Are you looking for a new challenge?
Would you like to make a real difference to families in Bridgend?
We're looking for a motivated individuals to join our Bridgend team as Assistant Project Workers on an As and When basis, dependent on need within our Atebion Disability Family Support Service and/or our Bridgend Support Service for Parents. These roles are key in supporting parents, carers and their families across Bridgend.
About the Services:
Atebion is a well‑established Disability Family Support Service that has been supporting families in Bridgend since 2014. We work with families of children and young people who are disabled, neurodivergent, or have additional needs, both during the assessment process and after diagnosis.
The Bridgend Support Service for Parents will be launching on the 1st April 2026, also working with parents and families of children of all ages to support with specific strategies and approaches in relation to parenting confidence, skills and resilience.
Our support across both services will be consistently flexible, strengths‑based and tailored to each family. Through structured interventions, one‑to‑one coaching and group work, we help parents and carers build confidence, resilience, and practical strategies that make day‑to‑day life more manageable.
What will the role involve?
As an As and When Assistant Project Worker, you will support the delivery of interventions across both services, assisting the team in delivering the service successfully. Your duties may include:
1. Working with parents, carers and families one‑to‑one and in groups, using a variety of interventions to identify needs and support positive outcomes
2. Co‑facilitating group interventions, including workshops, activity sessions and drop in events for parents and carers
3. Supporting co‑production activities to ensure the voice of families shapes service development
4. Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures consistently and confidently
As an As and When colleague, your time with our service will be based on periods of high demand enabling us to respond to the needs of families so that they receive the right support at the right time. Our working days are Monday to Friday and due to the flexible nature of our support to meet the needs of different families, we are seeking applicants who can also work flexibly including after school and evening hours on a regular basis, either office or group venue based.
What are we looking for?
5. Experience of working with children and young people
6. Experience of working directly with parents and carers
7. Experience of co‑facilitating group‑based interventions with parents and carers
8. An understanding and empathy for the issues facing vulnerable children, young people and their families, with specific reference to disability, additional need and neurodiversity.
9. An understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
Additional information:
Please include clear and detailed examples in your application that show how you meet the requirements outlined above and in the Job Description/Person Specification. Relevant experience may come from paid work, volunteering, training, or education.
If you have any questions or would like an informal discussion, please contact: Sarah Rowe, Children's Services Manager – 07712 403 922.
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.
10. 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.
11. 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
12. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
13. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
14. Service related sick pay from day 1
15. 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
16. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
17. Cycle2work scheme
18. Interest free season ticket loans
19. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
21. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
22. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
23. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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