Project Worker 2

at  Barnardos

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?

Would you like to join our exciting and innovative Barnardo’s Swansea Bloom Service working with young people who are care experienced as they make the transition to independence?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

You must have the ability to travel independently to meet the requirements of the post.
You must demonstrate in your application that you currently use the skills outlined above, and in the Job Description/Person Specifications, or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc.
This contract is for 25 hours a week to cover the maternity leave of the substantive post holder until 31st March 2025 .
Your main office base will be at Barnardo’s Swansea, Heol Cadifor, Penlan, Swansea but you will be expected to work out and about in Swansea and Neath.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

• Continued development and delivery of the Volunteer, Befriending and Peer Mentoring element of the Bloom service.
• Recruit and train volunteers, befrienders and peer mentors
• Effectively match volunteers/befrienders/peer mentors to support young people
• Effectively utilise the Barnardo’s specialist volunteer management system (Vol 1)
• Provide ongoing support and supervision of volunteers
• Keep accurate statistical information and assist in producing service performance reports for the organisation and funders.
• Support project engagement events and empower young people to share their voice and ensure that Bloom continues to be a young person led project
• Assist in quality assurance of every aspect of the service
• Devise tools and resources to support wider service delivery
• The service requires flexibility of work as we support young people around their needs.

You will have:

• Experience of working with care experienced young people and an awareness of the factors impacting on their lives
• Experience of working within a volunteering and befriending setting preferably at the level of co-ordinating the service
• Experience of recruiting, inducting and retaining volunteers
• Experience of helping to direct the development and delivery of a service
• Experience of keeping statistical information and completing performance reports for funders
• Experience of line management of volunteers/staff

Bloom is made up of three elements all of which work together: