Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland

We're excited to be hosting a Global Youth Voice Cafe for International Disabilities Day tomorrow! Featuring contributions from representatives from YAP Ireland and Enable Ireland, we're looking forward to amplifying Youth voices & celebrating leadership of persons with disabilities. @yapinc1975 @enable.ireland @disabilities_nm #youth #youthwork #ireland #irish #yap #yapireland #disabilityawareness #disability

We have published a practical guide to support staff in health, mental health and social care services who are involved in implementing national standards. This guide, called ‘How to put National Standards into Practice: An Implementation Guide for Health, Mental Health and Social Care Services’, has been developed collaboratively with HIQA - Health Information and Quality Authority and other stakeholders with experience of delivering or using health, mental health or social care services. We develop national standards for mental health services which contain descriptions of the processes and procedures that services need to have in place to provide safe, high-quality, person-centred care and support. The guide is designed to support staff to implement national standards and to identify opportunities to improve quality and safety in services. It includes topics for reflection, tools, templates and resources throughout. Access the guide 👉 https://ow.ly/An2L50TQEVP

YAP NEEDS YOU! 🚨 YAP's community-based safety initiative has been shortlisted for the European Social Service Awards "Excellence in Community" category & now the winner will be determined by online voting. Please vote and share with your communities and networks! Please share the voting page with your network to increase the chances of YAP's community-based safety project winning this year! A link is available below: https://lnkd.in/eRTEEbks Voting will close NEXT WEEK 21 October, and the winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in Lisbon on 4 November!

Updates on our current Recruitment! 📨 Our current Recruitment drive for advocates in Limerick, Clare, N.Tipp & Cork has been extended to Oct 18th Follow the link below or in our bio for the Job Description: https://lnkd.in/ee768D4x To complete an application form, follow this link, using: Ref Code: SOU0924 https://lnkd.in/exjjqbxX

YAP Ireland has a new vacancy! Temporary Human Resources Administrator -6 month contract (maternity cover) -Based in Dublin [Hybrid]. Ref: HRA1024 To apply for this position, go to https://lnkd.in/gpMrp2qc and select the code HRA1024 Only completed applications will be accepted, CV’s will NOT be accepted. For further information and Job Description and Person Specification please click on the following link – https://lnkd.in/efE2p4j Closing date for receipt of applications is: 30th October at 5pm Interviews will take place on: 7th November If you encounter any difficulty with the application process, please email info@yapireland.ie

Our current Recruitment drive for advocates has been extended further to include Limerick, Clare, N.Tipp & Cork. They join Dublin as areas currently looking for advocates to make a difference in their communities! Follow the link below for the Job Description https://lnkd.in/ee768D4x To complete an application form, follow this link, using: Dublin – Ref Codes: DNOR0924 & DML0924 Limerick, Clare, N.Tipp & Cork – Ref Code: SOU0924 https://lnkd.in/efNX3ZFW...

📣 YAP Ireland are now recruiting Advocates in Dublin! Our current recruitment drive will end on the 14th October. For more details on the role, click the link in our bio or visit: https://lnkd.in/echNVTA YAP Advocates come from all walks of life and make a huge difference to the lives of Young People and Families. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applicants from a diverse background with relevant life/work experience or volunteering and you do not have to have a qualification.

✨Headspace Toolkit Launch✨ The MHC has published a toolkit to support and empower young people accessing child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Ireland. The launch of the ‘MHC Headspace Toolkit’ took place at Croke Park this morning at the Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland National Conference in the presence of young people and their families, youth advocates, professionals in CAMHS and The Ombudsman for Children's Office The purpose of the toolkit - which was developed in consultation with young people with the aim of being age-appropriate and accessible - is to support and empower young people who need to use mental health services – particularly those who need to go into hospital. It gives practical information about what will happen when they are admitted to hospital for mental health care; and includes information about their rights, their legal protections, and how to self-advocate in decisions about their care. To access the toolkit 👉 https://lnkd.in/ecPyGcac #MentalHealthMatters #Headspace

Thank you to our partners and friends at Tusla - Child and Family Agency, Mental Health Commission IRL , Belong To , Oberstown Campus , Immigrant Council of Ireland @DeptJusticeIRL ,and to all who attended yesterday's YAP Ireland National Event. We are very happy that the Irish Examiner has highlighted the amazing stories from our young people during what was a positive and fun day as MHC, in partnership with YAP, launched their new Headspace toolkit. You can read the article in full via the link below: https://lnkd.in/eHazu4DE

Thank you to our partners and friends at Tusla - Child and Family Agency, Mental Health Commission IRL , Belong To , Oberstown Campus , Immigrant Council of Ireland @DeptJusticeIRL ,and to all who attended yesterday's YAP Ireland National Event. We are very happy that the Irish Examiner has highlighted the amazing stories from our young people during what was a positive and fun day as MHC, in partnership with YAP, launched their new Headspace toolkit. You can read the article in full via the link below: https://lnkd.in/eHazu4DE