Professionally Qualified Social Worker – Screening Team
Professionally Qualified Social Worker – Screening Team
The Child and Family Agency was established in January 2014 and is responsible for a range of statutory functions including provision of child protection, alternative care, specified regulatory services and a range of family support services. The Agency has commenced a major improvement programme with significant focus on Practice, Culture and Structure. This position is based in North County Dublin.
The Agency currently has responsibility for a budget in excess of €800m and delivers its services through circa 5,000 people in 350 locations across the Country.
Purpose of Role: The purpose of the post is to provide a social work service that seeks to improve the health and social wellbeing of the service users within the context of the local communities.
The Professionally Qualified Social Worker will:
- Provide a direct point of access for the local community and offer initial and holistic social assessment and intervention to children, youth, families and groups.
- Provide an initial assessment service to the care group and to develop referralprocedures with other social work networked services.
- Identify service users’ individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co[1]create early 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 service users and their families.
- Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well[1]being of all persons within the service area.
- Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment with persons in their environment, with families and local groups.
- Make it possible for service users to advocate for their own needs, or where advocate on behalf of service users.
- Plan, deliver and engage in systemic interventions as appropriate with children, youth and families, groups, organisations and communities.
- Participate and take leadership in community needs assessment and ongoingcommunity involvement including initiating and participating in prevention and health promotion activities.
- Deliver social work service in collaboration with other disciplines / agencies as required, in appropriate settings reflecting the needs of the service user.
- Assess where social conditions are a major factor in health and social wellbeingconsult and plan with the service user/ relevant team/ service and arrange appropriate social services for those who need them.
- Monitor and evaluate outcomes of person centred care plans for individual service users.
- Actively participate as a member of the relevant team/ service in team building and change management initiatives.
Eligibility Criteria
- Third level qualification in Social Care
- Be registered in the Social Work Register maintained by the Social Work Registration Board maintained at CORU
- Must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
- Awareness of children and young people’s participatory practice
- Demonstrate sufficient professional knowledge to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the role.
- Demonstrate experience of applying evidence-based practice.
To apply please contact jreid@medforce.ie
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