We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and commited residential project worker to join our short breaks service.
We have a full time waking nights shift position available working on a rota basis, including weekends.
About Caern:
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 5 children and young people at any one time aged 5-18 by offering short
break respite 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.
About You:
Ideally you will have experience in working directly with children and young people in a similar 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.
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 values. 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
People & Culture 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
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
*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