Job Details: Coolmine Therapeutic Community: Cr?che Worker


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Coolmine Therapeutic Community: Cr?che Worker


JOB TITLE: CR?CHE WORKER

LOCATION: Limerick, Coolmine Mid-West
REPORTS TO: Creche Team Leader
JOB TYPE: Permanent
HOURS: **Apply on the website** hours per week. Some out of hours work
may be required.
SALARY: Competitive Salary
PURPOSE: To provide a safe, happy, purposeful and nurturing
environment for the children who are accessing our services
CONTACT EMAIL: **Apply on the website**

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Coolmine is a leading drug and alcohol treatment centre providing
community, day and residential services to men and women with
problematic substance use and their families in Ireland established
since **Apply on the website**. Coolmine Therapeutic Community
believes that everyone should have the opportunity to overcome
addiction and lead a fulfilled and productive life.

We now have a vacancy for Cr?che Worker. The successful candidate
will report to the Creche Team Leader to provide quality service to
children and parents with best practice in the area of child care
support.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: (INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO)

* To engage with and build trusting relationships with all clients at
a formal and informal level in order to develop a viable and
productive therapeutic relationship, treating them with dignity and
respect at all times in order to promote and motivate clients towards
full recovery, while working within the IAAAC and Coolmine code of
ethics as well as the overall values of Coolmine Therapeutic
Community.
* Create and maintain a safe, caring and stable environment for
children in line with best practice. In line with agreed policies and
procedures, to ensure that the rules governing safety and security are
adhered to at all times
* To work directly with the children in the facility and their
families to ensure that their physical, emotional and intellectual
needs are met.
* To ensure the rights of the children are respected and that they
are not subjected to any form of abuse.
* To carry out thorough assessments with children, in order to put
in place comprehensive care plans that address their needs while at
the same time establishing a cohesive and team-based approach to the
implementation and review system. Ensuring that all relevant
documentation, filing, statistics, and paperwork are in line with the
aims and standards of the project. To provide three-way support
sessions for children, service users and members of the addiction team
consulting with them and enabling them towards an improved parenting
lifestyle.
* To establish links with external agencies (particularly the
agencies within Blanchardstown network) and build relationships with
them to assist in informal networking, inter-agency referral, and
information sharing. Participate actively in agreed formal networks
representing the best interests of Coolmine and your particular
project.
* To work as part of a team with regular and consistent
communication, participating actively at all team meetings and
supporting the ethos, philosophy and methodology of the therapeutic
community model; reporting to the Service Manager/Team Leader for
individual support, supervision, performance appraisal, and client
case review; and working within the parameters of the Coolmine HR
policies and procedures.
* To ensure that all aspects of building maintenance, repair, and
therapeutic community standards are attended to, making
recommendations to the Service Manager/Team Leader for building
improvements, repairs, and refurbishment, in keeping with Health &
Safety policy and procedures.
* To ensure that all administrative duties are carried out in
accordance with the required timelines and procedures in the area of
time sheets, leave and absence records, rosters, and all other
relevant paperwork.
* To be actively engaged in continued personal development and
training for the benefit of children, self, service users, management
and organization, attending regularly at all clinical and line
management supervision sessions and establishing strong links and
liaison between these supervisory outlets. To extend support to team
members by assisting in developing and delivering Programmes through
team work
* Such other appropriate and relevant tasks as may be required by
the Services Manager/Line Manager.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

_EDUCATION_

* Minimum of Leaving Certificate or equivalent.
* Childcare FETAC level 5 is essential

_EXPERIENCE_

* Two to three years experience working in a cr?che.
* Has experience and understands the importance and implications of
working as part of a team.
* Experience of case management/care planning implementation and
process.

_KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS_

* Has excellent communication and listening skills and can present
information in a way that is not over simplistic or complicated, while
communicating all relevant therapeutic community business to clients,
colleagues and superiors.
* Enjoys working with people, is approachable, and demonstrates warm
and friendly mannerisms with congruence, while being clear and
explicit about professional and personal boundaries.
* Has a ?can do? attitude and a positive solution focused
approach to problem solving and conflict resolution.
* Good oral and written skills with effective letter and report
writing ability, maintaining accurate reports, files and paperwork.
* Uses assertive behaviour, demonstrating dignity and respect for
self and others at all times.
* Has good awareness of self and others, grounded in the ?here and
now? with good anticipation and observational skills.
* Role models exemplary behaviour and attitude ? is honest,
consistent, and responsible.
* Works as part of a team supporting the objectives of the T.C.,
helping, supporting and encouraging clients and colleagues.

* Is mindful of Coolmine?s values:

* Dignity & Respect ? ensure the dignity and respect of individuals
by actively listening and holding a non-judgmental attitude.
* Compassion ? actively demonstrate compassion through responsible
love, concern and understanding for each other.
* Honesty, Consistency and Responsibility - this value is at the
core of what we believe and is demonstrated by accountability and
transparency in all areas of organisation.
* Safety & Security ? the implementation of policy and procedures
to ensure the physical and psychological safety and security for all.
* Committed to Quality - by reflecting on practice and committed to
continuous improvement of standards.

* Is open to appropriate challenges and confrontation from clients
at the required time and place and is open to feedback and appraisal
from colleagues and management.
* Is not afraid or unwilling to take on the work or responsibilities
that are expected from a client resident.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Interested candidates who meet the Person Specification requirements
should send their CV & cover letter to Justinah Bello, HR Generalist
at **Apply on the website**.

The closing date for applications is **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**NOON ON
FRIDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH NOVEMBER, **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.

_COOLMINE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER._


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Type: Permanent
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