 Location: Hampshire Salary: £1,900 (+VAT) per Form F + £33 per hour (initial visits) + £27 per hour (support and supervision of foster carers) Closing Date: 14/07/2020 Interview Date: 23/07/2020 Hours: Variable Home based (during Covid-19); Visits and travelling required after Covid-19 pandemic
Covering Hampshire TACT is the UK’s largest specialist charity provider of fostering. 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. We want to develop our work in Hampshire we are seeking to recruit sessional Social Workers to undertake initial visits and assess prospective foster families. Duties may include:
Rates of Pay (depending on type of work offered)
Please see the Self-Employed Sessional Assessing Social Worker Job Information Pack for a full breakdown of the role and rates.
Closing Date: Tuesday 14th July 2020 Interviews: Thursday 23rd July 2020 (Via video-call) 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. 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  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  June is LGBT Pride Month and TACT is very proud of its LGBT foster carers, so we are sharing stories of how they have transformed the lives of children and young people in their care.
Today is the turn of Rob and Bob who became instant foster dads of three when they began fostering young siblings – 2 little boys and their sister. While it was a steep learning curve for them all, they soon settled into happy family life. It has been such a successful placement that the children are now with them permanently and will remain until adulthood. Read their story here Please follow our news section and twitter page as we bring you these stories throughout June. Source: www.tactcare.org.uk  TACT and Research in Practice have developed three linked surveys – for young people in care, carers and birth families – to explore their experiences of life at home during lockdown. The surveys aim to explore how people have spent their time, experiences of home schooling and relationships with social care over the lockdown period.
The findings will be used to inform practice as we move towards exiting lockdown, so that we can learn the lessons of the past three months and retain anything that carers, birth families and young people in care found beneficial, and address that which was problematic. The survey will run from 9-21 June and all responses will be anonymous: Survey for young people. Survey for carers. Survey for birth families. Please share widely with children in care social work teams, local authority foster carers, independent foster care providers, residential care homes, special guardianship teams, special guardians themselves and birth parent networks. The more widely the surveys are shared the more robust picture it will give of life in care under lockdown to allow learning for the future. Source: www.researchinpractice.org.uk  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  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: Fishponds Salary: Up to £33,000 + £1,500 pa (upon joining OOH rota) Closing Date: 02/06/2020 Interview Date: 12/06/2020 Hours: 35 hours per week Permanent Office Based (although working from home during Covid-19 crisis) 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 to be part of a national non-profit making organisation at a local level. 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 overall purpose of this role is to manage caseloads, assess, train and support a diverse range of foster carers, children and young people. You may also be involved in the recruitment of foster carers. You are required to have the following
The candidate will be required to participate on an out of hours’ rota and will be paid an additional allowance of £1,500 per annum for this duty (once participating in the rota). An Enhanced DBS disclosure check is required for the Supervising Social Worker role and will be requested for you by TACT. The Supervising Social Worker will be eligible for TACT's excellent benefits package which includes:
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information. Areas covered: Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
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 Click here for more information, contact details and relevant documentation.  Location: Northants Salary: £24,300 per annum Closing Date: 01/06/2020 Interview Date: 09/06/2020 Hours: 35 hours per week Fixed Term Contract until January 2021 TACT, the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity. Formed in 1993, we now have 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.
TACT offer an excellent benefits package including:
Building upon our reputation for delivering excellent outcomes for children. We are now looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, highly-motivated individual with experience in administration within the social care field to work with us as a Placement Officer in our East Midlands office based in Kettering. The Placement Officer is responsible for receiving placement requests for children who need to be looked after and matching them to our foster carer in cooperation with the Duty Social Worker. The role requires exceptional communication skills and discrection, sensitivity and the capability to deal with conflicting priorities at times. The successful applicant will have the following essential attributes:
A standard DBS clearance is required for this role and will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf. Please see the Placement Officer Job Description and Job Information Pack for full details.
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 this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applications are received, you are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment Click here for more information, contact details and relevant documentation.  TACT and other sector leaders are continuing to urge the government for a dedicated lockdown allowance for all foster cares. The repeated plea comes during Foster Care Fortnight and three weeks after Vicky Ford – Minister for Children and Families, met with foster carers to hear about the support they need during the Covid-19 crisis, and assured them that help will be provided. Unfortunately, that help has not yet materialised.
Vicky Ford’s meeting and pledge of support were in response to an open letter to governments around the UK, from TACT and fellow members of the Fairer Fostering Partnership (FFP), alongside The Fostering Network, the National Association of Fostering Providers and Coram BAAF, calling for financial support for foster carers who either cannot look after children at present because of the threat posed by Covid-19 or are incurring extra costs due to caring for children during lockdown. Andy Elvin, Chief Executive of TACT, said: ‘’ It is essential that foster carers are recognised as having a key role in this crisis. We are expecting a lot of our foster families at this unprecedented time, and local and central government need to step up and urgently support these frontline carers financially and practically” A second letter has now been sent to the Minister on the issue: Dear Minister, Financial support for foster carers Thank you for meeting with us to discuss foster care allowances on 22 April and for listening to foster carers directly about the support they need to care for children throughout and beyond this crisis. We were pleased to hear your reassurances that foster carers should be prioritised within the additional funding that has been given to local authorities. However, three weeks on, we remain extremely concerned that the money is not reaching foster carers. We are continuing to hear from foster carers facing financial hardship because of lost fostering income or increased expenses. It is extremely concerning that foster carers are shouldering this burden in the course of looking after some of the country’s most vulnerable children. We have spoken with ADCS and the LGA who are both adamant that while they welcome the additional money, it is not sufficient. The LGA estimates that “the £3.2 billion will only cover around a quarter to one third of the cost pressures facing councils as a result of COVID-19.” The ADCS told us, “this is un-ringfenced funding and must support the breadth of local government services, not just children’s services. Difficult decisions will have to be made in terms of prioritising how this funding is used and that is a matter for individual local authorities to consider.” Like us, the LGA are concerned that guidance continues to state that children in care are encouraged to attend educational provision, which is at odds with what is happening in practice. We therefore ask you to reconsider our initial proposals to:
Every year thousands of foster carers must be recruited to ensure a suitable placement can be found for every child that needs one, and it is equally important that we value and retain the existing workforce. It is now more important than ever that we support foster families and ensure that children in foster care are protected as far as possible from the devastating impact of coronavirus. Yours sincerely Kevin Williams, Chief Executive, The Fostering Network Andy Elvin, Chief Executive, TACT Harvey Gallagher, Chief Executive, NAFP John Simmonds, Director of Policy, Research and Development CoramBAAF Source: www.tactcare.org.uk  Location: Northants Salary: £27 per hour for support and supervision of foster carers and placements, £1,900 + VAT per completed Form F Assessment, £33 per hour for initial visits. Closing Date: 11/05/2020 Interview Date: 21/05/2020 Hours: Variable 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 East Midlands Team are seeking self-employed social workers in Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and other locations in the East Midlands area to cover a variety of duties. Successful applicants will be specifically located in these areas or within a 30 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 on Monday 11th May 2020 INTERVIEWS : Via Skype - Thursday 21st May 2020 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. This is an ongoing recruitment process. We will be arranging interviews on a regular basis and new dates will be notified as soon as possible. If you need more information please contact the HR Team at HR@tactcare.org.uk. Full details and application documents here. |
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