 Location: Pharos EDACT, Belfast Contract type: Permanent (Fixed term funded post) End date: 31/3/25 in first instance Hours: 37 Salary: £34,353 - £38,033 Closing Date: 26 January 2024 Interview Date: Wed 7th February 2024 An exciting vacancy has arisen for a Senior Social Worker Practitioner at Pharos, a well-established Barnardo's Children's Service working with families affected by Parental Substance Use in Belfast and South Eastern Trust Areas.
This is a permanent fixed term Full-Time/37 h.p.w. post until the 31 March 2025 with extension subject to further funding. The service is funded by the Public Health Agency, and we work in close partnership with the Health and Social Care Trusts and a range of Voluntary Organisations to deliver a range of interventions to children and families. If you have a desire to work therapeutically with children, young people and families to improve longer term outcomes for children and you are you a qualified (have completed AYE) Social Worker with proven experience of working in a family and childcare setting, then we would like to hear from you. We are looking for suitably experienced staff who:
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Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the required criteria listed in the Additional Information Sheet. Location: 23 Windsor Avenue , Belfast BT9 6EE Hours: 37 hours per week Contract type: Permanent (subject to funding to 31 March 2025) Extension subject to further funding. Salary: £34,353 to £38,033 Closing Date: Friday 26th January 2024 at midnight Interview Date: Wednesday 7th February 2024 Contact Email: [email protected] A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months The successful candidate will also be required to undertake enhanced Child and Adult barred AccessNI check Pay & Reward Framework 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. 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 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.
About Barnardo's At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates. Full details and application documents here Comments are closed.
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