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Home-Start is the leading family support charity striving to give young children the best possible start in life. We work with families to help them overcome issues such as isolation, mental health difficulties, bereavement, family breakdown, addiction, physical ill-health and many others.

We were the first Home-Start in Scotland and have been supporting local families in Perth & Kinross for over 40 years.

We're looking for a Finance and Business Officer to play a central role within our organisation, including a wide range of responsibilities from managing all financial aspects and providing management information to contributing to funding and organisational strategy.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant accounting qualification (HND or higher) or at least 5 years’ experience
• Knowledge and experience of working to a budget and of bookkeeping and banking
• Knowledge of Sage Accountant and Payroll programme and strong IT skills including Excel
• Proven experience in management accounting – generating and analysing periodic financial information for decision making, scenario planning, forecasting and budgeting
• Practical knowledge of charity reporting regulations and Charity SORP
• High standards of practice and presentation at work
• Ability to work under own initiative and as a team member
• Experience and knowledge of the voluntary sector would be an advantage
• This role will involve an element of hybrid home/office work

Closing date: Friday 28th February 2025, 12 noon

Finance and Business Officer
Postcode: PH1 5PP

Join us to provide early help and personalised support to families living in Perth and Kinross.

What we are offering:

This is an exciting role, which offers the chance to help shape our new Family Advice and Community Connection service, making a difference to the lives of children and families in Perth and Kinross.

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

About Aberlour’s New Family Advice and Community Connection Service:

We are providing early support and advice to families who may feel they have become a bit stuck or who are looking for some information, advice, signposting or referrals to other services.

All families with children under the age of 18, living in Perth and Kinross, can contact us directly to access our new service. Working alongside families we will offer personalised support on family matters, when they need it most, in locations to suit them.

As part of this team, you would provide a service and lifeline for these families.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an experienced, adaptable individual who can bring fresh, innovative and flexible approaches to family support. Working 37.5 hours per week, applicants must be flexible in order to deliver support at times that meet the families and communities needs which may include out of hours (early mornings, evenings and weekends).

You will work alongside statutory and other agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

You are someone who will have strong communication, teamwork, planning and decision-making skills, along with a compassionate nature to understand the necessity of best practice and thrive on helping children and families overcome the challenges presented by everyday modern life.

At Aberlour, we want to make sure every child, young person and family has the support and opportunity they need to thrive and reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

We are a values-driven organisation delivering around 40 services across Scotland supporting children, young people and families.

The role:

The Perinatal Family Worker will be based in 3D Drumchapel Office within Drumchapel Community Centre, however the role will involve some work in and around the community including home visits, and a weekly presence at the Antenatal Clinic. The Perinatal Family Worker will support families and babies by working as part of the Perinatal team to design and deliver parent and child play sessions, parenting groups, offering one-to-one support, and signposting and referring to other support services where necessary. The role will involve liaising and working together with Health Services, including local Midwives, Health Visitors and the Family Nurse Partnership.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a reliable person with a passion to create change for children and families and who follow our values of INTEGRITY, LOVE, EXCELLENCE & COLLABORATION with the following skills and experience:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, oral and written
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with babies and parents
• Ability to work sensitively with a wide variety of people in different settings
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to implement policies and procedures in accordance with current legislation
• Competence in Office IT including Microsoft Word
• Some administrative skills

Essential Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum of two years’ experience of working with parents and babies and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention
• Experience of working with vulnerable families and a broad understanding of barriers
• Experience of partnership working and networking with other organisations
• Willingness to participate in relevant training and development and work towards relevant professional qualification if required

Desirable Experience and Knowledge:

• Previous experience working in the field of social care
• Experience of monitoring, record keeping and report writing
• Experience of planning and developing new initiatives
• Relevant experience of working as part of a team
• Post qualification experience of working with babies and families

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a skilled, supportive and inspiring team making a real difference and changing outcomes with and for children & families in Drumchapel and beyond. You will be joining our team at a pivotal time as we grow, seek to break new ground and take 3D Drumchapel to the next level.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary with incremental rises
• 35 days annual leave which grows with length of service (includes 10 days public holidays)
• Flexible working in line with the needs of the Charity
• Opportunities for growth & development including comprehensive induction & training programme, coaching & mentoring, support & supervision, appraisals and team development

An opportunity has arisen for an administration assistant to support the current service administrator within the Barnardo's Threads service.

Barnardo's Threads is a holistic family support and housing service for young people and families in Renfrewshire, helping them give their children the best start in life. There are a range of services on offer at Threads for families to get the support they need at the earliest opportunity to provide a healthy, nurturing, stable environment for their children.

We provide support in the following areas:

• Parenting
• Housing
• Early help
• Supportive Housing
• Recovery Support
• Partnership and signposting

The administrator assistant role will be pivotal in supporting the day to day running of a busy office as directed by the current service administrator. Tasks include, but are not limited to, answering telephone calls, welcoming visitors to the service, managing diaries and event bookings, preparing audit information and reports, monitoring income and expenditure and processing invoices.

The assistant will also support the wider team members to maintain service user records and day to day requirements as well as supporting other areas of the wider Threads Service Portfolio as directed by the Children's Service Manager.

The successful applicant should be motivated, driven and can work on their own initiative and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. Experience of working alongside colleagues from a multidisciplinary background would be desirable and experience of working in the public or third sector would be welcomed.

The successful candidate will require to work with a high degree of flexibility to meet the needs of the service.

Please see job description, person specification and additional information about this role.

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.

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.

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&Cs 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.