Independent Child Advocacy Specialist
2 weeks ago
Barnardo's is committed to promoting, protecting and enabling children's rights. Our Hear 4u Advocacy Service works to ensure children and young people understand their rights, supports them to have their views heard within decision making processes and assists them to raise their concerns.
In this key role you will provide an independent advocacy service for children and young people from priority groups. Your role will be assisting children and young people to express their thoughts and views, ensuring that they can participate in the processes that affect their lives. You will also contribute to service development and evaluation.
Key requirements include:
- Experience of working directly with children, young people and families in a paid or voluntary setting
- A sound understanding of child protection issues
- A current driving license and access to a car for business purposes
Flexible working options available:
- Part time hours available: 16hrs/18.5hrs/25hrs per week
- Office base in Dumfries
Please indicate how many hours you are interested in applying for.
Please note that due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.
We offer a range of benefits to support our colleagues, including:
- 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
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
We are committed to creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance.
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