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TerraGlen
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Roundwood, Ireland
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Job Reference:
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Posted:
17.08.2025
Expiry Date:
01.10.2025
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Job Description:
TerraGlen is devoted to working in partnership with young people, their families, representatives and others to deliver a specialist, person centred and outcome focused service for individuals with disabilities.
All staff employed by TerraGlen are expected to:
* Work within the context of TerraGlen's Vision, Mission Statement and Philosophy.
* Work to progress their professional development in line with TerraGlen proficiency model.
* Recognise that each individual is unique and work in consultation with them to enhance their strengths and further enhance their quality of life.
* Adhere to TerraGlen's Code of practice, confidentiality, code of conduct and to display a high standard of professionalism.
Responsibilities
* Take ownership for educating themselves about each service user within the service and how their disability affects them.
* Report and recording and carrying out assessments.
* Be accountable for supporting the day to day running of the service and responsible for the execution and delivery of person-centred approach.
* Be accountable for organising, planning and executing training and development of the staff team through goal setting in supervision or through other communication methods.
* The Social Care Leader will be responsible for leading the team in the absence of management.
* Be responsible for chairing meetings, setting agendas and ensuring actions from meetings are followed up on.
* Supporting staff members in relation to taking ownership of their work load, engaging in supervisions and participating in meetings both within and outside the service.
* The Social Care Leader may be required to work shift work, weekends and or night duties.
* The Social Care Leader will be required to be a part of the on call management rota.
* Responsible for building and maintaining a professional rapport and communicating with MDT, families and other personnel as required.
* Adhere to GDPR legislation, ensuring the upmost confidentiality at all times and role model this to staff members.
* Participate in ensuring that the service is of a high quality and ready for Inspection from HIQA at all times.
* To work alongside the regulations set out by HIQA and New Directions.
* Ensure that all administration tasks are kept up to date and in line with policies and standards.
* Complete audits and follow up on actions pertaining to these audits.
* Ensure that key workers are keeping their files and administration work up to date and completed at a high standard.
* Complete meaningful plans and goals for the service user, in consultation with their desires and choices.
* Ensure continuous review and improvement through evaluations of the service.
* In accordance with New Directions, ensure independence and integration into the community is promoted and supported.
* To oversee that staff are motivating, supporting and encouraging service users to engage in planned activities of their choice.
* Undertake required Health and Safety checks and Risk Assessments and record and report effectively.
* Carry out required Health and Safety related observing and reporting.
* Contribute to Service Users Person Centred Planning meetings and other relevant meetings pertaining to Service User, follow up on any actions, outcomes from the meetings.
* Endeavour to ensure that service users receive support in their daily lives.
* Support Service Users to make appropriate choices.
* Report concerns in relation to their welfare inclusive of safety and health requirements.
* Record accurately in line with National Standards and New Directions.
* To effectively support the service user in managing behaviours of concern, utilise Positive behaviour support plan, individualised to each service user.
* Participate in maintaining a high Quality service by adhering to all internal/ external audits and ensuring that all actions are followed up on.
* Ensure that all quality reporting required are completed in a competent and suitable manner.
* Follow all financial procedures in line with policies, report and record all discrepancies. Work within the budget.
* Develop and maintain professional rapport with co-workers and team to ensure an effective service is provided for service user. Offer day to day support to your team.
* Create opportunities for service users to be a part of the community.
* Promote opportunities for supporting service users volunteer and or employment/ educational needs.
* Attend all applicable and mandatory training and any other specified development programmes.
* Have the ability to use your own initiative.
* The ability to organise and prioritise your work load.
* Attend and engage positively to supervision and appraisals, utilising reflective practice to enhance development and skills and to reflect on practice.
* Take ownership of own professional development.
* Endeavour to ensure that any feedback, inclusive of suggestions, compliments and complaints is supported, encouraged, reported, recorded and utilised to enhance the improvement of the service.
* Undertake any other work which may arise within the scope of Social Care Leader in order to meet the requirements of the service.
Qualifications
* Minimum Level 7 in Applied Social Care or Other relevant qualification
* Full Driver's licence with two years' experience
* Currently undertaking or holding a CORU-recognised Social Care Qualification
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