Night Concierge

Community Development & Social Enterprise

About the Role

To work with the night support worker to provide positive and practical support to the residents of our service that promotes choice and encourages personal responsibility to maintain a clean environment for all. To ensure the safety of the building and keep secure within the requirements of the service. To assist staff and outside agencies in matters requiring attention on shift.

• On site: Edinburgh - Various Rowan Alba services
• Closing: 11th April 2025

We are seeking an experienced Wellbeing Lead Activities Co-ordinator to join our team at Rowan Alba.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have experience in a care environment and preferably have experience within an organisational role and managing finances. You are compassionate and committed to providing high-quality care to our residents. You are able to work autonomously as well as part of a dedicated team.

Main Duties

• Supporting and listening to all young people who attend our club.
• Ensuring young people remain at the heart of all our club activities.
• Supervising young people attending the club and supporting them in undertaking a variety of club-based activities including, but not restricted to:
• Cooking
• Physical play such as dodgeball, unihoc and football
• Supporting older members undertake youth achievement awards.

Attending residential activities, such as sleepovers, Hopscotch and Outward-Bound programmes. This commitment is generally no more than 10 nights per year.

Maintain and contribute to social media networks relating to our club.

Be competent in the use of MS Word and Excel.

Completing evaluations of youth work sessions using our in-house system.

Being prepared to attend safeguarding and first aid training and put this learning to use when required.

Be flexible and able to support our six-week summer programme of daytime activities throughout July and early August each year. Please note, annual leave will not normally be authorised during this period.

Any other reasonable duties that are appropriate or as directed by the Youth Work Manager, Chief Executive or the Board.

What we offer

You will be joining a team who take pride in being a close supportive unit committed to the development of young people.

We are a learning organisation. We offer regular team training, including diversity, leadership and communication training. We also offer basic insights into child psychology provided by a leading psychologist.

You will have the opportunity for personal development. We support our people to attend courses across a range of areas including food hygiene, mental health awareness and developing healthy relationships.

We offer a generous and flexible annual leave entitlement.

Please note the post is subject to satisfactory PVG check and references.

About Caern:

Barnardo's Caern Disability Services consists of three unique Projects who deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.

Our Caern Short Breaks service supports up to 5 children and young people at any one time aged 5-18 by offering short break respite packages to them and their families. All staff play an active role in supporting the children, young people and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes, as identified in the Young People's Individual Support Plans.

About You:

Ideally, you will have experience in working directly with children and young people in a similar setting. Experience in supporting children and young people with a learning disability and/or Autism would be an advantage. Communication with the young people is paramount - the key is timetabling; structure; reliability and consistency. You will be faced with behaviours that challenge, including physical.

The staff team across Caern Services must be fully accepting of our children and be prepared to offer them a professional relationship based on acceptance and informed by our understanding of their individual needs, wishes and experiences. We are passionate about the children and young people that we care for, showing understanding, empathy and consistency in our approach.

You will hold (or be willing to work towards) a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for example SVQ3 children and young people) plus an HNC in social services. These qualifications are required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as part of your employment. There may be external grants available to partly fund this.

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.

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.

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.

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• 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.
• 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 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 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.