Project Worker

3 weeks ago


Ilford, United Kingdom Barnardo's Full time

**Part time Project Worker - Barnardo's Action With Young Carers Wirral**

Looking for a new challenge?

Do you like making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families?

Then this post might be for you.

Barnardo's Action With Young Carers Wirral are currently looking to appoint a Project Worker who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people who care for an adult family member. Young Carers are children and young people aged 5 to 18 whose lives are affected by caring for an unwell adult family member. The adult family member may have a physical or learning disability, a long-term illness, a terminal condition, mental illness, or difficulties with drug or alcohol use. Caring may be physical, emotional, or both.

The service works in partnership with children's/adults services across Wirral to ensure best hopes for Young Carers and to reduce the negative impact of caring. The post will also be to help to raise awareness of young carers within schools and other organisations.

Skills looking for:

- Working individually and within a team whilst managing a case load
- Have an understanding and awareness of Young Carers needs through assessments & reviews
- Support Young Carers to be heard within education/health and social settings
- Assist young people to engage within their communities/further education and feel included
- Advocate for Young Carers voices

**Is this you?**
- 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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our _People & Culture_ 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. _
- 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
- 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.


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