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Ref no:
BAR00501
Published:
23/09/2021
Closes:
10/10/2021
Location:
Barnardo's Threads 4 Lochfield Road Paisley, PA2 7RG
Salary:
Starting Salary - £23,545 - £25,428 FTE
Contract Type:
Permanent, Temporary
Position Type:
Full Time, Part Time
Hours:
37 hours per week

Barnardo's West of Scotland Refugee and UASC Services is working in partnership with Renfrewshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Council as part of its commitment to the value of relationships at all stages of the positive mental health & wellbeing of its child, young people, and family population.

B Wild activities are trauma-informed and responsive to the needs of participants; staff will respond to participants with calm and empathy even in challenging outdoor settings. Exploring nature and having the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors produces numerous benefits: being outside, in natural environments, improves our physical and mental wellbeing in measurable ways.

This project will support Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) and refugees from West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire to participate in physical activity in an outside environment. This will promote increased use of outdoors for UASC – our health & wellbeing focus includes a range of outdoor 1:1 and bespoke group interventions such as Barnardo's B Wild project utilising local ‘wild spaces.

In 1:1 work we can support young people (YP) to explore & learn about their local environment helping to create a sense of belonging and confidence in accessing green spaces.

In group work we use emotional literacy activities that use the natural environment to explore what different emotions feel like in the body and to develop vocabulary around discussing emotions.

All the work is about connection: connection to nature, to self, to others and to the community.

Essential Requirements for this role:

  • Candidates should be motivated, driven and can work on their own initiative and in addition as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
  • Have experience of supporting young people during transitions and relationship-based practice to work alongside young people affected by multiple adversities .
  • The successful candidate will require working with a high degree of flexibility to meet the needs of the service and as such the post holder will be expected to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the service.
  • Have a relevant qualification such as: CL&D , Social Work, Health , Teaching or equivalent
  • Registered with SSSC or ability to be registered within 6months.
  • Experience of interagency work.
  • Have a full driver's license with access to a vehicle

We are recruiting a full time (37 Hours) and a Part time (18.50 hrs) Project Worker 2 (Please specify your preference on your application)

Please see the attached role profile and addendum detailing further information

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.