Living Well Moyle Co-ordinator

Age NI is delighted to invite applications for the following vacancy based in Ballycastle. This exciting post provides an excellent opportunity for someone who possesses the passion and commitment to work in a progressive organisation and help us achieve our vision: a world where every older person feels included and valued.

The main purpose of the Living Well Moyle Co-ordinator 14-hour week role is to improve wellbeing and quality of life of older people by providing direct support and care coordination, working collaboratively through a multi-disciplinary team and supporting a team of volunteers to develop innovative solutions which support older people to live well.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

• To conduct guided conversations with older people in order to co-develop goals and an action plan.
• To recruit, train and support a team of volunteers to support the Living Well approach and promote and support informal and formal volunteering opportunities.
• To develop strong and positive working relationships with the local community, both with groups and organisations and also with individual community makers.
• To work collaboratively as part of a value-based local integrated health, social care and voluntary sector teams.
• To enable older people to avail of appropriate services and activities to support independence and wellbeing.
• To build trusting and supportive relationships with older people.
• To ensure a confidential and person-centred approach to identifying goals and securing appropriate interventions.
• To work in conjunction with other teams (internal & external) to develop links and partnerships with both statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To attend multi-disciplinary fora and advocate the individuals' goals when liaising with statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To ensure the individual remains at the centre of decisions and manage the expectations of the individual.
• To actively seek to identify ways to achieve continuous improvement of the service.
• To maintain clear records of work undertaken including assessment and review reports.
• To collect and provide data for use in service development process with Line Manager.
• To participate in the development of evidence-based practice.
• To adhere to and be responsible for ensuring team adherence to established policies and procedures.

Applicants must have the following experience:

• Experience of assessing and identifying the emotional, psychological and physical needs of older people.
• Proven experience of working within a person-centred context.
• Experience of recruiting, training and managing volunteers (Desirable).

Applicants must have the following essential knowledge:

• Up to date knowledge and awareness of community care and other issues affecting older people.
• Knowledge and understanding of service provision for older people provided by statutory and voluntary agencies including social services and other health, housing providers and Age NI.
• Knowledge of the voluntary sector and in particular volunteering and good practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of care planning and assessment best practice.

Applicants must have the following essential skills:

• Good organisation, planning and time management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work sensitively in difficult circumstances with empathy, compassion and understanding.
• A commitment to team working and collaboration particularly within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to analyse and provide creative solutions to problems.
• A professional approach and ability to work independently, planning and delivering casework expectations to a high level.

It is desirable that applicants have:

• RCN or Degree in Social Work or NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social Care (Desirable) or Professional Counselling qualification recognised by BAC (Desirable).

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.

Age NI reserve the right to enhance the essential criteria to facilitate shortlisting.

What Age NI can offer you:

• Salary: £31,169.14 - £32,809.62 per annum (pro rata for part-time).
• Hours of Work: 14 hours per week (2 days from 9:00am - 5:00pm, one to be a Friday) with hybrid working policy.
• Fixed Term Contract to 30 September 2027.
• Annual Leave: 26 days plus 12 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time).
• 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.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Annual leave purchase (up to 2 weeks).
• Health Shield Cash Plan.
• Access to Benenden Health Care (for a small monthly fee).

For an applicant pack, please e-mail, apply or telephone the People & Development team. Closing date for completed applications is Thursday 26 November 2026 at 12 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 an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported. Reasonable adjustments will be provided throughout the recruitment process.