Involve: Mental Health Youth Worker
Job Title: Mental Health Youth Worker
Reporting to: Operational Manager and CEO
Location: This position is based at the Involve office, Monksland Business Park, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.
Hours: 30hrs per Week
Salary: €31,200
Purpose:
To support and deliver a high quality, professional youth mental health programme to young Travellers aged 15 to 20 years nationally. To promote and assist the voluntary participation of young Travellers through delivery of a range of innovative mental programmes and activities through the No Shame mental health youth project.
Main Duties
- Work directly and collaboratively with all local youth work organisations and providers of youth programmes, especially those who engage with young people form the Traveller community.
- Recruit and train volunteers to support the activities of your Project
- Manage all aspects of the project on a national level
- Project Development: planning, managing, reporting and executing against a set of defined project outcomes set out in the No Shame strategic plan.
- Community Support: Supporting a regional network of youth organisations, youth workers and volunteers to deliver the No Shame Programme with young people from the Traveller community
Requirements
- Youth, Community, Educational Qualifications level 6 or higher required.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to work across a range of work tasks, managing to deadlines and prioritising workload.
- Excellent attention to detail & evidence of well-developed written skills
- Commitment to team-work and supporting others to action organisational objectives.
- Proactive and self-motivated individual with excellent administrative skills.
- Possess an ability to work on their own initiative
- Full driving licence & access to vehicle essential.
- An understanding of the issues impacting members of the Traveller Community
This is a two year contract, subject to continued funding. These are the key duties and responsibilities for the post and they are subject to regular review. To apply please forward a Cover Letter and CV to hr@involve.ie
Closing date for applications Friday 5th July