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Safer Futures is the commissioned support service for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Safer Futures provides support to adults, young people, and children affected by domestic abuse. Our goal is to end domestic abuse and sexual violence in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Our programmes at Barnardo's are designed to meet the needs of those in recovery and to people who want to change their abusive behaviour. We also deliver Domestic Abuse Training to professionals and educate children and young people in both primary and secondary schools throughout Cornwall to recognise the signs of abuse and help them develop and sustain healthy relationships.
Would you like to be involved in a unique opportunity to support people in the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Service - Safer Futures, Barnardo's?
Do you enjoy working with people and positively impacting their lives?
Are you looking for a role in the Cornwall area?
We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Service.
The Change 4U Programme offers bespoke support across Cornwall to those displaying abusive behaviours within their intimate relationships. Provided in various formats including phone, video, and face-to-face, and offering one-to-one and group options, Change 4U provides tools and techniques to help people cease abusive behaviour while exploring relevant topics for clients and their families.
Change 4U Senior Project Worker
Initial Specific Responsibilities:
* Provide valuable support and guidance to the Change 4U team.
* Work closely with the team lead in the development and delivery of the behaviour change Programme.
* Plan and support the team's caseload through triage and allocation.
* Provide 1-1 and group work programmes in person and online to behaviour change and partner link clients.
* Support the team lead and carry out one-to-one supervisions with the Change 4U team when requested.
* Represent the programme/service at professional meetings both face-to-face and online including MARAC and Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
Expectations:
* Ability to provide support, supervision, and guidance to the Change 4U team.
* Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and negotiating qualities.
* Your role is vital, both individually as well as leading the team. It is essential that you play a key role in planning and implementing service development and improvements to meet local and national priorities.
* Excellent knowledge of the effects of domestic violence/abuse on adults and children.
* Empathetic and sensitive to the needs of those reporting to you, treating people with fairness and respect.
* Skilled at engaging with others and building constructive working relationships.
* Ability to measure and monitor to ensure everyone performs at their best, including knowledge of auditing processes for compliance with organisational procedures.
* Robust enough to deal with complaints or incidents diplomatically.
* Ability to negotiate when dealing with potential conflict.
* Effectively prioritise workload, manage time, and resources.
* Aware of the bigger picture and open to working with others to protect and develop the integrity of the service.
* Plan and deliver services and contribute to their evaluation.
* Develop and maintain professional relationships and work in partnership with other agencies to deliver effective services and attend a range of internal and external meetings as required.
* Actively prepare for and participate in supervision, team meetings, briefings, and training events and contribute to the development of learning materials or other resources.
* Take responsibility for developing and improving your own professional knowledge and skills and contribute to policy development within Barnardo's.
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When completing your application form, please refer to the skills, knowledge, and experience required as detailed in the Person Specification and the Additional Information Sheet. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until 31.03.26. Should this funding not be extended, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.03.26.
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 our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive, and progressive. This is a positive change for the charity and part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive, and grow in their journey at Barnardo's and will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and pay.
While 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. 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 believes 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.
* Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum after 3 years of Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum after 5 years, and 30 days per annum after 7 years. Those working less than full-time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata.
* The ability to buy up to another 5 days of 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 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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