Are you passionate about working with children and young people?Are you enthusiastic about developing excellent and inclusive services with young people to enhance their, wellbeing, happiness and opportunities?Our new Partnership with the Co-op is an exciting innovative project where we aim to support over 750k young people, aged 10-25 years across 2 years.To deliver this, we are recruiting for a team of Youth Support Workers with both full-time and part-time opportunities available across 20 locations.Location of this post: HarlowWe are currently delivering two sessions per week on Monday and Wednesday evenings (5-7pm and 6-8pm) with plans to deliver an extra session on Friday afternoons.Our Barnardo's Co-op Partnership goals are: Improve mental wellbeingImprove access to basic needs (food)Improve access to opportunities We are looking for applicants who are: Confident and creative in engaging and working alongside young people aged between 10-25 years.Skilled in designing and delivering groupwork sessions for young people.Able to provide emotional and practical support to young people, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures.Flexible to work evenings and weekends where required to meet the needs of the serviceAble to work in partnership with Co-op, Children's Services and the community, whilst keeping young people at the centre.
In return for your commitment, you will be supported with meaningful and supportive 1:1's, ongoing personal development and opportunities to make positive change in young people's lives.
Our Co-op partnership Youth Advisory Group have made this film to support in recruiting the right staff for our in Community Services across the UK (link below): When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document.Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31 December 2025 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.
This contract is due to expire on 31 December 2025.
For more information on our exciting partnership with the Co-op, please see our additional information sheet via the link below.
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Robyn Dunn on – South East and London Region Children's Service Manager Please note that this job role is advertised at part time hours however, we are open to negotiating hours that are mutually agreeable.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.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 arrangementsPay and 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 1st April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy.
It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
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 progression 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