Home Visitor – Garryowen Community Development Project

Key Relationships:
Parent Child Home Programme Coordinator
Manager Garryown CDP
Garryowen CDP Team
Home Visitor Team

Key Responsibilities:
Deliver the PCHP programme to individual children and their families through twice weekly home visits
Attend a weekly supervision session
Take part in home visitor training, both accredited and non-accredited
Organise and deliver events for the programme families
Support other PCHP activities and Garryowen CDP programmes as required
Prepare and maintain records, reports and/or test data on the programme and participating children
Participate in research activities
Any other duties as assigned by the Parent Child Home Programme Coordinator and Garryowen CDP Manager

Skills and Experience required:
Relevant qualifications in early child care and education
Relevant experience of working with young children and families
Ability to work closely with and respect marginalised families and have an understanding of the issues of marginalisation
Ability to operate as a team player in a cross disciplinary, integrated team, sharing roles and responsibilities
An energetic, confident and pro-active individual with strong interpersonal and communication skills
Good time management, administrative and organisational skills.
Ability to deal effectively with a variety of CDP personnel, community stakeholders and other outside individuals/organisations

Employment conditions:
Salary: €10.00 per hour

Contract: Fixed term part-time – Subject to on-going funding

Annual Leave: 8% of hours worked.

The successful candidate will be subject to Garda vetting and must not hold any convictions under the Sex Offenders Act 2001.

Application Process:
To apply, please e-mail your cover letter and completed application form to: info@garryowencdp.com by 5pm on Friday, the 8th of December.

Equal Opportunities Policy:
Garryowen CDP is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the employment policies, procedures and practices which do not discriminate on grounds such as gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, race, religious belief, sexual orientation or membership of the traveller community

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