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Support Worker Flexi Part-Time - Wicklow Homeless Services

Full time at Dublin Simon Community in Ireland
Posted on December 18, 2024

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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! Benefits to working with Dublin Simon Community:

  • Annual leave is 8% of total hours worked in a month
  • 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
About the job Contract: Part Time Permanent. Working Hours: 18.75 hours per week, 7-day liability – Monday to Sunday, Days & Nights. Salary: €30,000 + 12% night allowance or €17.22 per hour. Location: Bray/Wicklow town (Public transport, free car park). Flexibility and adaptability are core personality traits for this role; you must be available to cover a mix of Day shifts, Night shifts, and Weekends between 3 services in Wicklow. 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.
  • Build professional relationships of trust with all service users and residents, treating all with dignity and respect.
  • Provide therapeutic and diversionary interventions, offering emotional and motivational support, and 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) to establish and expand services to meet physical and mental health needs.
  • Deliver personal, professional, and social development programmes.
  • Assist in managing medication/health regimes, accessing primary and secondary healthcare, liaising with GP and Pharmacists, methadone providers, arranging doctor’s/healthcare appointments and accompanying service users to appointments.
  • Process all incoming enquiries and referrals to accommodation for service users.
  • Support service users in liaising with landlords and facilitating moves.
  • Conduct harm reduction interventions; overdose prevention, stabilisation.
  • Complete daily duties which may include assisting clients with mental and physical health, addiction issues, ensuring that physical needs such as bathing and washing clothing are met, and general upkeep of the building.
  • Support the safe and healthy functioning of each building to ensure the safety of service users/residents, including procedures relating to fire safety, hazard management, building checks, sharps disposal, and management of challenging behaviour.
  • Manage complex and challenging behaviour and conflict management, ensuring residents adhere to accommodation agreements.
  • Carry out all administrative duties such as managing petty cash, record keeping (electronic and paper), filing, and answering queries via phone.
  • Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports, and follow-ups, in accordance with organisational policies.
  • Ensure services and projects comply with organisational policies, procedures, and guidelines in areas such as Fire Safety, Confidentiality, Child Protection, Data Protection, Admissions, Case Management, and Disengagement.
  • Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by your line manager.
Essential for the role:
  • BA/BS degree (level 7 or 8) in Psychology, Community Development, Counselling, Social Care, Social Work, or similar.
  • Or Level 5 in a relevant field with 12 months experience in a similar setting (including voluntary work and college placement).
  • A passion for helping people.
  • Flexibility to work in an agile environment.
  • Willingness to learn.
  • Experience in carrying out Health & Safety inspections and audits.
Shortlisting will be in progress throughout the period that the vacancy is live, so you may be called for interview and/or the vacancy may be filled before the closing date. Please note, if you are unsure of any of the requirements, contact the Recruitment Team on (01) 6354860. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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