Location: Lincoln & Louth Salary: £23,400- £28,600 Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 5 April 2024 Interview Date: 15 and 16 April 2024 Barnardo's work in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council to deliver its Leaving Care Service for care experience young people aged 16-25.
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Further details and application documents here Location: West Midlands. Salary: £35,893 - £39,880 p.a + £750 Homeworking Allowance p.a + £1,500 OOH Allowance p.a. Hours: 35 Hours Per Week Closing Date: 14/04/2024 Interview Date: 02/05/2024 Location – Home-based with travel required to visit foster families located across the West Midlands areas; including Shropshire, Staffordshire, Birmingham, Coventry, Warwickshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Sandwell. Travel also requires to attend staff meetings and team away days.
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and looks to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. TACT invests all surplus income into staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have established expert in-house support services such as our TACT Health and Education Services and created TACT Connect, our ground-breaking scheme for care-experienced young people and adults. New staff will join us as we embark on a journey to become a wholly trauma-informed organisation with the aim of increasing our effectiveness and improving outcomes for the children and young people in our care. We pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, an extensive well-being programme, and our benefits package, all curated to support a healthy work-life balance for all our staff. We will also invest in your learning, supporting your growth and development during your employment with TACT. You will be encouraged to attend personal and professional development opportunities and will have access to learning and resources to empower you to advance your knowledge and skills. We are currently the 4th Best Charity to work for and the 16th Best Mid-Sized Company in the UK according to The Best Companies criteria and our survey results have evidenced “outstanding” levels of engagement amongst staff in recent years. You can view our Best Companies summary video here. As a Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker with TACT West Midlands, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice. You can review our values here. In addition to the annual salary, the Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker role attracts Out of Hours Allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. The main role requirements for this role include:
Location: North Wales Salary: £35,893 - £39,880 p.a + £750 Homeworking Allowance p.a + £1,500 OOH Allowance p.a. Hours: 35 Hours Per Week Closing Date: 31/03/2024 Interview Date: 10/04/2024 Contract – Fixed term 12 months initially
Location – Home-based with travel required to visit foster families located across the North Wales areas; including Flintshire, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey. Travel also requires the postholder to attend staff meetings and team away days. As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and looks to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. TACT invests all surplus income into staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have established expert in-house support services such as our TACT Health and Education Services and created TACT Connect, our ground-breaking scheme for care-experienced young people and adults. New staff will join us as we embark on a journey to become a wholly trauma-informed organisation with the aim of increasing our effectiveness and improving outcomes for the children and young people in our care. We pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, an extensive well-being programme, and our benefits package, all curated to support a healthy work-life balance for all our staff. We will also invest in your learning, supporting your growth and development during your employment with TACT. You will be encouraged to attend personal and professional development opportunities and will have access to learning and resources to empower you to advance your knowledge and skills. We are currently the 4th Best Charity to work for and the 16th Best Mid-Sized Company in the UK according to The Best Companies criteria and our survey results have evidenced “outstanding” levels of engagement amongst staff in recent years. You can view our Best Companies summary video here. As a Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker with TACT Cymru, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice. In addition to the annual salary, the Senior Supervising Social Worker role attracts Out of Hours Allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. The main role requirements for this role include:
Further details and application documents here Location: North Shields - Hybrid Salary Banding: £26,368.97 to £29,964.75 per annum depending on experience Hours: 37.5 per week Closing Date: 2 March 2024 Full time: 37.5 hours per week (working flexibly between Monday - Sunday)
This role will involve some weekend working. This would typically be 3 hours one weekend a month, a responsibility which will be shared with colleagues on the team on a rota basis. There may be rare occasions where this would mean working more hours on a weekend but this would be planned well in advance. Weekend working would involve taking this time back during the working week to allow flexibility for both the post holder and the agency. Salary Banding: £26,368.97 to £29,964.75 per annum depending on experience Please note: we do not operate a performance related reward system or automatic incremental payments. We offer hybrid working which includes a blend of home and office working with a minimum of one day per week in our office. Team Fostering is an ethical not for profit fostering agency with a strong reputation and track record for providing high quality, value for money fostering placements for looked after children. We pride ourselves on our values and we expect our staff to commit to and demonstrate these values in their everyday work. As part of our continued growth as an agency and the on-going development of our services, we are expanding our Recruitment Team and would welcome applications from skilled professionals to support the agency in recruiting skilled and suitable foster carers by dealing with initial enquiries, liaising with potential foster carers, attending community based recruitment events, working closely with marketing colleagues, and engaging with current foster carers. The successful applicant will have:
Further details and application documents here Location: Edinburgh Salary: £35,360- £42,269 Plus £312 Office at Home Allowance Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 22 March 2024 Barnardo's Scotland Fostering Edinburgh have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Supervising Social worker to join our busy team on a Full Time (37 hours) permanent basis.
