PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORTS)
REPORTS TO: Survivorship & Community Supports Manager
DIRECT REPORTS: None
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: Based in Dublin with opportunities for remote working
HOURS: Full Time (**Apply on the website** hours/week) with some
limited weekend and evening work required
_Note: in light of the COVID-**Apply on the website** pandemic and
restrictions, this role will be full-time home-based while public
health restrictions remain in place_
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ABOUT THE IRISH CANCER SOCIETY:
The Irish Cancer Society is a community of patients, survivors,
volunteers, supporters, health and social care professionals and
researchers. Together, we are working to save lives and improve the
lives of people affected by cancer.
Our vision is that by **Apply on the website**, three out of four
Irish cancer patients will survive their diagnosis everyone affected
by the disease will have access to world-class treatment, care and
support and that, by **Apply on the website**, no one in Ireland will
die from cancer.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
A cancer diagnosis impacts all areas of a person?s life. At the
Irish Cancer Society, we aim to reduce this burden of cancer and
improve the quality of life for everyone affected by cancer.
We are looking for three passionate and dedicated professions to join
the Society who will form part of a new team dedicated to developing
and improving services and supports for the more than **Apply on the
website**,**Apply on the website** people in Ireland who are living
after a cancer diagnosis.
This team will imagine, design, develop and support the delivery of
new programmes as well as deliver and improve upon existing
programmes, exploring novel ways and developing new channels to ensure
that everyone impacted by cancer can access the supports they need.
The role of the Support Programmes Coordinator is to coordinate the
provision of financial and practical support services in areas such
as: personal finances (banking and insurance), benefits and
entitlements, and workplace and career matters OR counselling,
coaching and other psycho-social supports for people impacted by
cancer. These supports and services will be delivered through multiple
channels. These roles will have a direct impact in ensuring people
affected by cancer have the supports they need.
You will work to improve the delivery of existing services, and
support your manager to identify, develop and deliver new support
services to help reduce the burden of cancer and improve the quality
of life of people affected by cancer.
The role also includes the opportunity to work closely with existing
and new external partners to enable the Society to deliver evidence
based high impact services.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
SERVICE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
* Support the Survivorship and Community Supports Manager to design
and develop a range of new support programmes aimed at improving the
non-medical supports offered by the Society to people impacted by
cancer, with a particular focus on practical supports such as
financial (banking & insurance) advice & supports, benefit advice &
supports, workplace related advice & supports OR on supports delivered
in the community.
* Working across the Services Team, ensure that the supports
developed and delivered are integrated into the overall patient
journey for people accessing the Society?s services.
PROGRAMME COORDINATION AND OPERATIONS
* Coordinate and ensure successful delivery of the Society?s
services developed for people impacted by cancer across multiple
channels.
* Develop policies and processes to administer the services within
your portfolio ensuring standardised reporting procedures are adhered
too.
* Draft budgets and supervise approved budget spend. Budgetary and
reporting processes are monitored monthly with Survivorship &
Community Programmes Manager.
EVALUATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
* Ensure the quality assurance of programmes and work for the
continuous improvement of each service.
* Develop effective monitoring and evaluation systems for each
programme, and work to ensure their effective implementation.
* Report on key indicators agreed for each area of work, and
document and report on programme learnings.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
* Build and maintain relationships with existing internal and
external stakeholders OR community cancer support centres and work to
develop new relationships with other relevant agencies to support the
ongoing development of evidence informed programmes to respond to the
specific needs of people impacted by cancer.
* Build effective relationships across the Society and work in
collaboration with Services Team and wider Irish Cancer Society
colleagues to contribute to the successful delivery of the
organisational strategy.
GENERAL
* Assist with special projects as required or self-determined to
enhance the Society?s Services capacity and/or programmatic
objectives.
* Other duties as required by manager. This job description is not
exhaustive; it merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the
changing requirements of the Society at any time after discussion with
the post holder.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
* A degree or professional qualification in social work, community
development, law, health & social care, nursing or related field.
