About the Job:
At Usher’s Island, we provide a broad spectrum of homeless-specific health and addiction treatment services. As a Support Worker in our Clinical Services you will support clients as part of a team to ensure their safety and needs during their stay.
Contract Type: Fulltime, permanent
Working Hours: 37.5 hours,Four week rolling rota with approx. 7 nights and 5 days per month.
Location: Usher’s Island, Dublin 8
Salary: 33,500 DOE
Core Job Requirements:
· To process referrals, admissions and discharges as per referral and assessment procedure according to the unit you’re working in.
· To work in line with your individual score card to achieve the organisational strategy.
· To engage with and build a professional trusting relationship with clients treating them with dignity and respect in order to work within the values of Dublin Simon Community.
· Work closely with Project Worker & Nursing Staff to contribute to supporting service users to work towards the goals set down in their care plan.
· To assist Project Workers with the co-facilitation of all meaningful activity and social programmes.
· Co ordinate social activities for clients, taking into account their individual needs and in conjunction with staff on duty.
· To perform tasks related to the day to day running and maintenance of an effective residential service such as food preparation, hygiene of the home, standards of living, maintaining of building.
· To ensure that a welcoming and friendly environment is maintained ensuring all rooms are prepared for service user arrival.
· Assist the project worker / nurses with regular room searches to ensure units are kept, drug and alcohol free.
· To escort clients to medical and other appointments as requested by the lead nurse& or project worker.
· Maintain positive and mutually beneficial relationships with relevant external agencies in both the voluntary and statutory sector and to effectively liaise with a range of service providers both Voluntary and Statutory (referrals, mental health, occupational therapy and so on) in order to establish or improve services available to service users.
· Ensure service users are consulted and involved in the operation of the project as far as possible through the service users groups in Dublin Simon Community.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From €33,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Sick pay
Work authorisation:
Work Location: In person
