Outreach Project Manager
Outreach Project Manager
To provide management and leadership in providing support to families in Private Emergency Accommodation
Location: Sophia Housing, Cork St, Dublin 8 – primarily working in Private Emergency Accommodation Services across Dublin
Contract: Specified Purpose
Hours: 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Sophia offers the following additional benefits to employees:
- 25 Annual Leave Days
- 5% Employer pension contribution
- Further education and training support
- Employee assistance Programme
- Flexible working arrangements
Key Responsibilities:
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- To commit to the objectives and ethos of Sophia
- To establish and maintain a system of communication with the Service Manager including the provision of agreed reports
- To develop and implement the standards within support services in a manner that reflects the policy and procedure of Sophia
- Efficient and effective property management of accommodation including rents, tenure, furnishing, budgets, etc., where appropriate
- To oversee the assessment and interview process for applicants to the Project and additional properties in collaboration with other Services as required.
- To provide an on call service nationally along with the other managers within Sophia.
In Outreach services:
- The arrival and admission of new residents
- Manage issues regarding the welfare of residents as appropriate
- The departure of residents from the Project
- The referral and interviewing of new residents
- The on-going support to residents
- Assessment of individual and family needs, including childcare issues
- To work in a holistic way with family members and single persons as appropriate to meet their housing management and personal needs.
- To be responsible for key-working a number of families/single people when necessary for the operation of the Project.
- To ensure that resident disputes and grievances are dealt appropriately within the Project and Local Community
- Manage the set up and maintenance of professional records.
- To manage the referrals, admissions and discharges in your Project and additional Sophia properties
- To provide direction and leadership in the development of appropriate links to, and securing support from, relevant professionals and services; e.g. Health Services Executive and Local Housing Authorities etc.
- To actively promote Service User involvement within the Projects and Local Communities.
- To manage the recruitment, induction and on-going training, support and direction of Employees, Volunteers, Students and Trainees of Sophia.
- To assign work as appropriate
- To be responsible for the development of the Team by
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- To provide monthly professional supervision to Project Workers.
- To ensure that all employees, volunteers and students receive regular supervision and keeping a professional record of this.
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