A brain injury can affect anyone at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.

Each year, around 10,000 people are admitted to hospital in Northern Ireland with an acquired brain injury. Most of these people will need help and support in rebuilding their lives.

That’s where we come in. At Headway, our role is to provide information and support to people affected by brain injury while campaigning to reduce the number of people sustaining such injuries and calling for better support for those that do.

To do this, we need your help!

In your role as an ABI Services Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for devising and delivering face-to-face and virtual support services to brain injury survivors and carers in 4 groups in Larne, Ballymena, Newtownabbey and Portadown.

You will use your passion, drive and creativity to develop support programmes that promote independent living and mental and physical wellbeing among brain injury survivors and carers.

Ideally, you will have knowledge of brain injury and experience of supporting those affected or come from a social care background.

If you’re interested in improving life after brain injury, we’d love to hear from you!

For any queries relating to the role, please contact Melanie Bowden.

• Closing date for applications: 1st October 2021

Headway is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No 1025852.

Acquired Brain Injury Services Co-ordinator

Belfast SE region of Northern Ireland

This is an exciting opportunity to help Headway – the brain injury association to improve life after brain injury for survivors and their families in Northern Ireland.

A brain injury can affect anyone at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.

Each year, around 10,000 people are admitted to hospital in Northern Ireland with an acquired brain injury. Most of these people will need help and support in rebuilding their lives.

That’s where we come in. At Headway, our role is to provide information and support to people affected by brain injury while campaigning to reduce the number of people sustaining such injuries and calling for better support for those that do.

To do this, we need your help!

In your role as an ABI Services Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for devising and delivering face-to-face and virtual support services to brain injury survivors and carers in groups in Belfast, Lisburn and Downpatrick.

You will use your passion, drive and creativity to develop support programmes that promote independent living and mental and physical wellbeing among brain injury survivors and carers.

Ideally, you will have knowledge of brain injury and experience of supporting those affected or come from a social care background.

If you’re interested in improving life after brain injury, we’d love to hear from you!

For any queries relating to the role, please contact Melanie Bowden..

• Closing date for applications: 1st October 2021

Headway is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No 1025852.

Counsellor

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced counsellor with management experience to join the Emotional Support Service in Northern Ireland. 

Position: Stroke Association Emotional Support Manager/Counsellor – Emotional Support

Location: Homebased -with regular travel required throughout Northern Ireland

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum

Contract: This is a three years fixed term contract until September 2024. Three years funding has been provided from The National Lottery Community Fund, made possible thanks to National Lottery players. Funding will expire September 2024.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 8 October 2021

Interview Date: TBC

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

STEPS (Stroke Tailored Emotional and Psychological Support) is funded to deliver stroke specific counselling using a blended approach e.g. in person (Face to Face), by telephone and on-line (using a secure digital platform) throughout Northern Ireland. 

Reporting to the Services Delivery and Engagement Lead the team will deliver a professional counselling service to stroke survivors, carers and relatives.  Counselling sessions are designed to help clients to develop emotional resilience, readjust to life after stroke and prepare to reintegrate into community life.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Direct, lead and manage the development and provision of a stroke specific counselling service, ensuring professional and ethical excellence
• Be responsible for the management of Emotional Support Service Co-ordinators/Counsellors ensuring good governance and safe, ethical delivery of counselling services
• Manage the National Lottery funded STEPS project including working collaboratively with external partners and arranging targeted events for peer support.
• To maintain a client case load and providing a flexible approach in meeting the needs of clients with cognitive or communication difficulties.

About You

You will have:

• An advanced diploma in integrative, humanistic or person-centred counselling/psychotherapy; for example, BACP recognised course or equivalent (i.e. 450 hours’ skills and theory, 100 hours of supervised practice, 20 hours of personal therapy)
• A minimum of 1-year post qualification supervised clinical practice
• BACP (or equivalent) registration/accreditation
• Experience of delivering short-term counselling
• Experience of working with people with cognitive impairment
• Experience of project management

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

The successful applicant must be able to travel independently to carry out the requirements of the post without relying on public transport

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. 

