Family Support Worker

Touching Lives - Transforming Families

Touching Lives – Transforming Families is an exciting and innovative Project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.  Sense will lead and co-ordinate the Project in partnership with the: Belfast; Northern; South Eastern; Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts.

 About the role

Sense are looking for a Family Support Workers to work part time 30 hours per week. This is maternity cover position up to June 2020.

The Family Support Worker will support children and families in their homes and local communities through the provision of home visits, play and leisure activities and family events.  You will also work with services to provide information, training and support designed to create a local support network for each family.

The project will work across Northern Ireland to provide support to children with sensory impairments and additional support needs and their families. The Family Support Worker will be based at separate locations in the Southern Trust areas providing locally based support to children and families and developing skills within the local community to increase the range of accessible locally based services

This role will hot desk from offices in Armagh, Newry and Portadown based within the Southern Health Trust. You will be required to have access to transport for this role. 

About you 

The Family Support Worker will support children and families in their homes and local communities through the provision of home visits, play and leisure activities and family events.  They will also work with services to provide information, training and support designed to create a local support network for each family.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working as a Support Worker at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

 If you would like more information on the role, please contact Joyce Rainey, [email protected]

Closing date: Thursday 2 May 2019

Interview date: To be confirmed

To start: To be discussed at interview