Project Worker

Rezoomo; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny (GSCK) invites applications for a Project Worker to support tenants under the START Project and promote recovery‑oriented tenancy sustainment. Working within a collaborative framework, the role focuses on enabling independent living and secure tenancies.

The post involves partnership with Kilkenny Local Authority, HSE Mental Health Services, and the Good Shepherd Centre to provide homecare support and tenancy sustainment in the community.

Qualifications

• Organisational and time-management abilities are essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Strong interpersonal skills to support service users and families.

Responsibilities

• Support tenants under the START Project.
• Collaborate with local authorities and health services to deliver homecare and tenancy sustainment.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Verbal and Written Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

The Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny (GSCK) provides services to women, men and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Service users must be over the age of 18 years and referred by the local authority. Identified vulnerable groups to homelessness are:

• People struggling with addiction
• People with mental health issues
• People with disabilities
• The elderly
• Low-income families
• People exiting state care, hospital, or prison

Skills and attributes

• Organisational Skills
• Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Description

Introduction to the Model

Homecare has been initiated as a customised model of high-level support to promoteindependent living in the community for mental health service users whose tenancies or home occupation are at risk because of ongoing challenges in relation to self-neglect, hoarding and/or incapacity to maintain their home to an adequate standard. It is a collaboration with Carlow County Council, the Carlow/Kilkenny HSE Mental Health Services and the Good Shepherd Centre, Kilkenny. It is informed by the National and Local Housing Strategies for People with a Disability, Sharing the Vision (Dept of Health, 2020), Housing for All- A new housing plan for Ireland(Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 2021) and the HSE’s National Recovery Framework (HSE, 2018). Funding has been sourced from the Kilkenny HSE Mental Health Services and the Good Shepherd Centre to employ a project worker through the Grant Aid process. Secure tenancies with support are recognized as the way forward for many of those with complex needs.

The START Project requires a project worker to support tenants under the programme.

The Good Shepherd Centre in conjunction with Mental Health Service Area 5 Kilkenny and in partnership with Kilkenny Local Authority will provide homecare support and a recovery orientated tenancy sustainment programme.