Additional relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of a
formal education qualification.
* A minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in programme
coordination, project management, design and/or implementation of new
services and stakeholder engagement. The Irish Cancer Society measures
experience by the quality of the experience gained, rather than number
of years worked.
* Experience in needs assessment, project planning and project
management, evaluation and report writing
* An understanding of approaches/strategies required to address
social and health inequalities at service design level.
* An understanding of approaches/strategies required to address the
practical impacts of living with or after a cancer diagnosis at a
service design level and relating to cancer and chronic disease
management, and health equity at both regional and national level.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* Excellent interpersonal, and verbal and written communication
skills.
* Strong facilitation and training skills.
* Excellent organisational, administration and co-ordination skills.
* Excellent ICT skills, including MS Office suite, MS Teams and a
good working knowledge of data base management.
* Ability to work effectively with co-workers and collaborate with
health and social care professionals, NCCP, community organisations
and others to maintain and build partnerships, to maximise the impact
of joint resources.
* Proactive and flexible in approach.
DESIRABLE, BUT NOT ESSENTIAL:
* Experience of working in the healthcare or community development
sector.
* Experience of working with different population groups including
disadvantaged groups.
GENERAL:
* The Irish Cancer Society operates a no-smoking policy and the post
holder must not smoke in the office or when on Society business
outside the office.
* The successful candidate must have access to a vehicle and be
willing and able to travel provincially, and be willing to
occasionally work outside of normal working hours.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send
curriculum vitae and cover letter to: Nicola Cosgrove by email:
**Apply on the website**
The closing date for applications is **Apply on the website** August
**Apply on the website**.
_THE IRISH CANCER SOCIETY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. WE KNOW THAT THE MORE INCLUSIVE WE ARE,
THE BETTER OUR WORK WILL BE._
WE DO NOT REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF AGENCIES
TITLE: SUPPORT PROGRAMMES COORDINATOR (PRACTICAL & FINANCIAL OR
PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORTS)
REPORTS TO: Survivorship & Community Supports Manager
DIRECT REPORTS: None
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: Based in Dublin with opportunities for remote working
HOURS: Full Time (**Apply on the website** hours/week) with some
limited weekend and evening work required
_Note: in light of the COVID-**Apply on the website** pandemic and
restrictions, this role will be full-time home-based while public
health restrictions remain in place_
-------------------------
ABOUT THE IRISH CANCER SOCIETY:
The Irish Cancer Society is a community of patients, survivors,
volunteers, supporters, health and social care professionals and
researchers. Together, we are working to save lives and improve the
lives of people affected by cancer.
Our vision is that by **Apply on the website**, three out of four
Irish cancer patients will survive their diagnosis everyone affected
by the disease will have access to world-class treatment, care and
support and that, by **Apply on the website**, no one in Ireland will
die from cancer.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
A cancer diagnosis impacts all areas of a person?s life. At the
Irish Cancer Society, we aim to reduce this burden of cancer and
improve the quality of life for everyone affected by cancer.
We are looking for three passionate and dedicated professions to join
the Society who will form part of a new team dedicated to developing
and improving services and supports for the more than **Apply on the
website**,**Apply on the website** people in Ireland who are living
after a cancer diagnosis.
This team will imagine, design, develop and support the delivery of
new programmes as well as deliver and improve upon existing
programmes, exploring novel ways and developing new channels to ensure
that everyone impacted by cancer can access the supports they need.
The role of the Support Programmes Coordinator is to coordinate the
provision of financial and practical support services in areas such
as: personal finances (banking and insurance), benefits and
entitlements, and workplace and career matters OR counselling,
coaching and other psycho-social supports for people impacted by
cancer. These supports and services will be delivered through multiple
channels. These roles will have a direct impact in ensuring people
affected by cancer have the supports they need.
