Project Worker Youth Service 2 UBU (Roscommon LEADER Partnership)

RLP is an independent, non-profit, registered charity and is supported by a combination of statutory, philanthropic and corporate funding.

The aim is to promote social and economic inclusion through community-based run initiatives, to reduce poverty and promote equality. Roscommon LEADER Partnership specializes in the fields of social inclusion, local development, training and education, associated research at the European level and the delivery of employment-related schemes and initiatives targeting disadvantaged youth and the unemployed.

RLP aims to ensure that disadvantaged young people are supported in non-formal education through the provision of youth spaces, employment and training supports, well-being and personal development initiatives in partnership with key stakeholders, also through the offering of summer Initiatives, arts, sports, and specific initiatives to meet the needs of subsets of disadvantaged youth such as young careers and Travelers.

Job Description for Project Worker Youth Service 2 UBU

Company:	Roscommon LEADER Partnership
Job Type:	Part-time (12 hours/week)
Job Location:	Monksland, Ballyforan, Strokestown and Elphin
Min. Experience:	1-2 years
Min. Education:	N/A
Salary:	Unspecified
Gender:	Any
Closing Date:	May 8, 2024

ROLE INFORMATION

UBU Your Place Your Space is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (D.C.E.D.I.Y.) through the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (G.R.E.T.B.). RLP operate a social inclusion flexible, mobile service focused on geographical areas including Monksland, Strokestown, Elphin and Ballyforan as also Young Traveler, NEETs, and Young People with Disabilities, and other areas within the geographical area of Youth Service 2 as identified by GRETB.

In delivering the UBU Your Place Your Space Service 2 the Project Worker will seek to address the needs of Young People aged between 10 and 24 specifically:

• Young Travellers
• Young People with Disabilities
• NEETs
• Outreach and flexible service for young people based in areas including Monksland, Strokestown, Elphin & Ballyforan
• One-to-one support to individual young people

Further details on these groups and timetables are provided in the work plan for the service.

The Project Worker will have a capacity for youth service delivery in outcomes-focused settings and will be responsible for all day-to-day operational functions of the project.

The Project Worker will be responsible for all day-to-day operational functions of the project. They will adhere to all administrative requirements as set down by the GRETB. Overall management of the project and associated duties will be overseen by SICAP Co-ordinator reporting directly to Martina Earley, CEO.

In delivering this UBU Service the Project Worker will work closely with agencies such as Tusla, Foroige, Drugs Task Force, CAMHS, Jigsaw, Roscommon County Council, local development organisations, An Garda Síochána, Planet Youth Initiative, HSE, Youthreach, FRCs, schools and relevant Traveller specific organisations to ensure young people have access to a service which is tailored to their needs.

As part of delivering the UBU Service, the project workers will provide service-appropriate holiday time programmes. Programmes will take place in the out-of-school setting in a youth project environment and a community outreach capacity, with elements of detached work. Occasional programmes will be run in local schools where appropriate – transition programmes, and information sessions, allowing young people to be introduced to staff in the project.

Submit Your Job Applications:

Applications should be made by way of submitting a Cover Letter and CV stating clearly which role you are applying for

Closing date:

The deadline for submitting completed applications is 1 pm Wednesday 8th May 2024

Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Interviews:

Interviews will take place the week commencing the 13th of May 2024

(subject to change).

RLP is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of Equality of Opportunity in its employment practices.