Thank you for your interest in the role. We are seeking a team of committed and passionate individuals to join our exciting partnership which is aiming high for young people across the UK.
Brief information about the Barnardo's Coop partnership
- Identify challenges and co-design innovative new solutions
- Bring local communities together with the key audience being young people
- Influence positive change under 3 key strands: cost of living, youth opportunities and mental wellbeing
The partnership will focus on the barriers faced by young people to improve life chances and social mobility
As a Children's Services Manager you will be responsible for the leadership and management of 3-5 regional services described above as ‘In Community services'. These are based in social mobility ‘cold spots'.
We are advertising 4 fulltime post but Central England, London and the South East could be 2 part time roles or one fulltime role
The services will aim to work with 1000 young people each (over the 2 years)- they will aim to:
- Improve mental wellbeing
- Improve access to basic needs (food)
- Improve access to opportunities
Each region will have a team of Project workers who the CSM's will line mange and lead. Projects will also seek volunteers to support in the delivery of the objectives. We are looking for people who have experience of mobilising services and being creative and solution focused. Being able to manage across widely dispersed areas and with dispersed teams is a must.
In addition, you will be required to:
- Provide expertise and support to create, develop, deliver and evaluate our services across the UK taking a lead for specific service wide areas e.g. voice and influence; health and safety; digital; volunteering; fundraising etc
- Work closely with the other regional CSM's to deliver the programme, meeting targets and building strong partnerships with regional Children's services colleagues, other VCSE organisations and stakeholders including young people
- Work closely with Co-op, its community assets and other partners building strong and meaningful local partnerships
- Ensuring all staff are well supported, have a sense of belonging as part of a wider team and partnership striving to improve things for young people
See additional information sheet for further information about the role and partnership.
For further information about the role please contact: hannah.peake@barnardo's.org.uk
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.
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.
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, thans 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 took place on 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's.
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.
