Member Job Opportunity: TACT - Senior Supervising Social Worker, Northants

Location: Northants
Salary: £33,561 pa + £1,500 pa Out of Hours Allowance + £500 pa Home Working Allowance
Closing Date: 05/08/2020
Interview Date: 19/08/2020
Hours: 35 hours per week

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​Full Time - Permanent
Home based
Covering Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire

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 who will support and supervise the foster families and placements we have in the Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire areas in this home based role. We are therefore inviting applications from social workers located in areas with easy access to Nottingham / Nottinghamshire and Derby / Derbyshire. The successful candidate will be part of the wider, dynamic and forward thinking registered office in Kettering.

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:

• 31 days paid holiday plus BH.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Group income protection scheme.
• Death in service scheme.
• Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Please see the Job Information Pack 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 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 £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota. 

Closing: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Interviews: Wednesday 19th August 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