Safer Futures Sessional Worker. - BARNARDO'S

BARNARDO'S

13.24 per hour

Locations across Cornwall

Part-time

31st January 2026

Domestic Abuse Support Workers - Safer Futures

Would you like to be involved in a unique opportunity to support People in the Domestic Abuse Service - Safer Futures, Barnardo's?

Do you enjoy working with people and positively impacting their lives?

Are you looking for a role in the Cornwall area?

We have some exciting opportunities for individuals to join our Service as sessional workers.

Do you want to work flexibly at times that suit you with hours that can fit in around family life or other work commitments

We have a range of sessional worker posts across the service - whether your passion is supporting adults or children and young people - We have opportunities for roles that suit you !

Safer Futures Support - A little about our current programmes:

The SUsie Programme (The Susie Project) provides trauma informed psycho-educational support to people recovering from domestic abuse. This support programme is tailored towards enabling clients to recover and positively move forward with their lives. The strengths based programme focuses on long-term wellbeing and designed to address the impact of abuse and enable victims to develop future protective behaviors.

The Change 4U Programme offers bespoke support across Cornwall to those who are displaying abusive behaviours within their intimate relationships. Provided in a variety of formats including phone, video and face to face, and offering one-to-one and group options, change 4U gives provides tools and techniques to help people cease abusive behaviour, whilst exploring a variety of topics that are relevant to both clients and their families.

The Reconnect Programme is a needs-led support programme tailored towards children and young people (CYP) aged 5-17 years of age. It focuses on the long-term recovery and resilience of children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

Our aims are to improve safety, self-confidence, raise aspirations, and assist children and young people to identify individual goals, barriers to achievement, additional support required and progression routes.

We are seeking dedicated professional's to join our Cornwall team as sessional project worker's who will deliver direct support to people who have been affected by domestic Abuse

You need to be compassionate, non-judgemental, experienced in risk management and safety planning, as well as being a skilled communicator who is able to develop partnership relationships in a multi-disciplinary team.

You need to be a “real human” and have a diverse set of skills and be able to work with people either on their own or as part of a group. You'll need to demonstrate you are able to build relationships and get alongside people regardless of their situation and perceived barriers. We want to squash this myth that people are “hard to reach” – it's about us being more accessible.

You 100% need to be a team player. There will be times where you have to work on your own, but there will also be a strong team ethos throughout the Safer Futures Team and beyond

Specific Responsibilities

Provide 1- 1 and group support to people affected by domestic abuse
Enable our clients to access further learning and development opportunities from the partner agencies and to assist the them in achieving their personal development goals.
Work with partner agencies to publicise the work of the project and encourage referrals to the project.
Assist with the project evaluation process

Expectations

Experience of working with people affected by domestic violence/abuse
Experience of providing one–to-one support
Excellent knowledge of the affects of domestic violence/abuse on adults and children
Understanding of the support needs of people who have experienced domestic violence/abuse
To be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of those you work with and for, treating people with fairness and respect
To be robust enough to deal with complaints or incidents diplomatically
Be able to negotiate when dealing with potential conflict.
Ability to effectively prioritise workload and manage time
Take responsibility for developing and improving your own professional knowledge and skills and contribute to policy development within Barnardo's

Please Contact Sarah Milnes our Children's Services Manager if you have any questions about the roles - sarah.milnes@barnardos.org.uk

Please note due to the high volume of applications for these 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 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

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:22323
Job Title:Safer Futures Sessional Worker.
Location:Locations across Cornwall
Locality:Cornwall
Contract type:As & When
Hours:Sessional
Salary:£13.24 per hour
Closing Date:31 January 2026
Interview Date:Choice of Feb 26 dates

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