Care Worker

Barnardo's Apna Project offers a wide range of support services to families who have children with a disability and young people living in the city of Glasgow.

Our aim is to enhance the quality of life for a significant number of children and young people. We do this by improving the access local community currently have to existing services in the city.

We are currently recruiting for Assistant Project Workers who have experience in social care to help us achieve this.

You will be required to register for our Care at Home Service with the SSSC. Suitable qualifications in order to register would be

• National Certificate in Early Education and Childcare at SCQF Level 6.
• SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 6

For further suitable qualifications please see http://www.sssc.uk.com/

Training will be considered to obtain qualification SVQ level 2

Please see attached role profiles with the additional information detailing the criteria for this role.

To discuss this role further please contact mamta.kanabar@barnardos.org.uk

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

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.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.