![]() Location: Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East Salary: £35,713.60 - £47,793.20 Contract type: Fixed term End date: 1st Oct 2025 Hours: 37 Closing Date: 9 August 2024 Interview Date: TBC Barnardo's Fostering North England are looking to recruit a Practice Manager to join our excellent team. This position is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious experienced Social Work Practitioner to be involved in innovative practice, improving the outcomes and life chances for Children and Young People.
This is a full time, fixed term, maternity cover post . This post is primarily linked to our North England Fostering service with an expectation of occasional travel further afield. Click here for full job details ![]() Location: Barnardo's South East Adoption Service Salary: Circa £36,999 - £49,514 Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 4 July 2024 Interview Date: TBC We are seeking to recruit 2 full-time permanent Adoption Social Workers within Barnardo's South East Adoption Service. We work with adopters across London, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Herts,Kent, Surrey and Sussex. We are looking for Social Workers who are committed, dynamic and forward-thinking to join our established team in working with families across London and the SE. As a Social Worker you will be part of a team of adoption social workers and family finders who assess prepare and support prospective adoptive families to meet the needs of children with an adoption plan.
Click here for full job details ![]() Location: Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East Salary: £35,713.60 - £47,793.20 Contract type: Fixed term End date: 1st Oct 2025 Hours: 37 Closing Date: 30 June 2024 Interview Date: TBC Barnardo's Fostering North England is a leading national independent fostering agency, providing fostering and short break services across North England,
We aim to achieve high quality, stable placements for children and young people by ensuring that foster carers are appropriately recruited, assessed, trained and supported within the required regulations and national minimum standards. Barnardo's Fostering North England are looking to recruit a Practice Manager to join our excellent team. This position is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious experienced Social Work Practitioner to be involved in innovative practice, improving the outcomes and life chances for Children and Young People. Click here for full details ![]() Barnardo's Cymru welcomes the publication of the Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan 2024 – 27 including the ambition to improve health and wellbeing support and decrease the numbers leaving the sector. Barnardo’s Cymru currently runs more than 60 diverse services across Wales, in partnership with local authorities. Each year, we regularly support more than 10,000 children, young people and families. We provide a wide range of services from early intervention and family support, to working with children, young people, and their families affected by abuse and exploitation. Through this work we understand the importance of ensuring that the workforce is supported to deliver these essential services to children, young people and their families. Click here for full article ![]() Location: Barnardo's Highland Service Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Salary: Circa £35,360 - £47,320 Closing Date: 2 June 2024 Interview Date: TBC Barnardo's Highland are developing a new partnership service with the Highland Council, supporting care experienced children and young people with additional needs.
This is a new service within Highland which will look at the individual needs of children and young people and develop bespoke residential care packages using a right based, trauma informed approach working with the whole family around the child. The team working with the children will enrich their lives through care, support and activities which will be aimed at raising self-esteem, promoting a sense of mastery, and enabling the children to access experiences that are individually tailored to their interests and nurture their talents. The team will work with the wider partnership to ensure that Educational and Health needs are met. We are looking to appoint a Team Manager to join this service and who has the below experience.
Further details and application documents here ![]() Location: Barnardo's Fostering West Midlands Salary: £42,640 - £57,200 FTE plus £312 Office at Home Allowance Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 31 May 2024 Are you passionate about making a difference to Children's lives?
Barnardo's is a leading children's charity, and our Family Placement Service has a well-deserved reputation for providing high quality foster placements. We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated Operations Manager to join us on a full time, permanent contract at our busy fostering service in the Midlands. This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced and well-established family placement team providing high quality support to foster carers, careful matching of children and placement stability. Would you like to be involved in driving the growth and expansion of this model? As an Operations Manager, you will work alongside the Midlands Fostering Families Service and Assistant Head of Business undertaking specific management duties associated with the running of a diverse family placement service, playing a key role in the success of our fostering services. In particular you will work hard to ensure that every child entrusted to our care is kept safe and is given every opportunity to blossom and achieve great outcomes in line with the promise. You will be an approachable, innovative, and creative individual, with sufficient experience at a senior management level. You will be passionate about change, evidence a strong value base in line with Barnardo's values and behaviours, and be confident in your own knowledge and the ability to give advice to others. You must hold a Social work qualification ( Diploma/ BA/ or equivalent) please. Further details and application documents here ![]() Scotland’s leading children’s charity has issued a plea for more people to consider becoming foster carers after figures show that hundreds of children are in need of a place to call home. Barnardo’s Scotland has pointed to research by The Fostering Network that reveals the number of foster families required stands at 500. Martin Crewe, Director of Barnardo’s Scotland, said: “Fostering in Scotland is in crisis as the numbers of people registered to foster continues to fall year on year. A shortage of foster carers leaves hundreds of children without a safe and loving home, and that is something we are keen to address. We strongly believe that any loving person can make a wonderful foster parent to a child in need. We offer support and training every step of the way and, on average, fostering fees and an allowance of £495 per week, per child is available.” Carole Duffy, 59, who lives in East Kilbride, became a foster carer for Barnardo’s in 2009 and has loved the experience, as she explains: “When you are a foster carer, to see even the little things can make such a big difference. To see the children relax, to laugh and to see their confidence grow is special, and it’s all about making them the best that they can be. I have been very lucky to maintain a relationship with all of my previous foster children.” Carole, who has five birth children, two stepchildren and nine grandchildren of her own, has fostered ten children and provided respite for 30 more. She adds: “I have always had great support and training from Barnardo’s over the years, and if I need them, there is always someone at the end of the phone. “My advice to new carers is to remember that all children are individuals and different, they all come with their own circumstances. Much of the role of a foster carer is trial and error to see what works, but establishing routines and boundaries from day one helps them feel safe. It’s important to have a good support network around you, so link in with your social worker and other carers for advice, or for them just to be a sounding board. It’s good to talk.” Barnardo’s in Scotland is committed to keeping The Promise to care-experienced young people and to ensure every child in Scotland grows up safe, loved and respected. That is why the charity is calling on people to consider joining Barnardo’s Scotland as a foster carer. Barnardo’s has more than 80 years of experience of successfully placing children and young people with families, and there are many benefits to being a carer. Those looking to foster will be supported with a thorough child-and-carer matching process, as well as out-of-hours advice and a support line service provided by the social work team. There are support groups and family social events, held to enable carers to meet the team and other local carers, along with a high level of professional training and development, relevant to each specific child’s needs. All foster carers receive a daily allowance which is designed to cover the cost of caring for a fostered child. This is intended to cover food, clothes, toys, pocket money, gifts, personal items, transport and all other expenses incurred when looking after a child and/or young person, including household costs. For more information on becoming a foster carer with Barnardo’s in Scotland, please visit www.barnardos.org.uk/foster, or call 0800 0277 280. The charity’s lines are open from Monday to Friday, between 9am and 5pm. In the past year, Barnardo’s provided essential support to more than 11,500 children, young people, parents and carers in Scotland through more than 150 specialised community-based services and partnerships across the country. The charity works to ensure that every child has the best possible start in life. To donate, volunteer or fundraise, please visit www.barnardos.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money. Source: www.barnardos.org.uk/ ![]() An innovative housing project designed to support young people at the point of leaving care has been launched in Stirling by the country’s leading children’s charity. Working with local services and construction firm Morris & Spottiswood, Barnardo’s Scotland has built five ‘Gap Homes’, which are purpose-built houses for young people leaving the care system. A Gap Home provides high quality, affordable and additional housing for care-experienced young people, and provides the opportunity for a young person to live in a new property in an established community with support available to them from Barnardo’s. The Gap Homes programme was developed by Barnardo’s in response to the lack of suitable housing and support available to young people at the point of leaving care. Poor quality housing and a lack of support increases the likelihood of homelessness. This is exacerbated by a lack of suitable accommodation for young people preparing to live independently. Stirling is one of numerous sites across the UK where Barnardo’s is constructing Gap Homes, with existing Gap Homes in Renfrewshire and Essex – and more to come. This Gap Homes project in Stirling could only be made possible by the support of other organisations and funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Players have raised more than £14.8 million for Barnardo’s since 2018. These funds awarded by Postcode Children Trust have helped to build these and other Gap Homes.
