Job Title: Community Link Worker
Number of Hours: 35 hours per week (full-time position)
Contract: Fixed term contract for 18-month period
Reporting to: CLDC SICAP Co-ordinator
Location: Based in Ennis, countywide coverage
Summary
The Community Connection Project (CCP) is a national initiative using a community development and inclusion approach to address the concerns of communities and assist them in developing constructive responses to the placement of International Protection Applicants in their local area.
The Community Link Worker will engage and work with local communities across Co. Clare over an 18-month period, helping to build community resilience against misinformation and prejudice by working with the local community before, during and after the arrival of International Protection Applicants (IPA) and where IPA Centres are already in use.
The Community Link Worker will work with communities, in accordance with community development practice, to understand the facts and realities of the International Protection System and the challenges faced by people seeking asylum, in the context of communities with their own needs and challenges.
Read full Job description and person specifications here:
CCP Community Link Worker Role Description (002)
For more information, or to apply, please contact Iyabo Matthew at: imatthew@cldc.ie
Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you!
