Keyworker - Street Injecting Support Service

*Exciting Opportunity to Join Our Team*

​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;

  KeyworkerSISSJDPSJuly26.pdf ​

The closing date for all completed applications is: 12:00pm on 3rd September 2026.

For informal enquiries please contact [email protected]

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

EXTERN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER