Fostering Recruitment Officer / Family Support Worker
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Job Title: Fostering Recruitment Officer / Family Support Worker Salary: £26,854 per annum (increasing to £29,838 p.a. after 18 months) plus £750 p.a. Homeworking Allowance)) Hours & Contract: 35 Hours per week - Permanent Location: Homebased in West Midlands, within a 20 mile radius of Walsall or West Bromwich areas. All employees are homebased but are required to travel regularly to face-to-face meetings normally once a month and on other occasions for training and team wellbeing events.
Benefits: 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
Progression to salary target rate upon completion of 18 months service.
45p per mile for business travel.
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.
HelpHand 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 Role: The Fostering Recruitment Officer/Family Support Worker role focuses on working with prospective and approved foster carers, children and families. You will be available to plan and participate with recruitment events across the West Midlands, contribute to face to face and online activities and opportunities to attract those interested in fostering. You must able to travel across the West Midlands as key support to children and their carers and flexibility is required within the role to manage and support at short notice to meet the needs of the children/service. Flexibility will also be expected as there will be some occasional weekend and late evening working to support the needs of carers and children, in addition to recruitment activities.
An Enhanced DBS clearanceis required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 7th December at Midnight Interview Date:Thursday 18th December 2025(via Microsoft Teams) 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.
As a foster care charity, TACTinvests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and childdevelopment.This means that we have been able to investuniqueprojects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding Education and Health services.All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
In 2024 TACT became one of the top 5 charities to work for in the UK, placing 5th in theUK Best Companies Work For survey results, and a top 25 mid-sized company to work with across the whole of the UK. 97% of our people feel proud to work with TACT and think that TACT cares about their wellbeing, while 92% of our people would say they love working for TACT.
Safeguarding is everyones business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACTs 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 TACTs young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACTs 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.
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