Children's Service Assistant Part Time

It's an exciting time at Sense, as we are now looking for Children's Services Assistants for our Children's service in our brand new Sense Hub Belfast!

This is a Permanent role, working 18 hours per week with possibility of hours increasing in the future , 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.

• Positive, with a can-do attitude.
• Caring and empathetic.
• Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
• Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role.
• QCF Level 2 Diploma in childcare, Learning and Development or Playwork.
• 6 months minimum experience working in a childcare setting for children with special needs.
• Some knowledge of BSL and Makaton is desirable.
• You must be the age of 18 or over for this role.

Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live an independent life.

• 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.

We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free Access NI Check
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application

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…