Project Worker 2 Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Job description
Barnardo's has had a presence in Fife for over 20 years. Work with children and families has been a consistent feature of our services in Fife. Our service that works with children and families impacted by substance use is now called Barnardo's Empowering Change (BEC) service and has been in existence in some form for approximately 9 years. As a result the service is well respected and established in Fife.
After a recent retendering of all 3rd Sector organisations within Fife, the BEC service was successful in its bid and now works in partnership with another local organisation, Clued Up, to provide a whole family response to families who are impacted by substance use. The service has two aspects to the work and provides an intensive level of support to some families who are on the verge of breakdown. The other aspect of the work offers support to families at an earlier stage of the process and aims to divert families impacted by substance use, away from more intensive levels of support. This post will sit within the earlier intervention aspect of the service.
You will be required to assess, design and deliver direct services to families impacted by substance use and as such experience/or a working knowledge of this area of work would be extremely helpful. Experience of working with children and families and a working knowledge of attachment theories and Trauma Informed Practice would be extremely desirable as would a knowledge of The Promise. This earlier intervention model is a newer aspect to our work and as such our partnership with Clued Up is still in its infancy. As a result, this is a great opportunity to be part of a developing service where your skills and experience will be utilised to help shape the work moving forward.
Please see attached the role profile and addendum for the full specifications for this role. For more information please contact Murdo Mathers for an informal discussion. Tel 01592 651482 or 07596 890305
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.
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.
