Barnardo's Child & Family Support Service is seeking passionate and motivated individuals to apply for our Project worker post based in Dundee.
We are looking for a person to join our team who has a genuine interest in working with children and families providing support in a variety of settings including family homes, schools and community locations and provide support either individually or with groups of children, young people and parents/carers. The service supports includes working with children who have a disability and their families.
Our aim is to support children and families using a whole family approach, focusing on strengths, building on assets and interests to support them to achieve best possible outcomes and to feel included and supported within their communities. We use a relationship-based approach to build trust with the children and their families to develop their capacity and resilience. The service operates as part of a multi-agency approach, working with partner agencies and professional stakeholders, including working as part of a team that may comprise staff drawn from across different (partner) organisations, building on a collaborative and co-produced approach to finding solutions.
The post includes supporting children and their families where there is a risk of a child experiencing or where a child has been impacted on by child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation (CSAE), through the provision of high-quality, appropriate support to reduce the long-term impacts on their lives. Applying a holistic lens, CSAE support will be within a contextual safeguarding approach, recognising and responding to specific environments and social dynamics (community, online spaces and peer groups). Support can be in the form of 1:1, family and group based.
Applicants should be committed, enthusiastic, motivated and have excellent communication skills and able to work in a collaborative manner, evidencing a respectful and inclusive approach. You will be creative, innovative, adaptable and dynamic and able to deliver a person-centred and robust service to children and families. The use of a warm, nurturing and empathetic approach is essential. Applicants should be able to evidence professional curiosity. You will have direct practice experience working with children and families and evidence an awareness of child/adult protection issues. Applicants who have experience of working with children with a disability is preferable but not essential.
A flexible approach is essential to providing support when families need it which will include early morning, evenings and weekends.
The positions include effective time management balancing direct support to children and families' needs with the administrative requirements of the post.
The post is driving licence essential and the use of a car.
Please refer to the Generic PW2 job description for further information.
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.