Behaviour Change Project Worker

Job description

Behaviour Change Worker: Safer Futures Service | Barnardo's
Location: Cornwall
Are you looking for a rewarding role in Cornwall?
Would you like the opportunity to support people affected by domestic abuse through Safer Futures, a service delivered by Barnardo's?

Are you passionate about helping people build happier, healthier, and safer lives?

Do you have a positive attitude and the ability to engage with people from all backgrounds in a compassionate, trauma-informed, and non-judgemental way?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.
About Safer Futures
Safer Futures provides support to adults, young people, and children affected by domestic abuse across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our vision is to help create safer communities and work towards ending domestic abuse in all its forms.

At Barnardo's, we deliver a range of programmes designed to support individuals on their recovery journey, as well as those who wish to address and change their abusive behaviour. We also provide specialist domestic abuse training for professionals and deliver educational programmes in primary and secondary schools across Cornwall. Through this work, we help children and young people recognise the signs of abuse, understand healthy relationships, and develop the knowledge and skills needed to build safe, respectful, and positive relationships throughout their lives.
About the Role
We are looking for a Behaviour Change Worker to join our Safer Futures Service, working within the Change 4 U Behaviour Change Programme.

The Change 4 U Behaviour Change Programme supports adult males and females who display abusive behaviours within their intimate relationships. Our aim is to support and protect those whose lives are adversely affected by domestic abuse.

Through a structured intervention programme, we work with individuals to challenge harmful beliefs and behaviours, take responsibility for their actions, and develop respectful, responsible, and healthy relationships with others and themselves.

The programme also provides support to partners and ex-partners, helping to enhance safety and improve outcomes for individuals, children, and families.

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled practitioner who can balance support, accountability, and risk management whilst maintaining a focus on the safety and wellbeing of those affected by domestic abuse.

Initial Specific Responsibilities

• Identify and assess risks and needs, undertaking risk assessments and developing robust safety plans.
• Provide one-to-one support to individuals who display abusive behaviours using a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach.
• Assess clients' needs and develop agreed intervention plans that promote sustainable behaviour change.
• Support individuals to recognise, understand, and take responsibility for the impact of their behaviour on others.
• Work collaboratively with key agency partners to address the impact of abusive behaviour on victims and children.
• Ensure safety planning is coordinated through relevant multi-agency processes, including MARAC and DA IOM Operational Groups.
• Attend MARAC meetings and other multi-agency forums as required.
• Develop and implement clear exit and transition plans for clients completing the programme.
• Maintain accurate and timely records in line with organisational and safeguarding requirements.
• Work as part of a supportive team and contribute positively to service development and multi-agency working.

About You
The successful candidate will be compassionate, resilient, and non-judgemental, with a strong understanding of domestic abuse and behaviour change. You will be an effective communicator, able to build trusting relationships while maintaining professional boundaries and holding individuals accountable for their behaviour.
Essential Experience

• Experience of working with individuals affected by domestic abuse.
• Experience of working in partnership with statutory, voluntary, and community sector organisations.
• Experience of providing one-to-one support and intervention.
• Experience of supporting clients with complex needs.
• Experience of empowering individuals to make positive and sustainable changes in their lives.
• Experience of risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary or multi-agency environment.
• Excellent communication, engagement, and relationship-building skills.

Why Join Barnardo's?
This is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated team making a real difference to the lives of adults, children, and families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Through the Safer Futures Service, you will contribute directly to creating safer communities, supporting recovery, and helping individuals achieve meaningful and lasting behaviour change.

Together, we can help create safer futures for children, families, and communities.

When completing your application form, please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience required as detailed in the - Additional Information Sheet which provides the service specific details job description and person specification- this should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described above.

Within Barnardo's the generic job title for this role is Project Worker 1, this will appear on the PW1 job description. When completing your application please continue to refer to the additional sheet.

Successful candidates will be provided with a range of training suitable for this new role

If you require further information please contact [email protected]

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 appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, 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.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

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 require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• 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

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.