Playleader (Project Worker)

Barnardo's Dundee is seeking passionate and motivated Project Workers /Play Leaders in our Child and Family Support Service.

We are looking for people to join our Dundee team who have 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 and their families.

Our aim is to support children and families using a whole family approach, focusing on strengths, building on assets and interests to support them to achieve best possible outcomes and to feel included and supported within their communities. We use a relationship based approach to build trust with the children and their families to develop their capacity and resilience. The service operates as part of a multi-agency approach, working with partner agencies and professional stakeholders, including working as part of a team that may comprise staff drawn from across different (partner) organisations, building on a collaborative and co-produced approach to finding solutions.

• The Play Leader role include supporting Barnardo's events, activity days, short breaks and groups for CYP who have a disability/additional support need.
• Engagement with CYP to provide practical support as required which will include early mornings, daytime (during school holidays and outwith), evenings and weekends.
• The Play Leader role includes responsibility for co-planning, delivering and facilitating group sessions using a creative and innovative approach.
• The role includes supervision of support assistants and volunteers.

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. Applicants who have experience of working with children with a disability is preferable but not essential.

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

The positions include effective time management balancing direct support to children and families' needs with the administrative requirements of the post.

The use of a car is preferable but not essential.

Please also refer to the generic job description, person specification and the additional information sheets which provide further details.

• Project Worker 1 - Job Description & Person Profile.pdf (76.34 KB)
• Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Updated Version July 2021.pdf (101.44 KB)
• 2021-04-28 AW PW1 - addendum information sheet (002)- Dundee Family Support Service (4).pdf (75.47 KB)
• Our basis and values

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.