As and When Housing Support Worker (23107) in Ilford

We are looking to recruit as and when staff to support across both of our residential services, offering a variety of shifts: day shift, back shift, night shift, and sleepovers. Glasgow 16+ service has been operational in Glasgow for 30 years, primarily as a housing support service to young people with care experience from local authority. The service is for young people ages 16-26, offering residential and community housing options. Onslow Drive is a residential service operating in the east end of Glasgow for over 8 years, home to three young people who need intensive support. Support is offered in a nurturing environment to help the young person mature into young adults. The young people are supported to reach their goals and aspirations in a trauma-informed way, a rights-based approach, and in line with the values and basis of Barnardo's. Support is both practical and emotional.

We are looking for individuals who can support the operations of the service and ensure that it can operate during periods of staff absence. You will be part of the team and will work on building relationships, nurturing, and supporting the young people within the service to achieve their goals. The service is looking for motivated individuals committed to supporting and caring for the young people in our service. We seek individuals who can offer nurture and support during both good times and challenging times, respect the unique individuality of every young person, and be creative and determined to help them reach their goals and fulfil their potential.

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 in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity and part of our 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.

Benefits

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, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs, or any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's requires colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK, and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland). Barnardo's believes 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.

Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum after 3 years of Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum after 5 years of Barnardo's service, and 30 days per annum after 7 years of Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata.

• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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 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.