Young People and Families Worker

Location(UK): Office Hybrid* -  Belfast 
Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week 
Salary: £29,016 per annum 
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Contract type: Maternity Cover – until Feb 2026.
Travel: Regular weekly travel within NI and occasionally to other UK locations. 
Closing date: 23:59, Wednesday 13 November 2024

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

Are you passionate about improving the lives of children, young people and their families?
Are you experienced in creating inspiring programmes and offering life-changing one-to-one support?
Are you committed to putting children and young people at the heart of decision-making?  

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, innovative team player to join our Young People and Families Service in Northern Ireland.  This role will be based in Northern Ireland, in our Belfast Office but will support service delivery across Northern Ireland and the UK.

As a Young People and Families Worker you will work with colleagues, partners, healthcare professionals, schools, volunteers, families and – most importantly – young people to co-plan, deliver and evaluate a high quality, holistic support offer locally and nationally. 

You will help young people living with arthritis to build their confidence, make friends and achieve their personal goals.  This will be achieved by providing one-to-one support, creating peer networks and working with volunteers to co-deliver self-management activities on a variety of topics from sleep management to self-advocacy. 

You’ll also co-design an exciting programme of social events, youth voice opportunities, digital content and residential events.  You will act as the bridge between young people, their families and professionals – especially in healthcare settings where you will play a unique role working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to meet a range of needs.  You will support young people during the pivotal transition from paediatric to adult services, making sure it is a time of empowerment and growth. 

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Experience of working with the third sector, preferably within the fields of youth/community development work and/or health and social care – with a passion for improving the lives of young people. 
• Understanding the importance of self-management and experience of delivering interventions to people living with long term conditions.
• Experience of taking a person-centered approach when providing support. 
• Experience of using a community development/youth work approach to co-design and deliver a quality services /project that is inclusive, inspiring and makes a difference.  Engaging colleagues, funders, supporters and partners to make it happen. 
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding and safe working policies and procedures. 
• Experience of basic project skills, including supporting evaluation work, writing reports, developing project proposals and managing activity budgets.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Benefits

Your excellent benefits include:

• Flexible hours, environments and working practices to promote a healthy work/life balance.
• Health and wellbeing support – including the Employee Assistance Programme (free confidential 24/7 support with mental health, legal and financial queries).
• Simplyhealth cash plan.
• Supportive and inclusive culture, with a wide range of employee networks and support groups available to join.
• Learning and personal development opportunities.
• Competitive annual leave, with the option to buy/sell up to five days per year.
• Generous pension plan, with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Life Assurance plan (4 x salary).

Application deadline and shortlisting 

• We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.  
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales. 

Interview

Interview date to be confirmed 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.