Job Title: Senior Social Worker
The role of a Senior Social Worker involves providing full-time inpatient social work services to patients and their families in Adult Mental Health Services. This includes conducting comprehensive social work assessments, offering support and advocacy, family work, placement planning, nursing home applications, and adult safeguarding screening.
Our ideal candidate will possess a recognized qualification as a Social Worker with CORU registration, permission to work in Ireland, and a professional approach to their work.
* Conduct thorough social work assessments in the inpatient unit.
* Provide assistance and advocacy on psychosocial matters such as housing, income, etc.
* Family work to address various needs and challenges.
* Develop and implement placement plans for inpatients.
* Process nursing home and Fair Deal applications.
* Carry out adult safeguarding screening, support, and advice to multidisciplinary teams.
* Lead therapeutic groups and provide psychoeducation to patients within the Unit.