Senior Supervising Social Worker
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week
Home Based
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 part of 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.
The overall purpose of this role is to recruit, assess, train and support a diverse range of foster carers and placements.
You are required to have the following experience:
- 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.
While you will be expected to mainly cover Essex and surrounding areas on the borders of Essex (Sussex, Thurrock, Southend-on-Sea, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and London Boroughs; Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest). You will also be required to travel to the TACT East London Office to attend duty days and meetings.
You will need to be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with the HCPC. An enhanced disclosure is also required and is requested for you by TACT. The successful candidate will be required to be on an out of hours’ rota and will be paid an allowance of £1,500 per annum (small teams allowance), once participating in the rota. You will also receive the £500 per annum home working allowance.
TACT offer an excellent benefits package including 31 days paid holiday, flexible working arrangements, group income protection scheme, x10 death in service, stakeholder pension scheme, child care vouchers and fantastic learning and development opportunities. Please see the job information pack for further information.
- Closing Date: 13th September 2018
- Interviews: 21st September 2018 at TACT East London (E18 2QL)
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.