New Futures Support Worker

One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting and separating is recruiting for two New Futures Support Workers. One Family provides adult education and training to people parenting alone and we aim to develop and provide a range of best practice programmes that empower participants to move into education or work. You can find out more about our work here.

New Futures Support Worker

The New Futures support worker empowers the learner to engage. The relationship that develops between learner and support worker is characterised by mutual acceptance, respect, trust, commitment, openness and shared responsibility. Through a needs led, flexible, individualised approach the support worker will collaborate with learners to pull together all elements of the programme and support the development of goals.

This post will provide the right applicants with the opportunity to work as part of dynamic and exciting projects, providing 1:1 support to women detached from the labour market. The projects aim to support people parenting alone through our programmes and assist them in accessing further education, training and employment.

Key Tasks and Person Specification is in the attached Job Description

There are two vacancies available as follows:

Post 1: This is a fixed term (until July 31st 2026) post of 30 hours per week on an annual salary of €37,722 pro rata (€32,333 for 30 hours).To accommodate parent availability the successful applicant would ideally be available 5 days per week 9-4pm including breaks.

Post 2: This is a fixed term (until May 31st 2026) post of 20 hours per week on an annual salary of €37,722 pro rata (€21,555 for 20 hours).To accommodate parent availability the successful applicant would ideally be available 4-5 days per week 9-1.30/2.30pm including breaks.

Posts are subject to a 6-month probationary period. These are hybrid positions with a requirement to attend One Family’s offices in Smithfield, Dublin 7, as required, particularly during in person programme delivery. A panel may be formed as a result of this recruitment process, from which current and future vacancies may be filled.

A cover letter and CV addressing the role and the required competencies as outlined above should be emailed to Valerie Maher, Programmes & Information Manager, One Family at: info@onefamily.ie Please put the relevant job title in the email subject line. If you have a preference for one of the roles above, please indicate that in your cover letter.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on 16 September 2024. It is anticipated that first and second round interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.

One Family is an equal opportunities employer