Short Breaks Support Worker (Project Worker 1 x 4) - Barnardo's Liverpool Short Breaks Service
Interested in working with children and young people?
1. Do you want to make a positive impact?
2. Looking for flexible, rewarding work?
We're looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our friendly and dedicated team at Barnardo's Liverpool Short Breaks Service. The Role
3. Support and deliver fun, meaningful activities for children and young people
4. Work evenings and weekends during term time
5. Work daytime hours during school holidays
About Us
6. We support children and young people aged 6–18 with special educational needs and disabilities
7. We provide play and leisure opportunities and vital respite for families
8. We are passionate about inclusion, safeguarding and positive experiences
Location
9. Palmerston School, Minehead Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6AU
10. Opportunity to work across additional sites as the service grows
Working Pattern
11. 6.5 hours per week
12. After school, weekends and school holidays
13. Saturday availability is essential for 2 posts
What We're Looking For (evidence required in your application)
14. Experience working with children & young people with SEND (paid or voluntary)
15. Ability to engage children and young people in structured activities
16. Warm, empathetic and effective communication skills
17. Strong organisation and attention to detail
18. Ability to work as part of a team
19. Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and holidays
20. A clear understanding of safeguarding and child protection requirements
21. A genuine enjoyment of working with children & young people
22. Experience of personal care or willingness to undertake/learn
Key Responsibilities
23. Plan and deliver engaging sessions for a range of ages and abilities
24. Positive and pro-active mindset
25. Facilitate and record group activities
26. Ensure sessions run smoothly and safely
27. Create a safe, fun and inclusive environment
When completing your application, please clearly link your skills, knowledge and experience to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information, with an understanding of the service context 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 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.
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)
28. 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.
29. 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
30. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
31. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
32. Service related sick pay from day 1
33. 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
34. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
35. Cycle2work scheme
36. Interest free season ticket loans
37. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
38. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
39. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
40. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
41. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's