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Purpose of Role:
Purpose of Role:
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. Everyone has a key role to play in preparing young people to reach their developmental milestones. At present the company has vacancies in aftercare, transitional care and within the sphere of outreach work with young people/vulnerable adults in the community living independently or in Family/Foster Care Setting.
The Company:
Barrog Healthcare is a small private health & social care company based in Dublin with services nationwide providing residential care and day packages nationwide to enable people who need support across the areas of mental health, disability, aftercare, transitional and mainstream social care. We pride ourselves on working to support and champion both our service user's and staff and welcome applications from any person that feels they would be a good fit within our organisation. The right candidate for this role will strive to enhance the lives of the individuals by promoting their community inclusion and equal citizenship.
Salary: €15 to €19.86 hourly. It is expected that new entrants will start on the lowest entry point to the scale for the role.
Job Type: Full time, Part time
Working Hours: 12 hour day shifts (10 am to 10 pm), 24 hour shifts (10 am to next day 10 am). Flexibility for shift work may be required due to the 24/7 nature of the role.
Reporting Relationship: This post will report to the Aftercare coordinator
Job Title: Social Care Worker
Probation: 6 months
Vetting: All applicants will be subject to reference checks, Garda Vetting and a request to provide security clearance from any country in which they resided for more than 6 months after their 16th birthday.
Benefits:
* Flexibility on working hours
* Competitive starting salary
* Annual pay increments
* Contributory Pension Scheme
* Death in Service Benefit
* Sunday overtime rate
* Access to Cycle to Work Scheme and tax-free bus/Luas/rail/coach tickets
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Promotion and development opportunities
* Support for further education and training
* Uniform provided
* Refer a friend bonus
* Discounted driving lessons
Essential Criteria:
* Permission to work in Ireland.
* One year of experience in a Healthcare or Disability support setting.
* For 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.
* Other relevant qualifications which will be relevant to the post applied for-e.g. Nursing, Addiction Studies, Teaching, Accredited Youth Training, Psychology. Other qualifications may be considered in light of service / client group.
The following will be seen as an advantage:
Full clean driver's license
One year of experience in a Social Care setting.
Experience/knowledge of report writing and client support plans.
Previous experience working with and supporting service users with challenging behaviour and mental health.
Candidate Skills / Experience
The ability to support the client group in a non-judgemental way and from a trauma informed perspective with respect at all times.
The ability to prevent and manage challenging behaviour.
Strong communication & interpersonal skills
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
Comfortable working with essential information technology and providing reports
Main Duties/ Responsibilities:
To support the development and implementation of Care/Placement plans and to ensure appropriate recording of same.
To promote the rights and responsibilities of each child/service user or vulnerable adult.
To encourage attendance at school, training centres, medical and clinical appointments.
To liaise with the parent, family, general services, and other agencies on behalf of the service user.
To link in and take direction from your Management Team.
To implement Barrog Healthcare's policies and procedures.
To work as a member of a team.
To prepare and provide, in conjunction with the client, well balanced meals of high quality.
To undertake various aspects of home management including the household budget, upkeep, and cleaning.
Attend staff meetings and contribute constructively to the ongoing progression/implementation of the care plan.
To attend team meetings and to report to the Service Manager/Team Leader on matters affecting the delivery of service.
To be accountable for any money spent on behalf of B.H.C. during the course of duty.
To make written and verbal reports to the relevant Manager on a regular basis on the progress and development of the client.
Reporting and recording any incidents, however minor, that may happen to the client or are caused by them.
To be familiar with emergency procedures and to know who to contact in an emergency.
To work as a member of a team.
To keep abreast of current legislation and current professional childcare knowledge.
To undertake ongoing professional training and development.
To attend regular supervision.
To prepare reports for and to 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.
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Other
* Industries
Mental Health Care
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