Young Person's Worker


Company:	Barnardo's
Salary:	£28,687 to £32,786 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Swansea
Working pattern:	Field-based
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	13 Oct 2026

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Summary

At Barnardo's, we believe every child deserves the help they need to thrive. We work with children, young people and families to overcome challenges, build resilience and achieve positive outcomes that can be sustained into the future.

Our Believe Positive Directions Service is partly funded by the National Lottery and provides support to young people aged 16 - 25 years. You will work closely with a range of agencies and organisations to help young people overcome challenges and achieve their employment goals.

We are looking for an organised, willing and compassionate worker to join our service in Swansea. This role centres on building positive connection with young people in Swansea to develop the skills and gain experience ready for the world of work.

A bit more about the Project: Believe: Positive Destinations is a 12-week work readiness programme for young people aged 16 to 25. Developed specifically for young people who have little or no experience of the world of work. It is a holistic programme, helping foster the development of of workplace skills, build their aspirations, increase self-confidence and develop strategies for promoting their well being.

As the Project Co-ordinator you will assist the Children's Services Manager with the continued development of this service. This will include maintaining on and building a network of work placement providers and referral sources.

What will your day look like?

Supporting young people to achieve their development goals in a person centred approach.

Deliver of a 12-week work readiness programme including the delivery of identified Agored Cymru accredited units.

Tracking Young People's progress through the use of outcomes scoring system to reflect their journey.

Lead and maintain relationships with appropriate placement providers.

Gather and collate data and contribute to report writing.

Promote the service at networking events and online.

Establish links with organisations who refer young people into the project, including, Education, Leaving Care and NEET services.

Flexible Working to meet the needs of young people, the service and your home life balance.

Additional Information:

Your office base will be at the Barnardo's Swansea premises, Penlan and you will be required to travel within the locality to deliver the sessions. At the core of all Barnardo's Swansea Services, we recognise the importance in building children and young people's self-confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing.

Does this seem like the role for you? As a Barnardo's employee you will be entitled to claim expenses as per policy @55 p per mile for work related costs, and access other benefits, such as employee assistance, discount with partners and Barnardo's shops, flexible working including agreed set days from your home base. Your induction will offer you shadowing experiences as you start your employment journey with us and you will have access to management support.

This contract has a fixed term status currently until 31st May 2027.

Do you want an informal discussion, or to request the advert in Welsh? Then please do contact;

Christine Short

christine.short@barnardos.org.uk

Tel 01656 252008

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.

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