Deputy Area Manager in Blyth

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Homebased (travel across South Wales) £45,651 per annum + £1,500 per annum (Out of Hours Allowance) + £750 per annum (Homeworking Allowance). Salary & Homeworking Allowance will be pro-rata if offered a 9-month ftc. 35 hours | Mon-Fri | FTC - 9 - 12 Months - (depending on substantive postholders' return)

Why Join TACT?

• 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.
• Flexible homeworking from day one
• Trauma-informed, values-led organisation

Benefits:

• 31 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 55p 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
• HelpHand 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 will 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:

• Practice responsibility for areas of TACT Wales, including managing Social Work staff, Students, Placement team, Admin Team and Children's Support Workers.
• In conjunction with the Fostering Service Manager, ensure the recruitment, selection, supervision, performance reviews and PDPs of supervisees.
• Undertake HR related matters as required in liaison with TACT's People Department (in conjunction with the Fostering Service Manager).
• Support the area management team in planning and managing appropriate social work, outreach, out of hours support and administrative arrangements.
• Assist the Fostering Service Manager in the management and leadership of the team, using a trauma-informed therapeutic approach.
• Supporting the co-ordination of out-of-hours rotas and a daily duty rota.
• Prepare and contribute to regular team and management meetings and development of the service including business and practice planning.
• To ensure all practice follows TACT's child protection procedures.
• Managing complex child protection and safeguarding concerns within regulatory, policy and procedural guidelines.
• Responsibility for quality assurance in relation to case files.
• You may also be responsible for supervising a small number of foster carers dependent on need and/or complexity.

What You'll Need:

• Relevant Social Work Qualification
• Social Care Wales Registration
• Post-qualifying experience which should include at least 2 years in family placement work or post-qualifying experience in other childcare settings which must include statutory.
• Experience in working with and on behalf of children, using a trauma-informed therapeutic approach.
• A good working knowledge of relevant child-care and fostering legislation.
• A good working knowledge of child protection / safeguarding children procedures.
• Ability to assess and support families and match their skills with children needing placements.
• Ability to write clear reports and maintain clear case records.
• Enhanced PVG (processed by TACT).

Travel:

• Homebased role
• Monthly face-to-face meetings in Wales
• Additional travel for training, team and carer events

Key Dates:

• Closing Date: Sunday, 27th September 2026 (midnight)
• Interviews: Monday, 5th October 2026 (Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding Commitment:

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.