Providing support & advocacy for women, children and young people impacted by domesticabuse as a designated Child & Youth Key-worker through 1 to 1 key working and group workfacilitation.Registration; needs assessment with families in crisis entering refuge accommodation.Working with families from different ethnic backgrounds including members of the Travellingcommunity - getting to know cultures, traditions etc.Working with complex needs: for e.g. having an awareness of… Show more Providing support & advocacy for women, children and young people impacted by domesticabuse as a designated Child & Youth Key-worker through 1 to 1 key working and group workfacilitation.Registration; needs assessment with families in crisis entering refuge accommodation.Working with families from different ethnic backgrounds including members of the Travellingcommunity - getting to know cultures, traditions etc.Working with complex needs: for e.g. having an awareness of mental health needs andsubstance misuse.Support planning & implementation to meet the identified needs of the families I worked with.Explaining & maintaining confidentiality – particularly confidentiality in the context of socialmedia.Facilitation and planning of meetings – including team meetings, full staff meetings etc.Parenting support on a 1 to 1 basis and also through structured group programs.Taking helpline calls.Collection of statistics – numbers of children accessing service, repeat admissions, transfersto other services etc.Advocacy, accompaniment & liaison with externally agencies such as Child & Family Agency,Barnardos, GP’s, Schools, Public Health Nurse, Tuslá etc. on behalf of the family.Referral to Child Protection Social work when required.Initiation & lead on Meitheil inter-agency plans for familiesCoordination & Facilitation of Domestic Abuse Teen Support group (12 -17 yr. olds) on aweekly basis.Design & delivery of a Healthy Relationship programme. (6 week group work programmedelivered in school & youth group settings)1 to 1 work with Teenagers referred to the DATS (Domestic Abuse Teen Support)Programme impacted by domestic abuse.Identifying and applying for funding from various sources.Provision of Professional supervision to 4 staff.Coordinated an Erasmus Plus Project on Teen Healthy Relationships with participants from 9countries. Show less