Experience

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  Nordic 4h

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Volunteer youth worker

  Coordinating, supervising and facilitating the smooth running of an international youth camp programme for approximately 1200 young people from Scandinavia. Duties included planning and facilitating various workshops for young people, focused on healthy body, mind and relationships.Other duties included supporting kitchen staff at meal times.

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  Sonas domestic violence charity

  Sept 2015 - Dec 2017

  Children's support worker

  Providing emotional and practical support to women and children in Sonas supported Housing, refuge, visiting Support and/or safe home services, on a one-to-one basis, to families and in a group setting.Facilitating clients to access local services including welfare, medical, education, training and employment.Facilitating group work for children accessing the service.Supporting clients in transitioning to private rental or independent accommodation. Advocating on behalf of clients in accessing private rented accommodation or HAP.Completing CPN’s as required Show less

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  Novas initiatives

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

  Project worker

  Carrying out needs assessments, risk assessments and safety plans in a supported homeless service for women.Ensuring the day to day operations of the project run smoothly including carrying out room checks, hygiene checks, and health and safety checks.Facilitating clients to access local services such as medical, welfare, training, education and employment and advocating on their behalf. Carrying out key-working sessions with clients around different challenges includingaddictions, mental health difficulties and experiences of homelessness. Establishing and maintaining positive mutual relationships with external agencies Show less

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  Finglas adult education centre

  May 2017 - Jun 2017

  Trainee guidance counsellor

  Carrying out one to one guidance counselling sessions with students attending the education centre.Carrying out guidance counselling sessions with referrals from the Department of Social Protection.Facilitating group guidance sessions including workshops on resilience, self-care and positive self-talk.Supporting adult learners to explore their options and to progress to further education.Facilitating workshops on CV writing and interview preparation both individually and in a group setting.Making referrals as necessary to external agencies and organisations. Show less

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  Respond

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  Housing case officer/guidance counsellor

  Supporting families in temporary accommodation (Family Hub) to exit homelessness through the Housing Assistance Scheme (HAP).Developing a career guidance service within the family hub.Carrying out weekly key-working sessions with families.Completing support plans, risk assessments and the induction of new families entering the service. Organising training and professional development programmes and wellbeing workshops in-house for staff.Managing the family hub roster.Certified Manual Handling Training Instructor. Show less

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  Findyourpath

  Sept 2018 - now

  Guidance counsellor

  Setting up and managing a private guidance counselling service both face to face and online.Design and maintenance of website.Supporting and facilitating clients to develop job searching and employability skills.Administration of psychometrics testing to clients.Provision of a summary report to clients outlining potential career and educational paths at the end of each appointment.

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  Dublin north west partnership

  Apr 2019 - May 2022

  Guidance counsellor

  Working as part of the Local Employment Services team to support clients referred to the service by the Department of Social Protection to progress to education, training, and employment.Enabling clients to develop employability skills, including CV preparation, job searching strategies, interview skills and application letters.Running employability workshops and supportive job search sessions to individuals and small groups in a face-to-face setting and over the phone and zoom. Identifying suitable job vacancies, graduate and DSP employment programmes for clients and managing the recruitment process. Making appropriate internal and external referrals to progress clients into employment or into other appropriate supports such as community employment.Representing Dublin North West Partnership at recruitment and apprenticeship fairs within the local community and TU Grangegorman. Liaising with employers, community organisations, training providers and other stakeholders such as TU Grangegorman.Managing and operating the electronic caseload management systems CRM, maintaining caseload records, and generating statistical information of job placements for monthly KPI’s. Show less

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  National college of ireland

  Jun 2022 - now

  Careers and work placement advisor

  Working as a Careers and Work Placement Officer with the National College of Ireland. Responsible for managing and supporting the career development of the following cohorts:MSc AIMSc FintechMSc Data AnalyticsBA Accountancy and FinanceBA Early Childhood Education and CareRole is varied and involves the following:Delivering of Career Classes to students on CVs, LinkedIn, Interview Skills, Job Search Strategies, Networking, Irish Job Market and the Hidden Job Market.Sourcing Internships/Work Placements for MSc Fintech, MSc AI, BA Accountancy and Finance and BA Early Childhood Education and Care students.Employer Engagement: Connecting with Employers to facilitate and deliver on campus employer events including: Career Fairs, Industry Specific Festivals eg Festival of Data, Employer Led CV Review Clinics, Tech Talks, Alumni Events and Employer Visits. Show less

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  National parents council

  Aug 2022 - Sept 2022

  Cao helpline

  Telephone Counsellor on the CAO helpline for the Leaving Certificate students who had just received their LC results. Main callers to the helpline were parents seeking advice about the different rounds of CAO offers eg Round 1 offers and what would happen if a student did not accept their first offer.Other queries included deferring a course, and how to arrange a recheck of a LC subject within the school.