Women’s Aid is the lead agency offering information, support and accommodation to women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. If you are committed to making a difference to the children’s lives, see below for a job opportunity available at Omagh Women’s Aid.
06/24 Children & Young Person’s Worker
Key purpose:
To deliver a range of support services to children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, both in the community and in the refuge setting. The support will be tailored to the needs of each individual child/young person and will be age appropriate, trauma informed, and solution focused. To provide guidance and support to mums on the needs of their children in relation to domestic abuse.
Contract: 12 months (possibility of contract extension)
Salary: £23 050 (under review) plus on call retainer fee paid
Hours: 37 hours per week including after school/evening, some weekend work and on call duties
(A minimum of 30hrs per week will also be accepted)
Essential criteria:
- NVQ Level 111 in Childhood Studies, Social Care and/or equivalent skills evidenced through experience.
- 6 months previous experience of working in a paid capacity with children, young people, and their families.
- Experience of facilitating group work programmes with children and young people.
- Car driver with access to car.
To obtain an application pack above, please email paula@omaghwomensaid.org or
telephone 028 8224 1414
Closing date for these applications is no later than 2pm, Monday 25TH November 2024.
Interviews will be held Monday 9th December 2024
This post is funded by.
Omagh Women’s Aid is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Due to the level of contact with vulnerable women and children, the lawful recruitment of females for these posts falls within the exemption stated in Article 10 (2b&e) of the Sex Discrimination (NI) Order 1976.