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Support Manager, Emotional Support, Counsellor, Emotional Support Mentor, Emotional Wellbeing, Wellbeing Worker, Social and Emotional Support, Mental Health Worker, Counsellor, Therapist, Junior Counsellor, Senior Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor, Stroke Counsellor, Community Based Counsellor, Counselling Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor, Online Counsellor, Telephone Counsellor, Emotional Support, Emotional Support Counsellor, Stroke, Rehabilitation.

Our client is the UK's leading dementia charity. They provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Support Worker Responsibilities:

Their Dementia Support Workers provide information, support and signposting to services for people with dementia and carers through information visits, support groups, information programmes and awareness raising activity. The successful candidate will be responsible for the successful delivery of the service in the Belfast Health and Social Care area. The successful candidate will also be required to provide support as required with other services throughout Northern Ireland.

Support Worker Requirements:

They are looking for an individual with a strong understanding of dementia as well good organisational and time management skills.

Your ability to assess client needs along with the understanding of the need for client confidentially is essential to providing a valuable and worthwhile service. You will have strong skills written and verbal communication and, with the ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders and representing the needs of the organisation and clients.

Working across health and social care with a range of professionals to develop the service in accordance with the needs of the people they support, you will need a good understanding of dementia and proven ability to work in collaboration with external partners.

Excellent organisational and record keeping skills are essential, and experience of working with statutory and voluntary agencies will be of huge benefit.

As the Dementia Support Service reflects the needs of the people they support, you will be required to work some evenings and weekends. Come along and join them to play your part in developing and supporting this service to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.

They would welcome applications from anyone interested in part time hours (minimum hours 21 per week)

About our client:

Their employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. They are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. They also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with them.

Position: Dementia Support Worker
Location: Belfast
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £20,363 - £21,603 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing date: 07 October 2021
Interview date: TBC (Interviews will be conducted through Teams or Zoom)

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Dementia Advisor, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, NFP, Not for Profit, Charity, etc.

Ref: 103 029

£22,526 - £26,501 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Full-Time (35 hrs p/w) - Fixed Term Contract until 30 April 2022

Belfast with extensive travel around Northern Ireland

Ref: TAN-211

Are you a collaborative and proactive individual with extensive experience of delivering training to vulnerable adults?

If so, St Giles is looking for a Trainer Assessor to join their team to deliver an inspiring training programme leading to the achievement of NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.

About St Giles

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

We firmly believe that Peer Advisors bring something special to our services, increasing engagement, having more time to spend with clients and becoming role models to their peers. The Trust makes a strong commitment to our Peer Advisors so that they too are supported on their own journey, and our Peer Advisors have an excellent record in progressing into work. Our successful candidate will provide a high level service to individuals with lived experience whilst working towards their NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.

About this pivotal role

As part of a larger Trainer Assessor team, which is at the heart of the Peer Advisor Network, you will be responsible for supporting our Peer Advisors throughout their training and as their journey progresses on to securing employment. In addition you will work as part of a wider Hub Team that provide work placement co-ordination and employment support. You will also be required to work closely with other organisations who host work placement to build and maintain excellent working relationships.

What we are looking for:

• Substantial experience of delivering training to vulnerable adults and ability to work with people who have multiple and complex needs.
• Experience of working to targets and recording information and statistics to enable effective monitoring of performance against targets.
• Ability to effectively assess evidence and identify assessment criteria using a range of assessment methods.
• Thorough understanding of the importance of quality assurance as it relates to training to vulnerable adults and familiarity with OFSTED requirements
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organisational goals, and to resolve conflicts of interest professionally.
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A professional, flexible and collaborative approach to your work

We offer a generous benefits and rewards package which includes a competitive salary, leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions eye care scheme, season ticket loan and much more.

