Member Job Opportunity: TACT - Self-Employed Sessional Assessing Social Worker

Location: Wales
Salary: £2,000 per Form F + £33 per hour (initial visits) + 45p. Mileage
Closing Date: 28/11/2021
Interview Date: 06/12/2021
Hours: Variable

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Home based in the Wales area.

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.

Find out more about our values here.

Due to increased demand from new foster families we are recruiting sessional assessing social workers to undertake Form F assessments. Our assessments are undertaken virtually using video calling and a minimum of one face to face visit to meet the applicants and undertake health & safety assessments. We are particularly looking for assessors in the South Wales area – specifically Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Port Talbot, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Neath and Pontypriddorkshire.

Duties include:

• To undertake and complete Form F assessments in the timescale set out in TACT’s policy and guidance.
  
• To visit personal referees as identified on application form for prospective foster carers (virtual visits).
  
• To ensure that all checks and references are undertaken and completed.
  
• To provide to the supervisor, regular written updates of the draft assessment.
  
• To liaise with the TACT administrative team concerning the progress of administrative checks and completion of the Form F.
  
• To be available for supervision, consultation or liaison as required.
  
• To be available to present completed Form F’s to TACT's fostering panel and provide support to the applicants through this process.

Rates of Pay (depending on type of work offered)

• TACT will pay £2,000  plus VAT upon successful completion of a Form F Assessment.
  
• £33 per hour for initial visits, assessments which are not completed, and any other piece of work.

Please see the Self-Employed Sessional Assessing Social Worker Job Information Pack for a full breakdown of the role and rates.

You will be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with Social Work Wales.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role and will be requested on your behalf by TACT.

Closing Date: Sunday, 28th November 2021
Interviews: Monday, 6th December 2021 (Via Microsoft Teams)

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