 TACT – the UK’s leading fostering charity, has joined cross-sector organisations, business leaders, unions and young people in urging the Government to reconsider its pandemic recovery measures for children and young people, asking them to urgently boost investment.
In two separate letters to the Prime Minister, coordinated by Fair Education Alliance and the National Children’s Bureau, and signed by over 240 leaders from across business, education and the charity sectors, campaigners have again urged the Government to invest in their stated intention of levelling up and show real ambition for the recovery for children and young people. While researchers estimate that £13.5bn is needed to help children recover from a year of disruption, isolation and anxiety, the Chancellor has committed to spend only one tenth of this amount. TACT CEO said:” “TACT is concerned to see that the Government’s much vaunted commitment to levelling up seems to have abruptly levelled off”. The campaign insists the pandemic has deepened the existing crisis in funding for the education of disadvantaged children. Alongside extra money for schools to spend on staff development and interventions for pupils, a wider investment in measures to address the impact of Covid-19 on children and young people, such as reversing rising child poverty, reducing waiting times for mental health help for children and young people, and investing in the services that protect children from abuse and neglect, is urgently needed. TACT is pleased to be among the experts calling for the Government to set out a new and ambitious vision of childhood and education to support children, young people and their families to recover from the impact of COVID-19, with #ChildrenAtTheHeart. Source: www.tactcare.org.uk  Location: Homebased (East Midlands) Salary: Up to £37,290 p.a + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance p.a.+ £750 Home Working Allowance p.a. Closing Date: 16/06/2021 Interview Date: 28/06/2021 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week TACT, the UK’s largest fostering 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. Find out more about our values here We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Supervising Social Worker. The right candidate fror this role will be someone for whom quality of service is paramount and who shares our commitment to working in partnership with our children and foster carers. The majority of the caseload is in Northamptonshire so this would suit someone who lives within reasonable distance of Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes or West Bedfordshire. As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, we put the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. As a Homebased Senior Supervising Social Worker, you will support and supervise the foster families and placements we have in the areas mentioned above remotely and in person when it’s safe to do so. The successful candidate will also need to evidence flexibility and have the willingness to travel to all areas associated with the TACT East Midlands region. TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children and their foster carers in the development of our services. The ideal candidate for this Senior Supervising Social Worker role should have post qualifying experience in family placement work or other childcare settings as well as a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and child protection procedures. Main requirements:
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
Please see the Job Information Pack and Job Description for further information. You will need to be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with Social Work England. An enhanced DBS clearance is also required and will be processed by TACT on your behalf. The successful applicant will be required to support Duty and Out of Hours on a rota basis and will be paid an out of hours’ allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. Closing: Wednesday 16th June 2021 Interviews: Monday 28th June 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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: Homebased Salary: 24,300 p.a + £750 p.a. Home Working Allowance + £3,613 pa (If living in a London Borough) Hours: 35 Hours Per Week Closing Date: 24/05/2021 Interview Date: 02/06/2021 TACT is the largest fostering charity of its kind in the country. Formed in 1993, we now have over 500 carers, who look after over 600 children and young people. Our reputation and growth can be attributed to our strength in providing strong, resilient long-term placements. As a charity, not a shareholder-led profit-making business, we achieve this by investing all of our surplus income into service, staff, carer, and children's development.
