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1 Statement of Purpose TACT YORKSHIRE I. TACT Yorkshire Unit 4 Killingbeck Court, Killingbeck Drive, off York Road, Leeds, LS14 6FD Registered charity numbers: England & Wales Scotland SC TACT is a limited company by guarantee:
2 I. Introduction The statement of purpose is designed to inform you about the values, and structure of TACT, some information about the recruitment, assessment and training of our carers, and details of staff and placements. The statement is a legal requirement and the issues referred to, laid down in regulation. 1. Organisational history Established in 1993, formerly known as The Adolescent & Children s Trust (TACT), TACT is the UK s largest charity and voluntary agency providing fostering and adoption services. Our core work involves providing high quality and well supported fostering or adoptive families for children and young people across England, Wales and Scotland. We campaign on behalf of children and young people in care, carers and adoptive families. TACT is governed by a Board of Trustees with 11 members. The Board has ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the charity, ensuring that it is solvent, properly run and delivering on its charitable objectives. In addition to meeting bi-monthly, a smaller number of the Trustees sit on two sub committees alongside TACT staff; the Safeguarding & Children Services Committee and the Business & Remuneration Committee. The Board delegate day to day leadership of the organisation to the Chief Executive Officer. TACT s head office is based in Hither Green, London. It includes the corporate functions of finance, human resources, children s service and quality, external affairs and marketing. It is also the office of the Chief Executive and Executive Directors of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Children s Services & Quality and Policy, Communications and Fundraising. Services are provided from 9 area offices for fostering, one of which also includes adoption. These are; East London, Bristol (covering Bristol & South West), Neath (covering East, West and Mid/North Wales), Liverpool (covering North West), West Midlands, Kettering (covering East Midlands), Leeds (covering Yorkshire), Edinburgh (covering Scotland) and South London (covering South East and including Adoption). 2. Local office history TACT moved into the Yorkshire region in December 2008 and began developing its fostering service in this area. In January 2010 the Yorkshire office opened and Lisa Condor was appointed as Area Manager. The Yorkshire team now has an Area Manager, three Supervising Social Workers and is supported by two administrators. The office is based in Leeds and covers the whole of Yorkshire and parts of the Humber. In January 2014 TACT Yorkshire began to recruit in the North East of England, in the hope that TACT can eventually establish a service in this region. 2 of 11
3 II. TACT s charitable objectives are: To relieve children and young people who, by reasons of their circumstances, have need of foster, adoptive or substitute care by placing children in foster homes or adoptive placements and by training foster or adoptive parents to deal with the needs of the children in their care. Otherwise to promote the care and upbringing and establishment in life of children in need thereof including by promotion of their health, development and education attainment and particularly children in foster or adoptive care. 1. Vision, Mission and Values: III. TACT s Aims and Objectives a. Vision Together we are creating a world where every young person is raised by people who care; where communities flourish because we help young people build lives full of opportunity and choice. b. Mission We are harnessing the strength of families, carers, communities and organisations to unconditionally support and encourage children and young people to achieve their full potential. c. Values Aspirational by helping others to grow, we grow ourselves. Passionate we are determined to keep improving what we do. We will ambitiously pursue the best outcomes for everyone we work with. Engaged we want to listen well and respond quickly to the people we work with children and young people, their birth families, carers, our staff and supporters. Fair and Equitable we will be open and transparent, communicating what we do and why we do it, based on equality and respect for all. Beyond Profit we will make every decision based on what is best for children and young people. We will deliver excellent services as efficiently as possible in order to continually invest in the people we work with. 3 of 11
