Are you passionate about helping children, young people, and families achieve positive change? We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Family Support Worker to join our team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working directly with families, thrives in a collaborative environment, and is committed to safeguarding and improving outcomes for children.
Key Responsibilities
1. Support children, young people, and their families on a 1:1 or group basis using a variety of interventions.
2. Help identify needs and work towards achieving positive, meaningful outcomes.
3. Work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and promote improved outcomes for their children.
4. Collaborate effectively with children's services, health agencies, and wider community services to ensure joined-up support.
5. Contribute to ongoing service development and improvement.
6. Apply safeguarding and child protection procedures consistently and appropriately.
7. Take responsibility for the safe and appropriate use of equipment and resources in daily work.
8. Maintain clear, accurate case notes and contribute to case reports.
9. While there is no formal supervisory responsibility, you will be expected to support and advise colleagues as needed.
10. Promote and maintain a safe, healthy, and secure working environment.
We would love to hear from you if you:
11. Have experience working with children, young people, or families (paid or voluntary).
12. Are a strong communicator and team player.
13. Understand the importance of safeguarding and can follow procedures confidently.
14. Are organised, reliable, and able to maintain accurate written records.
15. Are committed to making a positive difference in the community.
Join us in making a difference for children, young people, and their families. We look forward to hearing from you!
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.
16. 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.
17. 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
18. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
19. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
20. Service related sick pay from day 1
21. 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
22. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
23. Cycle2work scheme
24. Interest free season ticket loans
25. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
26. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
27. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
28. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
29. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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