General Board Member

The Organisation

The Blanchardstown Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force (BLDATF) provides services for people with a wide range of issues caused by drugs and alcohol. Our mission is to assist people to manage issues caused by drugs and alcohol and to provide them with the tools to go forward in their lives in the most positive way possible.

Established in 1997, BLDATF represents the community of Blanchardstown in the development of the drugs and alcohol services in the area. We work with statutory and voluntary partners to develop a local response to drugs and alcohol issues for all the people of Dublin 15. Our aim is to ensure that Dublin 15 residents have access to timely, high-quality, and appropriate services, free at the point of use and continually improving. As well as the services we provide directly, we also fund a network of partner services.

The Dublin 15 Family Support Service offers a safe space where family members can become empowered and develop a strengths-based approach while coping with drug or alcohol use in the family.

Website:   Blanchardstown Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force          

The Role:

BLDATF is seeking a new board member to help provide good governance and oversight.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Input to the strategic direction, contributing with insight, oversight, and experience.
• Ensure high standards of governance and best practice.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience of community development programmes.
• Empathy with the values of a community-led organisation.
• Strategic planning experience.
• Previous charity board experience in Ireland is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders including board members, staff and local community representatives.
• The successful candidate must be able to dedicate sufficient time for board meetings and to carry out their duties as a board member.

Charities Regulator’s General Duties of a Charity Trustee:

• Comply with the charity’s governing document.
• Ensure the charity is complying with its charitable purpose for the public benefit.
• Act in the best interest of the charity
• Act with reasonable care and skill
• Manage the assets of your charity.

Board Meetings:

The board meets online, a minimum of six times a year a year, on Wednesday mornings from 10am. The Company Board meetings are followed by a Task Force Board meeting with local stakeholders. The total time commitment for these is approximately two hours on each occasion.

Task Force Groups

There may be an occasional need to join task groups.