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Position: Professionally Qualified Social Worker
Location: Dublin North East

Contract: 1 year contract, full time, 1 year contract.
Salary: HSE pay scale.

This role offers the chance to work with Children in Care, the Assessment and Intervention Team, and Home Care Services.

You will play a vital role in ensuring child safety, welfare, and development, while supporting families through early intervention and crisis management.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Have a working knowledge of HIQA Standards as they apply to the role for example, Standards for Child Protection and Welfare, Foster care etc.
• Provide a direct point of access for the local community and offer initial and holistic social assessment and intervention to children, youth, families and groups.
• Provide an initial assessment service to the care group and to develop referral procedures with other social work networked services.
• Identify service users individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co-create early interventions and/or social action strategies to meet those needs.
• Manage and prioritise a caseload appropriate to the post.
• Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families.
• Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well being of all persons within the service area.
• Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment with persons in their environment, with families and local groups.
• Make it possible for service users to advocate for their own needs, or where appropriate advocate on behalf of service users.
• Plan, deliver and engage in systemic interventions as appropriate with children, youth and families, groups, organisations and communities.
• Participate and take leadership in community needs assessment and ongoing community involvement including initiating and participating in prevention and health promotion activities.

Essential Requirements:

• CORU-registered Social Worker (essential).
• Experience in child protection, children in care, family intervention, or similar fields is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Children First, HSE Safeguarding Policy, and Child Welfare Legislation.
• Excellent communication, advocacy, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Full clean driving licence and access to transport is an advantage.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive HSE salary scale.
• Supportive team environment with training and mentorship.
• Ongoing CPD and professional development opportunities.
• Gain valuable experience in child protection, welfare, and intervention.
• Make a real impact in the lives of children and families today!

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For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.