TACT has been crowned the fifth best charity to work for in the prestigious Best Companies 2024 Accreditation. 

The national fostering charity has risen 11 places from 16th last year, and was also ranked the 17th best medium-sized organisation to work for.  

TACT also achieved its first three-star accreditation this year, representing world class levels of employee engagement, thanks to improvements in seven out of the eight core areas measured entirely by colleague feedback. TACT employs almost 200 colleagues, and the survey was completed by 61% of their workforce. 

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We are so proud of Connect – our exclusive care-experienced ‘community for life’ – as they have now become award-winning! 

Connect was announced as the GOLD WINNER of the Technology-Enabled Lives and Innovation in Practice Award at the national Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024.  

This was the first time an award for this new category had been presented, making its debut at the annual celebration event in London on Friday 8 November. 

It’s also the first time Connect has entered any awards and, not only was it shortlisted from hundreds of other nominees, it was picked as THE most worthy winner! 

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Up to 20 days per year (+ training days)

TACT, the UK’s largest fostering charity and has been providing loving families for vulnerable children and young people across the country for over 25 years. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits – we invest all of our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development.

As a Panel Vice Chair with TACT, 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.

The West Midlands team are seeking a Fostering Panel Vice Chair to support the Chair in conducting monthly virtual panel meetings held on third Wednesday of the month via Microsoft Teams.

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It has been an exciting season of celebration for TACT Connect this summer as our exclusive membership scheme has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards!

The Children & Young People Now Awards 2024 has shortlisted Connect in two categories – The Children in Care Award and The Leaving Care Award.

The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024 has shortlisted Connect in the brand-new category of Technology Enabled Lives & Innovation in Practice Award.

As the anticipation builds for the announcement of the winners, we wanted to shine a light on why the Connect community is so deserving of these accolades and what has driven people to champion Connect through their nominations.

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This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Supervising Social Worker to join the Ofsted rated “Outstanding” South West Team, working with a therapeutic and trauma informed approach at their core to enable successful placements across their fostering service.

Overall Duties of the Senior Supervising Social Worker will include:

• An appropriate social work qualification
• Up-to-date registration with Social Work England
• A minimum of 2 years post-qualifying experience in fostering/family placements or other childcare settings
• Experience in supporting and supervising  and visiting, foster families to meet the complex needs of the looked-after young people
• A proven track record in working with and on behalf of children, respecting and maintaining their individuality, and promoting their positive development.
• Experience in group work and/or delivery of training.
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations including the Children’s Act and NMS Fostering Standards.
• Experience of working with/supporting looked after children and their foster carers.
• Ability to prioritise, plan and self-organise efficiently.
• Capable of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.

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Every year, TACT send satisfaction surveys to all their foster carers, in order to provide an opportunity to help identify any areas for improvement, and to recognise what has worked well within each of our regions.

We’re excited to be able to share some of the results, along with quotes from our foster carers.

A big ‘thank you’ to all our foster carers who took part in the survey.

Click here to read the results from each of the TACT regions

TACT Fostering, the UK’s largest dedicated fostering charity, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Foster Care Values (FCV), a highly regarded fostering agency based in North Wales.

This important move ensures a bright, not-for-profit future for Foster Care Values as the Welsh Government moves toward removing profit-making from foster care by 2027.

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As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the TACT West Midlands team.

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Applicants should be able to travel across North, West, East and South Yorkshire for home visits to support carers and children. Travel also requires the post holder to attend staff meetings and team away days.

As a Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker with TACT Yorkshire & North East, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the TACT Yorkshire & North East team.

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Location: Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire

​Salary: £37,088 per annum (increasing to £41,208 after 18 months service) + £750 per annum Homeworking Allowance + £1,500 per annum Out of Hours Allowance

Hour: 35 Hours per week – Monday to Friday

​Closing Date: Sunday, 27th October 2024​

We are interested in applicants located in Nottinghamshire, Central and South Derbyshire or North Leicestershire. Applicants will be required to travel across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for home visits to support carers and children. Travel is also required to attend staff meetings and team away days in Northamptonshire and other parts of the East Midlands.

As a Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker with TACT East Midlands, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the TACT East Midlands team.

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