Bank Support Worker

Job description

About

Supported Accommodation Services in Lancashire

Barnardo's provides supported accommodation to young people aged 16-24 across multiple sites in Lancashire. The services aim to provide young people with the skills, knowledge and confidence needed for independent living. The young people who live in our accommodation are from a range of backgrounds and are often either in the process of Leaving Care or have experienced homelessness.

Moving On - 2a High Street and Mariners View

These services provide short-term accommodation-based housing and support to young people aged 16-24 who are vulnerable and unable to live independently in the community.

2a High Street provides 7 units of. This service is staffed 24/7.

Mariners View is comprised off 11 1-bed roomed flats and staff provide visiting support

Moving On - Dispersed Houses

Moving On also manages 4 shared houses in Lancaster and Preston where young people, aged 18-25, live with visiting support from Barnardo's staff.

Initial Specific Responsibilities

We wish to add to our existing bank of reliable and high quality workers to assist us in the delivery of these services. We regularly need additional staffing cover, particularly in the event of staff vacancies or illness, and wish to identify suitable individuals to provide this vital service.

Working Hours

2a High Street

The successful candidates will participate in a rota that covers 7 days per week and 365 days per year. At the moment all of our Project Workers work a mixture of the following shifts:

08:00 – 16:00

11:00-19:00

14:00 – 22:00

21:30 – 08:30

Mariners View and Dispersed Houses

Additional capacity is required on various days at times to be determined by the manager of the service

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 appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, 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.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values