Social care worker – children's residential

Position: Social Care Worker – Children's Residential (Drogheda / Meath)

Location: On site – Cavan - Ireland

Job type: Permanent with clear path to SNR Management – Immediate Start

Salary Range: up to €45,000.00 per year

Social Care Team Leader

The Social care worker is required to fulfil the running of the service in support of the Deputy Manager and PIC. The Social care worker is expected to build and maintain exacting standards of social work practice within the service and the organisation.

Role & Responsibilities

· Take ownership for educating themselves about each service user within the service and how their disability affects them.

· Report and recording and conducting 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.

· Work as part of a team. The Social care worker 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 workload, engaging in supervisions, and participating in meetings both within and outside the service.

· The Social care worker may be required to work shift work, weekends and or night duties.

· The Social care worker 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, always ensuring the upmost confidentiality and role model this to staff members.

· Participate in ensuring that the service is always of a high quality and ready for Inspection from HIQA.

· 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.

· Conduct 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, use 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 workload.

· Attend and engage positively to supervision and appraisals, using 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 used to enhance the improvement of the service.

· Undertake any other work which may arise within the scope of Social care worker to meet the requirements of the service.

Benefits:

· Attractive Salary

· Statutory Sick Leave

· Health Insurance Scheme - HSF

· Detailed Induction process

· Strong Team Support Structures

· Company will facilitate employee payments to PRSA for all permanent employees. The Company will comply with all legislation relating to pensions.

· Education Assistance Grants - Assessed on an individual basis.

· Career progression within the company

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Comprehensive training programme

· Team building activities.

· Company social events & away days

· Refer a friend scheme.

· On-site parking

· Discounts with retailers - Perks Discount Card

· Qualifications and Requirements

· Relevant Social Care Qualification, Social Science, Psychotherapy or Psychology minimum level 7.

· Experience collaborating with people who have complex needs.

· Full Driver's licence.

Please apply through the link provided or send your cv direct to

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: €32,203.63-€59,418.61 per year

Work Location: In person