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Reflect Project Worker

3 days ago

Newport-on-Tay

Are you ready for a new challenge? We're looking for a compassionate, empathetic and motivated individual to join our Reflect team as a Project Worker. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a specialist trauma-informed service working across Gwent: Newport, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Torfaen. Reflect works alongside women and their partners who have experienced the permanent removal of a child from their care. We recognise that every parent's story is unique and that experiences of loss, trauma and adversity can have a profound impact on wellbeing, relationships and future opportunities. Our approach is relationship-based, strengths-focused and led by the parent. We create safe, trusting spaces where parents can explore their experiences, identify what matters most to them and take steps towards the future they want for themselves. Through emotional and practical support, we help parents build on their strengths, develop confidence, strengthen connections and access opportunities within their communities. What will the role involve? As a Project Worker, you will work alongside Reflect Practitioners to support parents accessing the service. You will play an important role in building trusting relationships and creating positive experiences of support that help parents feel heard, valued and understood. You will: • Develop positive, trusting and respectful relationships with parents., • Work alongside Reflect Practitioners to deliver trauma-informed and strengths-based support led by parents., • Encourage participation in community-based activities that promote confidence, wellbeing and social connection., • Accompany parents to appointments and support them to access services, community activities, education and employment opportunities., • Contribute to group activities, peer support opportunities and service development., • Apply safeguarding responsibilities confidently and appropriately.What are we looking for? We are looking for someone who is passionate about working alongside people and believes in their capacity for growth, change and recovery. You will have: • Experience of supporting adults, families or individuals facing adversity or complex life circumstances., • Experience of building positive relationships with people who may have experienced trauma, loss, stigma or difficult relationships with services., • Knowledge of the impact that child removal, grief, loss and trauma can have on individuals., • Experience of supporting people to access services and opportunities within their communities., • A sound understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and professional boundaries.Additional Information This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and highly regarded service that works alongside parents during one of the most difficult periods of their lives. Please include clear and detailed examples within your application demonstrating how you meet the requirements outlined above and within the Job Description and Person Specification. Relevant experience may come from paid employment, volunteering, training, education or lived experience. Please note that due to the high volume of applications received for some posts, this advert may close before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to apply as early as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. 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. We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive. The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship. Benefits Workplace Offer: What it means for you 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, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardo'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., • Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata, • The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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 *T&C's apply based on contract About Barnardo's We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. JBRP1_UKTJ

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