Sessional Domestic Abuse Trainers and Healthy Relationships Facilitators - BARNARDO'S

Sessional Domestic Abuse Trainers and Healthy Relationships Facilitators

BARNARDO'S

13.25 per hour

Cornwall

Full-time

31st March 2026

Domestic Abuse Trainers and Healthy Relationships Facilitators - Safer Futures

Would you like to be involved in a unique opportunity to be part of a team delivering Domestic Abuse Training to professionals and/or delivering Healthy Relationship's workshops to schools/college's in /Cornwall

Our Cornwall and Isle's of Scilly service Safer Futures are looking for trainers and facilitator's 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?

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 delivering training to professionals or working with children/young people in our local schools. - We have opportunities for roles that suit you

Safer Futures DA Training and Schools programme.

We deliver the commissioned Healthy Relationships programme in schools and deliver Multi-Agency Domestic Abuse Training to adults in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We offer a range of training courses, designed for professionals focusing on early intervention.

Our Healthy Relationships Education program provides workshops in schools for children and young people across Cornwall.

Additionally, we offer specialised training for the Voluntary, Health, Social Care, Education and Criminal Justice Sectors. These courses aim to enhance understanding of Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control and the impact of Domestic on Children and more

Healthy Relationships Facilitators Initial Specific Responsibilities:

To deliver Healthy Relationships Workshops to schools across Cornwall, covering Key Stages 1, 2 & 3 (course content and training will be provided) - This will include teacher and parent sessions

Delivery of the Healthy Relationships training courses to students, teaching and school pastoral staff.
Evaluate and produce clear and concise reports for the service.
Ensure your training materials and resources up to date.
Share regular comms for the service.
Attend meetings as requested by the Children's Services Manager
Work with the Children's Services manager and coordinator to ensure a cohesive training programme is in place across Cornwall.
Assist with the project evaluation process.

Expectations:

Experience of delivering training to children and young people
Knowledge of Healthy Relationships and Domestic Abuse
be skilled at engaging with others and building constructive working relationships
Be able to negotiate when dealing with potential conflict in a training setting
Reliability
Ability to effectively prioritise workload and manage time commitment to working in ways which prioritise the training delivery
An understanding of safeguarding procedures and the importance of consulting on risk concerns
Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, with a range of people, both over the telephone and in person, sometimes over sensitive and/or complex issues
Ability to manage administration, be computer literate and maintain effective recording system

Domestic Abuse Trainers:

Domestic Abuse and Sexual violence training for professionals - delivers training incorporating a Think Family Approach which is a trauma informed and evidence based framework that secures better outcomes for children, young people and families.

Initial Specific Responsibilities:

- Deliver our DA training package to professionals across Cornwall.
- Evaluate and produce clear and concise reports for the service.
- Keep training materials and resources up to date.
- Share regular comms for the service.
- Attend meetings as requested by the Children's Services Manager
- Work with the Children's Services manager and coordinator to ensure a cohesive training programme is in place across Cornwall.
- Assist with the project evaluation process.

Expectations:

Experience of delivering training
Excellent knowledge of the affects of domestic violence/abuse on adults and children
To be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of those reporting to you, treating people with fairness and respect.
To be skilled at engaging with others and building constructive working relationships with others.
To be able to measure and monitor to ensure everyone performs at their best, including a knowledge of auditing processes to ensure compliance with organisational procedures.
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, manage time, and resources
Be aware of the bigger picture and be open to working with others to protect the integrity of the service and develop it further.
Plan and deliver services and contribute to their evaluation
Develop and maintain professional relationships and work in partnership with other agencies in order to deliver effective services and attend a range of internal and external meetings as required.
Actively prepare for and participate in supervision, team meetings, briefings and training events and contribute to the development of learning materials or other resources.
Take responsibility for developing and improving your own professional knowledge and skills and contribute to policy development within Barnardo's

If you would like an informal chat about either of the roles please contact our service manager sarah.milnes@barnardos.org.uk

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

This role is based in Barnardo's South West locality, across Cornwall.

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:22369
Job Title:Sessional Domestic Abuse Trainers and Healthy Relationships Facilitators
Location:Cornwall
Locality:Locations across Cornwall
Contract type:As & When
Hours:Sessional
Salary:£13.25 per hour
Closing Date:31 March 2026
Interview Date:Several Dates to be confirmed

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