Roscrea Youth Service

Family Support Worker

NTDC invites applications for a Family Support Worker for the Roscrea Youth Service

The successful candidate must meet the criteria of the job specification including:

• Candidates for this post must hold a certification for a relevant qualification at a minimum of QQI level 8 or an equivalent nationally recognised qualification or a higher award in the areas of family support, social care, education, health promotion. (Note, candidates with exceptional practice experience may also be considered in lieu of degree qualification)
• 3 years previous paid employment in Family Support, Community Development, Youth Work or Social Inclusion capacity.
• Relevant experience of working with vulnerable children and families in a community setting.
• Experience in carrying out needs assessments, planning and implementing project development and carrying out evaluations with young people and families, in a community setting.
• Relevant experience of working in multidisciplinary and multi-agency environments, leading a Meitheal case &/or being part of child protection case management.
• Access to own car and full driver’s license

Terms of Employment

Full-time position - working 35 hours per week. The role is initially a fixed term contract for 12 months.

The salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience based on a salary scale of €35,058 -€53,852, fulltime 35-hour week. Short-listing of candidates may apply.

A panel may be formed from which future positions may be filled. Garda/police vetting will apply to this post. Informal enquiries to ebarnett@ntdc.ie

Closing date and time: 30th May 2025 at 12pm

For an application form and job description (attached below) please visit our website: https://www.ntdc.ie/current-vacancies/