: Up to £37,290 + £1,500 pa (upon joining OOH rota) Closing Date: 07/06/2020 Interview Date: 15/06/2020 Hours: 35 hours per week Office Based (although working from home during Covid-19 crisis) Fixed-Term (up to one year contract - Maternity Cover) TACT, the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity now has over 500 dedicated carers, who look after over 600 children and young people across the country. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits and we invest all of our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Supervising Social Worker to be part of a national non-profit making organisation at a local level. We are interested in hearing from Senior Supervising Social Workers for whom quality of service is paramount and in those who share our commitment to working in partnership with children and their foster carers in the development of the agency. The overall purpose of the Senior Supervising Social Worker is to recruit, assess, train and support a diverse range of foster carers and placements. As a Senior Supervising Social Worker you will be required to have:
An Enhanced DBS disclosure is also required, and this will be requested for you by TACT. The successful candidate will participate on the out of hours’ rota and will receive an out of hours’ allowance payment of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. The Senior Supervising Social Worker will be eligible for TACT's excellent benefits package which includes:
Please see the job information pack for further information. Closing: Sunday, 7th June 2020 Interviews: Monday, 15th June 2020 (via Skype) Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies. TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them. Previous applicants in last 6 months need not apply. TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Full details and application documents here  Location: Norwich, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Salary: £17,838 to £18,730 per annum, depending on qualifications (maximum job rate potential is £19,622 per annum which is performance related). Contract Type: Permanent / Part Time Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2020 We currently have an amazing opportunity available for a Fostering Supervising Social Worker to join our Therapeutic Fostering Service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a caring and calm approach to help support and supervise the Foster Carers within our Fostering Team. This is a unique opportunity to join our established not for profit Fostering Service which provides therapeutic placements for young people as well as parent and child placements. All candidates should hold a valid driving licence and have regular access to a vehicle for work purposes. Qualifications The ideal candidate should be a HCPC registered social worker. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive employer and recognise that working in care, although incredibly rewarding, is not without its challenges. Therefore, we want you to feel appreciated for the life changing work you are doing. You will receive comprehensive training, company pension scheme, have excellent career progression opportunities, and be working in a warm and welcoming work environment – amongst many other things. Essential Information Salary: The current full time salary scale for this position is £17,838 to £18,730 per annum, depending on qualifications (maximum job rate potential is £19,622 per annum which is performance related). At appointment: The actual salary based on 22 hours per week will be, £17,838 to £18,730 per annum, depending on qualifications. Hours: 22 hours per week Closing Date: Sunday 28th June 2020 Interviews: The interviews have been scheduled to take place on 14th July 2020. The first interview will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview, if successful after the first interview, candidates will then be expected to attend a second formal interview. We anticipate that each interview should last a maximum of 60 minutes. Please note: Due to the current Pandemic, all recent interviews have been carried out virtually. Once the shortlisting process has been completed, we will contact all successful candidates to update them on the interview process. To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Border Agency (UKBA) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKBA guidelines. Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity. Your current immigration status will not be taken into account when assessing your application against the selection criteria for the post. For more information on this job opportunity, please initially email or call the HR Team via the contact details found on our website. Full details and application documents here |
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