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1 x FTE 37 HPW : Fixed term for a period of 18 months with the strong possibility of extension.

Do you have the lived experience to help us design a culturally appropriate Maternity Equity Hub for Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity communities?

• The opportunity

Barnardo's, Cambridgeshire Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind and Raham Project are working in partnership to reduce maternal health inequalities and help Black, Asian, and Mixed ethnicities women to have better pregnancy and maternal outcomes. As a partnership, we aim to do this through the development of an exciting and ground-breaking Maternity Equity Hub, that will be co-designed with lived experienced communities.

This hub seeks to improve health outcomes working with Black, Asian, and Mixed ethnicities women to co-design culturally sensitive, trauma informed and rights-based programmes of support, including all aspects of the perinatal experience and wider support post birth and into the early years i.e., before, during and after a child is born, up to the age of 2 years old.

• How are we going to do this?

We are seeking an innovative and passionate individual(s) who care deeply about changing lives and specifically, improving maternal and life outcomes for local Black, Asian and racialised communities. Given the critical importance of foundations for this service being rooted in anti-racist practice, you will identify as Black, Asian, or be of Mixed ethnicity and join the project team to lead our Peer Connectors, helping us take this incredibly important work forward.

You and the Peer Connectors will use your own lived experience and work closely with local Black, Asian and Mixed ethnicities communities, as well as our key strategic partners (CPSL Mind and The Raham Project), to design a highly accessible antenatal package of support that is focused on cultural safety, trauma informed practice and rights-based messages. This will include roll out and testing.

You will play a leading role in enabling the team to go on to support the delivery of antenatal programmes and provide 1:1 and group-based support in relevant community settings, for Black, Asian and Mixed ethnicities women, fathers / birth partners and their families, that focuses on supporting and sustaining mental health and wellbeing, whilst also nurturing positive attachments between carers and their young child(ren), during the first 1001 days.

• Next Steps

We will also be holding Information Sessions on 17th & 18th April via Zoom, 9.30 am to 1.30 pm to provide an opportunity to find out more about the roles. Sharing your image and name during this session is optional – you may choose to turn your video off at any time. To book a place at this session, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

If you are interested in applying, please download the application pack, including the additional information form for further information. For a more detailed discussion and support with applications processes, please contact Kat Band, Assistant Director Children's Services (Peterborough and Cambridgeshire) on [email protected] / 07795 036269.

Anticipated dates for informal interviews will be the week commencing 8th May.

• Applications

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the attached Additional Information document only.

• Flexibility

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance. We are committed to family friendly approaches and would welcome applications and conversations around arrangements that would work for you.

• Genuine Occupational Requirement:

Genuine Occupational Requirement Barnardo's considers that identifying as Black, Asian or Mixed ethnicity is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for this post under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

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 should be in place by 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.

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
• 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 Corporate University

• T&C's apply based on contract