Job Description

Can you help us develop an outstanding service for parent and carers in Surrey?

Do you have a passion to support youngpeople\'s emotional health and wellbeing?

The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership is a group of twelve charities, including Barnardo\'s, working together to meet the emotional needs of children and young people in Surrey. The Partnership is part of a larger Alliance of organisations, including Surrey and Borders NHS Trust and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership aims to provide outstanding services for children and young people in need of emotional support and care.

Barnardo\'s are seeking to recruit a part-time (21 hours a week) experienced Parent Wellbeing Practitioner who share our commitment and vision to develop an outstanding service and embed Barnardo\'s basis and values in all we do. The position sits within the Parent Wellbeing Service which launched on 1st October 2021.

Parent Wellbeing Practitioners hold a caseload of parents or carers and will provide direct and virtual support to the parents of children and young people across Surrey who are experiencing poor wellbeing. Our practitioners will work collaboratively and with a strengths-based approach to support parents to become more confident in supporting their young persons emotional wellbeing and mental health.

The Parent Wellbeing Service operates within a iThrive Framework where choice and shared decision making is fundamental. It is a relational model, and we hold a non-judgmental and trusting relationship between the staff member, children, young people, and parents as crucial to their ongoing wellbeing. You will receive a full induction and training on the Thrive model at the start of your employment.

Barnardo\'s is a busy and positive place to work. Every day is different, and the Parent Wellbeing Practitioner will have a critical role within our team. To be successful in this role you will:

• Have knowledge of emotional health and wellbeing, and experience of supporting parents to implement strategies to manage/support their child\'s emotional health and wellbeing.
• Have a range of project work skills and abilities.
• Demonstrate the ability to engage and communicate with both parents, children, young people and their families;
• Have good organisational, numeracy, and literacy skills;
• Demonstrate empathy, patience, and an open and flexible approach to working with parents;
• Have experience of delivering one-to-one work or group work with parents/carers or families and take a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to your work;
• Recognise the strengths of parents and have experience of working collaboratively with them.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures;
• Enjoy the challenges and rewards of working within a service for children, young people, and their families (parents or carers);
• Share our commitment to providing an outstanding service and embedding Barnardo\'s basis and values within all we do.

The office base for this role is at our Surrey Wellbeing Hub based in Leatherhead, Surrey. Although the role is office-based, the ability to work from home and willingness to travel around Surrey is essential. In light of the travel that will be required, access to a vehicle a valid driving licence will be essential.

Hours of work will be 9.00am-5.00pm three days a week however there may be a need for some flexibility with the occasional evening session being worked as and when required by the Service. 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.

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 . 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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo\'s as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

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 progression 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.

Benefits

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

About Barnardo\'s

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.

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