Barnardo's is a compassionate and dedicated service provider, specializing in supporting children who have experienced trauma.
Barnardo's Highland Clover service works in partnership with Highland Council to provide a safe and nurturing environment for young people with additional support needs and care experience to heal, learn, and grow.
Our mission is to help children and young people to rebuild their sense of safety and self-worth, empowering them to thrive despite their past experiences.Clover stands for Care, Love and Respect reflecting the values that underpin our service and inform our approach to our children, young people and each other.
Our team's passion and dedication are the cornerstone to the success of our service.
They bring a diverse mix of skills, creativity, compassion and integrity which are invaluable to building the enduring, trusting and supportive relationships that our young people needWe are seeking a skilled and empathetic individual to join our dedicated team in supporting our children and young people who have experienced significant trauma.
If you have a passion for making a positive difference and can offer understanding, patience, and expertise, we'd love to hear from you.At Barnardo's we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and experiences, we want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Barnardo'sFor further details please see the attached role profile and additional information sheet.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document.
This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.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.Pay & Reward FrameworkWe know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's?.
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 in April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy.
It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.
More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for youThe 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 serviceThe ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus 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 offer *T&C's