HOME VISITING PARENT CARER FACILITATOR ROLES X2 (FULL-TIME)
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Home Visiting Parent Carer Facilitator
The purpose of the Home Visiting Parent Carer Facilitator is to work
with parents in Tallaght to support and empower them in their role by
conducting regular home visits.
EMPLOYER & PROGRAMME OF WORK:
Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght, Dublin **Apply on the
website**
We are dedicated to improving the lives of children, families, and
communities in Tallaght and Ireland. We believe that every child in
Ireland deserves to thrive, be healthy, happy and free from poverty.
We are committed to making this happen.
We collaborate, work in and with communities, and develop services and
programmes once a need has been identified using research, and we use
this data to inform all of our work.
CDI’s overall objective is that every child in Ireland is thriving,
healthy, happy, and free from poverty. CDI works in partnership,
taking a strengths-based, family- and child-centred approach; using
evidence, innovation, and prevention and early intervention approaches
to underpin our work. In addition to the direct work to improve
outcomes for children and families, CDI supports parents to enhance
their confidence and skills to enable children to achieve their
milestones and delivers a range of capacity building measures for
professionals.
POWERFUL PARENTING & PREPARING FOR LIFE
CDI’s Powerful Parenting programme supports parents of children from
pregnancy up to age 5 in the Tallaght area, across Early Childhood
Education and Care (ECEC) services, International Protection
Accommodation Services (IPAS) and the community. Our Parent Carer
Facilitator (PCF) team are based across these services, and are
specifically placed to support parents through parenting education
courses, parent toddler groups, one to ones and home visits.
Preparing for Life Home Visiting is an evidenced-based intervention,
working with families from pregnancy through childhood to help
children achieve their full potential. The programme involves home
visits with families on a monthly basis, promoting positive child
development. The Home Visiting Parent Carer Facilitators will
implement the Preparing for Life Home Visiting Programme in Tallaght,
maintaining fidelity to the manualised curriculum.
ROLE BASE:
* The base for this role will be in Tallaght, Dublin **Apply on the
website**
* This Is a client facing role.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Home Visiting Parent Carer Facilitator Responsibilities
* Conduct a programme of home visiting with parents from pregnancy
onwards, implementing the Preparing for Life model where appropriate
* Deliver Preparing for Life from pregnancy to school age, ensuring
fidelity to its design and upholding established quality standards
* Actively engage with parents, to build their parental capacity
through provision of home visits and one to one, non-judgemental,
confidential support
* Work collaboratively with parents to identify their specific needs
and make referrals as appropriate
* Support parents/children to access appointments with specialist
services as appropriate and accompany parents/children at these
appointments where necessary
* Engage with parents using a strengths-based approach, encouraging
proactive parenting
* Implement and support parents’ participation in a range of
parental engagement initiatives including workshops, coffee mornings,
parent and toddler groups, family events and parent support
programmes
* Deliver evidence-based and evidence-informed parent programmes to
parents in community settings e.g., Infant massage
* Participate in team meetings, learning and development meetings,
Communities of Practice, ongoing training and supervision and
proactively identify training relevant to the role, share learning
from any training or events attended on behalf of CDI
* Support the monitoring and evaluation of the Parent Carer
Facilitator role, Preparing for Life model, and associated
activities
* Actively engage in data collection and documentation to support
case planning with families
* Ensure accurate and confidential case notes are maintained
* Any other duties that may be requested from time to time in
agreement with CDI.
PLEASE SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION & APPLICATION FORM ATTACHED BELOW.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Application Form and CV to be submitted by e-mail to **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**
Closing date for applications is MONDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH
JANUARY AT 5PM.
Interviews will take place in CDI on Wednesday 5 th February. A panel
may be formed from successful candidates to fill future roles.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
