Barnardo's Child and Family Support Services Dundee works in partnership with children, young people and their families, who experience a range of support needs, including disability/additional complex needs, providing a holistic range of supports to promote wellbeing, safety and inclusion across the Dundee locality.
This post requires a person with good people skills that can take a practical approach to supporting children, young people and their families.
We are looking for people who can work flexibly and be part of our school holiday activity days and also welcome applications from people who could provide support to children and families out with school times and weekends.
In addition to the person profile, we are looking for someone to join us who has the follows:-
1. Experience of or interest in working with children and young people
2. Experience of or interest in group work.
3. Experience of or interest in family work.
4. Good practical skills.
5. Experience of or interest in working with children and young people who have a disability/additional complex need.
The successful applicants will be required to work flexibility to accommodate the needs of children, young people and their families. It may be necessary to provide personal care and assist with feeding to the children and young people who attend the school holiday activity days.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Successful applicants will need to register with the Scottish Social Service Council within required timescale and required to complete a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland.
Previous applicants within the last 6 months need not apply.
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.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
9. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
10. Service related sick pay from day 1
11. 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
12. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
13. Cycle2work scheme
14. Interest free season ticket loans
15. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
16. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
17. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
18. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
19. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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