JOB TITLE: Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) Project Worker (Sligo /Leitrim) Sligo BASE: RESPONSIBLE TO: Manager Families Matter - Alcohol Forum CONTRACT TYPE: 21 hrs per week. Initially for 12 months. SALARY: (€34,332 pro rata.) €20,599 POSITION SUMMARY: The role of the M-PACT Project Worker is to lead and support the delivery of an innovative whole family programme which aims to improve the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of children/young people affected by problem parental alcohol or other drug use in the Sligo /Leitrim area. As part of the Alcohol Forum team, the M-PACT Project Worker will work closely with partners in the health & social care, education, justice, and community & voluntary sectors. The successful candidate will have: Proven effective leadership skills and excellent communication skills. Proven experience of Interagency/Multi-Agency work. A desire to work with families. A knowledge of contemporary family issues and the impact of alcohol or other drug misuse on the family. Ability to use own initiative. Willingness to work flexible hours. WHO WE ARE: The Alcohol Forum is a charity that provides support, information and services to individuals, families and communities impacted by alcohol harm, while also working at the wider levels to change Ireland’s problematic relationship with alcohol. As a national charity, Alcohol Forum believes real change will only happen by working with communities to address the causes of alcohol harm in Ireland. Our approach is shaped by evidence and is informed by the expressed needs of the people and communities we work with across Ireland. Our work provides the support, resources and expertise needed to reduce and prevent the harmful effects of alcohol on individuals, families and communities. The M-PACT programme. The M-PACT programme is a new programme being delivered in Ireland by the Alcohol Forum in partnership with Action on Addiction UK. The programme offers a whole family approach, working with parents and/or guardians and their children. It supports young people (8-17) experiencing the effects of problem parental
JOB TITLE: Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) Project Worker (Sligo /Leitrim) BASE: Sligo RESPONSIBLE TO: Manager Families Matter - Alcohol Forum CONTRACT TYPE: 21 hrs per week. Initially for 12 months. SALARY: €20,599 (€34,332 pro rata.) POSITION SUMMARY: The role of the M-PACT Project Worker is to lead and support the delivery of an innovative whole family programme which aims to improve the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of children/young people affected by problem parental alcohol or other drug use in the Sligo /Leitrim area. As part of the Alcohol Forum team, the M-PACT Project Worker will work closely with partners in the health & social care, education, justice, and community & voluntary sectors. The successful candidate will have: Proven effective leadership skills and excellent communication skills. Proven experience of Interagency/Multi-Agency work. A desire to work with families. A knowledge of contemporary family issues and the impact of alcohol or other drug misuse on the family. Ability to use own initiative. Willingness to work flexible hours. WHO WE ARE: The Alcohol Forum is a charity that provides support, information and services to individuals, families and communities impacted by alcohol harm, while also working at the wider levels to change Ireland’s problematic relationship with alcohol. As a national charity, Alcohol Forum believes real change will only happen by working with communities to address the causes of alcohol harm in Ireland. Our approach is shaped by evidence and is informed by the expressed needs of the people and communities we work with across Ireland. Our work provides the support, resources and expertise needed to reduce and prevent the harmful effects of alcohol on individuals, families and communities. The M-PACT programme. The M-PACT programme is a new programme being delivered in Ireland by the Alcohol Forum in partnership with Action on Addiction UK. The programme offers a whole family approach, working with parents and/or guardians and their children. It supports young people (8-17) experiencing the effects of problem parental
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