HEAD OF CARER SUPPORTS
(OPEN TO PUBLIC COMPETITION)
Family Carers Ireland (FCI) is _the _national charity supporting over
**Apply on the website**,**Apply on the website** family carers across
the country who dedicate their lives to caring for loved ones such as
children or adults with physical or intellectual disabilities, frail
older people, those with palliative care needs or those living with
chronic illnesses or addiction. We provide a range of services and
supports for family carers through its **Apply on the website**
resource centres nationwide.
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Working as a member of the Executive Management Team, the _HEAD OF
CARER SUPPORTS_ is responsible for the development and delivery of a
comprehensive set of standardised supports and services for family
carers throughout the country. The role of the Carer Supports function
is to enhance the wellbeing of family carers through and beyond their
care journey, by providing high quality, innovative programmes of
appropriate, targeted supports based on identified need risk. Family
Carers Ireland engages with in excess of **Apply on the
website**,**Apply on the website** family carers each year and we seek
to ensure that each time we engage with a family carer we make a
positive difference to the individual concerned. We adopt a public
health approach in targeting service delivery with a strong focus on
asset-based community development as well as individualised supports
for those in most need. We work in partnership with statutory
agencies, condition specific organisations and community-based
agencies to identify carers, signpost, refer and deliver a wide
spectrum of supports to family carers. Our Carer Supports activities
incorporate developmental supports (designed to strengthen resilience
and social supports) and compensatory supports (offsetting negative
effects of caring e.g. poverty, stress, physical or mental
deterioration). Our programmes are underpinned by best available
evidence, relevant to the Irish context, and where none exists we aim
to contribute to it through research, evaluation and dissemination of
our outcomes and learning. We assess the value of these programmes,
including their value-for-money, by results, expressed in terms of
outcomes for family carers.
ROLE CRITERIA: The successful candidate should possess the following
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
* **Apply on the website**+ years of relevant senior management
experience (management and teams);
* Post-graduate qualification in relevant discipline or equivalent
professional experience;
* Empathy with the vision for Carer Supports;
* Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, strong oral and
writing capabilities;
* Ability to synthesise complex issues and communicate compelling
messages;
* Budgeting and financial management experience, including bottom
line responsibility;
* Successful track record of securing development funding from
diverse sources;
* Successful track record of project innovation, negotiation and
completion;
* Personal presence, practical and solution focused, team oriented,
reliable and accountable, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
The following skills are ESSENTIAL:
* Familiarity with public sector (ideally HSE) reporting systems;
* Experience of professional team development and performance
management;
* Experience of manualising complex processes and driving fidelity
to evolving policies and procedures;
* Effective cross-functional engagement;
* Excellent IT Skills ideally MS Office and a dedicated CRM system;
* Full drivers licence with access to own vehicle.
The following are DESIRABLE:
* Understanding of public health/population-based models of service
planning;
* Experience of managing people remotely;
* Familiarity with Helen Sanderson approach to person-centred care
management;
* Familiarity with the Carers Outcome Star;
* Familiarity (and prior engagement) with HSE systems;
* Links to other health networks e.g. GPs, PHNs;
* Research experience (particularly action research).
TERMS & CONDITIONS: PERMANENT, FULL-TIME ROLE (**Apply on the
website** hours per week ? Monday to Friday with flexibility for
evening/weekend support if necessary). The role will initially be
based from home as per Covid-**Apply on the website** guidelines. Once
it is allowable, the successful candidate may be based at one of
Family Carers Ireland locations close to their home location.
Prospective candidates may contact us for a copy of the job
description or details regarding the terms and conditions of the role
if they wish.
APPLICATION PROCESS - Applicants are invited to submit their up-to
date CV and cover letter demonstrating how they meet the above
criteria to **Apply on the website** no later than FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.
_FAMILY CARERS IRELAND IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER_
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Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Health
