Location: Dublin
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary Scale: Aligned to Focus Ireland Scale
(Starting Salary €36,687 - €39,856.49)
Purpose of the Role:
The purpose of this role is to undertake individual work with families and customers who face chronic exclusion due to their many complex and overlapping needs, utilising an Intensive Care and Case Management Model. To work collaboratively within an intensive family therapeutic support model. Specifically, to assess their needs, to advocate on their behalf, to provide support and make appropriate referrals on their behalf; thus ensuring a planned and effective exit from homelessness and sustained exits.
What you will do:
1. Work within the framework of the overall objectives of Focus Ireland.
2. Work as a part of a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency service.
3. Use a flexible approach in engaging families with their individual needs, child and parent alike, taking into consideration dynamics relevant to their needs and behaviours.
4. Work within a five-day service: Monday – Friday 9-5 (9-4 Friday). Flexibility may be required from time to time to meet the needs of the service.
5. In conjunction with the management team, develop and maintain links with the Health Service Executive, Tusla, Probation, and other clinical, community and statutory services to ensure effective communication and pre-discharge planning where appropriate.
6. Develop community links with accommodation and service providers to ensure collaborative working with the customer group.
7. Engage effectively with all stakeholders in the child’s, parent’s, and customers' lives, including schools and extended family.
8. Contribute to a case conferencing model ensuring effective liaison with external professionals and the family where appropriate.
9. Provide one-to-one engagement to ensure that the Family/Customer reflects on their situation and is supported in making informed decisions.
10. Perform an intensive in-depth family support model to agreed standards.
11. Contribute and participate in conjunction with the management team in ensuring a package of support is designed and implemented by the project worker, promoting the welfare of the family.
12. Implement agreed education programmes, utilising coaching and mentoring interventions to assist parents in growing their life and parenting skills.
13. Contribute to the formulation of a customer’s needs assessment and support plan utilizing the Homeless Executives Holistic Needs Assessment and PASS system, keeping up to date case work records.
14. Work with the Customer in identifying significant needs/behaviours in their life to address issues contributing to homelessness.
15. Attend and contribute to meetings and reviews as required and follow up on decisions made.
16. Implement the policies and procedures of both the Project and Focus Ireland, inclusive of Health and Safety policy.
17. Attend team, sectional, divisional, and any other organization meetings as required.
18. Engage in supervision sessions on a regular basis with the Manager or Team Leader.
19. Participate in reflective practice.
20. Participate in relevant training and development courses as agreed with your line manager.
21. Undertake other duties as might be reasonably assigned from time to time in consultation with management.
What you will need:
1. 2 years experience working with high need families at high risk utilizing an intensive case management and family support model.
2. BA in Social Care or Equivalent Qualification.
3. Experience of working with customers who have co-existing conditions.
4. Experience of team working either in social care-based or clinical disciplines.
5. Report writing abilities.
6. Experience of working and liaising with other agencies.
7. Understanding of issues pertinent to high need families with chronic child welfare issues and homelessness.
8. Computer skills.
9. Communication skills.
10. Knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and issues affecting parents.
11. Ability to Plan and Implement Programmes.
12. Flexibility.
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