PARENTING AND AFTERCARE COORDINATOR (CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES)
LOCATION: The Bessborough Centre, Blackrock, Cork
REPORTING TO: Child and Family Services Manager
JOB TYPE: Full Time
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BENEFITS: Pension contribution scheme, six months' paid maternity
leave or two weeks? paid paternity leave after eighteen months
continuous employment, CPD opportunities
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
* Coordinating and providing a bespoke parenting programme for all
families residing on the Parent and Infant unit.
* Promote and commit to ongoing development of the Bessborough
Centre?s trauma informed model and ethos
* Coordinating and providing an aftercare plan for all families
transitioning from residential setting to the community
* Working directly with children in need and their families in a
residential and community setting in order to assess and develop the
potential of parents and children to remain safely together and
prevent children coming into care.
* Supporting the reunification of children with their family in a
residential and community setting.
* Assessing and promoting the parenting skills of parents and
children?s development and identifying areas of concern which need
to be addressed.
* Implementing both an intensive service to families in crisis and
planned interventions as part of agreed plans for children and their
carers.
* Delivering compassionate and flexible service in line with
Bessborough Centre mission and ethos that meets the needs of families
in crisis.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES OF PARENTING AND AFTERCARE COORDINATOR:
* Work in a variety of settings and within the Bessborough Centre
planning and participating in programmes of work with parents/carers
and children, both individually and in-groups.
* Working in a multidisciplinary manner, assess and promote
parenting skills and parent?s capacity to change.
* Assist in the assessment and promotion of children?s
development.
* Ensure service users are as fully involved as possible in
decisions which affect them individually.
* Promote an atmosphere in which parents/carers are encouraged to
take responsibility for meeting needs of their children.
* Work closely with the Family Development practitioner and Clinical
team as part of agreed plans for children.
* Liaise, where appropriate, with colleagues within Tusla and HSE
and other professionals in external agencies.
* Deliver a needs based service and encourage the innovative use of
services and resources in direct work with families.
* Conduct family and parenting assessments and ensure detailed and
accurate record-keeping is maintained.
* Provide court and professional reports on the assessment of
families and the parents? capacity to change.
* Contribute to decision making meetings with the Family Development
practitioner and Clinical team, on a Parents? Capacity, in line with
professional judgment
* Attend and participate, as required, in Case Conferences, Court
hearings, team planning and review meetings.
* To take part in any standby and out of hours arrangements as
required.
* Contribute to service development.
OTHER DUTIES
* Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing
demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities.
* Undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the post
and/or as detailed in the Health and Safety Policy.
* Undertake travel to clients & work unsociable hours where
appropriate and reasonable.
NOTES:
THIS JOB DESCRIPTION INDICATES THE MAIN FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE POST AND IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND AMENDMENT IN THE LIGHT OF
SERVICE DEVELOPMENTS AND CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAY INCLUDE OTHER
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS MAY BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY
BESSBOROUGH CENTRE MANAGEMENT.
The above position is subject to the availability of funds and will be
subject to a satisfactory performance assessment. A 6 month
probationary period will apply.
The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a
manner in line with the mission and ethos of Bessborough Centre which
promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all
service users and employees.
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