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Location

South Coast - Hampshire and Dorset

Salary

Up to £36,300 pa for SSW and up to £41,019 pa for SSSW plus £750 pa Homeworking Allowance Plus £1,500 pa OOH Allowance Plus £500 p.a. Placements Allowance

Closing Date

29/04/2021

Interview Date

06/05/2021

Hours

35 Hours Per Week

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Job Description

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Supervising Social Worker

Job Title - Supervising / Senior Supervising Social Worker Fostering

Salary - Up to £36,300 pa for SSW and up to £41,019 pa for SSSW plus £750 pa Homeworking Allowance and £1,500 pa OOH Allowance + £500 pa Placements Allowance (when on rota) for all grades

Hours - 35 Hours per Week

 Contract - Fixed Term for six months initially with potential for permanent appointment

Homebased - Covering Dorset and Hampshire

TACT, the UK’s largest fostering charity and has been providing loving families for vulnerable children and young people across the country for over 25 years. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits - 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 - find out more about our values here: https://www.tactcare.org.uk/about-us/

Our South Coast Team currently requires a dynamic and forward thinking fostering social worker with experience of safeguarding and fostering to support placements and the ongoing growth and development of the regional fostering services across Hampshire and Dorset.

This role is homebased and fixed term for 6 months, with the possibility of becoming permanent due to development and growth locally and travel across both Dorset and Hampshire and surrounding areas will be required when it is safe to do so and this will include regular attendance at team meetings. 

As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children.

We are interested in social workers for whom quality of service is paramount and especially those who share our commitment to working in partnership with children and their foster carers in the development of the our services. The ideal candidate for this fostering social worker role should  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.

Main requirements:

  • Post qualifying experience 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.
  • Experience of group work and/or delivery of training.
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation including the Fostering National Minimum Standards and Fostering regulations.
  • Experience of working with/supporting looked after children and their foster carers.
  • Ability to prioritise, plan and self organise efficiently.
  • Capable of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.

In addition to the annual salary the fostering social worker post is paid £1,500 pa OOH Allowance and £500 pa Placements Allowance once the successful candidate is particpating in the rota.

TACT offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

  • 39 days leave - 31 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Group income protection scheme
  • Death in service insurance
  • 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 have a BA or MA in social work to be a qualified and registered with Social Work England. An enhanced DBS clearance is also required and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

Closing: Midnight - Thursday 29th April 2021

Interviews: Thursday 6th May 2021 (via Microsoft Teams)

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.