Role: Keyworker Street Injecting Support Service NI64/08/26/1v-2
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Keyworker Street Injecting Support Service NI64/08/26/1v-2
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Post: Keyworker Street Injecting Support Service NI64/08/26/1v-2
Salary: Grade 5 salary scale: £26,679 - £31,325 per annum
Hours:37.5 hours per week
Contract Status: Fixed Term Until 31st May 2027
Location: Belfast City Centre
About The Service
Extern SISS delivers outreach support to people who inject drugs (PWID) in Belfast city centre to access services such as housing and health care. The team also removes inappropriately discarded injecting equipment in the community and engage with stakeholders, city centre businesses and other support agencies with the aim of reducing the impact of injecting drug use, developing partnership working and providing advice and guidance on problematic substance use issues and responding to overdose incidents. Keyworkers will offer PWID bespoke harm reduction advice, 1-1 listening ear support, and signposting to local support services.
The service operating hours are 9am-9pm Mon-Friday and 9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday. Successful postholders will be included in the project rota. Extern SISS operates a low threshold, high tolerance approach to practice with service users who are often marginalised and vulnerable. The service promotes core values of respect, support and acceptance and is delivered using a trauma informed approach.
Full details of the role and the essential criteria are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification available at the following link;
KeyworkerSISSJDPSAug26.pdf
The closing date for all completed applications is: 12:00pm on 3rd September 2026.
For informal enquiries please contact 028 90840 555
EXTERN offer a competitive benefits package including;
26 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
11 statutory holidays
Generous pension, employer contribution of 6.5%
Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and Paternity Pay
Life Assurance and Wellbeing Programmes
Comprehensive induction and training
Regular Supervision
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike To Work Scheme
Extern Privacy Notice -Applicants-PeopleHR.pdf
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Closing Date
03/09/2026
Location
118-122 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT11DL
Department
SISS - ENI26a
Job Title
Keyworker Street Injecting Support Service NI64/08/26/1v-2
Salary
Grade 5 salary scale: £26,679 - £31,325 per annum
Experience
See Job Description for Details
City
Belfast
Country
Northern Ireland
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