Project Worker 1

Barnardos Child and Family Support Service Dundee is seeking a passionate and motivated applicant for a full time Project Worker 1 position in our team.

We are looking for a person who has a genuine interest in working with children and families providing support in a variety of settings including the family homes, schools and community locations and provide support either individually or with groups of children, young people and parents/carers.

The service support includes working with children who have a disability/ additional support need and their families. Applicants will have an awareness of issues impacting on children and their families including trauma, mental health, care experienced, domestic abuse and substance use.

The role includes:

Community capacity building supporting individual/groups by facilitating learning and development opportunities.

Partnership working with community groups, building capacity for inclusion for children/families, building relationship and working through barriers.

Responsibility for introductions between children/families and volunteers.

Caseholding responsibility ensuring aim of work/outcomes/compliance recording/risk assessments/volunteer log sheets.

Applicants should be committed, enthusiastic, motivated and have excellent communication skills and able to work in a collaborative manner, evidencing a respectful and inclusive approach. You will be creative, innovative, adaptable and dynamic and able to deliver a person-centred and robust service to children and families. The use of a warm, nurturing and empathetic approach is essential. Applicants should be able to evidence professional curiosity. You will have direct practice experience working with children and families and evidence an awareness of child/adult protection issues.

A flexible approach is essential to providing support when families need it which will include early morning, evenings and weekends.

The successful applicant will be required to register with SSSC and undertake any identified conditional qualifications as the Dundee service has two Care Inspectorate registered services.

The role includes effective time management balancing direct support needs alongside administrative requirements of the post.

The post is driving licence essential and the use of a car also essential.

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.

Please also see Additional Information Sheet.