Children’s Heartbeat Trust

Supporting children and young people with heart disease in Northern Ireland.

We are a children’s charity based in Northern Ireland that offers our employees the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of children and young people living with congenital heart disease (CHD), and their families.  We are passionate about providing support to those affected by CHD and believe in delivering the highest standards of care and support to our heart families.

We are looking for two enthusiastic, motivated and committed individuals to join our team.

Family Support Officer

Hours: 37.5/ week

Location: Based in Belfast, covering Northern Ireland

Fixed term contract for 2 years.

Salary: £24,000 – £26,000

This role provides a unique opportunity for you to make a significant difference to the heart families that we support throughout Northern Ireland.  Working with the Family and Youth Services team you will lead in the delivery of key projects, events and services for heart families, providing practical and emotional support at each stage of their journey.

Essential Requirements:

• Degree qualified or hold equivalent professional qualification
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in the field of family support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering projects, annual family support events and training opportunities for heart families
• Providing emotional and practical support to families accessing in-patient clinical services
• Supporting local family support co-ordinators in development of outreach services and activities
• Assist in the development and delivery of new strands of family support services, including a siblings support programme.

For an application pack please email [email protected]

Closing Date: 5pm on Tuesday 25^th May 2021

Youth Support Officer

Hours: 22.5/ week

Location: Based in Belfast, covering Northern Ireland

Fixed term contract for 2 years.

Salary: £24,000 – £26,000 pro rata

About: Working with the Family and Youth Services team you will lead in our youth engagement work, delivering our existing programme of events, projects and services for young people living with heart disease.  This role also offers the opportunity to develop new and innovative services to further grow the support structures for these young people.

Essential Requirements:

• Degree qualified or hold professional qualification
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a youth work setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage and work with young people in the development and implementation of youth services
• Delivery of projects, events and residentials for young people
• Support for young people when accessing specialist clinical advice and services
• Identify new and innovative opportunities to enhance CHT’s youth services and empower the young people we support.

For an application pack please email [email protected]

Closing Date: 5pm on Tuesday 25^th May 2021

Children’s Heartbeat Trust reserve the right to interview only those candidates who appear from the information provided to be the most suitable for the job.

We are an equal opportunities employer

 Interviews will be held on Monday 7^th & Tuesday 8^th June 2021.