St. Joseph's Foundation is a voluntary organisation providing high-quality services and supports for people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
The Foundation is seeking applications for the following roles: Principal Social Worker Adult Services Principal Social Worker CDNTs Working hours: 35 Hours per week Closing Date: 5pm 27th March **** Location: Charleville Fermoy/Mallow Primary Care Centre Salary scale - € 77,****** to € 95,****** Please note that one position will be offered on a permanent contract of employment, the other will be on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.
Principal Social Workers in St Joseph's are responsible for the delivery and development of a high quality, integrated and effective Social Work service within an interdisciplinary service model.
Clinical Governance
1. Clinical Supervision Allocated staff for Clinical Supervision which match the gaps within each of the Health Regions.
2. Enhancing talent acquisition and boosting Disability service visibility Supporting recruitment, retention and workforce planning Co-ordinate under graduate student placements across the allotted service.
Provide clinical leadership for the roll-out of Therapy Assistant grades within their area.
Be a representative of the Service in relation to the development of apprenticeship schemes.
3. Optimising efficiency, output and outcome Take a lead role in relation to the development and roll out of discipline specific and interdisciplinary clinical pathways Develop tools to capture clinical outcomes for service users accessing the allotted service.
Participate in the Clinical Advisory Group
4. Quality and Safety Contribute to the clinical components of those under complex case management and contribute to a comprehensive review mechanism for service users, including those in residential care.
Be responsible for input into these reviews to ensure that the service continues to meet the needs of children.
Contribute to the clinical components of these reviews to ensure that the service continues to meet the needs of the children Contribute clinical inputs to inform decisions regarding cases being disputed under the National Access Policy
5. Any other duties as may be identified by the Lead Agency.
Please note that the Principal Social Worker in Adults will be the line manager for staff, whilst the Principal Social Worker in CDNTs will not have any line management of the CDNT staff.
Informal Queries to Donie McGrath HR Manager - ******