Bristol BACE (Barnardo's Against Child Exploitation) Project Worker (19730)

However, due to the specific nature of this particular role, the appointed worker will be expected to and supported to:

• Confidently and creatively engage children and young people, working alongside them
• Provide emotional and practical support to young people.
• Have a sound grasp of child protection, safeguarding processes and safety planning to reduce the risk associated with extra familiar harm, serious youth violence and the effects of trauma.
• Able to work in a flexible way, sometimes past the end of the day if and when there is a need to ensure the service can meet the needs of children and young people post exposure to trauma.
• Provide high standard written and verbal assessment of risk and maintain a good standard of case recording.
• Work in partnership with key agencies such as education, health, social care, police and youth justice services.
• Confidentiality manage the complexities linked to working with children who have experienced high harm which includes the need to balance their wishes and feelings while working from a best interest approach.
• Have Experience, Knowledge and a competent understanding of working with children and young people impacted by exploitation, serious violence and mental health worries.
• Have the ability to recognise and respond to the equality, diversity, inclusion and equity needs of children, young people and their families.
• Be conscious and confident when considering personal safety, abide by Barnardo's policies and procedures around lone working and risk reduction.
• To work within Barnardo's basis and values
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 30 April 2027 (possible extension) and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.

Is passionate about supporting children and young people - Has experience of supporting children and young adults at risk of exploitation - Has experience of facilitating group work intervention - Understands the value of listening to children and young people as well as advocating for them and their rights - Has a sound understanding of safeguarding

At Barnardo's, our purpose is to transform the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and our vision is to realise Thomas Barnardo's dream of a world where no child is turned away from the help that they need. Would you like to be involved in this unique opportunity to support Children and Young People in Barnardo's BACE (Barnardo's Against Child Exploitation) Services? BACE aim to support young people at risk of, or those known to b experiencing child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, Serious youth violence and young people who are reported missing. We are excited to be able to recruit to a talented team of passionate, creative workers who provide bespoke support and intervention to young people up to the age of 25. This is an exciting opportunity to support some of the most vulnerable, at risk and challenging to engage young people within Bristol., 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 in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay., 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.

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.
• 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
• 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