Project Worker, Family Support – Edenderry

at  Barnardos

WHAT EXPERIENCE DO I NEED?

• Minimum 2 years’ post-qualification experience working with vulnerable children and families specifically within a child welfare context.
• Experience of planning, implementing and reviewing programmes with children and/or families.
• Ability to work under pressure, make decisions in consultation with the line manager when appropriate.
• To be committed to adhering to best practice in the work and be innovative and open to change.
• Ability to form objective relationships with children, young people, families/carers, colleagues and other agencies.

DO I NEED A QUALIFICATION?

Yes, to be considered for this role you will hold a recognised third level practice qualification (minimum Level 7 on the QQI) in one of the following:

• Social Care / Education / Social Work / Youth Work / Early Childhood Care /Education Or related discipline (Nursing, Psychology, Early Years’ Education).

WHAT’S THE ROLE/SERVICE?

We are looking for an experienced project worker to join our Family support services team in Edenderry, Co. Offaly.
This service provides a range of supports for families, including individual and group therapeutic play for children, parenting support focusing on strengthening core parenting skills, and structured parent-child sessions to enhance the parent-child relationship. These services are available Monday to Friday.

In this role, you will develop and implement programmes that respond to the needs of children and families referred to the service. You will be responsible for the following:

• Assessing the needs of the children and the families engaging with our services
• Planning, implementing and reviewing programmes for children/young people/carers/families based on an assessment of their individual and group needs
• Working with children/young people/carers/families in a variety of ways, including group work, individual work and family work, centre based and outreach work.
• Liaising effectively with families and other statutory, community and voluntary bodies and to attend and contribute to reviews and case conferences as required.
• Gathering information statistics and prepare reports as required, including administration of databases as appropriate to the role.
• Identifying and documenting any unmet needs of children/young people/carers/families within the servic

Yes, to be considered for this role you will hold a recognised third level practice qualification (minimum Level 7 on the QQI) in one of the following:

• Social Care / Education / Social Work / Youth Work / Early Childhood Care /Education Or related discipline (Nursing, Psychology, Early Years’ Education)