Job Title
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Home‑based – Candidate must be able to travel easily to Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire.
Salary: £37,829 per annum + £750 Homeworking Allowance per annum + £1,500 Out of Hours allowance per annum (once on the rota).
35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Permanent.
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Progression to salary target rate upon completion of 18 months of service
- 45p per mile business mileage
- Stakeholder Pension (salary sacrifice)
- Family‑friendly & flexible working policies
- Volunteer days
Wellbeing & Non‑Salary Benefits
- Homeworking IT bundle + home office loan
- Help@Hand EAP (24/7 GP, CBT, physio, mental health support)
- Over 35 hours a year of access to online wellbeing events and team wellbeing days
- Menopause Policy + free clinician appointments
- Regular team wellbeing & connection events
Training & Career Development
- Excellent learning & development programme
- Opportunity to grow therapeutic & trauma‑informed practice
- Supportive leadership and clear career progression pathways
- Involvement in innovative projects (e.g. TACT Connect, Health, Education)
The Role
You’ll work closely with foster carers and social work colleagues to deliver high‑quality, trauma‑informed support and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support a diverse range of foster carers and children
- Ensure children are safe, well‑cared for and achieve positive outcomes in line with TACT policies
- Undertake Form F assessments where needed
- Facilitate regular support groups and learning opportunities, including delivery of training
- Develop the service and support colleagues
- Record and update CHARMS and other appropriate central/social work systems
- Participate in Out of Hours Service
What You’ll Need
- Appropriate social work qualification
- Up‑to‑date registration with Social Work England
- Minimum of 2 years post‑qualifying experience in fostering/family placements or other childcare settings
- Experience in supporting and supervising 10–12 foster families to meet complex needs of looked‑after young people
- Proven track record in working with and on behalf of children, respecting and maintaining their individuality and promoting their positive development
- Experience in group work and/or delivery of training
- Up‑to‑date knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, including the Children’s Act and NMS Fostering Standards
- Experience working with/supporting looked‑after children and their foster carers
- Ability to prioritise, plan and self‑organise efficiently
- Capability of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participation in virtual meetings and webinars
- Enhanced DBS / PVG (processed by TACT)
Travel
- Home‑based role
- Travel predominantly across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Additional travel expected across the whole of the East Midlands
- Monthly face‑to‑face meetings in the East Midlands area
- Additional travel for training, team and carer events
Safeguarding Commitment
Safeguarding is everyone’s business. 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 thoroughly 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 staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
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