Senior Project Worker
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Be Part of Someone’s Recovery Journey, Join the Team at Shiels Court ✨
📍 Location: Shiels Court
📄 Contract Available: Permanent
⏰ Hours: 37 hours per week, Full-time
At Shiels Court, we provide 24-hour supported living for adults living with a wide range of mental health diagnoses, autism, and addiction-related needs. We’re proud to offer a home to people from all walks of life, those who are finding stability, building new routines, and reconnecting with their communities.
This role isn’t just about care, it’s about building trust, supporting recovery, and being a steady hand during someone’s most important moments.
What Makes Shiels Court Special? 🌟
Shiels Court supports 12 people aged 18 to 65 across a broad spectrum of needs, including personality disorder, bipolar, dual diagnosis, and physical health concerns.
Our team is at the heart of the work, we take the time to build meaningful relationships, provide practical and emotional support, and create a strong sense of community. The people we support are active, engaged, and socially connected, enjoying:
✅ Coffee mornings, arts & crafts, and group dinners
✅ Strength-based support groups that feed into their personal support plans
✅ Outreach activities like cinema trips, walks, shopping, and dinners out
✅ 1:1 outings like gym visits, coffee runs, or games nights
What the job entails 💼
As a Senior Project Worker, you will help the manager to develop and create a supportive and stable home for people with complex mental health needs. You will build trusting relationships, promote wellbeing and independence, support meaningful daily activity, and respond confidently to challenging situations using compassionate and structured approaches. You will support to lead a well-established team, contribute to individual support plans, and help ensure that every resident is treated with dignity, respect and hope.
What type of person thrives in this role 🙌
This role suits someone who is compassionate, resilient and genuinely motivated by helping people rebuild their lives. You will thrive if you are calm under pressure, committed to person-centred support, and able to balance empathy with professional boundaries. A supportive and passionate leader, you will value reflective practice, psychological safety and continuous learning.
Why join Shiels Court? 💙
Shiels Court is a rewarding place to work, with strong staff retention and a team committed to making a positive difference every day. Staff benefit from monthly reflective practice and a culture that values empowerment and progression towards building leadership capabilities. The service has a supportive environment and is recognised as a place of hope and meaningful support for both residents and staff.
Please note, successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced, adult barred disclosure check.
A waiting list may be created for similar posts following interviews.
Inspire is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection based on merit.
Our Organisation
Inspire is an all-island charity and social enterprise and our aim is wellbeing for all. We work together with people living with mental ill health, intellectual disability, autism and addictions to ensure they live with dignity and realise their full potential.
We campaign to create a society free from stigma and discrimination with a culture of compassion that focuses on people and their abilities.
The Benefits
Our Benefits
Enhanced Annual Leave
Cycle to Work Scheme
Shopping Discounts
Employee Wellbeing Initiatives
Death in Service Benefit
Occupational Sick Pay
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