* Location:Huddersfield
* Locality:Kirklees
* Contract type:Permanent
* Hours:30
* Salary:£28,124 - £37,117 FTE (£22,804 - £30,095 pro rata)
* Closing Date:28 April 2026
* Interview Date:5th May 2026
Are you looking for a new challenge? Barnardo's has an exciting opportunity for a passionate Young Carers Practitioner to join our Kirklees Young Carers (KYC) service.
Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.
OurKYCservicehas been supporting young carers and their families across Kirklees since 2016. The service is well established and highly regarded, delivering assessed support through awhole-family,outcomes basedapproach.
The role requires excellent case management skills,accurateandtimelyrecordkeeping, and adherence toestablishedcasework processes and timescales. You will also contribute to group work delivery, coordinate activities, and build andmaintaineffective professional relationships across Children's and Adults' Services and partner agencies.
Working pattern:4 days per week,flexiblebetween Monday Friday(9am 5pmwith the occasional evening session)
Location: Whilstyou'llbe based atBrian Jackson House, Huddersfield, HD1 5JP,a key part of the roleincludestravel across the Kirklees localityforcommunity,schooland home visits(car driver is an essentialrequirement)
About the Role
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our small, supportive team and undertake all aspects of the Young Carer Practitioner role. This includes:
* Assessing the needs of young carers and their families
* Planning and delivering tailored 1:1 support, ensuring young carers are fully involved indecision making
* Contributing to Early Help and statutory multiagency support plans
* Working in partnership with a range of external agencies using awhole familyapproach
* Cofacilitating targeted group sessions focused on building resilience and emotional wellbeing
* Supporting holiday activities, events and service initiatives asrequired
About You
In your application, please provide evidence of the following:
* Experience of working with children, youngpeopleand families
* Practical experience in safeguarding children and young people
* Knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young carers
* Experience or knowledge of managing caseloads and working within multiagency frameworks
* Experience or understanding of cofacilitating group work
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 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 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. 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
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
We arecommitted 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. xsngvjr For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.