Residential Project Worker - Aberdeen

Linksfield is a long-term residential home for up to 6 young people. The Service provides care and support to young people up to the age of 21 who have often experienced a range of challenges and adversity.

At Linksfield, we strive to develop positive and loving relationships with our young people. By providing a consistent, strong, nurturing environment where young people can experience a sense of safety and emotional containment, we aim to enable our young people to begin to make sense of their childhood experiences and wherever possible, strengthen their family relationships.

Within this safe context, Linksfield creates opportunities for young people to develop their life skills and social interests. We advocate on behalf of young people to access appropriate education, and support further education, training options and employment opportunities.

Project Workers undertake a professional role of safeguarding and promoting the rights and well-being of children and young people and providing care and support to enable children and young people to develop their full potential. Using theories of human behaviour, child development, relational practice and trauma informed care, our practitioners provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm. Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.

We are looking for responsible, friendly, and caring individuals who have a passion for caring for and ultimately, making a difference to young people's lives. It will be a challenging yet rewarding role with the opportunity to see the young people develop through time. We need practitioners who can work well within a team, have great communication skills, can manage their workload, and be prepared for the varying challenges the role may present.

This role involves shift work, including sleep-ins and weekend working on a rota basis.

• Job and Person Profiles - Linksfield (2).pdf (142.11 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 above. 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 candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.