Full Time (35hrs) Family Support Worker X 1 (Home based) Western Trust

HDANI works with people affected by Huntingtons Disease across Northern Ireland. We are seeking a full-time support worker to join our small but dedicated team. We want someone to provide support and information to people affected by Huntington’s Disease and their families helping to maintain their independence and lead as normal a life as possible, empowering them to access their full entitlements, keeping them informed of developments in the management of the disease and assisting them in connecting and engaging with other people affected by HD.

Due to the logistics involved and to ensure the best use of our resources we require someone to work from their home in the Western Trust area, preferably in the Foyle area, as the new post holder will primarily cover this area. The successful applicant will work flexibly 35 hours a week alongside three family support workers who will be covering the rest of the province.

Once you have settled in and undergone training and induction your working week will be a mix of making and taking calls with service users and stakeholders, dealing with emails, keeping your records up to date, visiting service users in their homes, attending awareness raising and networking events and eventually facilitating your own monthly support group. You will be continuously learning and constantly meeting new people.

Staff are provided with home office equipment, internet access, a mobile phone and are paid mileage. The role includes potential for flexi time, a generous leave package, pension contribution, private medical insurance and an Employee Assistance Programme as well as continuous access to training.

Due to the nature of the post staff are required to have a full licence, car insurance with business cover and have access to transport to allow them to fully meet the requirement of the post. Excellent communication skills are essential, particularly since many of our service users have communication challenges. Knowledge of Huntington's disease is desirable but more so are transferrable skills dealing with a range fo complex medical and social care issues in a community setting.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone with empathy, enthusiasm and experience in Health and Social Care to work with a remarkable and resilient group of people.