Closing date: 11pm, 3rd October 2021. Interviews: 7th October 2021.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will be DBS Checked.

Home based, Northern Ireland (NI)

The vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

About the role 

You’ll have an opportunity to make an impact in a time of growth and change for the charity. We have bold and exciting ambitions for the next few years to raise our profile, support more people affected by Parkinson’s and significantly change public understanding of the condition.

You will lead this work in NI, influencing policy development and implementation to improve health, social care, welfare and transport services for people affected by Parkinson’s in NI.

What you’ll do  

You’ll play a key role in…

• Leading on the development and implementation of an agreed NI campaign priorities and plans.

• Identifying opportunities to influence policies in health, social care, welfare and transport across relevant departments and bodies.

• Engaging in and raising awareness of the needs of people affected by Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s UK in NI with key stakeholders including political, health, social care and welfare personnel, the third sector and Parkinson’s community. 

• Undertaking research and gathering insights from people affected by Parkinson’s and provide robust evidence to improve health, care and welfare services.

• Co-ordinating, researching and responding to consultations and ensuring charity policies are applicable in NI.

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of running successful campaigns, organising events and managing and being active in coalitions and alliances. 

• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with high profile contacts, coalitions and networks.

• Understanding of the political structures impacting people affected by Parkinson’s in NI and ability to use this to influence locally and nationally.

• Proven experience of influencing key decision makers at all levels and the ability to maintain political impartiality and be discreet.

• Knowledge of appropriate health, social care structures, transport and welfare services relevant to Parkinson’s in NI.

• Experience of recruiting, training and motivating volunteers

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Closing date: 3 October 2021

Interviews will be held on 11 October 2021.

Please note: supporting statements must fully demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the role ("What you'll bring").

The successful candidate will be required to:

• live in the area specified (Northern Ireland) and be able to travel when needed within the area
• provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb 
• have a confidential space in which to work

Position: Stakeholder Engagement Officer (part-time 28 hours per week)
Type: Permanent contract
Location: Home-based in UK
Salary: £26,618 - £30,271 actual per annum plus car /broadband allowance and excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E2
Department: Stakeholder Engagement team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Our role of Stakeholder Engagement Officer is one of 5 within our new UK wide Stakeholder Engagement team which is part of our wider Research and External Affairs Directorate.

As part of our Stakeholder Engagement team your role will be to support innovation and improvement in MS and neurology services across the UK.

You’ll work directly with Health and Social Care professionals to develop new partnerships, share good practice, promote innovation and develop resources that enable service improvement. You’ll develop and support networks of key stakeholders and members of our MS community to drive positive change.

You’ll play an important role developing resources, evidence and best practice examples to be shared via our Experts in MS Professional Network. And in organising regional and national forums, face to face and online, showcasing innovative services and best practice ways of working.

The post-holder will have experience of working in or with Health and Social Care services in any of the 4 UK Nations; experience of professional engagement; experience of developing evidence based resources and service improvement tools; as well as experience of partnership working to improve local services and outcomes for service users.

The post is UK wide, and we particularly welcome applicants with experience and knowledge of Health and Social Care systems in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

As this role covers a large geographical area we expect there will be travel, both to regions where work is being delivered and occasionally to our London office. We are happy to discuss logistical arrangements or adjustments with candidates.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 4 October

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could download and complete the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.  

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

The Financial Inclusion Manager is part of a team of Financial Inclusion Managers who will play a central role in helping us achieve our vision for an end for the need for food banks in the UK. This role will provide essential financial inclusion expertise and support to our area managers and the food bank network to reduce, prevent and eventually end the need for food banks in Northern Ireland.

This is a varied, proactive and fast-paced role responsible for managing financial inclusion activities across Northern Ireland. This includes the day-to-day coordination of projects and partnerships, as well as providing direct support on financial inclusion to food banks. The role will focus on delivering financial inclusion support and services to Trussell Trust food banks and partner organisations to develop and optimise timely access to financial inclusion to those visiting (or at risk of needing to visit) food banks, including through individual meetings, development visits, regional events, training sessions and national conferences.

