Job Description
Title of Post: Fathers Worker Reports to: Family Support Coordinator Accountable to: Colin Sure Start Management Committee Salary: £15.25 p/h Location: Colin Sure Start offices, Stewartstown Road, Belfast Hours: 24 hrs per week (working pattern will typically be a set 4 shifts per week, 3 days 9am - 3pm and one afternoon/evening 2pm - 8pm and will include occasional weekend work, but organisation would also consider a pattern over 3 days that included evening work on one shift) SUMMARY OF ROLE Sure Start is a government health programme that provides a range of support services for parents and children under the age of four, who live in disadvantaged areas across Northern Ireland. It aims to support parents from pregnancy and to give children the best start in life. Colin Sure Start covers the wards of Colin Glen, Derriaghy, Kilwee, Poleglass and Twinbrook in outer west Belfast. The role of the Fathers Worker: To offer parents and carers the support they need to give their children the best start in life so that they can enjoy, achieve, be safe, be healthy, achieve economic wellbeing and make a positive contribution. To encourage and increase the participation of fathers and male carers in Sure Start activities and programmes, develop services and groups that meet the needs of fathers and their children, and increase the overall numbers of fathers and male carers engaging in Colin Sure Start services. To work within the Colin Sure Start Family Team to ensure ..... full job details .....