Work for us

We are a charity working towards human rights for all - can you help us achieve this?

As a charity, we put people at the heart of everything we do - more like a family really! We are a passionate and friendly bunch doing a wide variety of jobs across all parts of Northern Ireland. If this sounds right up your street - check out the links below to see if we have a role that suits you!

Equal Opportunities Policy

Current Vacancies

Independent Advocate (Southern Health & Social Care Trust Area) Responsible To: Advocacy Manager Location : Newry Office Salary: £30,572 pa (Band 5) Term : Fixed till March 2025 Hours 35 hours per week Read more

Volunteer for us

Volunteers play an integral part in our work as well as providing you with good experience and the chance to make a difference. Our Job Match team is currently seeking volunteers to support different elements of our work. Read more

Benefits of working for us

We recognise that our successes can only be achieved by the recruitment and retention of highly skilled and motivated staff. Find out what you can expect when you work for us. Read more

Latest

Submission to the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Powers - Call for Evidence- February 2023

Disability Action emphasizes the need to learn from COVID-19 regarding the treatment and support of people with disabilities, including non-discrimination in medical resource allocation, involving disabled individuals in decision-making, providing accessibility, developing guidelines with disabled organizations, and ensuring vaccine centers are accessible. Disability Action also highlights the need for disaggregated disability data for monitoring inclusion in the response and recovery.
Job Match Success Story – 6 years on!

Job Match participant Richard Marrs tells us about his experience.
True Cost Campaign

The Consumer council has launched their 2023 True Cost Campaign
Exploring the need for food banks for disabled people – a call for evidence

The Trussell Trust calls for evidence for an ambitious research project to better understand disabled people’s experiences of the social security system and the drivers behind the overrepresentation of disabled people being referred to food banks. This includes a comparative analysis of disabled people’s experiences of claiming Adult Disability Payments in Scotland, and Personal Independence Payments across the rest of the UK.