Carlow County Council: Integration Support Worker
THE ROLE OF THE INTEGRATION SUPPORT WORKER
The primary role of the Local Authority Integration Team (LAIT) is to provide ongoing integration supports to IP applicants, Programme Refugees and BOTP to enable them to live independently in the community.
This will involve linking these cohorts with local service providers appropriate to their needs. The LAITs will also act as the direct point of contact, providing information, guidance and advice, answering queries as they arise and ensuring that they are in receipt of applicable benefits and entitlements. The ISC will support the Integration Support Worker, in the delivery of services including support in accessing employment and developing English language proficiency, childcare, healthcare services and linkages to sporting and other local / community activities.
The LAITs will engage with the Irish Refugee Protection Programme during the period of resettlement. Grant agreements, put in place to support this process through integration projects, will set out the relationship including a referral process to provide integration supports to programme refugees.
The LAITs are not intended to replace mainstream service provision but to support IP applicants, Programme Refugees and BOTP in accessing mainstream services.