TACT is seeking to recruit a Welsh speaking Enquiry Officer who will be the face of TACT to people who make contact by phone or by email that are interested in fostering. As our Welsh speaking Enquiry Officer you will be our front line ambassador for our organisation. As the country’s largest charity of our kind, we need an individual with the right personal attributes to do justice to this. The successful candidate will have:
Not everyone has the right to foster or adopt and it will be down to you to skilfully manage initial discussions with empathy and insight to quickly ascertain suitability. Having done so, you will then take information using a conversational and reassuring approach. This will ensure you form accurate judgments about applicant suitability, and the applicants themselves feel well informed, impressed by the customer service experience, and enthusiastic to begin their assessments as TACT carers. We are a ‘not for profit’ organisation, putting the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children. TACT offers an excellent employee benefits package including:
Please see the Job Information Pack and Job Description for further information. Closing: Midnight - Monday, 24th May 2021 Interviews: Wednesday, 2nd June 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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: Homebased (covering South Coast area) Salary: £43,250 p.a. [£40,500 p.a. (Salary) + £1,500 p.a. (OOH allowance, upon starting on the rota) + £500 p.a. (Placement’s allowance, upon starting on the rota) + £750 p.a. (Homeworking allowance)] Closing Date: 25/05/2021 Interview Date: 03/06/2021 Hours: 35 hours per week Region to cover: South Coast (Hampshire, Poole, Dorset, Portsmouth areas)
TACT, the UK’s largest fostering 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. Find out more about our values here. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced fostering Social Worker Manager to lead the development of the South Coast team. This role will hold responsibility for supervision of staff and a small number of carers in this area and will support the Area Manager to further grow and develop this service. This post will cover the Hampshire, Poole, Dorset, Portsmouth areas. This is an excellent opportunity of career progression for and experienced Social Worker. The Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager must be Social Work England registered and have a BA, Masters or DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualification. An Enhanced DBS check is required for this post and will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf. Main requirements:
Working from Home TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. You will be regularly required to attend meetings in the South Coast area. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children. TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
Closing: Tuesday, 25th May 2021 Interviews: Thursday, 6th June 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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  Location: Homebased (Bristol) Salary: £33,561 p.a. (pro rata) + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance p.a (pro rata) + £750 Home Working Allowance p.a (pro rata) Hours: 21 Hours Per Week Closing Date: 06/06/2021 Interview Date: 17/06/2021 One Year Fixed Term Contract - Maternity Cover
21 Hours Per Week - (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) TACT, the UK’s largest fostering 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. Find out more about our values here. We are inviting applications from Social Workers located in the Bristol area who are interested in a Senior Supervising Social Worker role for whom quality of service is paramount and share our commitment to working in partnership with our children and foster carers. You would be joining a service rated “Outstanding” by Ofsted. As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, we put the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. As a Homebased Senior Supervising Social Worker, you will support and supervise the foster families and placements we have in Bristol, remotely and in person when it’s safe to do so. The successful candidate will also need to evidence flexibility and have the willingness to travel to other areas associated with the TACT Bristol region. TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children and their foster carers in the development of our services. The ideal candidate for this Senior Supervising Social Worker role should have post qualifying experience in family placement work or other childcare settings as well as a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and child protection procedures. Main requirements:
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 will be processed by TACT on your behalf. The successful applicant will be required to support Duty and Out of Hours on a rota basis and will be paid an pro rata out of hours’ allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. Closing: Midnight - Sunday, 6th June 2021 Interviews: Thursday, 17th June 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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: Homebased (East Midlands) Salary: £33,561 p.a + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance p.a.+ £750 Home Working Allowance p.a. Closing Date: 06/06/2021 Interview Date: 17/06/2021 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week TACT, the UK’s largest fostering 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. Find out more about our values here. We are inviting applications from Social Workers located in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes & West Bedfordshire who are interested in a Senior Supervising Social Worker role for whom quality of service is paramount and share our commitment to working in partnership with our children and foster carers. As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, we put the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. As a Homebased Senior Supervising Social Worker, you will support and supervise the foster families and placements we have in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and West Bedfordshire, remotely and in person when it’s safe to do so. The successful candidate will also need to evidence flexibility and have the willingness to travel to other areas associated with the TACT East Midlands region. TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children and their foster carers in the development of our services. The ideal candidate for this Senior Supervising Social Worker role should have post qualifying experience in family placement work or other childcare settings as well as a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and child protection procedures. Main requirements:
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
Please see the Job Information Pack and Job Description for further information. You will need to be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with Social Work England. An enhanced DBS clearance is also required and will be processed by TACT on your behalf. The successful applicant will be required to support Duty and Out of Hours on a rota basis and will be paid an out of hours’ allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. Closing: Midnight - Sunday, 6th June 2021 Interviews: Thursday 17th June 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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  Children’s charities have stepped up their campaign to call for an end to private care companies profiteering from fostering. The campaign group Fairer Fostering Partnership (FFP) has launched a social media push using the hashtag #forchildrennotprofit, to promote commissioning care placements using not-for-profit and charitable fostering agencies, rather than commercial fostering firms. The group is concerned that commercial fostering organisations are owned by private and venture capital companies that make “significant profits for shareholders”. Instead, the FFP believes that any profit from foster care should be re-invested into children’s services. “Excessive profit has no place in the care of vulnerable children,” says the group. It adds: “FFP members work purely for children, not for profit, and in a financially strapped sector funded by taxpayers helping thousands of vulnerable children in care, it is important that local authorities and foster carers are able to make an informed choice as to which fostering providers they work with."  FFP members include Action for Children, Barnardo’s and The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (TACT).
