We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and committed As & When Residential Project Workers for our Caern Short
Breaks and Pentland Way services.
We have a variety of posts available across both Projects for Days and Waking Nights. Hours and days can be tailored
to suit your flexible needs as an As & When worker.
ABOUT THE SERVICES
Barnardo's Caern Disability Services consists of three unique Projects who deliver a variety of quality services
for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.
Our Caern Short Breaks service supports up to 6 children and young people at any one time aged 5-18 by offering short
break packages to them and their families. All staff play an active role in supporting the children, young
people and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes, as identified in the Young People's
Individual Support Plans.
Our Pentland Way service is a residential setting providing support to up to three young people. Using a
person-centred approach, we aspire to create an environment in which the young people are happy, nurtured and
safe. We aim to enhance their lives by supporting them to develop independence in both the domestic environment
and the community.
ABOUT YOU
You will work As & When shifts to assist with gaps in the Service rota due to staff vacancies, holidays and
sickness absence. You will be supported and managed on shift by our Residential Project Workers. Typical day
shifts are worked over 8 hours between the hours of 7am and 10pm and Waking Night shifts are worked over 10
hours - typically between 10pm and 8am. As an A&W worker, you have the flexibility to work the shifts that
suit your own needs.
Ideally you will have experience in working directly with children and young people in a residential setting.
Experience in supporting children and young people with a learning disability and/or Autism would be an
advantage. Communication with the young people is paramount - the key is time tabling; structure; reliability
and consistency. You will be faced with behaviours that challenge, including physical.
The staff team across Caern Services must be fully accepting of our children and be prepared to offer them a
professional relationship based on acceptance and informed by our understanding of their individual needs,
wishes and experiences. We are passionate about the children and young people that we care for, showing
understanding, empathy and consistency in our approach.
You will hold (or be willing to work towards) a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for
example SVQ3 children and young people) plus an HNC in social services. These qualifications are required to
register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as part of your employment. There may be external
grants available to partly fund this.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive
through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and
for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader,
are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place
and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We
particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are
currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout
the recruitment process.
Our basis and values