Project Worker 2 - Child and Family Support Worker

Project Worker 2 - Child and Family Support Worker

Reference number: 22025

Location: Strabane Family Centre

Contract type: Permanent (Fixed term funded post)

End date: 31.03.27

Hours: 31.6

Salary: £28,124 - £37,116.78 FTE

Closing Date: 8 December 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Join Our Team at Strabane Family Centre & Family Support Hub

About Strabane Family Centre & Family Support Hub

Strabane Family Centre and Family Support Hub is a well-established, vibrant service that supports families and children and young people aged 0-18 years. We provide support in Strabane Town and in the surrounding rural areas. We have a small but dedicated staff team and deliver a range of support services dedicated to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Role Overview

As a Child and Family Support Worker (PW2), you will play a key role in providing support to parents, children and young people. You will:

• Provide direct 1:1 and group work support to parents, children and young people.
• Maintain strong links with support services within the community and make onward referrals to access support for parents, children and young people.
• Contribute to team meetings and provide support and/or supervision to students or volunteers.
• Contribute to relevant professional and multi-disciplinary meetings.
• Contribute to service planning, review, and development.
• Support the Children's Services Manager and colleagues in the delivery of high quality, inclusive services.

Essential Criteria

To be considered for an interview, you must demonstrate on your application how you meet the following:

• Minimum NVQ Level 3 in Childcare, Learning and Development or a related field, or a qualification above this, e.g. Degree in Early Childhood Studies or a related field.
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of attending professional meetings.
• Experience of applying safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures.
• Experience of working directly with children and young people aged 0-18 and their families.
• Hold a full UK/EU driving licence, business insurance and access to a car for work purposes (this criteria will be waived for candidates with a disability who can demonstrate alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post).

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of supporting and/or supervising staff, volunteers, or students.
• Experience of providing group work programmes to parents and children.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Enhanced Access NI with Child Barred List Check

Additional Information

Flexibility is essential. Applicants must be willing to work hours that meet the needs of the service. Flexible working or reduced hours will be considered.

Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 8 December 2025

Ready to make a difference in the lives of young children and their families?

Apply now and become part of a passionate team committed to early years development

A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise for a period of up to 12 months

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 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 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
• 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.