13 Oct
Barnardos
Barkingside
Job description
Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? Do you want the opportunity to work flexibly around other commitments?
We have an exciting opportunity for a number of passionate individuals to join our Leicestershire Residential Services on an As & When contract!
Please note : This is an ongoing vacancy. Applications will be regularly reviewed, and interviews regularly scheduled.
Service Overview : Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.
Location :
Our homes are located in Hinckley, Coalville, Syston and Market Harborough. Therefore, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to meet the requirements of the role.
Each home supports children & young people between 8-18 years who display a range of challenging behaviour, giving up to 3 service users at any one-time opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and develop confidence, independence and social / emotional skills.
Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to :
- To build trust and develop nurturing relationships which promote the service user's independence, wellbeing, strengths, and capabilities.
- To work in partnership and build relationships with parents / carers and other professionals.
- To contribute to the upkeep of the home including cooking, cleaning etc.
- To document information accurately and ensure records are kept up to date.
- To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
- To promote, monitor and maintain a safe environment at all times.
Essential requirements to evidence in your written application :
- Must hold the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare OR be willing to successfully achieve this within the required timeframe.
- Relevant experience working with children & young people.
- Must be motivated by the opportunity to make a positive difference in young people's lives, creating a safe space and building resilience.
- Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding and protection of vulnerable children & young people.
For more information about this role, please contact Sean Fagan
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.
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 .
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 1st April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity,
and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
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 progression 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.
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.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.
At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking.
This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.
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