Job Description
Join Barnardo's North England Fostering Service as a Project Worker 2
Barnardo's is one of the UK's leading children's charities, and our North England Fostering Service is committed to providing safe, nurturing, and supportive homes for children and young people. We are now seeking a passionate and skilled project worker to join our dedicated team.
North England service cover Yorkshire, Humber and the North East of England. The successful applicant must be willing to drive across this region as part of their role.
This is a full time role required to cover Yorkshire and North East areas. We are open to consider the role being split as two part time roles.
About the Role
As a Project Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting foster carers to provide high-quality care. You will:
Be responsible for overseeing foster carer training
Oversee foster carer support groups
Complete unannounced visits to foster carers and children
Complete direct work with children and young people
Plan and co-ordinate participation events in the service
Play a vital role in communicating with carers via online platforms including padlet
What We're Looking For
We're seeking someone who is:
Skilled in building strong, supportive relationships.
Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Able to work to deadlines, has strong IT skills and is organised.
Able to work collaboratively.
Able to accurately and clearly record case notes in a timely manner
Why Barnardo's?
A supportive and inclusive working environment.
Access to high-quality training and development.
Generous annual leave and pension scheme.
Opportunities to grow within a respected national charity.
Supplementary Information
The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving license that enables them to drive in the UK and have use of a car and business use insurance.
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
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.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
* 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 at 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 program for advice and support
* Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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.