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Posted:
21.01.2025
Expiry Date:
07.03.2025
Job Description:
Social Care Worker: Naas
Purpose of Role: At present, the company has vacancies in aftercare, transitional care, and outreach work with young people/vulnerable adults in the community living independently or in Family/Foster Care Settings. Aftercare services are support services that build on and support the work that has already been undertaken by many, including foster carers, social workers, and residential workers in preparing young people for adulthood. The right candidate for this role will have a person-centred approach, work with clients towards their individual goals, and believe in the power one person can have with a positive approach to support for those who need it.
The Company: Barrog Healthcare is a small, private health and social care provider based in Dublin with services nationwide, providing residential care and day packages to enable people who need support across the areas of mental health, disability, aftercare, transitional, and mainstream social care. We pride ourselves on supporting and championing both our service users and staff and welcome applications from anyone who feels they would be a good fit within our organisation.
Salary: Starting from €15.00 to €19.86. It is expected that new entrants will start on the lowest entry point to the scale for the role.
Job Type: Full time, permanent/part time permanent. Flexibility on working hours.
Benefits:
1. Annual pay increments
2. Contributory Pension Scheme
3. Sunday overtime rate
4. Access to Cycle to Work Scheme and tax-free bus/Luas/rail/coach tickets
5. Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
6. Promotion and development opportunities
7. Support for further education and training
8. Uniform provided
9. Refer a friend bonus
10. Discounted driving lessons
Minimum Requirements:
For the Social Care Worker role, a minimum of a B.A. in Social Care, QQI Level 7 PLUS registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025 is required, OR a sufficiently relevant qualification in Social Care or a related field along with registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025.
Full clean driver's license.
The following will be seen as an advantage:
1. One year of experience in a Social Care setting.
2. Experience/knowledge of report writing and client support plans.
3. Previous experience working with and supporting service users with challenging behaviour and mental health.
Candidate Skills / Experience:
1. The ability to support the client group in a non-judgemental way and from a trauma-informed perspective with respect at all times.
2. The ability to prevent and manage challenging behaviour.
3. Strong communication & interpersonal skills.
4. Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
5. Comfortable working with essential information technology and providing reports.
Main Duties/Responsibilities:
1. To support the development and implementation of Care/Placement plans and to ensure appropriate recording of same.
2. To promote the rights and responsibilities of each child/service user or vulnerable adult.
3. To encourage attendance at school, training centres, medical and clinical appointments.
4. To liaise with the parent, family, general services, and other agencies on behalf of the service user.
5. To link in and take direction from your Management Team.
6. To implement Barrog Healthcare's policies and procedures.
7. To work as a member of a team.
8. To prepare and provide, in conjunction with the client, well-balanced meals of high quality.
9. To undertake various aspects of home management including the household budget, upkeep, and cleaning.
10. Attend staff meetings and contribute constructively to the ongoing progression/implementation of the care plan.
11. To attend team meetings and report to the Service Manager/Team Leader on matters affecting the delivery of service.
12. To be accountable for any money spent on behalf of B.H.C. during the course of duty.
13. To make written and verbal reports to the relevant Manager on a regular basis on the progress and development of the client.
14. Reporting and recording any incidents, however minor, that may happen to the client or are caused by them.
15. To be familiar with emergency procedures and to know who to contact in an emergency.
16. To keep abreast of current legislation and current professional childcare knowledge.
17. To undertake ongoing professional training and development.
18. To attend regular supervision.
19. To prepare reports for and participate in professional meetings including case conferences and strategy meetings ensuring that all records relating to those meetings are maintained to a high standard as appropriate/required under the direction of the Management Team.
20. To perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.
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