Overview

Key Worker - Women's Support Service - Belfast & Lurgan (NI273/09/25/2v-1)

Salary: Grade 5 salary scale: £25,614 - £31,325 per annum

Hours: 40 standard hours (including breaks, flexibility required)

Contract Status: Fixed Term until March 2026 (with possibility of extension - pilot project)

Location: 1 x Belfast, 1 x Lurgan (with travel to NIHE Southern Area)

About the service: 

Extern Women's Support Service is a pilot project which will work with women who are homeless/ at risk of homelessness and who use substances and experience mental health challenges. The aim of the service is to reduce recurrent homelessness and prioritise service users’ well-being and access to required statutory, community and voluntary supports.

Full details of the role and the essential criteria are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification available at the following link; NI27309252v-1_KW_WomensSupportService_JDPS.pdf

The closing date for all completed applications is: 12:00pm on 2nd October 2025

For informal enquiries please contact hr@extern.org

EXTERN offer a competitive benefits package including; 

26 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
11 statutory holidays 

Generous pension, employer contribution of 6.5%
Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and Paternity Pay

Income Protection, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Programmes
Comprehensive induction and training
Regular Supervision
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike To Work Scheme

Extern is an Equal Opportunities employer

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