Parental Cancer Support Specialist – Community Therapeutic Team NI

Northern Ireland Cancer Fund For Children; Belfast; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Ireland Cancer Fund For Children is looking for a full-time Parental Cancer Support Specialist to join their Community Therapeutic Team in Belfast. This role focuses on providing social and emotional support to parents with cancer and to those who have children with cancer. The position offers flexibility in delivering support and is based on a one-year fixed-term secondment. Interested candidates should apply before 5.00pm on Thursday 2nd April.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to parents with cancer or their partners.
• Extend support to parents who have children with cancer when needed.
• Respond to parents to provide social and emotional support flexibly.

Job description

Parental Cancer Support Specialist – Community Therapeutic Team NI

Cancer Fund for Children has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Parental Cancer Support Specialist to join our Community Therapeutic Team in NI.

Cancer Fund for Children has over 30 years’ experience delivering support and services to children, teenagers and young adults impacted by cancer.

We are recruiting a full-time Parental Cancer Support Specialist to operate in Northern Ireland (Belfast-based with regional remit) on a one‑year fixed term secondment.

As a Parental Cancer Support Specialist, you will primarily provide support to parents with cancer or their partners, and extend support to parents who have children with cancer when needed. Using our informal therapeutic approach model, you will respond to parents as and when needed to provide social and emotional support, at times and places that best suit them, with flexibility to deliver one‑off interventions or a programme of support.

If you are interested, we would love to hear from you.

This job closes at 5.00pm on Thursday 2nd April.