Martin Crewe, the Director of Barnardo’s Scotland, said: “It can be very difficult for young people leaving care to live alone for the first time, especially when it comes to running a home on a limited budget. Gap Homes create a safe and stable environment in which young people can thrive. What’s more, they are built in established communities and have low running costs. “The current housing crisis means that there’s not a lot of available housing, let alone for young people leaving care. The latest Gap Homes development in Stirling forms part of the fight to tackle the lack of suitable accommodation for care leavers. “Our Gap Homes projects are closely aligned with our vow to keep The Promise. The Promise is the outcome of Scotland’s independent care review and is about ensuring every child in Scotland grows up safe, loved and respected. Part of our overall work at Barnardo’s in responding to The Promise is increasing the opportunity for care experienced people to access employment, training, stable housing and support.” One young person, who is benefitting from a Gap Home in another part of the country, is in no doubt at the value of this facility. Alison* said: “I had been living in care for several years from the age of 16 before moving into a Gap Home and I had stayed in three places in that short space of time. I finally moved to my lovely place where I have been living since November 2023 with the support of the Barnardo’s team. I feel like it’s my home with a beautiful view and a nice and calming environment. “I was not a happy person where I was living previously as we would always have issues with things like the heating or hot water not working and mould. This would go on for months at a time, and our complaints never seemed to matter. Because of that, I ended up having to repeatedly move house. But, with Gap Homes, I have everything that I need and more. I truly appreciate Barnardo’s for their support and for changing my life for the better.” Elizabeth McShane, the UK Head of Business of Gap Homes at Barnardo’s, said: “At Barnardo’s, we have a strong track record in supporting young people to develop the skills they need to succeed in reaching independence as adults. Offering purpose-built accommodation for care leavers, we will also provide practical and emotional support, for up to two years, for those who need it the most. We believe Gap Homes has the potential to transform the lives of care leavers across the country, giving them the fresh start they deserve.” Young people are expected to be resident in a Gap Home for up to two years. As landlord, Barnardo’s can offer flexibility on the length of tenure, reflecting each young person’s individual needs. Laura Chow, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, said: “Leaving home and moving into your first place can be daunting, even more so for young people who are care experienced. The new Gap Homes in Stirling will help them to navigate the next stage of their lives, giving them the support they need so they can successfully live independently, and I’m so pleased that this is being supported thanks to money raised by our players.” In the past year, Barnardo’s provided essential support to more than 11,500 children, young people, parents and carers in Scotland through more than 150 specialised community-based services and partnerships across the country. The charity works to ensure that every child has the best possible start in life. To donate, volunteer or fundraise, please visit www.barnardos.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money. Source: www.barnardos.org.uk/ ![]() Location: Barnardo's Scotland Fostering Edinburgh Salary: £35,360- £47,320 Plus £312 Office at Home Allowance Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 6 May 2024 Barnardo's Scotland Fostering Edinburgh have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Supervising Social worker to join our busy team on a Full Time (37 hours) permanent basis.
Location: The successful candidate will work on a hybrid basis with their office base in Edinburgh, however some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide. As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers, therapists, education liaison worker, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority. Some of the key responsibilities are:
Ideal Candidate's must haves:
Further details and application documents here ![]() Location: Barnardo's Highland Service Salary: Circa £35,360 - £47,320 Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Closing Date: 25 April 2024 Interview Date: TBC Barnardo's Highland are developing a new partnership service with the Highland Council, supporting care experienced children and young people with additional needs.
This is a new service within Highland which will look at the individual needs of children and young people and develop bespoke residential care packages using a right based, trauma informed approach working with the whole family around the child. The team working with the children will enrich their lives through care, support and activities which will be aimed at raising self-esteem, promoting a sense of mastery, and enabling the children to access experiences that are individually tailored to their interests and nurture their talents. The team will work with the wider partnership to ensure that Educational and Health needs are met.
Some of the Key Responsibilities include:
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