4 2. Fostering standards Our standards of care are measured and monitored against the National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services 2011 and the UK National Standards for Foster Care. All carers undertake the TSD Training Support and Development Standards for Foster Care within 12 months of approval. 3. TACT believes: All children have the right to a permanent family in which they are able to grow and develop as unique individuals. Every child in care should benefit from a specially designed care plan to address their specific needs. All children have the right to be involved in planning their own futures. All children should take with them memories of a positive experience of their time in care when they leave. Individuals with parental responsibility have the right to be involved in making decision about their child/ren s future. Proper use must be made of the theory and considerable body of professional knowledge which is available relating to child care and child development. Every individual involved in TACT s childcare programmes should benefit from appropriate training and development opportunities. All people involved with TACT will receive the best treatment possible, irrespective of gender, age, disability, marital status, sexuality, race, ethnicity or religion. 4 of 11
5 IV. Members of staff at TACT Yorkshire office 1. Management: Lisa Condor is the Registered Area Manager and is responsible for all operations and services in TACT Yorkshire. Lisa joined TACT in December 2008 and has the following qualifications: Diploma in Social Work NVQ A1 Assessors Award NNEB Certificate Working towards ILM Level 5 in Management Lisa qualified in 1999 and has many years experience working within Fostering services. Lisa also has a number of year s pre and post qualifying experience working within Youth offending Teams. 2. Senior Supervising Social Workers: Richard Leech joined TACT in January Prior to this Richard had worked for three years with another fostering agency. Richard also spent a number of years working in a local authority Child Protection initial assessment team. Before undertaking his Social Work degree, Richard spent 12 years in various children s residential settings, including being a Registered Manager of a children s home. Richard has the following qualifications: BA Social Work Enabling Others Practice Teachers Award OU K201: Working with Young People CSE Grade 5 Woodwork Mary Reason joined TACT in April 2013 as a senior supervising social worker. Prior to this Mary worked in a South Yorkshire local authority for 13 years, within the Children and Families Service. During this time, Mary gained experience working in a busy Long Term Looked After Team, Fostering Team, Child Protection and Children in Need Teams, and also worked Out of Hours Service and Access Team. Mary qualified as a social worker in Prior to this, Mary worked as a Nursery Nurse in schools and day nurseries, and also as a nanny. Mary has the following qualifications: BA (Hons) Social Work Studies Diploma in Social Work NNEB Certificate Samantha Deakin Joined TACT in August 2014 on a 6 month temporary contract, having previously been a third year Social Work student on placement within the team. Prior to undertaking her social work degree, Sam spent 8 ½ years working in a children s 5 of 11
6 residential home as a senior residential children s practitioner. Sam has the following qualifications. BA Social Work NVQ 3 Children & Young People NVQ 2 & 3 Care 3. Administration: Admin Manager Susan Drye joined TACT in February 2010, initially as the Senior Admin Officer until becoming the Admin Manager in July Sue has over 25 years experience working as a Secretary and Personal Assistant. After specialising as a Medical Secretary and working for the NHS for 14½ years, Sue went on to work in a variety of private and public sector companies. Her qualifications include: RSA Typing Stages I, II and III with distinction Certificate in Audio Typing Certificate in Office Management Senior Admin Officer Natasha Pryde joined TACT in October Natasha has 21 years administration experience, working in a variety of roles. For the last six years, Natasha has worked as the Office Manager for an architectural practice based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her qualifications include: BTEC National Diploma in Business & Finance 4. Management structure See page The fostering panel V. TACT Yorkshire s fostering service The fostering panel is a requirement of the fostering regulations and is updated to meet the criteria set out in the regulations. The Yorkshire Fostering Panel became functional as of December The Panel meets at the Leeds Office to consider each application for approval and to recommend whether or not a person is suitable to act as a foster parent. It also recommends the terms of approval; reviews the suitability to continue as carers annually; advises the charity on procedures and their effectiveness; oversees the conduct and quality of the assessments that are carried out; and gives advice and makes recommendations on such matters or cases the charity may refer to it. The panel is chaired by an independent person with many years experience in fostering and adoption, and includes members with a wide and appropriate range of experiences. Panel Members names and positions: Julia Pearmain Chair Independent 6 of 11
