Job Details: The Bessborough Centre: Vacancies x 4


Irish Future
Talbot Street
Dublin 1
irishfuture.ie
The Bessborough Centre: Vacancies x 4


POSTS AVAILABLE:

* 1 X FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER (PARENT AND INFANT UNIT)
* 1 X FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER, FIXED TERM, 6-MONTH MATERNITY
COVER
* 2 X RELIEF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WORKER (VARIABLE HOURS)

HOURS FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER: **Apply on the website**
hours per week (Hours consist of both 7am-3.**Apply on the website**pm
and 3pm-**Apply on the website**.**Apply on the website**pm on rolling
roster to include alternate weekends) and flexibility to undertake
additional hours when reasonably required.

REPORTING TO: Manager of Parent and Infant Unit

DUTIES OF ROLE

* Undertake individual key-working sessions with residential parents
and infants to facilitate personal and parenting development using a
relational model of working according to our service delivery model.
* Assume responsibility for progression of family?s placement in
line with service delivery framework.
* Support, understand, and record parents? ability to meet the
emotional, physical and basic care needs of their children whilst
working according to psychologically-informed care plans
* Work in partnership with our multidisciplinary team in the
development and progression of individualised care plan for key
clients
* Impart formal and informal feedback aimed to help parents adjust
to parenthood and develop their parenting skills and emotional
connection with their child(ren)
* Undertake assigned parenting development intervention to include
group play, baby sensory work, parenting demonstration,
psychoeducation on developmental awareness/attachment/mentalizing
capacity
* Take responsibility for assigned areas of operational procedures
(e.g. fire safety, healthy and safety, stock and inventory, hygiene,
aftercare etc)
* Work in partnership with the wider team in the context of
understanding resident parents and infants supporting positive
parenting at all times.
* Contribute to comprehensive MDT assessment reports within
specified timeframes
* To provide childcare for children whilst their parents/carers
attend groups and individual sessions
* Contribute toward trauma informed working environment for both
clients and colleagues
* Demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm to developing skillset in
niche area of service provision within Irish context though ongoing
professional development and reflective supervision
* Actively participate in team meetings.

PERSON REQUIREMENT:

* The successful candidates will be compassionate, empathetic
individuals with an appreciation of self-care and team-working. A
qualification in social care, social science, childcare, nursing,
psychotherapy or equivalent is required as is a clean full driving
licence.

PLEASE SUBMIT A CV AND COVER LETTER BY POST TO: HR DEPARTMENT, THE
BESSBOROUGH CENTRE, BLACKROCK OR EMAIL **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** BY 5PM
MONDAY, **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH APRIL, **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.

Salary for Family Development Practitioner: in the region of
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inclusive of premia payments
Salary for Family Development Worker (Relief): ?**Apply on the
website**.**Apply on the website** per hour plus premia payments


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Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Health

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