Are you passionate about improving the lives of children, young people and families?
Do you think you can make a difference?
This role may be just for you!
The role
Barnardo's has been delivering Children's Centres in Plymouth since 2011 and currently oversees the delivery of 4 clusters of Emerging Family Hubs. As part of this transformation, we are looking to build on our already established workforce of IAPT Practitioners.
Our service has an exciting opportunity to join our team as part of recruit to train trainee (part of NHS England). This role for a 0-5 years IAPT Trainee practitioner, on a one-year fixed term contact, running from December 2024 until December 2025.
This is a Post Graduate Diploma, that will equip the post holder to provide interventions based on CYP IAPT core principles and evidence-based approach. These are aimed at parents and their infants who are experiencing common mental health difficulties.
A minimum level 4 qualification is necessary for this post.
What you will do
The successful applicant will be employed on a full-time bases with Barnardo's within our IAPT team. The Post Graduate Diploma runs alongside the role with attendance at Exeter university (fully funded).
During the training year the postholder will be provided with training, supervision and support to complete one delivery of the Incredible Years (IY) programme, 4x one to one Incredible Years home coaching, 6 Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) cases and 4 modules from the university. We have 4 roles available across the city:
- 0-5 IAPT trainee/ Supporting Families Worker (Project Worker 1) 37 hours City Wide
It is important that you read the job description and specification, as this will give you an insight into the work that we do, and the work that you will be involved in. Please comment against these when completing your application. If successful in the interview you will be required to attend a further interview with Exeter university.
Salary: £23,400 (FTE pro-rata).
What we look for
We welcome transferable skills and personal experience for this role.
A driving licence and access to own transport is desirable, however, candidates who don't drive or have access to a car will be considered where they can demonstrate their ability to access all areas of the city as required; mileage expenses are payable and reasonable adjustments can be made where required
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 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.
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 a part of our People & Culture 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.
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
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.
