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Ref no:
BAR00403
Published:
28/01/2020
Closes:
20/02/2020
Location:
Barnardo's Aberdeen Young Carers 20 Carden Place, AB10 1UQ
Salary:
Starting Salary Circa - £23,545 - £25,428
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Barnardo's Young Carers Service as a Project Worker 2. Barnardo's Aberdeen Young Carers Service aims to support young carers in their caring role so they are able to live a happy and fulfilled life alongside caring.

Our range of interventions include:

  • 1:1 support
  • Group work
  • Signposting/Linking
  • Family Work (including home visits)
  • Respite
  • Activities

The successful candidate must have experience working with vulnerable children or adults with complex needs along with Knowledge of relevant policy or legislation eg carers act, GIRFEC.

This post will also involve delivering training to other professionals to help identify young carers and ensure their needs are being met.

The successful candidate must have access to a car and be willing to transport young people as required.

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.

 About Barnardo's

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.

Our basis and values

 

   

 

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