JOB TITLE: Youth Officer, Integrated Youth and Family Project Louth Meath
Job Reference: FRGJOB_1008

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. Programmes will range from one to one and group programmes with young people to parenting and whole family support with a view to increased integration of the young person and family into the community. The project operates from a strengths-based perspective.

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 way of Foróige Application form which is available here.

The full job spec and Foróige application form are available to download from our website www.foroige.ie

The deadline for returning completed application forms is Thursday 26th of September at 12pm

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