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Senior Supervising Social Worker - FTC - Maternity Cover
Pay - £37,088 per annum + £750 per annum Homeworking Allowance + £1,500 per annum Out of Hours Allowance
Hours - 35 Hours per Week
Fixed Term Contract - 12-Month (Maternity Cover)
Location: Homebased South West. Applicants should be able to travel across Bristol, North Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Bath & North East, and Somerset. Travel also requires the post holder to attend staff meetings and team away days.
A rare opportunity to work for an OUTSTANDING team where trauma-informed practice is the foundation of everything we do. Brilliant training opportunities, clinical supervision, and support. As a not-for-profit organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and looks to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are.
This is a Senior Supervising Social Worker role with a focus on the matching process to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people who have experienced trauma due to adverse childhood experiences. The successful candidate will need to be confident in negotiating fostering fees, attending commissioning meetings, and adopting a therapeutic and trauma-informed approach when sharing monitoring information with local authorities. The successful candidate will also be required to complete inductions for new carers.
Overall Duties of the Senior Supervising Social Worker will include:
* An appropriate social work qualification
* Up-to-date registration with Social Work England
* Experience in fostering/family placements or other childcare settings
* 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.
* Knowledge of matching criteria and stability of placements.
* Capable of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday, 2nd March 2025
Interview Date: Monday, 10th March 2025 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone's business and TACT believes 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.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Other
* Industries: Individual and Family Services
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