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Role - Children & Young People's Support Worker

Hours - 35 Hours Per Week (including occasional evenings and weekends)

Contract - Permanent

Salary - £27,000 per annum plus £750 Home Working Allowance per annum

Location - Homebased with travel required across the South West area (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath & North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxford, North Somerset, Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire.)

TACT South West are looking for a Children's & Young People's Support Worker to collaborate with foster children and carers as an essential element of the regional team. This is a great opportunity for someone wishing to enhance their experience, knowledge and skills in social care and fostering services.

The ideal Children's & Young People's Support Worker will already have some experience of working with vulnerable young people, care experienced children or have similar experience in child facing settings. There will be opportunities for training and development for this Children's & Young People's Support Worker, as new employees join us at the beginning of our journey to become a fully trauma informed organisation. The successful candidate will undertake varied and rewarding duties that will impact positively on the long-term outcomes for the young people and children in our care as a TACT Children's & Young People's Support Worker .

We pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to support a healthy work-life balance for all our staff. We will also invest in your learning, supporting you to grow and develop during your employment with TACT. You will be encouraged to attend personal and professional development opportunities and will have access to learning and resources to empower you to advance your knowledge and skills.

We are currently the 4th Best Charity to work for and the 16th Best Mid-Sized Company in the UK according to The Best Companies criteria and our survey results have evidenced “outstanding” levels of engagement amongst staff in recent years. You can view our Best Companies summary video here.

TACT South West were assessed as having 'outstanding’ levels of employee engagement in a recent Best Companies Survey this year. Come and join an Ofsted rated outstanding team and be part of this amazing group of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice. You can review our values here.

Key duties and abilities for the Children & Young People's Support Role will include:

• Being an accessible point of contact for the children living with our carers and to our young people, keeping them up to date with the facilities and opportunities available with TACT
• Supporting interventions and activities to ensure stable placement arrangements
• Ability to transport children and young people to events, appointments and meetings (mileage reimbursed)
• Organising and participating in virtual and face to face events and occasional residential meet ups
• Ability to organise events and activities and manage associated administration
• Use of IT for email and communication
• Willingness to work flexibly, according to deadlines and needs of our families

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

• 31 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
• Family friendly policies.
• Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance of £750, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
• Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice) and life insurance from day one.
• Employee Assistance Programme (including free CBT counselling, remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions).
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Please see the Job Description and Information Pack for full details of the role.

An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role, which TACT will undertake on your behalf.

Closing: Midnight on Sunday 2nd July 2023
Interviews: Tuesday 11th July 2023 (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 reserves 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.

Job Info

Location

Bristol

Salary

£27,000 p.a. + £750 Home Working Allowance p.a.

Closing Date

02/07/2023

Interview Date

11/07/2023

Hours

35 Hours Per Week