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Project Worker

extra holidays - extra parental leave

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Salary:

37 - 37K yearly

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

Ireland

Offer summary

Qualifications:

2 years paid experience in social care, Understanding of risk assessment processes, Experience with needs assessment and support planning, Knowledge of resources for homeless individuals, Desirable qualification in social care or mental health.

Key responsabilities:

Meet practical needs of service users
Assess needs and refer to agencies
Provide key working and advocate for residents
Liaise with external agencies and adhere to quality policies
Assist healthcare staff and manage team handovers

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Job description

Our Client is a leading Charity operating across Ireland supporting some of the most marginalized individuals, couples, and families experiencing Homelessness.

Currently Hiring a Project Worker experienced for their Dublin Operation. Full time – 35 hours per week 5/7 days including weekends – day and evening shift Permanent Contract

Key Responsibilities

To ensure the practical needs of our services users are met i.e. providing food, laundry clean bedding etc. while ensuring a safe and secure environment in a high standard service.

To assess the needs of service users and to refer them to appropriate agencies.

To provide key working to a number of residents, recording this work, advocating for them and updating line manager and the team on progress.

To liaise with external agencies, health boards and county councils.

To ensure all quality assurance policies and procedures are adhered too.

To assist the medical and nursing staff with the health care of Service users

To be a team player taking a role in handovers, supervising Volunteers and supporting your team members in ensuring all decision making is consistent

To participate in supervision with your line manager and annual appraisals and identifying your own professional development within your role.

Requirements

2 year’s paid experience working in a social care field, desirably in a residential setting (essential)

Formal qualifications are not required for this post (but a qualification in a social care field and/or mental health work would be desirable)

Good working knowledge of risk assessment processes and systems (i.e. S/U Risk assessment, Lone Working, Activity Risk Assessments)

Process an understanding of harm reduction and low threshold working

Process an understanding of why people become homeless and the issues they present with, understanding what supports can be offered in homeless services to service users with complex support needs

Have experience working with needs assessment, keyworking and support planning for people with complex needs. Have a knowledge of the statutory and voluntary sector resources available to homeless people Understand the importance for Health and Safety in a residential setting.