The Professionally Qualified Social Worker will:• Provide a direct point of access for the local community and offer initial and holistic socialassessment and intervention to children, youths, families and groups.• Provide an initial assessment service to the care group and to develop referral procedures withother social work networked services.• Identify service users' individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co-createearly interventions and/or social action strategies to meet those needs.• Manage and prioritise a caseload appropriate to the post.• Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to serviceusers and their families.• Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well-being ofall persons within the service area.• Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment with persons intheir environment, with families and local groups.• Make it possible for service users to advocate for their own needs, or where appropriateadvocate on behalf of service users.• Plan, deliver and engage in systemic interventions as appropriate with children, youth andfamilies, groups, organisations and communities.• Participate and take leadership in community needs assessment and ongoing communityinvolvement including initiating and participating in prevention and health promotionactivities.• Deliver social work service in collaboration with other disciplines / agencies as required, inappropriate settings reflecting the needs of the service user.• Assess where social conditions are a major factor in health and social wellbeing, consult andplan with the service user/ relevant team/ service and arrange appropriate social services forthose who need them.• Monitor and evaluate outcomes of person-centered care plans for individual service users.• Actively participate as a member of the relevant team/ service in team building and changemanagement initiatives.• Attend case conferences, meetings and other relevant fora as required.• Attend court, tribunals etc as required.• Work within current legislation, relevant policies and procedures, guidelines and protocols aslaid down by the employer.• Incorporate Social Work values and ethical principles in planning, developing, implementingand reviewing interventions.• Implement models of best practice / evidence based practice.• Work within a key worker / case worker system, providing a co-ordinating role for casemanagement where appropriate.• Take direction from his / her line manager.• Take an active role in an appropriate level of planned professional supervision, in accordancewith the local/ national Supervision Policy.• Promote a culture that values diversity and respect in the workplace.• Keep the Team Leader fully informed and up-to-date on all significant matters.Education & TrainingThe Professionally Qualified Social Worker will:• Maintain standards of practice and levels of professional knowledge by participating incontinuous professional development initiatives and attendance at courses as appropriate.• Engage in career and professional development planning in collaboration with the Social WorkTeam Leader / Principal Social Worker.• Keep up to date with advances in Social Work research, and ongoing review and evaluation ofliterature relevant to the assigned area.• Keep abreast of developments in national policies and strategies and international bestpractice.• Keep up to date with organisational developments within the Irish Health Service.• Act as a resource by participating in the induction, education and training of Social Workcolleagues, other health professionals and service user groups as required.• Participate in the practice education of student Social Workers.• Support and train other staff in accordance with professional standards as appropriate.• Foster an understanding of the role and contribution of social work by providing professionalconsultation and education to other members of the service.