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Job description

We are seeking a Project Worker to join our team. To provide advice, support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Undertake referral assessments, meeting with young people, their families and professionals
• Organise and deliver direct work and group work sessions
• Deliver our schools programme to students in special schools across Northern Ireland
• Work with the team to deliver programmes throughout the Southern Trust area
• Deliver disability awareness training to parents and professionals
• Support young people to share their views
• Attend meetings and facilitate workshops to share the views of young people
• Keep clear and concise records of all work undertaken

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Experience either in a paid or voluntary capacity of working with children and young people with disabilities
• Experience of working to safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures
• Knowledge of disability and how it impacts upon children, young people and their families
• Full UK driving licence, business insurance and access to a car for work purposes (this criterion will be waived for candidates with a disability who can demonstrate alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post

Further Information

Temporary post to cover maternity leave (until 31st December 2026 with possible extension). Location of Service/Support Offered: Base, Grange Building, Tower Hill, Armagh, (travel to schools within each of the five Health & Social Care Trusts is required). Salary: £26,003 - £30,351 per annum pro rata.