FRGJOB_1501

Location: Galway City

Closing date: 22nd October at 12pm

The aim of the Youth & Family Support Service is to support children, young people and their families who are experiencing difficulties at home or within the community.

The Youth & Family Support Worker will work as part of the wider Galway Youth and Family Support Services Team. The target group for this service is primarily young people aged 10-18 and their families from across the Galway City and North County Galway area (excluding Connemara, Tuam ad Ballinasloe).

The role arose out of a clearly identified need to respond in a comprehensive, holistic way to the needs of particular young people and their families who are experiencing adversities, in particular those at level 2 and 3 of the Hardiker model. The role is centered around an experiential, resilience building programme designed to promote positive coping capacities and the maintenance of a sense of self in the face of stressful and difficult circumstances.