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Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive, even during challenging times? Join Extern’s Short Stay Break Service as a Key Worker, where you’ll play a vital role in helping young people (aged 8–17) reset, reconnect, and build brighter futures.

In this rewarding role, you’ll create a safe, supportive, and engaging environment where young people can take a positive break from difficult situations. Through fun, meaningful activities - social, educational, cultural, and recreational - you’ll help them explore healthy choices, build confidence, and develop greater independence.

Working as part of a dedicated team, you’ll support young people during short stays of up to four days, giving families space to navigate challenges while helping prevent crises from escalating. Your work will support young people to return home with renewed confidence, stronger coping skills, and a more positive outlook.

If you’re ready to support young people through challenging moments and help them build brighter futures, we’d love you on our team.

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We are looking for dedicated Project Workers to support individuals with disabilities and autism in navigating their communities. In partnership with the HSE, you will provide person-centred support to help people identify their strengths, access specialist local services, and lead independent, fulfilling lives.

Help us turn potential into progress.

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Join Extern’s multi-disciplinary team and support our community’s most vulnerable members. We have flexible Relief Work roles available across our homelessness, addiction, and refugee services. We’re hiring now in Belfast, Mid Ulster, and the South-Eastern area.

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Our Multi-Disciplinary Homeless Support Team offers a rewarding environment where innovative practice and professional development aren't just encouraged - they’re essential.

We don’t wait for people to come to us. Through assertive outreach, we reach the "seldom heard"—those who often fall through the cracks of traditional services. Our approach is simple: high tolerance and low barriers. By leading with harm reduction and empathy, we build trust with people who have often been let down by the system.

If you’re a Social Worker who values innovation and wants to drive real change in the Belfast community, we’d love to have you with us.

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At the heart of the Janus Project, our goal is simple but vital: keeping families together. Since the best place for a young person is usually at home, we step in to provide the stability and support needed to prevent them from entering the care system—or to help them transition back home safely.

As a Janus Keyworker, you are the steady hand during a family’s toughest moments. You’ll work directly with young people and their families to break down barriers and build a better quality of life. Whether it’s offering emotional support, navigating a crisis, or helping a young person find their path into training and employment, you are there to make progress possible.

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Extern delivers the Southside Youth Initiative, a Youth Diversion Project (YDP) in Southside Limerick City supporting young people at risk of, or involved in, anti-social or offending behaviour.

We provide early, community-based intervention to help young people build confidence, develop life skills, and make positive choices that improve their long-term education, employment, and life chances.

Our Family Support Workers play a key role in strengthening outcomes by working directly with parents and caregivers. Through tailored, one-to-one support, they help build parenting skills, increase resilience, and improve family and community connections.

Working as part of a multi-agency team, Extern delivers flexible, creative interventions that respond to real needs and make a lasting difference.