TACT chief executive and FFP chair Andy Elvin said: “All our members’ resources are invested in meeting the needs of vulnerable children and young people, and not in making a profit from them. “This transparency and accountability is welcomed by local authorities and foster carers alike, but we need to continue promoting the message that excessive profits are being made by some agencies at a time when there is less money in the system. That clearly can’t be a good thing for children in care.” This week the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) also raised concerns about the use of profit-making companies to provide children’s care. Its 2021 position paper says there is a “worrying increase in the number of large organisations, backed by private equity investors, entering into children’s residential and fostering services”. It adds “the ability of private equity companies to extract huge profit from the care of children is concerning, as is the level of debt and the implications that financial failure would mean for children and young people”. Source: www.cypnow.co.uk/  Location: Home-based (covering South Coast) Salary: £32,450 p.a [£29,700 (salary) + £750 (HW Allowance) + £1,500 (OOH Allowance) + £500 (Placements Allowance) + £3613 (LW Allowance, if appl.)] Contract type: Permanent (35 hours per week) Hours: 35 hours per week Closing Date: 04/05/2021 Interview Date: 12/05/2021 Travelling for team meetings and safeguarding meetings as required
Duty Social Worker - Main Responsibilities:
Duty Social Worker - Essential Requirements:
The overall purpose of the Duty Social Worker is to provide Co-ordination of the placement service offered to Local Authorities. 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 plus £500 per annum for placements. Working from Home TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. You will be required to attend team meetings in London or another locality identified every other month. As a remote working organisation we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children. The Duty Social Worker will be eligible for TACT's excellent benefits package which includes:
Closing: Wednesday, 5th May 2021 Interviews: Wednesday, 12th May 2021 (via video-call) 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 to 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: Walsall Salary: 45,000 pa + £750 Home Working Allowance pa + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance pa Closing Date: 15/03/2021 Interview Date: 29/03/2021 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week Home Based – West Midlands
TACT, the UK’s largest fostering 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 our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development. The West Midlands service currently seeks an enthusiastic Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager who is committed to ensuring that the children we care for meet their full potential. The successful candidate will bring experience of working with children and young people in a statutory setting, have a management qualification and have strong interpersonal and leadership skills. As a Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager your core duties will include:
The Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager must be Social Work England registered and have a DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualification. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post and will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf. TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children. The postholder will need to travel around the West Midlands and surrounding areas post Covid in order to support foster carers, children and young people. TACT offer an excellent benefits package including:
The sucessful candidate will be required to participate in the out of hours duty rota, attracting an additional allowance of £1,500 per annum (once on the rota). Please see the Deputy Area Manager job description and applicant information booklet for full details. Closing: Midnight on Monday, 15th March 2021 Interviews: Monday, 29th March 2021 (via Microsoft Teams) 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: Homebased - expected travel Yorkshire & North East Salary: £12,150 per annum pro rata (FTE £24,300) and Home Working Allowance £375 per annum pro rata Closing Date: 14/03/2021 Interview Date 26/03/2021 Hours: 17.5 Hours Per Week TACT is the UK’s largest specialist charity provider of fostering services. Our core work involves providing high quality and well supported fostering 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. Find out more about our values here. We are looking to recruit an experienced individual for appointment as Children's Resource Worker with the TACT Yorkshire and North East England Team, offering a range of services which impact positively on the welfare of children. Experience of working with or advocating for children and young people, alongside excellent communication skills are essential and a qualification in youth and community work, or equivalent, would be desirable. TACT's Children's Support Workers provide services in close partnership with parents, carers, children, young people, local authorities and their social workers according to the needs of our children and families, providing post holders with varied and rewarding duties. The overall purpose of the Children's Resource Worker role is to work closely with looked after children, the birth children of foster carers and the foster carers, to achieve agreed objectives for excellent care as outlined in the 5 Every Child Matters regulatory Outcome Areas for England, with the aim of impacting positively on the welfare of children. We would welcome applications from candidates based in Yorkshire and North East who would be willing to travel to surrounding areas, when it is safe to do so.. Due to the nature of this post the successful Children's Support Workers will need to be willing to work with flexibility regarding hours and days of work and occasional overnight stays may be required for organised events when it is safe to arrange them. The Child Resource Worker post is eligible for TACT's excellent benefits package including:
An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role which TACT will undertake on your behalf. Please see the Job Description and Job Information Pack for more details. Closing: Midnight on Sunday 14th March 2021 Interviews: Friday 26th March 2021 (via Microsoft teams) 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 |
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