You will work to improve the delivery of existing services, and
support your manager to identify, develop and deliver new support
services to help reduce the burden of cancer and improve the quality
of life of people affected by cancer.
The role also includes the opportunity to work closely with existing
and new external partners to enable the Society to deliver evidence
based high impact services.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
SERVICE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
* Support the Survivorship and Community Supports Manager to design
and develop a range of new support programmes aimed at improving the
non-medical supports offered by the Society to people impacted by
cancer, with a particular focus on practical supports such as
financial (banking & insurance) advice & supports, benefit advice &
supports, workplace related advice & supports OR on supports delivered
in the community.
* Working across the Services Team, ensure that the supports
developed and delivered are integrated into the overall patient
journey for people accessing the Society?s services.
PROGRAMME COORDINATION AND OPERATIONS
* Coordinate and ensure successful delivery of the Society?s
services developed for people impacted by cancer across multiple
channels.
* Develop policies and processes to administer the services within
your portfolio ensuring standardised reporting procedures are adhered
too.
* Draft budgets and supervise approved budget spend. Budgetary and
reporting processes are monitored monthly with Survivorship &
Community Programmes Manager.
EVALUATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
* Ensure the quality assurance of programmes and work for the
continuous improvement of each service.
* Develop effective monitoring and evaluation systems for each
programme, and work to ensure their effective implementation.
* Report on key indicators agreed for each area of work, and
document and report on programme learnings.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
* Build and maintain relationships with existing internal and
external stakeholders OR community cancer support centres and work to
develop new relationships with other relevant agencies to support the
ongoing development of evidence informed programmes to respond to the
specific needs of people impacted by cancer.
* Build effective relationships across the Society and work in
collaboration with Services Team and wider Irish Cancer Society
colleagues to contribute to the successful delivery of the
organisational strategy.
GENERAL
* Assist with special projects as required or self-determined to
enhance the Society?s Services capacity and/or programmatic
objectives.
* Other duties as required by manager. This job description is not
exhaustive; it merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the
changing requirements of the Society at any time after discussion with
the post holder.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
* A degree or professional qualification in social work, community
development, law, health & social care, nursing or related field.
Additional relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of a
formal education qualification.
* A minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in programme
coordination, project management, design and/or implementation of new
services and stakeholder engagement. The Irish Cancer Society measures
experience by the quality of the experience gained, rather than number
of years worked.
* Experience in needs assessment, project planning and project
management, evaluation and report writing
* An understanding of approaches/strategies required to address
social and health inequalities at service design level.
* An understanding of approaches/strategies required to address the
practical impacts of living with or after a cancer diagnosis at a
service design level and relating to cancer and chronic disease
management, and health equity at both regional and national level.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* Excellent interpersonal, and verbal and written communication
skills.
* Strong facilitation and training skills.
* Excellent organisational, administration and co-ordination skills.
* Excellent ICT skills, including MS Office suite, MS Teams and a
good working knowledge of data base management.
* Ability to work effectively with co-workers and collaborate with
health and social care professionals, NCCP, community organisations
and others to maintain and build partnerships, to maximise the impact
of joint resources.
* Proactive and flexible in approach.
DESIRABLE, BUT NOT ESSENTIAL:
* Experience of working in the healthcare or community development
sector.
* Experience of working with different population groups including
disadvantaged groups.
GENERAL:
* The Irish Cancer Society operates a no-smoking policy and the post
holder must not smoke in the office or when on Society business
outside the office.
* The successful candidate must have access to a vehicle and be
willing and able to travel provincially, and be willing to
occasionally work outside of normal working hours.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send
curriculum vitae and cover letter to: Nicola Cosgrove by email:
**Apply on the website**
The closing date for applications is **Apply on the website** August
**Apply on the website**.
_THE IRISH CANCER SOCIETY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. WE KNOW THAT THE MORE INCLUSIVE WE ARE,
THE BETTER OUR WORK WILL BE._
WE DO NOT REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF AGENCIES
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