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Location

Northants

Salary

£33,561 Per Annum, plus £1,500 OOH Allowance (once participating)

Closing Date

08/07/2019

Interview Date

18/07/2019

Hours

35 Hours Per Week

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Senior Social Worker

Permanent - Office Based
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.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a Senior Supervising Social Worker within 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.

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

  • 31 days paid holiday.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Group income protection scheme.
  • x10 death in service.
  • Stakeholder pension scheme.
  • Fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Please see the job information pack for further information.

The overall purpose of the Senior Supervising Social Worker role is to recruit, assess, train and support a diverse range of foster carers and placements, mainly working in the Northamptonshire area initially but with the potential for duties across the TACT East Midlands region.

The successful social worker candidate will have:

  • Post qualifying experience which should be in family placement work or post qualifying experience in other child care settings.
  • A proven track record in working with and on behalf of children, respecting and maintaining their individuality and promoting their positive development.
  • DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualification.
  • Current registration with the HCPC.

You will be required to be on an out of hours’ rota and you will be paid an additional allowance of £1,500 per annum for this duty (once participating in the rota). An enhanced disclosure check is also required and will be requested for you by TACT.

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

  • 31 days paid holiday.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Group income protection scheme.
  • x10 death in service.
  • Stakeholder pension scheme.
  • Fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Please see the job information pack for further information.

  • Closing: Midnight on Monday 8th July 2019
  • Interviews: Thursday 18th July 2019 at TACT East Midlands (NN15 7HH)   

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.