Project and Education Worker - Strength-2-Strength - Re-advertisement (SF/664/12/14)

EXTERN is a large charity which helps to improve the lives of children and adults facing challenging circumstances and makes communities safer across the island of Ireland.

We work in partnership with a variety of organisations including housing, criminal justice, heath, social services, education, employment and voluntary and community sectors to deliver a range of services.

The ‘Strength - 2 - Strength' Programme, aims to assist service users by improving the quality of lives within their community by promoting wellbeing, independence and healthy life choices. Depending on the service one may have direct contact with the families and friends of the service users and one's work may change their lives too. As a Project & Education Worker, one will need to be resilient enough and open minded to deal with some of the challenges that such complex needs may present.

The ‘Strength -2- Strength' Programme is recruiting for the following post:

Project & Education Worker – Strength -2- Strength (Re-advertisement)

(Job Ref No: SF/664/12/14)

Salary: £16,936 per annum

Location: Various locations in SET area including Newtownards

Hours: 40 hours per week (including paid and unpaid breaks)

Payments: Monthly directly into bank account

Contract Status: Permanent, subject to funding

Job Description and application form are attached. Please note ALL sections of the application form (Parts A – F) must be completed and returned in order for Parts A and B of your application to go forward for shortlisting consideration (please do not amalgamate the three separate sections of the form).

Closing date and time for completed applications: Friday 23 January 2015 at 10:00am

Provisional date for interviews for this position is Friday 30 January 2015

EXTERN is an equal opportunities employer.