1x Full Time Community Youth Worker (UBU)

Rialto Youth Project has always approached youth work from a community development perspective. It has insisted that addressing issues of inequality and exclusion in community and society is relevant and essential in the practice of youth work. Rialto Youth Project supports young people to become creative agents of change in their own lives and empower them through needs based youth work responses.

The mission statement of Rialto Youth Project:

In an age of inequality, where working class communities are oppressed, the Rialto Youth Project is working towards bringing about social change, providing an integrated youth service, based on the needs of young people and in particular those most at risk.

This full-time position is funded under the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth (DCEDIY) - UBU funding scheme through the City of Dublin Youth Services Board.

The ideal candidates will have a real commitment to the ethos and values of the project and fit one of the following two profile requirements:

• An *NSETS recognised professionally endorsed qualification in Youth Work or Youth and Community.
  or
• Have worked with young people for two years full time in a youth work setting and have a relevant professional Degree level qualification within the Education/Social Science/Youth Work or Community Work field.

In addition to the above the candidate will need to demonstrate a strong knowledge and understanding of youth work; have a proven track record of relevant experience and possess a range of practical skills and attributes suited to the needs and challenges of the Rialto Youth Project as it currently operates.

Please send a letter of interest with your CV to dannielle@rialtoyouthproject.net

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Garda Vetting process.

Salary Scale: ETB Youth Workers Salary Scale

Closing Date: 21st January 2025