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Leeds, United Kingdom TACT Full time

Job Title: Family Finding Worker

Salary: £16,043 per annum (£15,593 per annum salary + £450 per annum Homeworking Allowance)

Hours & Contract: 21 Hours per week - Permanent Role 

Location: Homebased in Yorkshire and the Noth East

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.

As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults,  as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.

TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.  

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly-motivated individual with experience in administration within the social care field to work with us as a Family Finding Worker. This role is homebased and it will cover placements for our Yorkshire and North East areas.

The Family Finding Worker is responsible for receiving placement requests for children who need to be looked after and matching them to our foster carer in cooperation with the Duty Social Worker.  The role requires exceptional communication skills and discretion, sensitivity and the capability to deal with conflicting priorities at times.

If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.  

Overall Duties of the Family Finding Worker will include:

Processing referrals recieved from the Local Authority requesting a place for a child Building and maintaining positive relationships with Local Authority Placement Teams Liasing with appropriate parties regarding discussion of potential matches Reviewing sensitive and confidential documents Establishing professional relationships with colleagues, carers and the children they look after to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people in our care

You will be suited to this role if you have…

Experience in a social care & health setting Experience of working with children/young people Knowledge of current safeguarding procedures. Excellent communication skills The ability to build a rapport and a positive working relationship with external partners.

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays (pro rate for part time employees). Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy). Family friendly policies. Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up. Help at Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis). An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme. Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments. Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice). Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.

The Family Finding Worker will be homebased within the Yorkshire and North East area but will be required to travel to face-to-face meetings, for training and team wellbeing events.

A Standard DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd September 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday 1st October 2024 (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.  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.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.