In February 2021, Fife Council produced an initial phase service brief relating to Community Mental Health and
Wellbeing supports and services for Fife. The funding for this service brief was initially for a 6-month period
with a view that the data/reports collected from the initial phase would inform this longer-term service
supporting Community Mental Health and Wellbeing in Fife. Barnardo's was successful in this second phase for
the following areas: North East Fife, Levenmouth, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and have since acquired
Dunfermline and South-West Fife allowing us to support children, young people and families across the whole of
Fife. Barnardo's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is currently funded by Our Minds Matter, Fife Council
until March 2026.
Our Mental Health and Wellbeing service aims to provide Fife-wide support to children and young people aged 5-24 (up
to 26 depending on life circumstances). We deliver a variety of interventions which aim to support the emotional
and mental health needs of children, young people, and families and do so through a range of supports. This can
be in the form of one-to-one therapeutic support, group work, workshops and we also offer capacity building
sessions to parents and professionals.
The service seeks to provide early intervention at an additional level through support by upskilling, supporting, and
educating. Our hope is to enable young people to have positive mental health and wellbeing, thrive in their
community and to be able to bounce back from life's challenges. We also aim to support parents to feel
confident in responding to their children's mental health needs and increase their capacity to support
them.
We are looking for someone who is passionate and excited about joining a small but committed team to help develop
practice and meet the mental health needs of the children, young people and families across Fife. To make this
happen we are looking to recruit to the following post.
1 x Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Full time, fixed term until March 2026) – You will carry a caseload and
be responsible for providing ongoing therapeutic support to children, young people and their families as well as
capacity building for parents and professionals.
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 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
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been
through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating
to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have
invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer.
EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is
reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on
inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic
Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values