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Family Support Worker

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£26K/yrFull-timeOn-siteToday
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Workplace Offer: What it means for youBarnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)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.The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave schemeA host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave optionsService related sick pay from day 1Access 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 contributionDeath in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal PensionCycle2work schemeInterest free season ticket loansDiscounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal20% discount at Barnardo's storesOpportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etcFree access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and supportAccess to Barnardo's Learning and Development offerAbout Barnardo's

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At Barnardo's, our purpose is to transform the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and our vision is to realise Thomas Barnardo's dream of a world where no child is turned away from the help that they need. Would you like to be involved in this unique opportunity to support Children and Young People in the Achieving Change Together Service, Barnardo's Cymru? Who are the Achieving Change Together Service? The Barnardo's Achieving Change Together Service provides an empowering holistic model of support for disabled children and their families, who live in Blaenau Gwent. Service Aims For parents / carers to feel more confident and equipped to meet the needs of their children. For parents / carers to support their child/children to reach their full potential. To work in partnership with other services and organisations in order to provide a holistic plan of support for the family. Facilitate group work to promote skills development, confidence and independence. To support and enable disabled children and their families to access mainstream, specialist and community resources that meets their needs. What does the Job Role involve? As a Project Worker (PW1), your duties will include: Utilising effective communication skills to engage children and families to build collaborative relationships. Supporting children and families to identify strengths and prioritise support needs. Planning, facilitating and evaluating groupwork programmes and one to one support. Maintaining accurate recordings. Celebrating achievements / successes. Establishing, developing and maintaining productive working relationships with colleagues and other agencies. You will have: Experience of working with children and their families. Experience of undertaking assessments with children and families to co-produce holistic support plans. Experience of planning, facilitating and evaluating group programmes. Knowledge and experience of safeguarding. Ability to prioritise, organise, self-motivate and work on own initiative. Experience of partnership working with a range of voluntary and statutory agencies.

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