West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Worker (26 hours) - 2 roles (23777)
Leeds
New Jobs
Permanent
£20,158.43 a year
- Provide early, preventative support to families awaiting neurodevelopmental assessments or with new diagnoses, helping to prevent escalation of needs.
- Ideal candidates will have experience in supporting children and families, excellent communication skills, and a caring attitude.
- Roles are part-time (26 hours/week), Monday to Friday, based in West Yorkshire, with a focus on community engagement and support.
West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service is recruiting to two part time Project Workers. The roles are 26 hours per week, working between Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service provides early, preventative and non-clinical support to families of children and young people aged up to 18 who are awaiting neurodevelopmental assessment or who have received a new diagnosis (6 months), including Autism and ADHD pathways.
Operating across Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield, the service responds to prolonged diagnostic waiting times and post-diagnostic adjustment needs that increase the risk of family distress, escalation of need and pressure on specialist and statutory services.
The service delivers a consistent single point of access across West Yorkshire, offering structured triage and a graduated model of support aligned with Early Help principles, the SEND Code of Practice and NHS Waiting Well priorities.
The service focuses on strengthening parental confidence, reducing stress and anxiety, and supporting children and young people to remain engaged in education, community life and universal services while awaiting assessment or adjusting to a new diagnosis. Through timely engagement, practical guidance and clear system navigation, the service aims to prevent escalation to higher-cost statutory or clinical interventions.
The West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service delivers measurable improvements for families awaiting neurodevelopmental assessment or adjusting to a new diagnosis, while contributing to system-wide demand management.
Our outcomes include:
- improved parental confidence and understanding of neurodevelopmental needs.
- reduced family stress and anxiety.
- improved emotional regulation and wellbeing for children and young people.
- sustained engagement with education and community provision; and
- reduced escalation to specialist, statutory and crisis services.
In your role as Neurodevelopmental Early Support Worker, you will be:
- Aspirational for every child, young person, young adult and their families
- Passionate to enable people to reach their potential and have the best life they want.
- Deliver group work and one to one direct support to children, young people and parents and carers.
- Approachable
- Non-judgemental, respectful and person-centred
- Compassionate and creative
- Honest and transparent
- A great facilitator
- Treat parents/carers as equals
- Providing peer support to parents and carers
- Holding knowledge of local services and developing an offer for parents and carers to access local support available to them, this will include introducing them to services and being able to access their services.
Valuing lived experience, being an active listener when parents need support, offering unconditional positive regard and empathy.
Previous candidates do not need to apply.
Please note: Interview Date: Friday 6th November 2026 in Horsforth. Leeds.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31st March 2027 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31st March 2027.
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 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.
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
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Reference number:23777
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Job Title:West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Worker (26 hours) - 2 roles
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Location:Leeds
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Locality:Three Yorks
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Contract type:Permanent (Fixed term funded post)
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End date:31st March 2027
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Hours:26
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Salary:£28,687.00 (FTE) £20,158.43 (pro rata)
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Closing Date:29 October 2026
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Interview Date:Friday 6th November
Benefits
Leeds
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Permanent
£20,158.43 a year