Project Worker in Kilkenny

About the Role

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

The Project Worker will be responsible for supporting people who are sleeping rough and/or experiencing long-term and multiple exclusion homelessness to move into secure, permanent housing at the earliest opportunity, without preconditions for sobriety or treatment compliance. The Project Worker will be responsible for supporting people prior to, during, and following their move through case management and key working, to build their capacity to meet their goals, address their support needs, and sustain their housing: processing referrals, conducting assessments; care/support planning and implementation of care/support plans; engaging with service users; supporting service users with move on plans; managing maintenance issues; participating in practice supervision.

Where appropriate the Housing First Worker will play a key role in recruiting, mentoring and supporting staff and students (if applicable) in order to ensure that the highest level and standards of social care practice are further developed and maintained in the service.

Requirements

Skills and attributes required:

• Interpersonal Skills
• Planning & Organisation
• Communicating Skills

Details

Location: Kilkenny, Ireland

Contract: €19.64 p/h

Closing date: 29 Oct 2026, 22:59

Who to contact for enquiries: Not stated