We are looking for dedicated individuals to work with disabled children in our Belmont Road afternoon club.

Barnardo’s Home Links is a long established short break family support service for disabled children, and young people. Short break care (sometimes called respite care) gives children an opportunity to have fun, share experiences and socialise outside of their home life while giving their parents or carers a brief break from caring. Home Links works in partnership with Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and provides support to children living in the greater Belfast area.

You will be required to work two or three afternoons per week after school time. Each afternoon session is 3.25 hours long. You will work on a one to one basis with your designated child in a small group after school club at our Choices for Children premises on the Belmont Road or take the child to a local activity. The role includes transporting the child from home or school and home again so you will require a full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance. Applicants with a disability that prevents them from driving should be able to demonstrate an alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post. You will receive mileage expenses, training and ongoing support.

The postholder will have previous knowledge of and experience of working with disability and or special needs to become part of our team, who is passionate about working with children and supporting their families.

Barnardo’s offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary, 26 days annual leave and 10 statutory/public holidays (pro-rata) per annum, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts.

Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the criteria required in the Additional Information Sheet.

Based: Barnardo’s Choices for Children Building, 230c Belmont Road, Belfast BT4 2AW

Salary: FTE £21,023 – £22,100

Closing: Midnight Sunday 14th May 2023

Interviews: TBC (provisional w/c 22nd May 2023)

Contact: [email protected]

A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months

The successful candidate will also be required to undertake enhanced Child barred AccessNI check.

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.

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.

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
• 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 Corporate University

• T&C’s apply based on contract