Overview
Role: Self-employed Form F Assessor
Locations: North West - Merseyside, Wirral, Halton, Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Wigan.
Pay: £2,250 per Form F Assessment / £37.50 per hour, plus £250 bonus for panel ready assessments, plus £250 bonus for completion within 16 weeks, plus 45p mileage.
About Us
We are the UK’s largest specialist charity provider of fostering. Our core work involves providing high quality and well supported fostering families for children and young people in the care of local authorities. 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. TACT reinvests all surplus income into staff, carers, and child development. This enables us to offer in-house support services such as TACT Health and Education Services and theTACT Connect, our scheme for care experienced young people and adults. We are embarking on a journey to become a wholly trauma-informed organisation to improve outcomes for children and young people in our care.
As a self-employed worker with TACT, you will join our team of professionals aligned with our organisational values. You can review our values here.
Role and Responsibilities
We are recruiting sessional assessing social workers to undertake Form F assessments. Assessments are undertaken face to face. Applicants should be able to travel across the North West for assessment visits to prospective foster carers. Travel will include the following areas:
* Merseyside, Wirral, Halton, Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Wigan.
* To undertake and complete Form F assessments in the timescale set out in our policy and guidance.
* To visit personal referees as identified on the application form for prospective foster carers.
* To ensure that all checks and references are undertaken and completed.
* To provide to the supervisor regular written updates of the draft assessment.
* To liaise with our administrative team concerning the progress of administrative checks and completion of the Form F.
* To be available for supervision, consultation or liaison as required.
* To be available to present completed Form Fs to the virtual fostering panel and provide support to the applicants through this process.
* To be aware of our child protection procedures and immediately report any child protection matter or concerns to a TACT manager and any relevant placing authority and the area authority.
* To carry out the duties in line with our Foster Carer and Supervising Social Worker Standards and Practice Guidance.
Pay and Benefits
* £2,250 (inclusive of VAT) per completed Form F Assessment, plus up to £500 in bonus payments if criteria are met upon submission of a successfully completed Form F Assessment.
* £37.50 per hour for assessments not completed, and for any other piece of work.
Qualifications and Requirements
You will be DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualified and registered with the relevant regulatory body (Social Work England).
An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role and will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf.
Application Details
Closing Date: Monday 16 February 2026
Interview Date: Tuesday 3 March 2026
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone’s business. We properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. All staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
Notes
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive; apply at your earliest convenience. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept their fees.
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