We are delighted to be recruiting for a Project Worker in Gloucestershire. This is an exciting opportunity to join Barnardo's and become part of a passionate, experienced, and supportive team making a real difference to children and young people.

The successful candidate will work as a Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (CHISVA) within the Gloucestershire ISVA Service.

You will receive fully funded, on-the-job CHISVA training delivered by Lime Culture, alongside a comprehensive induction programme, regular line management, case management, and clinical supervision to support your development and wellbeing.

About the Role

As a CHISVA, you will provide trauma-informed emotional and practical support to children, young people, and their families who have been impacted by sexual abuse or sexual violence. A key part of this role involves outreach support across the county, meeting service users in environments that feel safe and accessible to them.

Although based in central Gloucester, this is a county-wide outreach role requiring regular travel. A driving licence and access to a vehicle are preferred however, if not, you must be confident in planning your travel and managing your schedule to meet the demands of working across Gloucestershire, including attending appointments in community settings, partner organisations, and family homes where appropriate.

We are looking for someone who:

Communicates effectively and can build trusting relationships with children and young people
Is passionate about delivering trauma-informed support to children, young people, and their families
Is motivated to amplify the voices of service users and create opportunities for them to reach their full potential
Can work independently while also contributing positively to a collaborative and supportive team
Is committed to safeguarding, able to take appropriate action when required, while maintaining empathy, compassion, and respect
Is confident in outreach working, building relationships with professionals, and supporting others to work safely with children and young people

About the Service

Barnardo's delivers the Gloucestershire Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Service in partnership with First Light. Together, we provide specialist support to anyone in the county affected by sexual abuse or sexual violence, helping them to understand their options, liaising with other services and advocating for and supporting them through the criminal justice process.

Our CHISVAs play a vital role in ensuring children and young people receive the tailored, trauma-informed support they need, both emotionally and practically.

Additional Information

Further details about the role and requirements can be found in the attached document:
About the Role – Barnardo's Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
Please ensure you read this before submitting your application.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Rachel Laurie
📞 07513 704057
✉️ Rachel.laurie@barnardos.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.

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.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

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, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

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 Buy Your Leave 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

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.

Reference number:23014
Job Title:Project Worker (CHISVA – on the job training provided)
Location:Gloucester
Locality:Gloucestershire
Contract type:Permanent
Hours:37
Salary:£26,003- £30,351 (FTE)
Closing Date:8 June 2026
Interview Date:16 & 17 June 2026

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