Part Time - Support Worker

Belfast Central Mission; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% employer pension contribution

33 days annual leave

Paid sick leave 4 weeks full pay + 4/5

Westfield Health plan

Westfield Health MRI/CT and PET scans

Learning & Development opportunities

Paid Access NI

Job summary

Belfast Central Mission is seeking a Support Worker to help vulnerable young people aged 16-21 access the services they need. You will listen, assess and steer them toward practical and emotional help, supporting transition to adulthood and independent living.

You will work within Riverside Place, providing a safe, clean environment while collaborating with colleagues to maintain health and safety and deliver signposting to appropriate services.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience supporting groups or individuals, paid or voluntary.
• NISCC registration or willingness to obtain within 6 months of start date.
• Full UK Driver's Licence required to operate responsively within the community.

Responsibilities

• Listen to the needs and feelings of young people to facilitate needed help and signpost to other support services.
• Assist young people in coping with changes associated with adulthood and help them make informed decisions about health, hygiene, finance and housing.
• Work as part of a team to maintain tidiness, cleanliness and hygiene in communal areas and ensure health and safety standards are met.

Skills

Support experience

Driver's license

Education

NISCC registered or willing to obtain within 6 months

Job description

As a Support worker you will ensure that you listen to the needs and feelings of the young person to enable you to facilitate any necessary help that they need, including interventions and signposting them to other support services to give them every opportunity to get the help that they need and deserve. You will assist the young people to cope with significant changes associated with adulthood, encourage them to make their own decisions and educate them on general life activities in terms of health, hygiene, finance, housing, etc. You will work as part of a team to maintain tidiness, cleanliness and hygiene standards in all communal areas ensuring all health and safety requirements are met.

• At least one year's experience supporting groups and/or individuals either a paid or voluntary capacity.
• NISCC registered or willing to obtain within 6 months of start date
• Full UK Driver's Licence
  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.

Riverside Place provides supported housing to vulnerable young people aged 16-21 years. The young people who are leaving care, or who become homeless, are supported in their journey towards securing accommodation best suited to their individual needs, whilst providing practical and emotional support. Some young people may arrive at our projects with a complex history which can include self-harm, trauma, isolation, poverty, difficulty in forming relationships / trust, and exhibit behaviours and risks associated with their experience.

• 4% employer pension contribution (after 3 months of service)
• 33 days annual leave per annum (including statutory holidays)
• Paid sick leave 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay after one year of service
• 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
• Westfield Health Rewards
• Long service annual leave increments and scheme
• Paid Access NI
• Learning & Development opportunities