Depaul believes that everyone should have a place to call home and a
stake in their community.? Our aim is to work with those who are
socially excluded and marginalised by providing a quality led service
in order to produce the best possible outcomes for those accessing our
services.? We strive to empower our service users to make choices and
decisions about the way they live their lives.? We work in
partnership with central and local government, housing associations
and other non-governmental organisations.
Depaul is an equal opportunities employer, we offer a standard **Apply
on the website** hour working week, generous leave entitlements and a
pension scheme.? We support all staff with regular supervision and
core training.
DEPAUL WISHES TO RECRUIT TO THE FOLLOWING ROLE:
SUPPORT WORKER
ALL DUBLIN SERVICES
**Apply on the website** hours per week
Fixed Term Contract
Salary: ?**Apply on the website**,**Apply on the website**.**Apply
on the website** per annum
1. ROLE:
Working within the principle of harm minimisation where residents
receive a high degree of care, support and dignity. Depaul has a
commitment to service user participation and to empowering residents
to manage their own lives.
2. KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
* In conjunction with the service users, hotel staff and project team
ensure that the project is kept to a good standard of tidiness,
cleanliness and hygiene including communal areas . Encouraging service
users to take responsibility for maintaining their own environment,
and supporting them with cleaning tasks where appropriate.
* Carry out inductions with new SU/ risk assessing and local project
inductions.
* To encourage and support service users to develop skills in
managing their daily living.
* Carry out project administration tasks such as upkeep of petty
cash, project statistics, invoices, record keeping, Service User?s
files, OTIS, IR and AR completion etc.
* To ensure that Health and Safety standards are met within the
project in accordance with Depaul?s Health and Safety policy and the
project's Safety Statement.
* To undertake assigned duties regarding the overall health and
safety and security of the service and to use security systems put in
place
* To carry out building and wellbeing checks in conjunction with the
Hotel staff.
* To support Hotel staff with food provision as required.
* Medication management- supporting service users with medication
management. Following local procedures in relation to reporting and
documenting.
* To plan and facilitate onsite social activities.
* To attend and participate in team meetings and staff team days.
* Support service users with offsite accompaniments /appointments as
required.
* To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and
help in identifying your own job-related development and training
needs.
THE ABOVE LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE; ADDITIONAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
MAY BE ADDED OVER TIME AND FLEXIBILITY TO COVER FOR OTHER STAFF ROLES
IS REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME.
3. PERSON REQUIREMENTS:
* One year?s paid experience working with service users with mental
health problems, learning disabilities and/ or offending histories.
* Have a good standard of education.
* Experience of lone working or off-site working is an advantage.
* Good working knowledge of risk assessment processes and systems
(i.e. S/U Risk assessment, Lone Working, Activity Risk Assessments)
* Be able to work as part of a team understanding the importance of
team communication
* Have an understanding of Health and Safety and the health and
safety requirements within a residential setting working with homeless
people.
* Have a knowledge and understanding of the vision, mission and
values of Depaul
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ONLINE APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE ON THE
LINK BELOW ? FULL JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
