Team Manager

Overview

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Northern Ireland Regional Young Carers Service works with young people aged 8-18 who are caring for a relative at home and are impacted by that role. Young carers may have a role in looking after a sibling with a disability, a parent with a physical or mental health problem or a family member who has been misusing substances. The support offered to young carers and their families starts with an initial assessment following which agreement is reached on a range of supports including;

individual work, peer support, focussed group work.

We are seeking to recruit a Team Manager to support the following:

• Raise Awareness: Promote greater understanding of the needs and experiences of young carers across the Northern and Western Trust areas.
• Support Service Development: Collaborate with the Children s Services Manager to identify and pursue funding opportunities that enhance and sustain support for young carers.
• Direct Support Work: Engage with children, young people, and their families on both a one-to-one and group basis. Use a range of interventions to assess needs, support wellbeing, and work toward positive, measurable outcomes.
• Family Engagement: Partner with parents and carers to empower them in achieving improved outcomes for their children, fostering resilience and long-term support networks.
• Policy development: collaborate with young carers and the policy team to influence decisions and elevate the profile of young carers.
• Multi-Agency
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work in close partnership with health services, children s services, and local community-based organisations to ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to support.
• Safeguarding: Adhere strictly to safeguarding and child protection procedures, ensuring the safety and welfare of all children and young people involved in the service.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all work using Barnardo s electronic case management system.
• Supervision & Mentoring: Provide supervision, support, and guidance to Project Workers, students, and volunteers, in line with Barnardo s policies and procedures.
• Group work with young carers: supporting staff to set up and facilitate groups across both Trust areas, these may be during school holiday times and during the evenings.

Please outline on your application how you meet the Essential Criteria detailed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.

Post: Team Manager

Contract Type: Funded to 30 June 2027

Salary: £35,390.46 - £43,392.02 FTE

Hours: 29.6 hours per week

Location: Northern and Western Health Trust areas

Closing date: Midnight, 08 February 2026

Interviews to take place: TBC

Contact Email: recruitm

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Access NI with Child Barred List Check.

A waiting list will also be compiled for similar vacancies that may become available across Barnardo's NI over the next 12 months.

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.

Workplace

Offer:

What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• 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.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years Barnardo s service, 29 days after 5 years, and 30 days after 7 years Barnardo s service. 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 annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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…