Family Intervention Officer

Glenbank Community Complex; Belfast; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization in Belfast is seeking a dedicated individual for a permanent role focusing on family support and early intervention. The successful candidate will develop targeted programs aimed at assisting children and their families, provide practical support via assessments and advocacy, and collaborate with local organizations. This role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage sensitive information while ensuring adherence to health and safety policies.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to design and deliver early-intervention programs for children and families.
• Experience working directly with families in assessing their needs.
• Ability to maintain records securely and adhere to safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver targeted family support programs.
• Assess family needs through interviews and observations.
• Work with schools and community partners in a collaborative approach.

Skills

Family support

Behavior management

Training delivery

Data collection

Job description

To design, deliver and evaluate a range of early-intervention and family-support projects that work directly with children, young people and families across the Glenbank area. The postholder will provide practical support in the Glenbank Playgroup and advocacy and developmental programmes with Youth in the Glenbank area.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver targeted programmes. For example, homework support, family wellbeing sessions, SEN group and support after schools.
• Work directly with families to assess need through case assessment, observation and monitoring.
• Provide one-to-one support for families experiencing challenges relating to behaviour, communication, school engagement, or social/emotional development.
• Design and deliver training sessions and workshops for youth service users.
• Work in partnership with local schools, youth providers, statutory agencies and community partners to ensure a coordinated approach.
• Identify emerging issues within families and implement early-intervention responses.
• Contribute to evaluation, data collection, impact reporting and programme review.
• Research best practice in family intervention, education, early years and safeguarding.
• Support the development of funding applications relevant to family-support services.
• Attend regular supervision, team meetings and relevant training opportunities.
• Ensure safeguarding, protection, confidentiality and GDPR policies are adhered to at all times.
• Comply with Glenbank Community Association’s Health & Safety Policy and all statutory requirements.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties within the competence of the postholder to meet service needs.

Skills and Qualifications

• Ensure good standards of health & hygiene and safe working practices.
• Follow manual-handling guidelines where required.
• Maintain all records appropriately and securely.
• Carry out additional duties reasonably requested to meet service needs.
• Uphold organisational values in all aspects of employment.

Further Information

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this Job Description are not meant to be definitive nor restrictive and may be modified to meet changing needs. It should be noted therefore that duties of the post might be subject to change in the future to meet the changing requirements of the service.

Vacancy ID 1749427 Job Sector Childcare and Social Work Area Belfast Location Belfast, 2 Glenbank Drive. Salary 16-17 £7.55, 18-20 £10.00, 21 plus £12.21 per hour No. vacancies 2 Contract Type Permanent Weekly hours 20 Published date 08/12/2025 Closing date 15/12/2025 Worktime To be confirmed

Employer Address: 2 GLENBANK DRIVE BT14 8BJ BELFAST ANTRIM