Project Worker 2

Barnardo's, 'Heathy, Respectful Relationships Group Work Programme' work with children, young people and families from a sanctuary seeking background. The aims of the service are to provide consultation with parents as well as group work programmes with children and young people throughout the region with the overall goal to contribute to a reduction in violence against women and girls. We are looking for a Project Worker 2 to join our team.

Project Workers will engage young children using age-appropriate methods that address attitudes and practices that contribute to gender inequality. This will increase their knowledge, understanding and confidence to build safe and healthy relationships.

Project Workers will adopt a human rights approach as the basis for young people to learn about, and act against, gender-based violence. Young people will explore issues including their rights, consent, culture, power and control and laws around keeping people safe.

Specific Responsibilities

• Engage with key personnel to make them aware of the service and the referral process.
• Liaise with parents to arrange an initial home visit or organise group meetings with the parents/carers of children and young people referred to the programme.
• Carry out direct group work with participants using a co-design process, including organising and facilitating activities and residential experiences.
• Invite participants to complete a baseline assessment pre delivery · Monitor progress on a weekly basis.
• Invite participants to complete baseline assessment again and evaluation form post intervention.
• Contribute to a report on how the service is performing against all key measures and circulate to TEO contract manager in the agreed format and at the agreed intervals.
• Contribute to a final evaluation/impact report that summarises the key findings and outcomes achieved.
• Organise a celebration event(s) .

Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the essential criteria below:

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of design and delivery of group work programmes with children and young people.
• Demonstrable experience of co-design approaches with children and young people .
• Demonstrable experience of ability to engage with young people who may face barriers to access services and programmes .
• Experience of delivery of Relationships /Sexuality Education Programmes.
• Ability to work with a range of professionals both inside and external to Barnardo's NI.
• Ability to contribute to monitoring evaluation reports.
• Must hold a current driving licence with access to a vehicle or demonstrate the ability to source another means of transport to fulfil the role.

Desirable Criteria

• Youth Work, Community Work or Social Work qualification.
• Previous experience of working with young people/families from a Sanctuary Seeking background

Location: Regional across NI (Belfast base)

Hours:  22.2 hours per week

Salary: £27,573 - 36,389.29 FTE. 

Fixed: To 31 December 2025. (Maternity Cover ) May be extended.

Closing date:  Midnight, Sunday 27 July 2025

Interview date:  TBC

Contact details: recruitment.support@barnardos.org.uk

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 is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay 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. 

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

*T&C's apply based on contract

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. 

Our basis and values