Family Intervention Worker Manchester, England
Job description
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families?
Are you looking to be part of a dynamic, passionate and supportive team?
Big Manchester is a therapeutic family intervention service, offering intensive support to families with primary school aged children. The team is co-located bringing together 10 years of learning from the Big Manchester Partnership with Barnardo's as the lead, Manchester MIND, CGL (Change Grow Live) and Manchester Women's Aid Incorporating the Pankhurst Trust.
You will be responsible for:
- Managing a caseload of families to identify needs and deliver support on a 1-1 and group basis using therapeutic interventions, and family activities to achieve best outcomes.
- Working together with parents/carers to empower them to reach their potential and have better opportunities.
- Working alongside Children's Services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective support for children young people and families.
- Contributing to our supportive and enthusiastic team.
- Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures.
- Enhancing and maintaining equipment/resources linked to service delivery.
- Case note recording and maintaining family records.
The Role:
- Part time across Mon – Fri (office hours)
- Working hours: 18.5
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Trauma responsive and informed approach from all services
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Additional Information, Person Specification and Job Description document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the services described. If you would like to discuss this post, please do not hesitate to telephone Lisa Hewitt, Team Manager (North)- 07860784355.
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.
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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
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 progression 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.
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
