Sinead O’Regan, Manager

As Manager of Job Assist Sinead ensures that the service we provide is delivered effectively and in line with needs and best practice.  To do this Sinead is responsible for marketing, strategic planning, policy development, quality assurance, securing resources and financial management.  Within this remit Sinead is also responsible for building engagement mechanisms with key stakeholders and designing employment programmes linked with meaningful job opportunities.

Maria Robinson, Operations Manager

Maria is responsible for developing engagement and mentoring strategies, ensuring effective outreach provision in partnership with local community provision and managing day-to-day operations.  In addition to this Maria co-ordinates linkages with employers and ensuring local people have access to a wide range of employment opportunities.

The Mentoring Team

Mentors engage with local people who are out of work and have barriers to employment.  Our team of Mentoring & Employment Officers work throughout West Belfast with local people out of work to identify and break down barriers to finding and keeping work.  They undertake one-to-one mentoring to remove barriers to employment including initial assessments, designing personal action plans and supporting people to gain and sustain employment through:

• Careers advice and guidance
• Goal setting
• Writing a CV
• Jobsearch
• Developing training plans for people to develop skills
• Help with organising and paying for training courses
• Help with essential skills such as reading, writing, maths and IT
• Job matching
• Application form filling
• Interview techniques

The Mentoring Team are passionate about delivering our service to people in the heart of the community, building a trusting relationship, stimulating people’s thinking and believing that a positive attitude and self belief in each person helps them to make important decisions about their training, career or education.  They also understand that assessing the current skills and aspirations of people provides an essential basis on which to move forward.  They are emphatic, encouraging, motivating, down-to-earth and friendly.

Veronica Brown

As Mentor for the Falls area, Veronica works in a variety of outreach clinics throughout the area including Falls Leisure Centre, Ionad Nursery School and Falls Library.  

Yvonne O’Donnell

As Mentor for the Falls area Yvonne works in outreach clinics such as Falls Community Council and An Munia Tober.

Tony Kearns

Tony works as a Mentor in the Lenadoon/Suffolk area and has a variety of outreach clinics including Glen Community Centre and Stewartstown Regeneration Project.

Roisin Magee

Roisin is a Mentor within the Andersonstown area and operates outreach clinics in Upper Andersonstown Community Forum (currently in St. Agnes Parish Hall), The Link and Andersonstown Leisure Centre.

Gerard Brady

Gerard is the Mentor for the Colin area works in outreach clinics such as Dairy Farm Library, Colin Glen Forest Park, Sally Garden Centre

Maura McConnell

Working within the Upper Springfield area Maura is based at the Top of the Rock Centre and operates outreach in Holy Trinity Family Centre and Corpus Christi Services.

Christine McNally

As a Mentor for the Upper Springfield area Christine holds outreach sessions in Springhill Community House and Whiterock Leisure Centre.

Lisa Holland

As a Mentor for the Jobs on the Move Programme Lisa is based at the Top of the Rock Centre and responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the Education & Training Fund for this programme.

The Administration Team

Our two administrators are probably the first people you will meet when you visit Job Assist at the Top of the Rock Centre and ensure that our programmes and services are delivered efficiently.

Aisling Grant

Aisling is the Administrator for the Jobs on the Move Programme.

Charlene O’Halloran

Charlene is the Administrator for Job Assist Centres West Belfast.

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