FRGJOB_1383

Location: Kilkenny & Carlow

Closing date: 27th November at 12pm

The successful candidate will be employed by Foróige as a Youth Officer. The Kilkenny Carlow Integrated Youth and Family Project provided by Foróige, in partnership  with Tusla. The service offers structured support to identified at-risk young people and  families in counties Kilkenny and Carlow.

The projects implements a model of working with vulnerable young people and families and  provides specialist intervention and support services in partnership with others for:

1. Identified young people, who are at risk of reception into care.

2. Young people who are in foster care and approaching disengagement.

3. Young people returning to their family of origin after a period of time in care.

4. Young people with identified additional needs or levels of risk.

5. Parents and siblings of those engaged.

This service aims to meet a clearly identified need to respond in a comprehensive, holistic way  to the needs of vulnerable young people and their families. Interventions delivered  are experiential, developmental, resilience building programmes designed to promote positive  coping capacities and self-care in the face of stressful and difficult circumstances. Programmes  range from one to one and group programmes with young people to parenting and whole  family supports with a view to increased integration of the young person and family into the  community. Referrals to the service are made by Tusla.