Project Worker 2 - Community & Family Support Worker (21998) - 447031

Barnardo's Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's services organization is seeking a Project Worker 2 to extend support to children, young people, and families across South East Scotland. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in family work or community services. Responsibilities include providing various support services based on local needs. This is a great opportunity for an experienced professional looking to make a difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in planning, assessment and learning interventions in a family work or community-based setting.

Responsibilities

• Extend support services to children, young people and families across South East Scotland.
• May be required to work in various delivery areas based on locality needs.

Skills

Planning

Assessment

Learning interventions

Family work experience

Community-based work experience

Job description

Following a restructuring of our services in South East Scotland we have identified key themes of provision across the locality. You may be allocated to a specific funding stream and/or asked to undertake work in any of the delivery areas detailed below depending on need across the locality.

We are looking to appoint a Project Worker 2 to extend our offer to children, young people and families across South East Scotland. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced worker to join Barnardo's and support service delivery across a number of support areas throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians.

As a project worker in the South East Scotland Locality we have identified key themes of provision across the locality, such as Intensive Family Support, Early Intervention (Whole Family Support), Education Support, Family Support for those Affected by Imprisonment, CSE Awareness Raising and Support, Neurodiversity Support. The post holder may be offered work in any of the delivery areas detailed above depending on need across the locality.

We are seeking project workers with a minimum of 2 years experience in planning, assessment and learning interventions in a family work or community-based setting.

Please read the person specification for this post alongside the Additional Information sheet for more details about the post key responsibilities and requirements.

If you have any questions or would like more information about the post, please contact Alison Howie (Team Manager) on [e-mail]

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.