As and When Assistant Project Worker, Early Support Team - Plymouth Locality
Job Purpose
To assist in providing support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
There may also be a requirement to work on own in the community and/or service setting.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Service Users
2. Resources
3. People
4. Health and Safety
Job Activities
Service Users
Under guidance work to a care plan or undertake tasks as directed:
5. Assist colleagues in their work with children, young people and their families, helping to identify needs and to assist in working towards achieving positive outcomes.
6. Assist colleagues to work in partnership with parents/carers assisting to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
7. May be required to cover reception in a busy environment being the front line for service users.
8. May be required to run programmes of activity and group-work.
9. Under guidance, work co-operatively with children's services, health agencies and other community based services, helping to provide the most effective service for children, young people and families.
10. Work with colleagues in contributing to Service development.
11. Apply safeguarding and child protection procedures.
Resources
12. Be responsible for equipment/resources used in day to day work.
13. May be responsible for any allocated case note recording and contributing to case reports.
People
14. No management/supervisory responsibility for staff or students
other than to help and advise colleagues as necessary.
15. Supervision* of volunteers may be required, as appropriate.
16. *allocating work, day to day supervision and support Health and Safety
17. Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment.
Pre-employment checks will be required for the role.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
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
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. 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, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
18. 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.
19. 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
20. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
21. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
22. Service related sick pay from day 1
23. 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
24. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
25. Cycle2work scheme
26. Interest free season ticket loans
27. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
28. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
29. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
30. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
31. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's