Lisburn YMCA - Family Support Worker

Lisburn YMCA is a pioneering voluntary agency operating across the Lisburn, Belfast and the South Eastern areas. We support vulnerable communities and individuals with a range of innovative and holistic services for young people, adults and families.

Lisburn YMCA provide tailor made packages of support to assist families across the South Eastern Trust in crisis. Services are responsive, high quality and person centred to maximise growth and development.

Job Title: Family Support Worker

Job Purpose: To support families and young people through a consistent Early Intervention approach to deliver one-to-one evidence informed support to enable positive and sustainable outcomes. This intervention shall be aligned with close collaboration to the Family Support Hub network across the South Eastern Trust and will work with other statutory and Non Statutory Organisations in order to embed partnership working. The service is targeted at young people and their families who have been referred from the Family Support Hub or Social Services. It incorporates a range of interventions including individual work, family work and mentoring support and can be delivered in a home, school or community setting.

Location and hours: The programme is delivered across the South Eastern Trust. 37.5 hours per week including some evening and weekend work.

Length of contract: 2 year with the potential for extension.

Salary: YMCA Scale Grade G pt 3 £25.557 per annum for full time work plus statutory pension contribution.

Holiday entitlement: 22 days pro rata plus 11 statutory days

Closing date: 4.00pm on Thursday 5 th December 2024.

Interviews: Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the week commencing Monday 9 th December 2024