Ossory Youth is voluntary non-profit youth work organisation working
with and for young people in Kilkenny and South County Laois.
YOUTH WORKER
Ossory Youth is currently seeking to employ a full-time youth worker
as part of the UBU Scheme to engage with young people with additional
needs from a variety of backgrounds in innovative and needs based
interventions in rural locations throughout County Kilkenny.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL:
* Have 3rd level qualification in Youth/Social/Community Work or
related discipline and experience of working with young people at
risk.
* Have a track record of targeting and engaging young people on the
basis of need, relating to some or all of the following: mental
health; equity; risk; ethnicity; disability; homelessness and/or
deprivation.
* Be friendly, patient, confident, enthusiastic, self-motivated and
self-starting with a genuine interest in working with young people.
* Be flexible and enthusiastic in working evenings and weekends and
allotting the bulk of the time to direct youth work.
* Be reliable and responsible.
Apply in writing or by email with CV including the names and contact
numbers of two referees to the following address:
Mary Mescal, Ossory Youth, Desart Hall, Lower New Street, Kilkenny
Telephone: (**Apply on the website**) **Apply on the website** /
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Email: **Apply on the website**
CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IS TUESDAY **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**TH AUGUST AT 5PM.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
