Role Objectives

• Supporting families within an outreach capacity within their own home, using interventions which improve parental capacity, family relationships, producing assessments of need leading to the improved outcomes for children under 5.
• Experience of using solution focused approach with families who are resistant to engage to ensure the child's welfare remains paramount at all times.
• Demonstrating an awareness of the impact of domestic abuse, substance and alcohol misuse, poor mental health, isolation, poor parenting, poor housing and more on childhood resilience.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team with partners in social care, health, education, housing, police and other organisations. Attending multi-agency meetings and providing reports.
• Experience of working with families whose children may be the subject of a child protection plan. Knowledge of statutory interventions will be an advantage.
• Knowledge and experience of supporting families and children with the Early Help Assessment Tool framework and fulfilling the role of Lead Professional where appropriate.
• Experience of child development, child safety, nutrition and early education.
• Knowledge of the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences on childhood resilience
• Experience of delivering group intervention programmes that may include evidenced based programmes: Parenting Programmes; Freedom Programme.
• Experience of completing timely recording of all meetings with the family using available systems.

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 should be in place by 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.

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.

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.

Benefits

• 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 (pro-rata) 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
• 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 Corporate University