JOB TITLE: Youth Officers x 2, Integrated Youth & Family Project
Job Reference: FRGJOB_960

Foróige is the National Youth Development Organisation, which promotes and fosters youth development through the operation of various youth services in urban and rural areas throughout the country. Foróige is currently recruiting for the following position:

YOUTH OFFICER

Project Summary

The project aims to meet a clearly identified need to respond in a comprehensive, holistic way to the needs of vulnerable young people and their families. Interventions that will be delivered are experiential, creative, developmental, resilience building programmes designed to promote positive coping capacities and self-care in the face of stressful and difficult circumstances.

The successful applicant will have the following essential requirements:

• Education to Degree standard in a relevant discipline.
• Up to two years of relevant experience of working with young people experiencing adversity and in planning interventions in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for the young person and their family.
• Ability to work in an efficient manner.
• Car owner with full driving licence to be used for work each day.
• A good knowledge and understanding of Tusla’s National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, Tusla's National Service Delivery Framework including Tusla’s National Practice Model for Children and Young people

Please view the Job spec for full list of requirements.

Applications for the above vacancy should be made by completing the online application form.

The deadline for returning completed application forms is Thursday 1st August at 12:00pm.

Foróige is committed to a policy of Equality of Opportunity in its employment practices.