Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board invites applications
for the following part time post:
SCHOOL COMPLETION PROJECT WORKER (**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**HPW),
REQUIRED FOR NEWBRIDGE SCHOOL COMPLETION PROGRAMME
The Newbridge School Completion Programme, is a project funded under
the School Completion Programme (SCP) which works with children and
young people in 5?primary and 1 post-primary school. We work with
students, the school, the family and the community to encourage
students to reach their full potential, and prevent early school
leaving in the educational system.
The desired?impact?of SCP is the retention of a young person to
completion of the leaving certificate, equivalent qualification or
suitable level of educational attainment which enables them to
transition into further education, training or employment.
JOB DETAILS
* Primary Location:?NEWBRIDGE (SCOIL MHUIRE SENIOR)
* Reporting to:?Gillian Hipwell, SCP Co-ordinator
* Start date:?Sept **Apply on the website**?, End date:?**Apply
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* Job type:?Temporary/Contract/Project
* Hours: **Apply on the website**hpw
* Employment type:?Fixed term Part time
* Career level:?Third level Qualification
* Salary:?School Completion Project Worker Salary Scale, new
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THE POSITION:
The Project Worker will work as part of a team within the Newbridge
SCP, providing support for students in school, after school and during
holiday time and in the out of school setting.
CORE DUTIES:
* Engaging the target group and enabling those young people to
develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours particularly in
the areas of social and emotional literacy, personal effectiveness,
school readiness and educational achievement to enable them to
effectively participate in the school environment.
* Designing, organising, implementing, monitoring and evaluating
education and welfare support programmes with targeted groups of young
people in school, after school, during school holidays and with those
not in full-time education, both in, the ?in school? and ?out of
school?/community setting.
* Advocating on behalf of targeted participants as appropriate.
* Enabling and empowering young people to fully participate in their
own formal education and other learning and development activities
within the school environment.
* Working collaboratively with the other Education and Welfare
Services, Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) and Education and
Welfare Officers, the School Care Team, Principal(s) and other
professionals to identify the young people to be targeted for the
Project and to plan coordinated intervention for those young people
across appropriate services which compliment SCP interventions.
* Operating efficient office procedures and administration systems
e.g. maintaining records of all your work, managing files in relation
to the young people you are working with and ensuring all reporting
requirements are met and on time.
* Planning your own work schedule and setting work targets in
consultation with the SCP Coordinator.
* Reporting regularly to the programme Co-ordinator and the SCP
Management committee as required.
* Keeping up to date with local, regional and national developments
in the education and welfare sector, in relation to both policy and
practice.
* Undertaking any other work relevant to the development of the
programme as may arise.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
* Education to National Diploma or Degree standard
in?youth/community work, education, psychology, social science/social
care or related discipline.
* A minimum of 2 years relevant work experience
* Experience of working with children and young people on a one to
one basis and in groups is essential.
* Experience of facilitating evidence-based programmes for children
and young people is desirable.
* Knowledge of the needs of children and families, with a particular
emphasis on children living in disadvantage, is desirable.
* Access to a car and full driving licence.
* Garda vetting will apply.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to liaise with a
wide range of contacts and build and maintain effective working
relationships.
* Ability to be proactive, use own initiative and work effectively
within a pressurised environment.
* Ability to work on own initiative.
* Strong communicator and team player.
* Positive and flexible approach to team working.
* Good written communications skills, including ability to draft
summary information and correspondence.
* Good computer skills, including Word processing, MS Access, Excel,
Internet and PowerPoint.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE ON KILDARE AND WICKLOW ETB (KWETB)
WEBSITE, CLICK ON RECRUITMENT AND CURRENT VACANCIES, OR USE THE LINK:
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
