We are inviting applications from suitably qualified individuals for the post of:

Operations Manager – Solace Cafe -Crisis Resolution Services

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term. 35 hours per week

(Salary is inclusive of evening and weekend work up to 11pm on a Rota Basis)

Role Purpose/Summary:

Solace Café will provide an out-of-hours friendly and supportive community crisis prevention and crisis response service often in the evenings and at weekends in a café style/non-clinical safe environment through social, peer support, crisis intervention and recovery-based supports and services. The café service will support individuals and their family members/carers to deal with an immediate crisis and to plan safely drawing on their strengths, resilience, and coping mechanisms to manage their mental health and wellbeing. Attendees can access coping strategies, one to one peer support, psychosocial and recovery supports provided by paid core staff, assisted by a team of appropriately trained volunteers, working on a pro-rata basis. Those who attend will be signposted to relevant mental health and well-being services and community supports as required.

Candidates are required to have attained:

• A minimum of level 8 qualification in a relevant discipline- Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Social Care, Occupational Therapy.
• A minimum of two years supervisory/and or management experience in a community, healthcare or related field.

Short listing will apply.

Satisfactory references and police vetting will be required.

For further information contact roisin@sligosocialservices.ie or phone 0858051310 To apply for the position, please submit CV and letter of application to: recruitment@sligosocialservices.ie

Closing date for receipt of applications: May 17th 2024 at 4pm

Sligo Social Services is an Equal Opportunities Employer