Connect North Link Worker (Antrim & Newtownabbey Council area) in Ballyclare

Age NI is delighted to invite applications for the following vacancy based in Ballyclare Town Hall, BT39 9BB. This exciting new post provides an excellent opportunity for people who possess the passion and commitment to work in a progressive organisation and help us achieve our vision of a society in which we can thrive as we age.

The main purpose of this 35-hour week role is required to deliver health and wellbeing programmes as part of the trust health and wellbeing service. The post holder will work within a team to deliver individual and community-based interventions to support the needs of service users, families/carers and staff, ensuring a high quality of service. The programme aims to encourage and enable self-efficacy in the delivery of a social prescribing service. The post holder will support people to identify their holistic needs, co-create a personalised care plan and support connections to appropriate information and services. The post holder will be required to plan and deliver wellbeing events and facilitate drop-in sessions.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

• To undertake training required to fulfil the role.
• To identify, plan and deliver holistic individual needs led and/or structured support/prevention interventions in line with licensed and other developed programmes, completing appropriate documentation.
• To motivate and support service users, families/carers and staff through approved methods of communication and motivational influencing techniques to support holistic needs, change health and wellbeing behaviour and encourage self-efficacy to achieve improved outcomes and reduce health and wellbeing risks.
• To contribute to the development of pathways and resources for follow-on support.
• To support the development and maintenance of a database of local health and wellbeing initiatives for onward referral and signposting to further facilitate self-efficacy and behaviour change.
• To be flexible in approach, particularly in relation to the evolvement of the service.
• Contribute to the planning and organisation of training courses, scheduled programmes and events delivered by the health and wellbeing team.
• To undertake data collection and analysis/presentation and assist in needs assessment and service evaluation as required.
• Ensure adherence, through his/her own actions to the principles of Equality and Human Rights legislation and policies on data protection, health and safety and fire.
• To participate in supervision and the appraisal and development process, identifying training needs and attending meetings/training courses as required or as appropriate to the duties of the post.

Applicants must have the following essential experience:

• A degree (or working towards) or a recognised professional qualification or equivalent/higher qualification in Health and Wellbeing, Community Development or in a Social or Behavioural Sciences.
• PLUS clearly demonstrate a minimum of 1 year post qualifying experience in a role with experience in population health and wellbeing practice.
• OR clearly demonstrate a minimum of 2 years experience in a role with experience in a health and wellbeing role.

Applicants must have the following essential knowledge:

• Good working knowledge of health and wellbeing behaviour change and knowledge of population health trends and challenges these present.

Applicants must have the following essential skills:

• Demonstrate effective communication skills to meet the needs of the post in full, including online.
• Demonstrate effective organisational skills to plan and deliver individual and/or community interventions effectively.
• Experience in the use of ICT/Data management systems/packages to record, analyse and report on information including word, spreadsheets, email and online survey tools.

Additional Circumstances:

• Full current driving licence and access to a car for business purposes, or access to a form of transport to meet the travel requirements of the post.
• AccessNI enhanced disclosure.

What Age NI can offer you:

• Salary: £25,980.47 per annum.
• Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (5 days from 9:00am to 5:00pm) with hybrid working policy.
• Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2026 (with possible extension).
• Annual Leave: 26 days plus 12 Bank Holidays.
• Group Personal Pension (contributions on qualifying earnings: 5% employer and 3% employee).
• 10 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Health Shield Cash Plan.
• Access to Benenden Health Care (for a small monthly fee).

For an applicant pack, please e-mail, apply online at or telephone the People & Development team on. Closing date for completed applications is Friday 23 January 2026 at 12:00 noon. Age NI is committed to recruiting fairly. An application form enables us to compare applicants and for that reason we cannot accept CVs. Age NI is committed to providing equal opportunities to everyone.