This role will be home based (Northern Ireland), with extensive travel across Northern Ireland and some to Scotland, England and Wales.

Visitor Experience Area Consultant (Marketing)
Reference: AUG20216448
Location: Flexible
Salary: £27,574.00 - £30,590.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Annual Leave

This role will cover: Wales and the Central region or Southern England and Northern Ireland

We showcase nature and people thriving together where nature lives….

To achieve a world where all people are living harmoniously alongside nature; the RSPB must broaden its appeal and enable more diverse people to act for nature.

We inspire everyone to thrive harmoniously alongside the natural world by offering inclusive, memorable, and emotive, nature-based experiences, enhancing the lives of our visitors, wildlife, and special places we protect.

Our Nature Reserves are windows into the wildlife and habitats we are fighting to protect. They showcase the wonderful conservation work we’re delivering, and should inspire, enable, and empower everyone to play their part in the fight against the nature and climate emergency.

We are looking for someone who will provide leadership in visitor experience and marketing, ensuring a world class experience across RSPB nature reserves for everyone.

We are creating a new strategy for positioning our reserves as fantastic days out in nature. We are looking for someone with expertise across visitor experience as well as knowledge and experience of marketing destinations and targeting audiences with the right offer. We would welcome applications from the tourism, visitor attraction and heritage sectors to spearhead this new approach to planning and marketing experiences across our nature reserves.

You will:

• Set the expected standards on reserves for visitor experience providing direction to underpin a high-quality visitor offer and a consistent experience across our nature reserves – focusing on profitability, exemplary customer service and infrastructure; ensuring reserves are front and centre of RSPB brand.
• Drive the implementation of the visitor experience strategy across allocated geographical areas and work collaboratively with nature reserve teams to support them in achieving their ambitions. This role will work closely with country and central teams.
• Be a creative individual to create a step change in marketing our nature reserves. We are looking for someone who can inspire and drive visitation to our reserves working closely with country and central teams. You will have lots of ideas in how we use the incredible stories our reserves have to tell in showcasing our reserves as amazing places to visit. This is an exciting opportunity to help position our nature reserves as visitor attractions in the heart of nature.
• Provide consultancy support to RSPB nature reserves in shaping the visitor experience and deliver strategy across teams.
• Be a leader, working collaboratively across UK countries and departments, with a broad skillset who will support nature reserve teams across the UK in achieving their ambitions.

What we want to see:

• Expertise in visitor experience/operations/engagement and marketing to position RSPB nature reserves as world class visitor destinations, following our vision of being the UK’s leading choice for nature experiences.
• Using your expertise and your excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, you are able to produce effective guidance, support and toolkits for reserves in their planning as well as leading on national initiatives, working with external partners and tourism agencies.
• Our ideal candidate will have a great understanding of visitor attractions or public engagement and how to market sites creatively whilst also having excellent commercial knowledge. We are looking for someone with a broad skillset who is willing to drive visitor experience growth to ensure success across our visitor operations.

What you can expect:

• A supportive, dynamic, and high-performing team of talented individuals around you, who want to make the world a better place than we found it.
• The chance to lead and get involved with exciting new plans to support our nature reserves in a step change in how we drive visits, create amazing experiences connecting people to nature and making a real difference in ensuring the protection of our incredible places for wildlife and people.
• Access to excellent learning and development opportunities and employee benefits package.
• Opportunities to travel across all four countries of the United Kingdom and get closer to our amazing wildlife, all while you play your part in safeguarding its future.
• No two days are the same! We are looking for someone who is flexible and willing to travel. Some days you will be based at home or in the office, others you will be visiting some of the most beautiful places in the UK.

This is a permanent contract working 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 23:59, 06 September 2021

Interested?

If you would like to find out more please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.