About Us
We are committed to supporting young people seeking asylum as they navigate the challenges of displacement, trauma, and integration. Our services provide holistic support ranging from housing and education to mental health and advocacy, ensuring every young person feels safe, heard, and empowered.
The Role
As Team Manager, you will lead a passionate team of Social Workers. You'll oversee service delivery, ensure safeguarding standards, and drive continuous improvement in how we support young people aged 16-21.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead, support, and develop a multidisciplinary team
* Ensure high-quality, trauma-informed support for young people
* Manage service delivery, budgets, and reporting requirements
* Build partnerships with local authorities, schools, and health services
* Champion the voices and rights of asylum‑seeking youth
About You
* Hold a recognised Professional Social Work qualification and have a minimum of one year post‑qualifying Social Work experience with children and families, including direct work with children and inter‑agency working
* Experience in team leadership within youth, social care, or refugee services
* Deep understanding of the asylum process and the challenges faced by displaced young people
* Strong safeguarding knowledge and commitment to anti‑oppressive practice
* Excellent communication, organisational, and problem‑solving skills
* Empathy, resilience, and a belief in the potential of every young person
Why Join Us?
* Be part of a values‑driven organisation making real impact
* Supportive, inclusive team culture
* Ongoing training and development opportunities
* Generous annual leave and wellbeing support
Ready to lead change?
Apply now and help us build a future where every young person seeking asylum is safe, supported, and thriving.
Location
Belmont Road, Belfast. This is a regional service and at times the post holder may need to travel to fulfil the role.
Salary
£35,390.46 - £43,392.02
Hours
37
Contract Type
Commencement 1 July 2026. Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31 March 2029 and therefore, should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31 March 2029.
Closing Date
Midnight, 8 March 2026
Contact details
recruitment.support@barnardos.org.uk
Waiting List
A waiting list of reserve candidates will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months.
Security Checks
The successful candidate will also be required to undertake enhanced Access NI with Child and Adult Barred List check and be registered with NISCC.
Application Note
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 values. 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 People & Culture 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme.
* A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options.
* Service related sick pay from day 1.
* 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.
* Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension.
* Cycle2work scheme.
* Interest free season ticket loans.
* Discounts and cashback from high‑street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal.
* 20% discount at Barnardo's stores.
* Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
* Free access to round‑the‑clock employee assistance programme for advice and support.
* Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer.
*T&C's apply based on contract.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti‑racist organisation with Anti‑Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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