ABOUT US
At Dublin Simon Community, we are passionate about making home a
reality. Our aim is to empower people to access and retain a home by
providing housing, prevention, addiction treatment, emergency
response, and other targeted interventions, through advocacy and
partnership.
?If you share our values and want to make a difference then apply
for this role with Dublin Simon Community and join the team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
Contract Type ? Full time Permanent
Working Hours ?**Apply on the website**.5 hours a week,
Monday-Sunday availability, 9am-5:**Apply on the website** pm.
Location - Wicklow Town.?
As a Support Worker, you?ll help to support clients in their daily
needs. You will contribute to ensuring effective and consistent
best-practice standards are followed in the Dublin Simon Community
accommodation services. From facilitating participation initiatives to
working with the wider team to discuss and plan how to best support
the clients with their goals, each day you?ll help clients to
achieve their goals and change their lives. As well as our induction
program, you will be provided with **Apply on the website** training
days throughout the year, ensuring you have the support and training
to succeed in this role.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
* Support the project/key workers and management in the
implementation of operational and strategic goals; including following
up on support plan actions, supporting the service user to achieve
their goals.
* Building professional relationships of trust with all service
users and residents. Treating all service users and residents with
dignity and respect.
* Therapeutic and diversionary interventions providing emotional and
motivational support, promoting positive mental health attitudes,
self-esteem and self-respect.
* Liaise with a range of service providers in the voluntary and
public sectors (e.g. housing providers, health care professionals &
social welfare). Establish and expand the services to meet physical
and mental health needs.
* Deliver the personal, professional, and social development
programme.
* Assistance in managing medication/health regimes, accessing
primary and secondary healthcare, liaising with GP and Pharmacists,
methadone providers, arranging doctor?s/healthcare appointments and
accompanying them to appointments.
* Process all incoming enquiries and referrals to accommodation of
service users.
* Support service users to liaise with landlords and facilitate when
moving location.
* Conduct harm reduction interventions; overdose prevention,
stabilisation.
* Completion of daily duties which may include assisting clients and
supporting them around their mental and physical health, addiction
issues, ensuring that physical needs such as bathing and washing
clothing are carried out and general upkeep of building by cleaning.
* Support the safe and healthy functioning of each building to
ensure the safety of and the service users/residents in that building,
procedures relating to fire safety, hazard management, building
checks, sharps disposal, and management of challenging behaviour.
* Managing complex and challenging behaviour and conflict management
and ensuring residents adhere to accommodation agreements.
* To carry out all administrative duties such as: managing petty
cash, record keeping (electronic), record keeping (paper), filing,
answering queries via phone.
* Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports, and
follow-ups, in accordance with organisation policies.
* Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports, and
follow-ups, in accordance with organisation policies.
* Ensure services and projects are compliant with organisational
policies, procedures, and guidelines in the following areas: Fire
Safety, Confidentiality, Child Protection, Data Protection,
Admissions, Case Management, and Disengagement, etc.
* Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by
your line manager.
ESSENTIAL FOR THE ROLE
QUALIFICATIONS:
NFQ level 7 qualification in a relevant field?AND?6 months relevant
experience?
OR
NFQ level?6?qualification in a relevant field AND?1year of relevant
experience?
OR
NFQ Level 5 qualification in health, community, or social care?AND 2
years relevant experience, including experience?in a residential
setting.
SKILLS & PERSONALITY REQUIREMENTS:
* A Passion for helping people
* Flexibility to work in an agile environment
* Willingness to learn
* Experience in carrying out Health & Safety inspections and audits
CORE COMPETENCIES OF ALL DUBLIN SIMON STAFF:
* Commitment to providing the highest levels of quality service
* Relating with respect and compassion
* Promoting diversity and equality
* Providing quality person-centered service
* Communicating effectively
* Resilience, positive outlook openness to change
* Maintaining a safe and secure environment
* Promoting health and wellbeing
* Promoting person-centered care
* Building working relationships
* Effective professional practice, planning, organising, and
problem-solving.
BENEFITS TO WORKING WITH DUBLIN SIMON COMMUNITY:
* **Apply on the website** days annual leave
* 5% matched contribution to your pension
* Paid Sick Leave Policy
* Paid Maternity Leave Policy
* Bike to Work Scheme
* Commuter Travel Tax Savers Ticket
* 1st-week Comprehensive Training
* Progression Opportunities
PLEASE NOTE, IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS, CONTACT THE
RECRUITMENT TEAM ON (**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**) **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE** OR **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
