Member Job Opportunity: TACT - Sessional Assessing Social Worker

Location: Yorkshire, North East and North West of England
Salary: £2000 per Form F + £33 per hour (initial visits) + Mileage
Closing Date: 10/10/2021
Interview Date: 19/10/2021
Hours: Variable

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Home based in the Yorkshire, North East and North West of England areas.

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 Yorkshire, North East and North West of England.

We would welcome applicants from the following areas: 

Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside, Redcar & Cleveland, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Stockton. Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, York, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, and Wakefield. Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Manchester, Salford, Oldham, Rochdale , Wigan and Bolton.

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.
• To be aware of TACT’s child protection procedures and immediately report any child protection matter or concerns to a TACT manager and any relevant placing authority and the area authority.
• To carry out the duties in line with TACT’s Foster Carer and Supervisng Social Worker Standards and Practice Guidance.
• The support and supervision of foster carers and placements (including but not exhaustively: carer supervision visits, visits to the YP in placement, attending LAC reviews, PEP meetings, other relevant professional meetings, writing supervision notes and carer reviews, carrying out H&S checks, keeping files up to date etc.) 

Rates of Pay (depending on type of work offered)

• TACT will pay £2000  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 England.
• An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role and will be requested on your behalf by TACT.

Closing Date: Sunday 10th October 2021
Interviews: Tuesday 19th October 2021 (Via Microsoft Teams)

Full details and application documents here