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Location

Hampshire

Salary

£29,700 Per Annum + £2,000 Per Annum Out of Hours Allowance + £500 Per Annum Homeworking Allowance (pro-rata)

Closing Date

14/07/2020

Interview Date

23/07/2020

Hours

35 hours per week

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Supervising Social Worker

Full Time - Fixed Term Contract (6 months)

Home based

£29,700 Per Annum + £2,000 Per Annum Out of Hours Allowance + £500 Per Annum Homeworking Allowance (pro-rata)

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 covering the Hampshire area in this home based role. The successful candidate will be part of the wider, dynamic and forward thinking registered office in Hither Green (London).

This role is fixed term for 6 months, with the possibility of extending this due to development and growth of the region. 

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 and Job Description 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 £2,000 per annum once participating in the rota. 

  • Closing: Tuesday 14th July 2020
  • Interviews: Thursday 23rd July 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.