LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?

It’s an exciting time at Sense, as we are now looking for Casual Children’s Services Assistants for our Children’s service in our brand new Sense Hub Belfast!
This is a casual role, with flexible hours to suit you. The service is open 9am to 5pm, Monday - Friday, Sense are offering £12.50 per hour.

Opening its doors in 2025, the new Sense Hub Belfast will increase the support Sense can provide by 50% and offer new spaces for the community to engage with the organisation. In addition to expanding existing services, the Hub will enable Sense to provide new, vital services with a proven successful track record. These include:

• A day service for disabled adults, offering a range of regular activities where people can get support, try new things, and make new connections.
• An early intervention service for children with disabilities 0-8 years old that enhances existing support for deafblind children.
• Arts, Sports and Wellbeing programmes in partnership with local providers.
• A transition and employment service that will support disabled people as they move into adulthood.

The new Sense Hub Belfast will ensure that the 52,000 people across Northern Ireland with a complex disability have somewhere they can enjoy now and in the future. Support for the disabled community cannot wait any longer and we hope you can join us in transforming the lives of those who need help most. Any contribution can help make the dream of a more inclusive and accessible community for disabled people more of a reality.

TO APPLY

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity

• Learning new skills.
• Personal care and hygiene.
• Making sense of their environments and accessing their community.
• Medication and wellbeing.
• Using the communication that is best for them.
• Their social life and behaviour.
• You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.