Early Intervention and Play Leader | Belfast Hub | 3-year FTC | 22.5 hours per week | 20,627.40 per annum (pro rata)
Sense has an exciting opportunity for an Early Intervention and Play Leader to join us on a three-year fixed-term contract, working 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid role, based at our Belfast Hub with travel throughout Northern Ireland. You'll need a valid driving licence and use of your own vehicle for this role.
As an Early Intervention and Play Leader, you'll ensure children and families get the best possible start. Working as part of the Together Project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. You'll provide direct support to children aged 08 with complex disabilities and their families, both in their own homes and out in the community. Through early years and play and stay sessions, family events, and tailored activities, you'll give families the skills, strategies and confidence to interact, build relationships and communicate with their child, enabling children to have fun, thrive and learn.
Desirable: post-qualifying training in communication, SEND or safeguarding, and/or a First Aid qualification.
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world because no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Working at Sense is rewarding in every sense: you'll be part of a large, diverse and successful charity with genuine opportunities to develop your skills and career in a supportive, flexible environment. We also offer excellent training and development, a Group Personal Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave entitlement.
Use the link below to complete your application. When shortlisting, managers will assess your supporting statement against the Person Specification, so please take time to complete this section thoroughly. We recommend reading the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification at the base of this advert before applying.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
No agency submissions please; any submissions made without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and no fee will be payable.
For assistance, contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@sense.org.uk or on 0121 415 6735.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults, and all offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Sense NI adheres to the Access NI Code of Practice.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity and to celebrating the diversity of our staff, volunteers and the people we support. For more information, visit sense.org.uk/equality-and-diversity.
Precise Location: 34 Annadale Avenue, , Belfast, , BT7 3JJ, United Kingdom