Assistant Project Worker - As & When (18784)

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:-

• Experience of or interest in working with children and young people
• Experience of or interest in group work.
• Experience of or interest in family work.
• Good practical skills.
• 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.

For more information please contact tony.rigby@barnardos.org.uk

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.

• 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.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus 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