Project Worker 1 (during Term Time)
- By JobCentre Online NI
- Thu 20 January 2022
- Updated on Sun 27 March 2022
Job location: Strabane
Salary: See other information
Hours: 20
Worktime: To be advised
Closing date: 31/01/2022
Employer: Barnardos
Business: Children's Charity
Address: People Team
Belfast
Postcode: BT4 3HE
Telephone: 028 90672366
Email: people.ni@barnardos.org.uk
Website: www.barnardos.org.uk
Job Duties: Barnardo's are seeking to recruit a Play Development Worker (PDW) to work in tandem with a Project Worker on their Paediatric Pre-Diagnostic ASD and Developmental, Social and Communication Difficulties Support Service. This service is aimed at vulnerable families, where the child is displaying repetitive patterns of behaviours consistent with a social, communication or developmental difficulty; with families requiring specialised support to improve the child's ability to learn and develop physically and socially through quality interactive play. The Play Development Worker will enable a more intensive wraparound service for every family and will provide 1:1 home-based support, advice to families on all aspects of play development and will develop a series of age and topic specific play programmes.
Qualifications / Experience: Education/KnowledgeThe successful candidate should have NVQ3 in childcare, playwork, equivalent or above.Experience of direct work with parentsExperience of delivering family and parenting support to parents/carers through 1:1 interventions, play session and group work. Experience working with children with autism
Application Method: https://jobs.barnardos.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/project-worker-1-10810/11771/description/
Ref: 10810
Other Information: £18,278 FTE - to be paid pro rata for part time working