7 Clare Beecher Vice Chair, and Independent Member (LAC Nurse) [Vacant] Independent Member (care experienced) Anne Unwin Independent Member (experienced foster carer) Ian St Rose Independent Member (background in education) Justine Hirst Independent Member (Social Worker) Louise Hughes Independent Member (Care Experienced on central list) Non-voting Members of the Panel are: Lisa Condor Panel Advisor John Ellison Legal Advisor Dr K Maizey Medical Advisor 2. Current services provided by Yorkshire Fostering to children/young people 0-18 years Child and Parent Placements Outreach support services to children and families Fostering Assessments Foster carer training Foster carer support groups 24 hour social worker support 3. New services currently being planned or developed We are currently developing the fostering service in the North East of England and currently have a contact with the Tees Valley Local Authority consortium. We hope to be able to establish a carer base in this region to allow us to extend our services to more children and families. 4. Recruitment, assessment and approval process for foster carers The following process is followed for any applicants who wish to become approved foster carers: a) Initial enquiry via telephone, website or web based routes. b) Allocated for Initial Visit. c) Initial Visit carried out and Supervising Social Worker then makes recommendation to proceed or not. Area Manager makes decision to proceed or not d) If the decision is not to proceed, the applicant/s are informed verbally and this is followed up in writing. e) If the decision is to proceed to Form F assessment, the case is allocated to a Form F assessor. f) All references and checks (DBS etc.) are taken up. Applicant/s must attend Skills to Foster preparation course for fostering. 7 of 11
8 g) When Form F assessments are completed and all checks and references are returned it is taken to the Fostering Panel for recommendation. Applicant/s are invited to attend Panel. h) The agency decision maker decides on whether or not to approve. Applicant/s are informed in writing. 5. Training, Support and Reviewing Process for Foster Carers The Yorkshire region has an annual training programme and foster carers have an individual learning and development plan linked to the programme. Foster carers are supported to attend training. Undertaking learning and development is an ongoing requirement for TACT foster carers and includes on-line courses. Foster carers are allocated a named Supervising Social Worker. Support is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via a duty system of Supervising Social Workers and Social Work Managers. Foster carer support groups also meet in small geographic areas. Young people who foster are also supported individually; with future plans to arrange groups for young people who foster. Each foster carer is reviewed annually and the fostering panel or Director of Country endorses the decision of the Area Manager who overseas the review. The first and seventh annual reviews for foster carers are fully considered by the panel. 6. Monitoring of fostering service The fostering service is monitored through the provision of regular formal supervision for all staff and foster carers, the auditing of case files and supervision records as well as day to day management of the service and support to staff and foster carers. The quality and effectiveness of the complaints procedures is also regularly monitored and kept under review. TACT also undertakes quarterly and annual reporting of performance indicators, based on the outcomes central to Every Child Matters philosophy for improving the life chances of all children. TACT has a participation programme to ensure the views of children and young people are integrated into strategy and service delivery. 7. Review of Statement of Purpose The Statement of Purpose is reviewed on a regular basis, at least annually but more frequently as and when information changes. This SOP was last updated in November Number of approved foster carers Yorkshire currently has 30 approved carers, with several households in the assessment process. 8 of 11
9 9. The number of children in placement There are currently 29 children and young people in placement. TACT has a clear matching policy and will only place children with suitable carers who can meet the child or young person s needs. 10. The number of complaints and their outcome There have been no complaints within the last 12 months. 11. Children s guide TACT has a guide for children and young people cared for by the charity. It has information about being in care, what carers can do to help the young person and it tells them what to do if they are unhappy or wish to complain about something. 9 of 11
10 TACT Management structure Chief Executive Executive Director of Policy, Communications and Fundraising Executive Director of Children s Services and Quality Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Services Policy and Research Advisor Parliamentary and Policy Officer Director of Children s Services x3 HR Manager Finance and Budgeting Manager Partnerships and Contracts Manager Marketing Officers Fundraising Officer Area Manager x11 Deputy Area Managers Learning and Development Manager Corporate Services Manager Social Work Teams Admin Teams 10 of 11
11 TACT Yorkshire Area Manager Lisa Condor Senior Supervising Social Workers Richard Leech Mary Reason Samantha Deakin Admin Manager Sue Drye Senior Administration Officer Natasha Pryde 11 of 11
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