Social Work Senior Practitioner

Barnardos
GB - Scotland - Inverurie
November 13, 2024
Social Care

Barnardo's are recruitingSenior Practitioner (Project Worker 3)to be involved in the delivery of our Residential Service, Linksfield to support children and young people in a therapeutic and trauma enhanced approach in a residential child care setting.
We are looking for an committed practitioner with experience of working with young people and their families preferably within the context of care experienced.
They should be passionate about improving outcomes for young people who are accommodated through child-centred therapeutic approach underpinned by Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy principals.
At Barnardo's we believe every child has the right to a fulfilling life, to realise their potential and to have a positive future.
Working in partnerships, we focus on building stronger families and improving family bonds.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, and Additional Information document (if applicable).
This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
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.
Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's? values .
We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?Strategy.
It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.
More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits Workplace Offer:
What it means for you
The world of work has changed.
We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment.
We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.
This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's.
Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
• T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity.
We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do.
We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women.
We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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