Care & Support Assistant – Bank/Flexi (Glenowen Court HWC – Belfast) Closing Date: Monday, 29 D[...]

NIFHA Corporate Partnership; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a Care & Support Assistant for their Belfast location. This flexible role offers competitive pay ranging from £12.61 to £12.93 per hour depending on the shift. You will deliver essential care services, promoting the welfare of residents while safeguarding their well-being. Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency, basic numeracy, and work well in teams. Comprehensive training and great employee benefits are provided.

Benefits

On-job training

Contributory pension scheme

Health cash plan

Free employee health checks

Cycle to Work scheme

Free uniforms

Subsidised meals

Qualifications

• Must provide evidence of communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated basic numeracy through qualifications or work experience.
• Prior team collaboration experience required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care and support services to residents.
• Promote well-being and safeguard residents from harm.

Skills

Ability to read, write and communicate in English

Basic numeracy skills

Experience of working as part of a team

Willingness to undertake training

Willingness to register with NISCC

Job description

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Care & Support Assistant – Bank/Flexi (Glenowen Court HWC – Belfast) Radius Housing

• Closing Date: 29 December 2025
• Location: Belfast
• Salary: £12.61 per hour (Days) to £12.93 per hour (Nights)
• Contract: Bank
• Hours: As and when required
• Job Ref: FHA04377

The Care & Support Assistant will deliver care and support services which promote the welfare and wellbeing of residents and safeguard them from harm.

Hours:As and when required

Reference:FHA04377

Salary:£12.61 per hour (Days) to £12.93 per hour (Nights)

Care & Support Assistants on our flexi registers will be offered work on an ‘as and when required basis’ for each of our schemes. Both full time, part time and variable work patterns are currently available. The availability of applicants will be discussed at interview.

The Association

Radius Housing provides quality and affordable social housing in over 80 towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland. We provide a range of services from sheltered housing for the over 55’s and general needs housing for families and single people, as well as specialist care and support facilities for the frail, elderly, people with dementia and learning disabilities and other complex needs.

Our aim is to be an employer of choice and to recruit employees who will embrace our vision and values and fulfil our performance standards within their role.

To be shortlisted candidates need to provide evidence of the following as a minimum:

• Ability to read, write and communicate in English, as evidenced by a relevant qualification, or experience of demonstrating literacy in English in an education or work environment.
• Basic numeracy skills, as evidenced by relevant qualification or use of numeracy in an education or work environment.
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Willingness to undertake training for the role.
• Willingness to register with NISCC (Northern Ireland Social Care Council) as a requirement of the role.

In return we offer a range of benefits to employees including great on-job training, a contributory pension scheme, a health cash plan which can provide help with dental, optician and medical costs (including cover for dependent children in full time education up to 18 years of age), free employee health checks and a Cycle to Work scheme.

Care and Support staff also benefit from free uniforms, and subsidised meals.

For further information on employee benefits go to the employee benefits section of our website.

Closing date for applications is 29th December 2025 unless otherwise stated.

Radius reserves the right to enhance criteria to facilitate shortlisting.

Association wide waiting lists may be compiled for future same/similar vacancies which may arise.

Radius is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Radius is not a sponsoring organisation, and unfortunately sponsorship is not available.

• Radius Housing, 3-7 Redburn Square, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9HZ