Social Housing jobs

Job Summary

Meath County Council hosts the national Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service on behalf of the local government sector.
Age Friendly Ireland manages the Healthy Age Friendly Homes (HAFH) Programme, which has the overall objective of enabling older people to remain living at home by signposting to supports such as housing adaptation grants, health and community services, transport and assistive technology.
The HAFH Programme is being rolled out nationally across all local authority areas.

This competition for HAFH Local Co-ordinators covers three regions only, as follows:
Area A – Dublin North East Region;
Area C – South East Region;
Area F – West North-West Region.

The competition will result in the creation of panels for all counties in these three regions from which vacancies will be filled where required as they arise. In making an application, candidates will be asked to indicate the region they wish to be considered for (candidates can indicate a preference for all counties for which they wish to be considered within a region).

The Local Coordinators will be employed by Meath County Council but will be based with a host local authority in their region. Please note, that Meath County Council may offer a position to an individual placed on the panel in another county in the region should a vacancy arise.

Each Local Coordinator is part of a team of 44 Local Coordinators across the country, operating within a structure of six regions nationally. Each Local Coordinator will report to a Regional HAFH Programme Manager and will be based in the County or City Council Office in their area. The HAFH Programme is overseen by a National HAFH Programme Manager.

The duties of the post of the Local Co-ordinator include, but are not limited to:

• Case manage supports for HAFH Programme participants, including carrying out home visits, conducting assessments to identify their specific needs, and agreeing a plan for their care and support needs.
• Identify how the needs of older people may be served from existing providers and implement the care plan by coordinating supports across multiple agencies and groups to help ensure delivery.
• Ensure, where possible, existing initiatives are utilised to support people, and as such, are synchronised in line with a support plan.
• Manage their own caseload of participants, and complete regular outcome reports on the progress of the HAFH Programme to inform its evaluation.
• Continually review support plans, follow up with participants as required, and assess the effectiveness of supports provided.
• Establish a system for referrals to the HAFH programme, embedding new care pathways as appropriate by linking in with local stakeholders including GPs, Practice Nurses, Housing Officers and Inspectors, Local Authority based social workers, Public Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Discharge Planning Nurses, ICPOP and others.
• Work closely with the Age Friendly Programme Manager at local level to link with the relevant personnel and stakeholders to ensure progress.
• Identify and secure the support of senior managers in key agencies within the agreed geographical area to participate in the HAFH Programme including HSE, Local Authority, An Garda Síochána, voluntary and community groups and services, and all other relevant partners.
• Contribute to development of resources to support the delivery of the HAFH objectives, including: (i) a population and area profile of the county; (ii) an asset map to identify current resources and services and inform future planning; (iii) a robust multi-sectoral directory of all local services and supports (housing supports, health services, environmental, transport services, community & voluntary supports, physical & leisure activities, volunteer programmes, civic & social participation, education & training, technological supports, social supports and others).
• Support the development of the HAFH Programme regionally and nationally in collaboration with other Local Co-ordinators, Regional Managers and the National Manager.
• Contribute to the strategic and policy recommendations of the HAFH Programme.
• Ensure that work programmes are implemented within allocated budgets.
• Contribute to required reports on HAFH programme progress and effectiveness including recommendations for ‘live’ administrative changes.
• Undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibilities as may be required from time to time.
• Participate in the Research and Evaluation of the HAFH programme and support the participation of stakeholders in these processes.

• Meath County Council