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Job description

We currently have a vacancy for a Project Worker 2 post to cover maternity leave. This is a fixed term position which may be extended, attached to Armagh & Dungannon Family Hub. The service, commissioned by Southern Health and Social Care Trust seeks to improve the chances of positive outcomes for children with a disability, along with their siblings and wider family. The postholder will provide practical home and community-based supports to include basic household activities, family management support, mentoring, behavioural approaches, routines and boundaries, telephone advice and support and signposting to specific services. The service will be available to families in the Armagh and Dungannon locality area, aligned to the local Family Support Hub. There may be the requirement to work across other children and family services within Barnardos as and when required from time to time. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Working with families on a one-to-one basis to achieve positive outcomes
• Developing and maintaining a sound knowledge of local provision for disability
• Working in partnership with parents and carers to achieve better outcomes for their children
• Carrying out assessments of need and motivate and mentor families to avail of opportunities
• Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Working flexibly in line with the service requirements

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of working to support children, young people and their families
• Demonstrable experience in a paid or voluntary capacity of working with children and young people with special needs
• Proven understanding of and ability to apply safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Proven ability to maintain accurate and concise case note records
• Hold a full UK driving licence, business insurance and access to a car for work purposes (this criterion will be waived for candidates with a disability who can demonstrate alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post)