Ireland’s leading children’s charity is recruiting:

Project Worker, Family Support - Edenderry

Location: Edenderry Family Support Project, Co. Offaly

Contract: Full-Time (37 hours) and Fixed Term Contract for 2 years

Salary: €34,212 - €52,882 Depending on experience

Are you a purpose driven individual who is passionate about making a difference and helping some of society’s most vulnerable children? At Barnardos, we pride ourselves on delivering impactful services that make a difference to the lives of children and families across Ireland.

We believe that childhood lasts a lifetime. As trauma informed specialists our core purpose is to provide the necessary support for children to overcome childhood adversity, embedding a trauma informed ethos and practice into every service we provide.

Why work at Barnardos?

As a Project Worker, we appreciate the value of your time when providing essential services, that’s why we have the necessary support structures and network in place that will allow you to make a real impact on the lives of children across Ireland. We also offer the following:

• Barnardos offers a competitive salary – recognising the experience you bring to the role
• Generous annual leave entitlements plus discretionary Company days
• Employee pension scheme with employer contribution/ Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Access to regular trauma informed support, supervision, training and many other professional development opportunities
• Tax saver and bike to work schemes in operation
• Access to the Employee Assistance/Wellbeing programme for employees and their immediate family members

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.

What will my day to day look like?

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 service

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).

Additional information:

A Full driving licence and access to the use of a suitably insured vehicle essential.

The post-holder is initially assigned to work in the Edenderry family support project but may be required in the future to work in other locations in the Midlands in line with Organisational needs.

For full job description and to apply please visit Current Job Vacancies – Barnardos

Closing date: 12pm Tuesday 6th November 2024
Interview date: To be Confirmed

Shortlisting will apply (please note, CVs are not accepted on their own, candidates must complete and submit our application form through Barnardos website).

Barnardos is an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.