Responsibilities

•Actively engage with parents to build on their parental capacity through provision of one to one, non-judgemental, confidential support;

•Work collaboratively with parents to identify their specific needs and make referrals as appropriate;

•Implement and support parents’ participation in a range of parental engagement initiatives including workshops, coffee mornings, parent and toddler groups, family events and parent support programmes;

•Deliver evidenced-based and evidence-informed parent programmes to parents in Tallaght, such as the Parents Plus Early Years programme;

•Conduct home visits to support parents and proactively improve the home learning environment;

•Collaborate with other staff in Early Childhood Education and Care services, the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), PCF colleagues, and the range of available services to affect the best outcomes for parents and children;

•Participate in team meetings, Communities of Practice, ongoing training and supervision and proactively identify training relevant to the role, share learning from any training or events attended on behalf of CDI;

•Support the monitoring and evaluation of the PCF role and its associated activities;

•Deliver training to the Early Childhood Education and Care sector on behalf of CDI;

•Any other duties that may be requested from time to time in agreement with CDI.