St Catherine’s Community Services Centre is a registered charity and community and voluntary agency based in Carlow Town. We now wish to recruit a full-time Manager to lead and develop our Family Support Services.
The overall purpose of the role is to lead and support our staff team to ensure St. Catherine’s delivers quality, responsive Family Support services that meet the needs of families and children. Our Family support services include the Young Parent Support programme, parenting programmes including Parents Plus, information, advocacy and practical one-to-one support to parents including the Carlow Parent Hub, Counselling, Play Therapy and group activities including family events, Healthy Streets and peer support groups.
The Role
Location: Onsite, St Catherine’s Community Services Centre, Carlow
Hours of work: 35 hours per week with some flexibility required
Reports to: CEO
Annual leave: 25 days
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Probation: A probationary period of 6 months applies
The successful candidate will possess:
1. A relevant Third Level qualification
2. Minimum of 3 years management experience in a similar paid role
3. A track record of developing family programmes and services
4. Ability to lead and motivate a team
5. Experience working with disadvantaged families and communities
6. Experience of working in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations
7. Excellent IT, social media and communication skills
8. A full clean driving licence and access to own transport
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification below. Contact Niall on 059 9138787 for more information.
To apply please forward a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter to: CEO, St. Catherine’s CSC, St. Joseph’s Road, Carlow, R93 T4C6 or email to teresad@catherines.ie by Friday, the 21st March 2025. Interviews will be held on the 27th of March.
Family Support Services Manager: Role Description
Background
St Catherine’s Community Services Centre is a registered charity and community and voluntary agency based in Carlow Town. We deliver a wide range of services to families, communities, groups and individuals on a local, countywide and regional basis. Our services range from support for pre-school children to services for older people. See www.catherines.ie for more information.
The Role
St. Catherine’s wish to recruit a full-time on-site Manager to lead and develop our Family Support Services. The overall purpose of the role is to lead and support our staff team to ensure St. Catherine’s delivers quality, responsive Family Support services that meet the needs of families and children. Our Family support services include the Young Parent Support programme, parenting programmes including Parents Plus, information, advocacy and practical one-to-one support to parents including the Carlow Parent Hub, Counselling, Play Therapy and group activities including family events, Healthy Streets and peer support groups.
We aim to work with and empower families using a community development and strengths-based approach. The role will involve working collaboratively with funders, local service providers, support agencies and St. Catherine’s Childcare, Traveller, Community Education, Social Prescribing and other services.
Duties include:
1. Co-ordination and development of our Family Support services and activities in line with Tusla’s PPFS and Signs of Safety models, practices and plans and St. Catherine’s Strategic and Operational Plans
2. Oversee and support the rolling out of evidence-based parenting programmes and therapeutic services that respond to family needs
3. Implementation of best practices to ensure a common approach is taken across all services including assessment, planning, delivery, evaluation and reporting
4. Ensure effective outreach and engagement with hard to reach families
5. Management of staff including training, support and development
6. Management of programme budgets in conjunction with the Finance Manager
7. Work closely with funders, local agencies and services to ensure best outcomes for families
8. Ensure all relevant policies and procedures are implemented e.g. Child Protection, Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Health and Safety
9. Maintain accurate records and prepare reports as required
10. Represent St. Catherine’s on relevant local, regional and national fora
11. Attend and participate in team meetings
12. To participate in regular supervision and commit to on-going training and professional development
13. To have a flexible approach, to be able to respond to change and to undertake other duties as may be required
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will have:
1. A relevant Third Level qualification
2. Minimum of 3 years management experience in a similar paid role including relevant operational, planning and staff management experience
3. A track record of developing programmes and services for children and families
4. Ability to lead and motivate a team
5. Experience working with disadvantaged families and communities
6. Experience of working in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations
7. Excellent IT, social media and communication skills including interpersonal and report writing skills
8. A full clean driving licence and access to own transport
This job description will be reviewed from time to time and amended as appropriate in line with the needs of the work.
Funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency
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