Location: Family Support Service – Dungannon & Armagh area – Remote
Salary: £31,403 per annum (£ 16.104 per hour)
Contract: Permanent
Work hours: 37.5 hours per week
Belfast Central Mission (BCM) is an award-winning leading charity with social care projects and social enterprises across Northern Ireland. With over 300 staff and volunteers delivering services across Northern Ireland to support people at their point of need.
BCM Parents' Support programme aims to help parents and their children (5-13 years old) by offering both emotional and practical support. This is offered via home based support, formal group work and informal peer support groups to parents.
The programme offers advice and support on all issues relating to parenting, for instance, healthy eating, personal care when pregnant, positive parenting techniques, stimulating play and challenging behaviour, child or parental disability and support networks.
Your new role
1. You will work independently with a caseload of parents with children aged 5-13, providing a holistic supportive service.
2. You will do this by regularly meeting your families face to face either at their own home or a neutral venue to assess the individual needs of these families and formulate a plan of support, working towards achieving shared goals. You will work directly with the families providing practical support to promote the best outcomes for the children and families, with a focus on the children meeting their key milestones.
What we can offer you
3. Competitive salary
4. 4% employer pension contribution (after 3 months of service)
5. 20 days annual leave per annum
6. 12 statutory days
7. Westfield Health Level 1 - Cash back plan and additional benefit of unlimited MRI and CT scans and 1 PET scan within a 12 month period
8. Westfield Health Rewards
9. Learning & Development opportunities
10. Long service annual leave increments and scheme
What we need from you
11. GCSE English or equivalent
12. Minimum 1 years’ experience of working with young people and children.
13. Knowledge of child protection.
14. A full driving license and access to a car with Business insurance as you may have to transport Service Users.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.