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Independent Fostering Reviewing Officer

TACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust)

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Overview

Why Join TACT?
£40.00
Per Hour
Liverpool

Key information

  • Top 5 UK Charity to Work For (2024)
  • 97% proud to work at TACT | 92% love working here
  • Not-for-profit – every surplus reinvested into children, carers & staff
  • Children’s voices shape every decision, system, and improvement we make at TACT.

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

  • To carry out statutory annual reviews of Foster Carers.
  • To satisfy TACT that the foster carers continue to be suitable to be professional foster carers and that all safeguarding issues are addressed.
  • to make recommendation to TACT in regard to foster carers terms of approval.
  • To give the carer, the social worker of any child in placement, birth children and fostered children the opportunity to give feedback about the placement
  • To be part of TACT’s Quality Assurance processes
  • To ensure foster carers are enabling children to reach their full potential

Requirements

What You’ll Need

  • Dip SW/CSS/CQSW/Degree in Social Work
  • Registered with Social Work England.
  • Standard DBS (processed by TACT)

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.