MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH COPE GALWAY?S HOMELESS SERVICES TEAM
COPE GALWAY HOMELESS SERVICES IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING A FULL NEW TEAM
TO PROVIDE VITAL ACCOMMODATION, SUPPORT AND INTERVENTIONS TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE HOMELESS, ROUGH SLEEPING AND AT RISK OF ROUGH SLEEPING
THROUGHOUT THE COLD WEATHER MONTHS.
COPE GALWAY?S COLD WEATHER RESPONSE aims to reduce the risks of harm
associated with rough sleeping in cold weather, including the risk of
death due to hypothermia, through the provision of temporary supported
accommodation. The service also acts as a referral point to housing
and health supports to help to identify solutions to homelessness and
to improve outcomes for and with our clients.
We are seeking a creative, dynamic and diverse team of both
experienced workers who bring a level of knowledge, skills and
experience and people who are at the earlier stages of their career
eager to learn. The following opportunities to be a part of this
essential service, working on the frontline to make a real and lasting
difference, are available:
* COLD WEATHER RESPONSE MANAGER (specific purpose), **Apply on the
website** hours
* TEAM LEADER (specific purpose), **Apply on the website** hours
* PROJECT WORKER (specific purpose), **Apply on the website** hours-
Multiple Posts
* SUPPORT WORKER (specific purpose), **Apply on the website** hours-
Multiple Posts
* NIGHT SUPPORT WORKER (specific purpose), **Apply on the website**
hours- Multiple Posts
_Please see below for details of how to apply and where to direct
enquiries._
HOMELESS SERVICES IS ALSO SEEKING TALENTED, CLIENT CENTRED PEOPLE FOR
THE FOLLOWING POSTS:
PROJECT WORKER, HOMELESS SERVICES
The Project Worker keyworks and provides practical support to families
and/or individuals during their engagement with COPE Galway Homeless
Services with a focus on assisting to source and secure appropriate
accommodation. The successful candidate will be employed within COPE
Galway?s residential and non-residential services on a rotational
basis, including:
* Short Term Accommodation facilities for single homeless people and
for families
* Support to families and single people residing in Private
Emergency Accommodation
* A Day Centre and Outreach service for people at risk of rough
sleeping
* Resettlement, Tenancy Support and Community Based Housing
There are THREE AVAILABLE POSTS with initial assignments being:
* 1 X **Apply on the website** hours (6 months specific purpose) and
1 X **Apply on the website** hours (1 year fixed-term), COPE Galway
Day Centre (Essential Car Users)
* 1 X **Apply on the website** hours (maternity leave cover), COPE
Galway Families Service (Essential Car User)
SUPPORT WORKER, HOMELESS SERVICES
The Support Worker provides practical assistance and support to
families and/or individuals during their stay in COPE Galway
Residential Homeless Services. The successful candidate will be
employed within COPE Galway?s homeless services on a rotational
basis, including:
* Short Term Accommodation facilities for single homeless people and
for families
* A seasonal Cold Weather Response
There is ONE AVAILABLE POST with initial assignments being:
* 1 X **Apply on the website** hours, COPE Galway Family Hub (2 years
fixed-term)
RELIEF SUPPORT WORKER, HOMELESS SERVICES
There are multiple vacancies available. The Relief Support Worker
provides practical assistance and support to families and/or
individuals during their engagement with COPE Galway Residential
Homeless Services. As part of a team, they ensure the smooth and safe
operation of the services to which they are assigned. They are
inducted in and assigned to one or two of our services. A range of
shifts are offered including days, waking nights and sleepovers. Our
services operate on a **Apply on the website**/7 basic **Apply on the
website** days a year. This can serve as an introduction to homeless
services for people who are new to this area of work.
The DEADLINE for receipt of applications is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH,
with all INTERVIEWS being held on SEPTEMBER **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**TH, **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH and **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**TH.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV WITH A COVER LETTER TO **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
INFORMAL ENQUIRIES can be made to Sin?ad Carey: **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**
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OUR VALUES, OUR WORK, OUR PEOPLE
COPE GALWAY is a charity that has been providing social services in
Galway since the **Apply on the website**s. Our homeless services
offer people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness a range of
residential and non-residential supports. Our team works tirelessly to
find individualised creative solutions. Ours is a learning
organisation where we seek to innovate in line with evidence based
best practise. We embrace strengths based approaches, harm reduction,
trauma informed care and rights based service provision.
OUR VISION is a community where every person is valued, cared for, and
supported at every stage of life. We work to achieve this by providing
essential supports for people at challenging times in their lives, and
by advocating for systemic change to remove the root causes of
inequity and disadvantage that constrain the wellbeing and development
of individuals, families and communities.
OUR MISSION is to make a difference by empowering people, creating
change and strengthening communities. We understand, respect and
respond to the needs of our clients who are always at the forefront of
our work.
OUR TEAM is supported by regular support and supervision and access to
our Employee Assistance Programme. Our people receive a wide variety
of on-the-job training, with core training including Trauma Informed
Care, First Aid, MAPA (Management of Actual and Potential Aggression),
Overdose Response and Naloxone Administration and additional trainings
including Values Workshops, Diversity Workshops, Motivational
Interviewing and Harm Reduction Workshops.
BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES include a pension scheme and a supplemental
training fund to which individuals can apply annually to assist them
in their studies and their continuous professional development.
Working on our front-line can act as a springboard for a range of
exciting career opportunities with COPE Galway both within our
homeless services and our wider organisation, including Domestic Abuse
Services, Older People?s Services and other organisational posts.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