Location: The successful candidate will work on a hybrid basis with their office base in Edinburgh, however some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide. As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers, therapists, education liaison worker, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority. Some of the key responsibilities are:
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Further details and application documents here Location: Lincoln Salary: Competitive - please see advert for details Contract: Zero Hours Hours: Part Time - Ad hoc Closing: 26 March 2024 The Children’s Family Trust (CFT) is a well-established Registered Charity and an Independent Fostering Agency. We provide a wide and varied range of foster placements and have historically specialised in long term ‘Family for Life’ placements. We firmly believe our Foster Carers are our most valuable resource deserving the highest levels of support and remuneration we can offer. We work in partnership with Local Authority Social Workers committed to keeping our children safe and secure in stable and loving families.
Due to continued success and growth we are looking for independent, self-employed FORM F ASSESSORS For our East Midlands and Lincolnshire Regions The Core Tasks:
You will need to be a qualified social worker and registered with Social Work England, have previous experience of completing Form F Assessments. Pay:
The Children’s Family Trust is an equal opportunities employer and committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, ensuring that they are kept safe. As you will be in an environment which involves child protection and working with Looked After Children, you will need to be covered by an enhanced DBS clearance and provide satisfactory references and overseas police check (if needed). Full details and application details here Location: Fostering Eastern Region Salary: £45,986 depending on experience Contract Type: Permanent Specific Hours: 37.5 Hours per week Closing Date: 22 March 2024 We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team and a growing fostering service in our Eastern Region where you will be able to contribute to achieving positive results for young people.
About Us Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future. St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home. We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities. Key aspects of the Role:
Further details and application documents here Location: Lincoln & Louth Salary: £23,400- £28,600 Contract type: Permanent Hours:37 Closing Date: 5 April 2024 Interview Date: 15 and 16 April 2024 Barnardo's work in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council to deliver its Leaving Care Service for care experience young people aged 16-25.
We support, encourage, and empower care experienced young people to live independent lives. Knowledge of the risks worries and safeguarding concerns when working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking young people is desirable. Initial Specific Responsibilities
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Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. In addition to the stated salary the post comes with a £3,000 uplift of worker retention payment from 01/04/24 to 31/03/25 paid pro rota: this is only payable once the probation period has been completed. Further details and application documents here Location: West Bromwich Salary: £40,842 Contract Type: Fixed Term Specific Hours: 37.5 hours per week Closing Date: 22 March 2024 Salary up to £40,842 depending on experience
About Us Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future. St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home. We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities. About the Role The role is responsible for the successful recruitment of new St. Christopher’s foster carers, proactively building excellent relationships with potential fostering applicants & guiding them through the assessment & approval process. The role will proactively lead on the recruitment strategy for a given region but the postholder may have to work across other regions as required by workflows. The postholder will deliver an increased number of fostering households through a targeted approach, enabling the recruitment and assessment of foster carers who can meet the needs of St. Christopher’s looked after children. Further details and application documents here Location: Bristol, Southwest England. Salary: £22,500 per annum pro rata Contract Type:Fixed Term Part-Time Closing Date: 15 March 2024 Interviews: Week Commening 26 March 2024 Contract/Hours: Fixed Term/ Part Time working 18. 5 hours a week (Fixed Term till March 2025)
Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, and a discount portal with your favourite brands. Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers. Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. A bit about the role Our three linked services, Fostering Southwest, Fostering Southwest Peninsula and Family Breaks Devon provide high quality foster families to vulnerable children and young people from our offices in Bristol and Exeter. As a Transitions Worker you'll be providing one to one (and possibly group based) practical and emotional support to our young people to make the transition from foster care/continuing care into independent living. You'll coordinate and direct the support to young people by agreeing and providing interventions, enabling positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. How you'll help to create brighter futures You'll offer support and advice to our young people to overcome barriers that can include housing, homelessness, confidence and self-esteem issues, poor social skills, lack of qualifications and employment opportunities. You will also support young people with emotional wellbeing and provide resilient and nurturing support, even in challenging and demanding situations. Key responsibilities of your role will be to:
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