Suicide Down To Zero
Community Development Worker
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Company Description
Suicide Down to Zero (SDZ) is a community-rooted suicide prevention charity based in Downpatrick, County Down, working across Belfast, Northern Ireland, and beyond. For over a decade, SDZ has focused on connection, awareness, and early intervention, helping individuals, families, and communities to talk openly about suicide and recognize signs of risk. The organization delivers education, support, and outreach that enable communities to respond compassionately and effectively to distress. SDZ is driven by the belief that suicide is preventable and that coordinated community action can save lives. Its vision is a world safe from suicide, where the only acceptable number is zero.
Role Description
The Community Development Worker is a full-time, on-site role based in Belfast. This role involves building and maintaining strong relationships with local communities, partner organizations, and stakeholders to support suicide prevention and mental health awareness. The Community Development Worker will coordinate and deliver community outreach activities, information sessions, and workshops, and will support individuals and groups to access appropriate services.
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- Daily tasks include providing community support, contributing to case management processes, recording activities and outcomes, and collaborating with colleagues to develop local initiatives.
- The role also involves gathering feedback from community members, promoting SDZ programs, and helping to shape evidence-informed strategies that strengthen community resilience.
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Qualifications
- Strong Interpersonal Skills and Community Support experience, with the ability to build trust and work inclusively with diverse groups.
- Excellent Communication skills, including active listening, clear verbal communication, and accurate written reporting.
- Experience with Case Management, including assessment, referral, and follow-up in a community or social care setting.
- Understanding of Community Health, mental health, and suicide prevention principles, and ability to apply them in practical community work.
- Relevant qualification in social work, community development, psychology, public health, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams and with external partners.
- Organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple activities and maintain accurate records.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and ethical practice when working with vulnerable individuals and groups.
- Comfort with on-site work in Belfast and flexibility to engage in occasional evening or weekend community activities.
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