Project Worker

Position: Project Worker 2 (23289)
Location: Lostock Hall

Lancashire Young Carers are seeking to appoint a passionate, enthusiastic and driven Project Worker 2 to cover MAT leave to join our amazing team in supporting Young Carers across the Lancashire footprint.

Are you committed to making a difference to the lives of children and young people? Are you up for a new opportunity and challenge?

The successful candidate will have experience working with children and young people and have a passion for supporting young carers to reduce the impact of their caring role in their lives.

What our Young Carers and parents/guardians say .....'My worker has been very understanding and has helped me more than any other service I have worked with''My son was able to talk to you about things he felt he couldn't share with me, thank you for all you have done''I am feeling less anxious and I am able to sleep properly knowing I have someone I can talk to who listens to me''You have been amazing thank you for your help, I like how you made me feel that I can cope and do anything'History of the Service:

Barnardo's have held the contract for The Lancashire Young Carers Service since 2011 we are commissioned by Lancashire County Council in partnership with NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board , we were recently awarded the new contract from April 2022

Service Aim:

To support, empower and equip young carers by ensuring they are recognised as a young carer, supported to have a life outside caring, improve mental health and wellbeing and ensure children and young people are protected from harmful caring roles and are thriving

Objectives of Service:

To work with Young Carers across Lancashire To identify and assess all Young Carers in Lancashire To work with the whole family to reduce the impact of caring

To provide one to one and group work support based on identified needs

To reduce the impact of the Young Carer's caring role

To raise awareness of the role of Young Carers Multi agency working to support our young carers

Specific Responsibilities:

Manage own caseload

Raising awareness of the Young Carers Service at all levels

Deliver presentations and workshops to agencies and organisations across the county

To be a champion of and advocate for the voice of the young people, building child-centred and trauma informed practice into the heart of everything we do.

To model good care practice to the wider team.

Work in partnerships to deliver better outcomes for Young Carers Supporting Team members to raise awareness of the service

In the absence of the Team Manager to cover the requirements and needs of the service and communicate effectively both internally and externally to other agencies

To work alongside the health and safety leads in key areas and to feedback on assurance tasks that have been completed

When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the person specification, job description and additional information, this should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

If you wish to discuss this opportunity please call and ask for Jenny Ashcroft.

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 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.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries…