Limerick Social Service Council’s Southside Child and Family Centre, in partnership with Our Lady of Lourdes Early Years Service, invites applications for the following position:

Early Years Play Specialist

(Twenty-four month, fixed-term contract)

The Southside Child and Family Centre provides an integrated early years and family support service and additional services such as parenting programmes, creative therapy and counselling. It is a dynamic, child-centred environment that works to provide wrap-around support for children in the service and their families.

Our Lady of Lourdes Early Years Service provides a safe and stimulating environment for children and families through the provision of early childhood education and family support. The Early Years Service applies a strengths based, child centered approach, with a strong focus on prevention and early intervention to the community of Ballinacurra Weston.

We now have an opportunity for a new position of Early Years Play Specialist. The successful candidate will work across the two services and will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with a committed group of professionals to support parents and their children to achieve positive outcomes in the early years.

Please see job descriptions for details of the post. The job description is also available on www.lssc.ie.

To apply: 

Please send an up to date Curriculum Vitae together with cover letter by e-mail to Margaret Mastriani, Child and Family Service Manager, at margaret.mastriani@lssc.ie. 

Informal Inquiries to Liesa Mullins, Early Years Manager, Southside Child and Family Centre at liesa.mullins@lssc.ie or 061-319094. 

Closing date for applications is 5.00 pm on Friday, July 12th. Interviews for this position will be held on Wednesday, July 24th.

LSSC is committed to a Policy of Equal Opportunity