Professionally Qualified Social Worker – Screening Team
The Child and Family Agency was established in January 2014 and is responsible for a range of statutory functions including provision of child protection, alternative care, specified regulatory services, and a range of family support services. The Agency has commenced a major improvement programme with significant focus on Practice, Culture, and Structure. This position is based in North County Dublin.
The Agency currently has responsibility for a budget in excess of €800m and delivers its services through circa 5,000 people in 350 locations across the Country.
Purpose of Role: The purpose of the post is to provide a social work service that seeks to improve the health and social wellbeing of the service users within the context of the local communities.
The Professionally Qualified Social Worker will:
* Provide a direct point of access for the local community and offer initial and holistic social assessment and intervention to children, youth, families, and groups.
* Provide an initial assessment service to the care group and develop referral procedures with other social work networked services.
* Identify service users’ individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co-create early interventions and/or social action strategies to meet those needs.
* Manage and prioritise a caseload appropriate to the post.
* Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families.
* Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health, and social wellbeing of all persons within the service area.
* Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination, and empowerment with persons in their environment, with families, and local groups.
* Make it possible for service users to advocate for their own needs, or where necessary, advocate on behalf of service users.
* Plan, deliver, and engage in systemic interventions as appropriate with children, youth, families, groups, organisations, and communities.
* Participate and take leadership in community needs assessment and ongoing community involvement including initiating and participating in prevention and health promotion activities.
* Deliver social work service in collaboration with other disciplines/agencies as required, in appropriate settings reflecting the needs of the service user.
* Assess where social conditions are a major factor in health and social wellbeing, consult and plan with the service user/relevant team/service, and arrange appropriate social services for those who need them.
* Monitor and evaluate outcomes of person-centred care plans for individual service users.
* Actively participate as a member of the relevant team/service in team building and change management initiatives.
Eligibility Criteria:
* Third level qualification in Social Care.
* Be registered in the Social Work Register maintained by the Social Work Registration Board at CORU.
* Must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
* Awareness of children and young people’s participatory practice.
* Demonstrate sufficient professional knowledge to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the role.
* Demonstrate experience of applying evidence-based practice.
To apply, please contact jreid@medforce.ie.
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