New Futures Key Worker – One Family

One Family Programmes Service
The One Family Programmes Service provides adult employability programmes to people parenting alone or sharing parenting. The service aims to develop and provide a range of best practice programmes that empower parents to move into education or work.
One Family’s New Steps programme is a 6 week parenting support and self-development programme. New Steps can be taken as a stand-alone programme and is also designed as an introductory course into our New Futures programme.
The New Futures Employability Programme is a 2o week, innovative, motivational, manualised, specialist bridging programme based on evidence-informed practice for supporting people distant from the labour market.
We commenced delivered of New Steps and New Futures via online delivery from September 2020. From September 2021 we will further enhance and adapt the programme for online delivery to include facilitated Zoom classes, purpose built online learning platform and online wraparound supports & key working. This allows us to reach lone parents nationally.
New Futures Key Worker
This post will provide the right applicant with the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic and exciting project, providing 1:1 support to women detached from the labour market. The project aims to support people parenting alone or sharing parenting through our flagship New Futures Employability programme and assist them in accessing further education, training and employment.

This post has responsibility
for the individual support requirements of One Family clients through a needs assessment and key working system. All learners will attend weekly facilitated group sessions via Zoom and will also engage weekly in self-directed online learning on our course platform. The key worker will assist learners on a 1:1 basis to engage in personal development, career planning and further education and training. All key working and support will take place online via Zoom.

Please see the attached job description for further information.
This is a one year, fixed term (until August 31st 2022), part-time post of 20 hours per week on an annual salary of €29,393 pro rata (€16,796 for 20 hours). Flexibility regarding hours of work is essential in order to meet the needs of our clients.
This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. The role will be based remotely during the ongoing public health restrictions, but the successful candidate must be able to attend One Family’s offices in Smithfield, Dublin 7, when required. A panel may be formed as a result of this recruitment process, from which current and future vacancies may be filled for this or other funded projects within the Programmes service.

A cover letter and CV addressing the role and the required competencies as outlined in the attached job description should be emailed to Valerie Maher, Programmes & Information Manager, One Family at: info@onefamily.ie.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday June 11th 2021. It is anticipated that first round interviews will be held on Tuesday 22nd June with second round interviews taking place on Thursday 24th June.

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