Barnardo's Gap Homes Stirling and Renfrewshire provides support housing services and tenancies to young care leavers. There are 2 in Renfrewshire and 4-6 in Stirling with 24/7 provision to young people age 16-26 years. Tenancies are a supported step between care and independent living or the next phase of young people's lives.
Due to Service developments, we have been able to create this new role who will join an established staff team and work across both sites.
The post holder must be SSSC registered and have experience of working with young people leaving care and be able to work as part of an established shift rota which is mainly weekdays but can include late shifts and weekend shift cover and as part of a manager on-call rota.
There is support from Service Manager and operational Team Manager as well as Assistant Director Children's Services. Currently Gap Homes is also part of the wider Barnardo's Forth Valley team.
The Stirling Service has been operational for a year and we are moving into a review and new phase of Service delivery. This post will play a pivotal role in these developments so the post holder must be proactive in Service review and project development plans and implementation.
Although the role must respond to emerging needs, the likely tasks and responsibilities will include:
1. Staff supervision and support including compliance with Barnardo's supervision and professional review structures
2. Attendance and contribution to Service team meetings and wider Barnardo's meetings and events
3. Promotion of the Service to key partner's and stakeholders
4. As part of the management team, ensuring compliance with quality assurance and other requirements (this is a regulated Care Inspected Service), quick response to enquiries and referrals etc.
5. Supporting young people's engagement in Service delivery and improvements
6. Operational link for the Renfrewshire site and supervision of at least one Project Worker there. This will include some shift cover and operational delivery
7. Consideration of the local care leaver needs across Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Councils and how Gap Homes tenancies and additional Services can fit into and compliment this provision
8. Demonstrating and promoting through care excellence with incorporation of, for example, The Promise, UNCRC and Voice of Young People
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
9. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
10. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
11. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
12. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
13. Service related sick pay from day 1
14. Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
15. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
16. Cycle2work scheme
17. Interest free season ticket loans
18. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
19. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
20. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
21. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
22. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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