Member Job Opportunity: TACT - Child Resource Worker

L​ocation: Mid / North Wales region
Salary: £12.77 per hour + 15% Holiday Pay
Closing Date: 24/01/2021
Interview Date: 01/02/2021
Hours: Occasional Irregular Hours

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Child Resource Worker (Occasional Irregular Hours) - Required weekdays, evenings and weekends

Home-based (covering Mid/North Wales region)

TACT Fostering is the UK’s leading charity provider of fostering services. Working across Scotland, England and Wales, we are dedicated to providing creative, effective and outcome-focused services for children, young people and families.

We are looking for that unique person who can assist TACT in offering a range of services which impact positively on the welfare of children. To work in partnership with parents, carers, children, young people, local authorities and their social workers according to the agreed contract of work. The successful candidate will cover Mid / North Wales region, therefore the candidate should be based in this area. The candidate should have a full driver's licence and own a car for the required travelling.

The overall purpose of this role is to work closely with looked after children, the birth children of foster carers and foster carers to achieve agreed objectives for excellent care as outlined in the 7 core aims for Children in Wales. Candidates with the ability to speak Welsh would be desirable.

Due to the nature of this post the successful candidate must be willing to show flexibility regarding hours and days of work which will include evenings and weekends. Occasional overnight stays may be required for organised events. 

TACT will undertake an Enhanced DBS clearance for this role. 

Please see the Job Description and Application Information Pack for more details.

Closing Date: Sunday, 24th January 2021 (by midnight)
Interviews: Monday, 2nd February 2021 (via video interview using 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