Apply Now Barnardo's, 'Heathy, Respectful Relationships Group Work Programme' works with children, young people and families from a sanctuary seeking background. The aims of the service are to provide consultation with parents as well as group work programmes with children and young people throughout the region with the overall goal to contribute to an end in violence against women and girls. We are looking for a Project Worker 2 to join our team. Project Workers will engage young children using age-appropriate methods that address attitudes and practices that contribute to gender inequality. This will increase their knowledge, understanding and confidence to build safe and healthy relationships. Project Workers will adopt a human rights approach as the basis for young people to learn about, and act against, gender-based violence. Young people will explore issues including their rights, consent, culture, power and control and laws around keeping people safe. Specific Responsibilities Engage with key personnel to make them aware of the service and the referral process. Liaise with parents to arrange an initial home visit or organise group meetings with the parents/carers of children and young people referred to the programme*.** Carry out direct group work with participants using a co-design process, including organising and facilitating activities and residential experiences. Invite participants to complete a baseline assessment pre delivery Monitor progress on a weekly basis. Invite participants to complete baseline assessment again and evaluation form post intervention. Contribute to a report on how the service is performing against all key measures and circulate to TEO contract manager in the agreed format and at the agreed intervals. Contribute to a final evaluation/impact report that summarises the key findings and outcomes achieved. Organise a celebration event(s) . Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the essential criteria below: Essential Criteria: Demonstrable experience of design and delivery of group work programmes with children and young people. Demonstrable experience of ability to engage with young people who may face barriers to access services and programmes. Demonstrable experience of safeguarding. Must hold a current driving licence with access to a vehicle or demonstrate the ability to source another means of transport to fulfil the role. Desirable Criteria Youth Work, Community Work or Social Work qualification. Previous experience of working with young people/families from a Sanctuary Seeking background. Previous experience of co-design approaches with children and young people . Experience of delivering relationship education programmes. Location: Regional across NI (Belfast base) Hours: 22.2 hours per week Salary: £ FTE. Fixed: To 31 March 2026. (Maternity Cover ) May be extended. Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 31 August 2025 Interview date: TBC Contact details: A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise for a period of up to 12 months 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. Benefits 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. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata 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 *T&C's apply based on contract About Barnardo's We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Our basis and values Apply Now Reference number: 21554 Location: Belfast Locality: Northern Ireland Contract type: Fixed term End date: 31.03.26 Hours: 22.2 Salary: £27,573 - £36,389.29 FTE Closing Date: 31 August 2025 Interview Date: TBC Benefits Discounts at 100's of retailers Employee suggestion scheme Company pension Employee Assistance Programme Find out more Vacancy Alerts Create an alert subscription based on this vacancy Create Alert Subscription Additional Info Documents Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual (27.58 KB) Project Worker 2 - Job Description and Person (0.59 MB) Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Dec 2024.pdf (164.07 KB) Access NI Revised Privacy Notice 3 May 2018.pdf (341.30 KB) AccessNI Revised Code of (67.70 KB) NI Disclosure and Storage Policy - updated May 2018.pdf (53.07 KB) Additional Information Sheet - Healthy Respectful Relationships Programme 22.2 (243.71 KB) Share this advert