Provider: Community Outreach Drug and Alcohol Project – Cork City Partnership
Address: Cork City Partnership Ltd. Level 1, Heron House Blackpool Retail Park Blackpool Cork City Telephone: 021–4302310
Contact: Jacqueline Daly
Title: Community Development / Drug & Alcohol Worker
Email: jdaly@partnershipcork.ie
Telephone: 087 1962030
In-person and online
The evening course is designed to promote good practice among those who work (in a paid or voluntary capacity) with young people and communities who are affected by various issues.
Modules: Understanding Community Development 5N1901 & Substance Use Issues for Youth Work 5N2176.
The course aims to provide a critical perspective on some of the issues that affect young people and their communities and encourages the development of coherent responses at individual and organisational level. The components (Understanding Community Development and Substance Use Issues) should support the ability of learners to work safely and effectively in youth and / or community work settings. The programme also aims to provide the participants with the necessary knowledge regarding applicable supports systems, both within and outside their communities.
Those interested in the topic.
Participants will be asked to complete a registration form to demonstrate eligibility and can include: • People living in disadvantaged communities • People impacted by educational disadvantage • People living in jobless households or households where the primary source is lowpaid and/or precarious • People who are long term unemployed • International Protection Applicants • People with disabilities • Heads of One-parent Families • Travellers • Roma • Island residents • People with a criminal history • Refugees. Eligible participants must live in Cork City – New Boundary
Interviews will be held. For more information see: https://corkcitypartnership.ie/2024/01/community-education-autumn-brochure-2022-cork-city-partnership/
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