*Exciting Opportunity to Join Our Team*
Community Engagement Worker, Drugs & Alcohol (NI17/03/26/1v-1)
Salary: Grade 5 salary: £25,614 - £31,325 per annum
Hours: 40 standard hours (including breaks) (Flexibility Required)
Contract Status: Permanent
Location: Based in Belfast but with flexibility to work from home(Within the local area)
About the service
Extern’s Belfast Connections Workers play a crucial role in educating, raising awareness & supporting local communities with existing and emerging alcohol and substance related issues. The team provide prevention and early intervention guidance and deliver awareness raising sessions and training to community stakeholders, and signpost to drug and alcohol services within the area and generate relevant social media content.
In addition, Belfast Connections work alongside the regional Connections service, collaborating on NI campaigns such as Alcohol Awareness Week & Dry January. The Connections service participates in delivery of the action plan agreed by PHA & the Belfast Drug and Alcohol Coordination Team (BDACT) within the local community.
Specific To Post
The postholder will use a range of communications skills and substance/ alcohol related knowledge to engage with local communities using various platforms (social media, community events, awareness raising sessions etc.). This includes locality specific insight into new and emerging substances of use and trends resulting from these. It is important that the postholder can use their creativity to communicate effectively with local partners, communities and regionally as required.
Extern is a leading provider of services to vulnerable people, families and communities. We offer an attractive employee package which includes generous holiday entitlement, paid sick leave and maternity leave, excellent pension planning and an employee well-being service.
Full details of the role and the essential criteria are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification available at the following link.
Connections_JDPS March 26.pdf
The closing date for all completed applications is: 12:00pm on Friday 10th April 2026.
For informal enquiries please contact
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
Wellbeing Programmes
Comprehensive induction and training
Regular Supervision
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike To Work Scheme
EXTERN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER